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How do you keep citizens engaged in democracy? An interview with Carola Schoor.
If you want easy answers to governance questions, you might as well abolish democracy, says Dr. Carola Schoor. A democracy should challenge and raise questions. For a balanced and just rule of law, a 'rule of law compass' is needed.
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Get ready for the new travel allowance: Register your Shuttel card from 16 October
Human resources
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Meehelpen een Serious game ontwikkelen in Psychologielab op Wielen?
Psychology Lab on Wheels makes science accessible for everyone. On Monday 24 June, we will be back with our mobile lab at the Old Observatory near the Singelpark in Leiden. Join our research to learn to better recognise emotions with a Serious game and read more about participant Maxime and game developer…
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Kaare Strøm award for institute member Thijs Vos
This summer, political scientist Thijs Vos received the Kaare Strøm prize for his paper ‘Power or Ideology? What structures legislative voting behaviour in Dutch municipal councils, ideology or coalition-opposition dynamics?' He was awarded the prize during the ECPR summer school on parliaments in F…
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Research offers surprising insights into historical crime in The Hague
Theft, prostitution, fortune-telling or murder. Historian Manon van der Heijden and a group of students are researching court records from The Hague from 1600 to 1800. They are tracing crimes and offenders and shedding new light on The Hague’s Gevangenpoort (or Prison Gate). Among their many discoveries…
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Honourable mention for Rosa Schwarz at Christiaan Huygens Prize 2024
During the award ceremony of the Christiaan Huygens Prize on 16 October, mathematician Rosa Schwarz received an honourable mention. Schwarz, former PhD candidate of the Mathematical Institute, received the mention for her dissertation ‘Logarithmic approach to the double ramification cycle’.
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Honours class students do research into confidence in the justice system
Students from the ‘Public confidence in the criminal justice system’ Bachelor’s Honours Class completed this course with their presentations at the final session on Tuesday 25 May. What is unique about this honours class is the collaboration with The Hague University of Applied Sciences and the Court…
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Alumnus and lawyer Roger Cox uses the law to enforce climate policy
Limburg lawyer Roger Cox has caused a legal revolution. With high-profile cases against the Dutch state and Shell oil company, he transformed the law into a tool to enforce climate policy. Leidraad alumni magazine spoke to him about a life defined by radical choices for a better world.
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From wildlife journalist to ecologist: PhD candidate researching light and noise pollution
Ecologist Sebastiaan Grosscurt became a successful wildlife journalist after graduating. But he decided to focus on science instead. He started his PhD research this year on the cumulative effect of light and noise pollution on animal behaviour.
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Sara Polak: 'I want to know if what social media is doing to the political game in the US is unique'
Political games have existed throughout history, but what is the role of 'play' in the way the American political world has developed? University lecturer Sara Polak has received an ERC Starting Grant to investigate this.
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What DNA in droppings can reveal about an animal’s diet
Imagine scanning lion dung or a mouse dropping and instantly knowing exactly what and how much the animal has eaten. Thanks to new DNA techniques, this is becoming increasingly feasible. PhD student Kevin Groen tested how effective these techniques are at unraveling the diets of wild animals.
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Jasper's day
Jasper Knoester is the dean of the Faculty of Science. How is he doing, what exactly does he do and what does his day look like? In each newsletter, Jasper gives an insight into his life.
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry went to an AI model (and rightly so)
Not experiments and lab coats, but computers and artificial intelligence: this year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry went to the inventors of the groundbreaking AI model, AlphaFold. This programme accurately predicts protein structures based on their genetic code—a crucial step in understanding biological…
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Research Traineeship Programme completed: 'Here you are encouraged to try things'
Discovering while still studying whether work in science might be for you. That is what students get during the faculty Research Traineeship Programme. On Friday 1 September, they presented their results to each other and their supervisors.
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Humanities & AI – Hassle, Hype or Help?
Conference
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Book presentation 'In This Fragile World', edited by Annachiara Raia
Lecture
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Intimate Legal Interactions meeting- Maggie Nelson on freedom
Debate
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The Multilingual Holy Land
Conference, Public event
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“Book Diplomacy” in the Cultural Cold War: Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Conference
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Open Science Coffee: ChatGPT in science: academic (dis)honesty or better science?
Lecture
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Recognition & Rewards Festival
Conference
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SAILS Lunch Time Seminar
Lecture
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Workshop: Science Communication
Workshop
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Symposium in Multiple Scales
Conference
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Library Carpentry workshop
Workshop
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With kind regards: 1 November 2022
Lecture
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PhD training Case Study and Comparative Methods
Course
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PhD training Case Study and Comparative Methods
Research
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Multilevel and Longitudinal Data Analysis
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The Israeli Right One State Reality
Discussion
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In the Making #5: Barbro Scholz and Li Lorian, Experiencing Text and Textile, with Guest Speaker Suzanne Knip-Mooij
Lecture, Conversation
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Meta-analysis
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Russia correspondent Eva Hartog: ‘Return to the Netherlands? No way!’
Russia correspondent Eva Hartog took a Master’s in Political Philosophy in Leiden in 2011. This former editor-in-chief of The Moscow Times sees this short period as a new chapter in her life. And she is once again contemplating her future now she can no longer ask the big questions in Russia.
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Jasper's day
Jasper Knoester is the dean of the Faculty of Science. How is he doing, what exactly does he do and what does his day look like? In each newsletter, Jasper gives an insight into his life. Jasper first wrote his column from Kuala Lumpur, and it was ready to share. Then a crisis arose this week that demanded…
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Feedback Session
Lecture, PCNI Research Seminar
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Data analysis with Python
Workshop
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EUniWell Open Lecture Series | COVID-19 as an engine of family reshuffling
Lecture, Lecture part of series
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Single Linear Neuron Models and Training Loop Workshop
Workshop Series
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Tensors Workshop
Workshop Series
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Book Discussion 'Ethics or the right thing?' by Sylvia Tidey
Debate, Book Discussion
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3rd International Workshop on Klinefelter Syndrome, Trisomy X, and XYY
Conference, Workshop
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Bridging the Gap Between Policy Makers and Academia
Career development
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The Leiden 'Humanities in a Digital World' Symposium
Symposium
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Information session EUniWell: 4th Seed Funding Call
Information session EUniWell: Seed Funding Call
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Transfer Learning and Practical Applications Workshop
Workshop Series
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Innovating and Connecting – Meeting on Leiden University Strategic Plan
Online meeting
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Deep Learning for Beginners: How to Make a Computer Think like a Human
Workshop Series
- Leiden Research Support Network Webinar | Horizon Europe framework programme: what are your experiences?
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DH-SN Virtual Reality and 3D Printing event
Lecture
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Reach an international audience with your scientific news - The Conversation
Online training