1,594 search results for “impact of science communication” in the Staff website
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AI and the green transition: a ‘match made in heaven’?
Artificial intelligence (AI) is often portrayed as a technological saviour for addressing climate change. But there are risks associated with its use, observes Barrie Sander.
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Mark Lindenberg and Ieke van Dam winners of the Metje Postma Awards
'Echoes of the Silent Roots' by Mark Lindenberg wins the Multimodal Incentive Grant for Alumni of the Metje Postma Awards. His film is a touching auto-ethnographic project about family estrangement and repair. Ieke van Dam won the Excellence in Visual & Multimodal Ethnography Thesis Prize for her film…
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Lego Lost at Sea: an archaeological and environmental exhibition at the Van Steenis
At the entrance of the Van Steenis building you may now visit an exhibition on material culture. Unexpectedly, it does not display pottery or tools, but building materials. And recent ones at that! Check out the exhibition on Legos lost at sea, conceived and assembled by PhD candidate Maia Casna. ‘These…
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Vidi grant for Angus Mol: ‘Historical games are like time machines’
How do games help shape our perception of the past? Associate Professor Angus Mol receives a Vidi grant to answer this question.
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ew research: Sleep plays key role in predicting suicidal thoughts
A restless night aggravates symptoms in those experiencing suicidal thoughts, as psychologists Liia Kivelä and Niki Antypa have found in their study on the short-term risk factors of suicide. They argue that targeting sleep could thus be essential for suicide prevention.
- IBL Spotlight - Development & Disease
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Solving the Pachakutik party puzzle
The Ecuadorian Pachakutik party is one of the oldest indigenous political movements in Latin America. Despite not being very successful at the polls and hardly having organisational resources at its disposal, Pachakutik is still part of Ecuador’s political landscape. In her dissertation, Political Scientist…
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Our government should be more resilient
A fragmented political landscape, permanent pressure from current affairs and an increasingly political civil service: our government faces many challenges. This makes it all the more difficult to make important decisions about pensions or the climate. Research and good education can help meet the challenges…
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Managing humanity's insanity: Becoming truly human within planetary boundaries
Environmental Humanities LU Talk
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Global Challenges: The Russia-Ukraine Conflict
Debate, Studium Generale
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CANCELLED: LCN2 Seminar: Algorithms for Network Visualization and beyond
Lecture
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Florence Nightingale Colloquium
Lecture, colloquium
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Supermassive Black Holes and Where to Find Them
Lecture, Oort lecture
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LUC Student Wins Nobel Peace Prize Essay Competition
Natalia Sobrino-Saeb, third-year student at Leiden University College The Hague, won the challenge by the Ignitor Fellowship Program held by the Nobel Peace Center for her essay on the threats to journalism in Mexico. On December 10th Natalia met the Committee of the Ignitor Fellowship in Oslo and attended…
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CANCELLED: Digital Twin Engineering
Lecture
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CCLS Seminar
Lecture, seminar
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Florence Nightingale Colloquium
Lecture, colloquium
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IBL Spotlight - Host-Microbe Interactions
Lecture
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Advanced online summer course on violent extremism
Course, Training
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CCLS Matchmaking Event
Conference, Matchmaking Event
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Greedy Supermassive Black Holes
Lecture, Oort lecture
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Policy Academy Programme
Research
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CCLS Matchmaking Event
Conference, Matchmaking Event
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Improving Nature’s Antibiotics to Overcome Resistant Bacteria
Lecture, NGL-lezing
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‘New Rutte IV administrative culture will be difficult to create’
The Rutte IV cabinet is more or less complete. It includes more women than ever. For the first time ever, the Netherlands will have two ethnic minority ministers, and ministers without political experience but with plenty of professional expertise will also be making their debut. However, political…
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Discontinuous Constituency and BERT: Two Case Studies of Dutch
Lecture
- IBL Spotlight - Evolution and Biodiversity
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Towards conversational information seeking
Lecture
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Detailed Video Understanding
Lecture
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A Brief Introduction to Reinforcement Learning
Lecture
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Constrained and Multirate Training of Neural Networks
Lecture
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A brief introduction to GPU programming and optimization
Lecture
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Computational User Modelling
Lecture
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Models Combination in Multi-stage Information Retrieval Architectures
Lecture
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Joint Lectures on Evolutionary Algorithms (JoLEA)
Lecture
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Veni grants for 16 Leiden researchers
Sixteen researchers at Leiden University are to receive a Veni grant from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). These awards offer promising young researchers the opportunity to further develop their own ideas over a period of three years.
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Conference ‘Leiderschap onder de loep’
Conference
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3rd International Workshop on Klinefelter Syndrome, Trisomy X, and XYY
Conference, Workshop
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Seminar: POPNET Connects with Fariba Karimi
Lecture
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Rethinking sex in neuroscience of mental health
Course, Workshop
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Learning by doing – a practical approach to integrate ethical and societal tools in quantum-innovation
Lecture
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EU Integration Strategy: The Way Forward in 2022
Debate
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The X Factor: Open Access, New Journals, and Incumbent Competitors
Seminar
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SAILS Lunch Time Seminar
Lecture
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Combatting Antisemitism
Lecture
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Inclusive leadership for Depolarisation at Leiden University
Course, Course
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Asia Academy #13: Indonesia - A New Chapter
Lecture, LAC Asia Academy
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At LUC, the Hague Forest is a classroom
Rain or shine: in the course ‘The Ecology Project’ students of Leiden University College visit the nature of The Hague each week.
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Eduard Fosch-Villaronga awarded ERC Starting Grant
Eduard Fosch-Villaronga from Leiden University has been awarded a Starting Grant by the European Research Council (ERC). This grant of 1.5m euros enables talented early-career scholars to start their own pioneer project, lead a research team, and implement their best ideas at the frontiers of their…
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How to improve interdisciplinary cooperation within Leiden University?
Conference