408 search results for “right en technology” in the Student website
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Technology alone won't save us from the climate crisis
If European countries rely solely on technological advances, they won't be able to limit global heating to 1.5 degrees. Households will also need to change their lifestyles. This 'inconvenient truth' is the result of calculations done by industrial ecologist Stephanie Cap. ‘It's not a popular message,…
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Katie Pentney wins Max van der Stoel Human Rights Award 2021 with master’s thesis
The Max van der Stoel Human Rights Award is presented every two years on 10 December (Human Rights Day) in recognition of outstanding academic works in the field of international human rights.
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Law and Digital Technologies graduate wins prestigious Google Prize
Javier Aleuanlli, an Advanced Masters graduate from the Law and Digital Technologies programme at Leiden University, has been awarded Google's Diverse Copyright Thesis Award 2021 for his LL.M. thesis "Augmented Reality and Copyright: perspective under the EU framework". In this work, Javier mapped and…
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Life Science & Technology among best studies by Elseviers Weekblad
The MSc Life Science & Technology receives a bronze medal in EW Best Studies 2023. Every year, Elsevier selects the top programmes in higher education. A medal means that students are above-average satisfied with the quality of their programme.
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Three questions about the new podcast Schandaal en Controverse in de Russische literatuur
Russian literature is awash with disputes, riots and intense political debates. In the new Dutch podcast Schandaal en Controverse in de Russische literatuur, senior lecturer Otto Boele and film maker and journalist Kay Mastenbroek discuss the most talked-about Russian books published in the past two…
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New technology could prevent the mass cull of male chicks
A staggering 6.5 billion chicks are killed worldwide every year. These are generally male chicks that are of no economic value. In Ovo has developed technology that can quickly determine the sex of a chick, to ensure that only female chicks are hatched. The first 150,000 chicks have now hatched in this…
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Alumna Tessa Schiethart: 'If I could go back to my student days, I’d go right away'
That Tessa Schiethart finished her bachelor's degree in International Studies with a thesis on Indonesian women's reasons for veiling was a coincidence. Or so she thought. Six years later, her book Seeing and Being Seen, in which she writes about her life with a wine stain and vision loss, is in the…
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Students from Colombia win Children’s Rights Moot Court 2021
The team from Universidad de los Andes (Bogotá, Colombia) came out on top at the international online Moot Court organised by Leiden University and law firm Baker McKenzie.
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Leiden quantum technology research very successful in funding call
No less than six Leiden projects received a grant for quantum research from the national growth programme Quantum Delta NL and the NWO. After all, in order to boost quantum technology not only industry is needed, but also science. Research towards new sensors, faster algorithms and quantum materials,…
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#COVID under19: Children’s rights during the coronavirus pandemic
Children and young people feel the government is not listening to them during the coronavirus pandemic and this is a cause for concern in light of international children’s rights. This is the conclusion of a recent report by a research team from Leiden University on how children and youngsters have…
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Handbook on European law relating to the rights of the child
On 20 November 2015, on the occasion of Universal Children’s Day, the Council of Europe and the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights launched the Handbook on European law relating to the rights of the child.
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Kim Schuurman wins 2023 Jaap Doek Children’s Rights Thesis Award
Each year, the Jaap Doek Children’s Rights Thesis Award is presented to the student who has written the best master’s thesis in the Netherlands or Belgium in the field of children’s rights. The award was established by Defence for Children and Leiden University's Department of Child Law.
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‘Technology for a healthy future for kidney patients’
Technological innovations such as home dialysis could significantly improve the quality of life and health of kidney patients. Professor Joris Rotmans therefore wants to continue pushing for new medical technology, as he will explain in his inaugural lecture on 24 March.
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Leiden technology research receives funding from NWO and businesses
A CT scanner to treat eye cancer, energy-efficient software for the future and a test to identify male chick eggs. Three projects by researchers from Leiden University are to receive funding from research funder NWO’s Open Technology programme, to which the business sector also contributes.
