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Bas van Rijn defends PhD dissertation on afterlife research 22 September 2023On 22 September, LUCSoR alumnus Bas van Rijn successfully defended his PhD dissertation entitled “The Experimental Culture of Afterlife Research: Atte...
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Leiden University joins the Just Transitions for AMR Working Group 21 September 2023Leiden University joins the Just Transitions for AMR Working Group, an interdisciplinary team of social science and humanities researchers who are exp...
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Leiden University & Elsevier Symposium on Digital Sovereignty 19 September 2023Our ever-increasing reliance on software and technologies, out of convenience, necessity or otherwise, binds us to supranational and commercial compan...
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Political Science Master’s thesis prize 2023: the nominees 18 September 2023Towards the graduation ceremonies, you sense an increasing nervousness. Not only because all the tradition and glamour surrounding the event, also bec...
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Meditating before class: ‘Students sometimes say: I forgot I had a body’ 18 September 2023In this new ‘Educatips’ column, Psychology lecturers share their most important insights about teaching. This month: Elise Seip wants to help students...
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Research Traineeship Programme completed: 'Here you are encouraged to try things' 15 September 2023Discovering while still studying whether work in science might be for you. That is what students get during the faculty Research Traineeship Programme...
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Star birth: a slow and mysterious drama 15 September 2023A star does not just appear in the sky overnight. Its creation takes tens of thousands of years. Twenty years ago, astronomers took a picture of a sta...
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‘I want to connect young people and the European Parliament’ 14 September 2023Olivier Morskate studied Public Administration at Leiden University. During his minor, he discovered his passion for Europe and he decided to do an in...
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Institute of Public Law’s Barentsen and Drahmann both win teaching award 13 September 2023During the opening of the Faculty year on 5 September 2023, Barend Barentsen, Professor of Labour Law, and Annemarie Drahmann, Associate Professor of ...
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Egbert Jongen appointed Professor of Economics and Socio-Economic Policy 12 September 2023Egbert Jongen is appointed Professor of Economics and Socio-Economic Policy at Leiden University from 1 November 2023. His expertise is in the field o...
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The New Scholar: Let’s Make an Impact! 11 September 2023The New Scholar, an interdisciplinary peer-reviewed journal at the Faculty of Humanities of Leiden University, is launching its first issue, and how? ...
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While doing research on victimhood, Criminology student Sara suffered a serious injury and became a victim herself 07 September 2023In the middle of doing research for her master’s thesis, Sara Kalf (24) was hit by a car and got seriously injured. After a long period of rehabilitat...
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Psychology education on suicide prevention honoured with Casimir prize 07 September 2023'We are very happy with this recognition! The great thing about this prize is that it celebrates team effort', Joanne Mouthaan responds to the Casimir...
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Leiden master's student in Labour Law is ‘student intern of the week’ in Dutch magazine Mr. 06 September 2023Eva Lammers is currently studying for a master's degree in labour law at Leiden University and expects to graduate in autumn 2023. Lammers did her int...
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Bachelor thesis prizes Political Science 2023: the nominees 05 September 2023The bachelor thesis is the pièce de résistance of a bachelor’s in Political Science. It demands academic craftsmanship and creativity, as well as bloo...