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Interview with interim cabinet minister Van Leeuwen: from lawyer to diplomat to politician 17 June 2024
In his last week as interim cabinet minister, alumnus and outgoing Dutch Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation Geoffrey van Leeuwen s...
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CFP Monotheisms in Medieval Islamic Thought 17 June 2024
The Leiden University Centre for Islamic Thought and History (LUCITH) is hosting a two-day in-person conference on the topic of monotheism in medieval...
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Naomi Rebekka Boekwijt: ‘This novel is a plea for human assistance’ 17 June 2024
Philosophy alumna Naomi Rebekka Boekwijt returns to Leiden University on 20 June to present her latest novel Stemmen (Voices) in Plexus. ‘I wanted to ...
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Hilde Woker and Renate Reitsma appointed members of National Ocean Decade Committee 14 June 2024
The National Ocean Decade Committee has appointed two new members from Leiden University. As members of this committee, Hilde Woker and Renate Reitsma...
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Opinion: Renaming ministries plays crucial role in shaping political agenda 14 June 2024
Three new ministries have been formed in the Netherlands: Asylum and Migration, Housing and Spatial Planning & Climate and Green Growth. Of course, th...
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A foldable smartphone? STIBNITE searched for the perfect semiconductor 14 June 2024
Roll-up solar panels, bendable phone displays, or better computer chips… The EU project STIBNITE investigated the next generation of semiconductors, m...
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Kate Bellamy: ‘Exciting to put P'urhepecha community in touch with written heritage’ 13 June 2024
Many members of Chicago's P'urhepecha community did not even know they lived a stone’s throw from some of their own historical heritage. Researcher Ka...
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Prison reward systems do not work well and prisoners are the ones who pay 13 June 2024
Ten years ago, a new reward system was introduced in Dutch prisons: the only way prisoners could earn extra ‘freedoms’ was through good behaviour. Fre...
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Not wrapping but folding: Bacteria also organise their DNA (but they do it a bit differently) 13 June 2024
Some bacteria, it turns out, have proteins much like ours that organise the DNA in their cells. They just do it a bit differently. This is revealed by...
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Political Scientist Christina Toenshoff Wins Virginia Walsh Dissertation Award 13 June 2024
Christina Toenshoff has been awarded the Virginia Walsh Dissertation Award for her PhD dissertation on corporate climate lobbying. The Leiden Politica...
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Leiden archaeologists create open educational resources on agent-based modeling 13 June 2024
The past two years, Laura van der Knaap and Professor Karsten Lambers worked on creating open teaching materials on agent-based modeling, funded by Er...
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Arteriosclerosis and drug discovery: two young researchers win Krijn Rietveld Award for innovative research 13 June 2024
One discovered that arteriosclerosis resembles an autoimmune disease, while the other developed a system to aid in the search for new medications. For...
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Ionica Smeets receives honorary doctorate from Open University 13 June 2024
Professor of Science Communication Ionica Smeets will be awarded an honorary doctorate by the Open University. She receives the award because she exem...
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’Society would flourish with new farming styles’ 12 June 2024
‘The climate crisis is the greatest threat we face,’ says Leiden University environmental scientist Paul Behrens. ‘And yet, there is hope. In the near...
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The environment: victim and initiator of armed conflict 12 June 2024
The Third International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding is set to take place between 19 and 21 June at the Wijnhaven building in The Hague. ...