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How engaged documentary filmmakers use new technologies in their work
CADS lecturer Sander Hölsgens is one of the initiators of the NWO Smart Culture Project Documenting Complexity (project number CISC.KC.212). This project investigates how and why engaged documentary filmmakers use new technologies in their work. One of the outputs of this project is the series ‘In Whose…
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Marco van Eijk new OD of Life Science & Technology
As of 1 September, Marco van Eijk has been appointed Director of Education of the bachelor's programme Life Science & Technology. He succeeds Marcellus Ubbink, who moved to the position of Scientific Director of the Leiden Institute for Chemical Research (LIC). Van Eijk has been appointed for a period…
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Illusions as the key: how spatial technology can help patients
Spatial technology such as virtual reality can help patients who have difficulty with spatial cognition, for instance if they keep on losing their way. In her inaugural lecture, neuropsychologist Ineke van der Ham will talk about the importance of avatars, the patient experience and room for innovat…
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Michiel Kreutzer to return to Delft University of Technology
Professor Michiel Kreutzer, Dean of the Faculty of Science at Leiden University, will move to Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) on 1 May. Alongside his professorship, he will focus on university initiatives in the field of innovation in education.
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Leiden students advise the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
On Wednesday 18 May, the students of the LL.M. Advanced Studies in International Children’s Rights presented their work to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child with the aim to provide recommendations on how to make its decision more accessible to children.
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Ann Skelton in Aljazeera on child rights in Syria Camps
The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) has accused Finland of violating the rights of Finnish children by leaving them in life-threatening conditions in Syrian camps. Ann Skelton, member of the committee, calls the situation 'inhuman'.
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Professor Ann Skelton appointed as Children’s Rights Chair at Leiden University
Leiden University’s Executive Board has appointed South African Professor Ann Skelton as the new Chair of Children’s Rights in a Sustainable World as of 1 October 2022.
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‘Human Rights and the World Cup Qatar’ debate: ‘World Cup football is never just about sport’
Various guests with a background in human rights, law, politics and international relations will be taking part in the ‘Human Rights and the World Cup Qatar’ debate on Friday 30 September. Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) Secretary-General and Leiden alumnus Gijs de Jong will be there to provide…
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to hold 2022/2023 Rotating Honorary Chair 'Enforcement of Children’s Rights' at Leiden University
Leiden Law School is pleased to announce that Professor Ursula Kilkelly, School of Law, University College Cork, Ireland, will visit Leiden in academic year 2022/2023 as Rotating Honorary Chair ‘Enforcement of Children’s Rights’.
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Children's Rights Legislative Reform Website Launched
New Online Platform Launched to Support Global Children's Rights Legislative Reform
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Tycho de Graaf
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
t.j.de.graaf@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4989
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Bram Klievink
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
a.j.klievink@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9486
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Gabriel Paiuk
Faculty of Humanities
g.paiuk@kunsten.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7450
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Lydia van de Fliert
Faculteit Archeologie
l.l.van.de.fliert@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Eleftheria Makri
Science
e.makri@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Masha Medvedeva
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
m.medvedeva@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Eva Nave
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
e.v.r.nave@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 8838
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Jaap van den Herik
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Joey Zuijdervelt
Science
j.l.zuijdervelt@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6227
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Dunja Wackers
Science
wackers@physics.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5500
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Nils Thonemann
Science
n.thonemann@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Arturo García De León
Faculteit Archeologie
a.j.garcia.de.leon@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Jan-Bart Gewald
Afrika-Studiecentrum
j.b.gewald@asc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3372
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Sebastian Fajardo Bernal
Science
s.d.fajardo.bernal@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Brenda Miranda Xicotencatl
Science
b.miranda.xicotencatl@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Jana Enking
Science
j.e.enking@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Natalya Tsoy
Science
n.tsoy@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Alessandro Aleo
Faculteit Archeologie
a.aleo@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Friso Selten
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
f.j.selten@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9400
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Vanessa Mak
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
v.mak@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7435
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Gitta Veldt
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
g.m.veldt@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1093
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Kristie Tjokro
Science
k.j.tjokro@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Julia Cramer
Science
j.cramer@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Erik Kroon
Faculteit Archeologie
e.j.kroon@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1603
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Drugs for our immune system in the right place at the right time
Immunologist Leender Trouw specialises in the complement system, which is part of the immune system. In some diseases drugs help activate or inhibit this system. This is best done ‘in the right place at the right time’ − the title of his inaugural lecture.
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ceremony of the LL.M. Advanced Studies in International Children’s Rights 2022-2023
On Wednesday, 30 August 2023, the graduation ceremony took place in Leiden University’s Academy Building. The ceremony was a momentous occasion, attended by distinguished guests, faculty members, and the proud families and friends of the graduates. The event celebrated the hard work, dedication, and…