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Tackling climate change with the ground beneath our feet 29 June 2023
Soil ecologist Emilia Hannula has been awarded a Vidi grant by NWO to examine how soil could become a promising ally in combating climate change and i...
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Vidi grants for eight researchers from Leiden University 29 June 2023
Eight scientists from Leiden University have been awarded a grant by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). With this Vidi funding, the researchers can set...
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Funding for four Leiden studies in the fight against arthritis 28 June 2023
Four researchers from Leiden University will receive funding from arthritis foundation ReumaNederland over the next five years. This should facilitate...
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Four Comenius teaching awards for Leiden lecturers 27 June 2023
Two lecturers from Leiden University have received a Comenius teaching award of 100,000 euros as part of the Senior Fellows programme. And a further t...
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Making a difference in palliative care: Liesbeth van Vliet wins EAPC Award 27 June 2023
Health psychologist Liesbeth van Vliet receives International recognition for her research on doctor-patient communication in the setting of advanced,...
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Legal psychologist Linda Geven wins Gratama Science Prize 2023 23 June 2023
With her exciting research into criminal truth finding in Europe, Linda Geven won this year’s Gratama Science Prize for young talented scientists. As ...
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Browsing Chinese policy documents with AI: 'There is more public than you might think' 23 June 2023
Corona travel restrictions and increased political pressure: research into China has become considerably more difficult in recent years. University le...
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Byvanck Professor Caroline Vout wins London Hellenic Prize for 2022 book 21 June 2023
This year's London Hellenic Prize is awarded to Caroline Vout for her excellent study of representations of the human body in sculpture, Exposed: The ...
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Lecturer receives doctoral grant for research into witness protection 21 June 2023
Gregory Townsend has been awarded a Doctoral Grant for Teachers by the Dutch Research Council to research witness protection at the international cour...
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Vincent Niochet investigates intercultural connectivity in the deep past with an NWO PhDs in the Humanities grant 20 June 2023
For already two years, Vincent Niochet has been affiliated with the Leiden Faculty of Archaeology as an external PhD candidate. Now, he has been award...
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Archaeologist Mink van IJzendoorn receives LUF grant to investigate late amphorae 19 June 2023
Amphorae are usually associated with the ancient Phoenicians, Greeks and Romans. ‘Yet, in some cases, such as Byzantium, amphorae existed for c...
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Award winners in Methodology and Statistics department 19 June 2023
The Department of Methodology and Statistics proudly celebrates the remarkable achievements of two award winners.
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NWO funding for three new humanities PhD students 15 June 2023
Three PhD candidates from the Faculty of Humanities have successfully applied for funding from NWO for new PhD candidates. The three upcoming research...
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Prize for production of sustainable rose smell 14 June 2023
Sustainable rose smell that can be produced on a large scale. Tobias Fecker made this into a possibility during his master's thesis, which was a colla...
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Historian Frank van Vree is the new Cleveringa Professor 13 June 2023
Frank van Vree, Emeritus Professor of War, Conflict and Memory Studies at the University of Amsterdam (UVA), is the new Cleveringa Professor at Leiden...