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Documentation of International Symposium What Methods Do 28 June 2024
The International symposium on artistic research methods organized by ACPA and the Platform for Arts Research in Collaboration (PARC), in coordination...
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Parenting choices and parenting styles important in transmission of extremist views within families 28 June 2024
Do children growing up in a jihadist or right-wing extremist household develop the same extremist views as their parents? That depends in part on broa...
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One in five bacteria can break down plastic 27 June 2024
Leiden PhD candidate Jo-Anne Verschoor discovered that nearly twenty percent of the bacterial strains she studied could degrade plastic, though they n...
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Is sexuality a private matter? Not for LGBTQI+ asylum seekers 27 June 2024
Imagine: you’re seeking asylum in the Netherlands due to your sexual orientation or gender identity. The immigration authorities might question you ab...
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Looking for atmospheres in the ultimate quest for extraterrestrial life 26 June 2024
To look for atmospheres around planets outside our solar system is to look for extraterrestrial life. Astronomist Sebastian Zieba used data from the J...
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Launch of Report on Deprivation of Liberty of Children in Conflict Situations in Africa 26 June 2024
Last Friday, on 20 June 2024, the African Child Policy Forum (ACPF) launched its report ‘Deprived of Liberty, Denied Justice: Double Jeopardy for Chil...
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Archaeology brings 3D scanning into the classroom 26 June 2024
In the course 'From Ceramics to Plastics: The Mediterranean in 12 objects' students were taught to work with 3D scanning technologies. One of the unde...
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Better is a stranger faraway than a nasty neighbor nearby 26 June 2024
Humans not only cooperate, but also compete more with ingroup members than with outgroup members and strangers, a new cross-country social-psychologic...
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Video: Leiden archaeologists digging in Oss 26 June 2024
Leiden archaeologists have been digging into the municipality of Oss’s past for 50 years now and students have gained their first experience of fieldw...
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Second EU Talks?! event: panel discussion on sustainable agriculture 26 June 2024
On 21 June 2024, the student-based initiative EU Talks?! was delighted to host its second event in the form of a panel discussion entitled 'Sustainabl...
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Kiem initiative culminates in plan to apply for larger grant 26 June 2024
The interdisciplinary Kiem project ‘Violence as a Population Health Problem’ has resulted in a plan to apply for a large, yet-to-be-decided research g...
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Sigrid van Roode: ‘Zār jewellery reveals the world of unseen Egyptians’ 25 June 2024
Zār jewellery from Egypt can be found in many museums and private collections in the West, but for a long time very little was known about it, except ...
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Income differences in the Netherlands: it’s not as equal here as you might think 25 June 2024
Egbert Jongen researches income inequality in the Netherlands. Where are the differences and what can we do about them? This Professor of Economics an...
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Perpetuating Highland Heritages of Bhutan 25 June 2024
Jelle Wouters (RTC Bhutan), Erik de Maaker (CADS Leiden) and Radhika Gupta (CADS Leiden) have been awarded a €260.000 grant by the Gerda Henkel Founda...
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Circular fuel: researchers and technicians work hand in hand on tomorrow’s solutions 24 June 2024
From a meaningless block of plastic to an advanced component that contributes to the energy transition. The technicians and scientists of our faculty ...