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‘Digital services lean heavily on the social infrastructure’ 09 September 2024
Governments worldwide invest huge sums in their digital services and data strategies. Efficiency and effectiveness are key. But these are not achieved...
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Prepared for pain? The impact of the nocebo effect on people with chronic pain 09 September 2024
People who have negative expectations about a treatment actually experience more pain. Merve Karacaoglu discovered in her PhD research that anxious an...
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‘Our future depends on funding for education research’ 09 September 2024
Higher education research improves the quality of education. And these investments more than pay for themselves in terms of well-being and prosperity....
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During the next pandemic, this mathematical model will speed up the search for treatment 09 September 2024
Do you recall all those drugs that were hastily proposed as potential treatments for COVID-19? In the event of a future pandemic, the goal is to offer...
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NWO grant for research on new type of global organisation 05 September 2024
To what extent can global issues be solved by multistakeholder collaboration, a relatively new type of organisation? Jan Aart Scholte, the coordinator...
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Four researchers of FSW receive an ERC starting grant 05 September 2024
The Starting Grant is awarded annually by the European Research Council (ERC). This year, 51 researchers in the Netherlands will receive a Starting Gr...
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What responsibility do we have towards the Earth System science? An interview with Joeri Reinders 05 September 2024
More and more people are facing climate change. How can we ensure that we act climate-proof and climate-neutral? We asked climate and earth scientist ...
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How to hijack natural destruction in cells: ‘We need to understand it through and through’ 05 September 2024
Destroying proteins from the Golgi apparatus of the cell in a controlled manner. That is the focus of chemist Marta Artola’s pioneering research. By d...
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Evaluation Temporary Act Transparency Fast-track Liquidation 05 September 2024
Leiden University's Company Law department will work with SEO to conduct the Evaluation Temporary Act Transparency Fast-track Liquidation for the WODC...
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ERC Starting Grant for research on Climate citizenship 05 September 2024
"Climate citizenship” explores how adapting environments to climate change can change the way people interact with each other and with government. It ...
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ERC Starting Grant for research on diversity in outdoor recreation 05 September 2024
In Europe, people from minoritized communities are often less involved in outdoor activities such as hiking and camping. However, identity-based group...
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ERC grant for Corinna Jentzsch: Countering Jihadi insurgencies in Africa 05 September 2024
The European Research Council (ERC) announced the awarding of 494 Starting Grants to young scientists across Europe. One of these scholars is Corinna ...
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1.5 million awarded for research into misinformation among youth 05 September 2024
Developmental psychologist Ili Ma has been awarded an ERC grant to investigate misinformation among teenagers, aiming to bolster their resilience agai...
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Adapt or perish – traits identified that help plants survive 05 September 2024
PhD candidate Jianhong Zhou aimed to better understand whether and how plant species adapt to environmental changes. She developed two databases that ...
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Chasing gravitational waves: damping vibrations in underground Einstein Telescope 04 September 2024
Leiden scientists and companies receive 1.37 million euros to develop technology for the Einstein Telescope. This underground telescope will measure g...