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Sustainable Tuesday: 4 questions for environmental scientist Ranran Wang 07 September 2021
On Sustainable Tuesday, two weeks before Dutch Budget Day, the Dutch cabinet receives a suitcase full of sustainable ideas and initiatives. The initia...
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Laurens Hessels appointed Professor of the Social Value of Science 03 September 2021
Laurens Hessels was appointed Professor by Special Appointment, lecturing in the Social Value of Science at Leiden University, effective 1 September 2...
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LUMC professor Maria Yazdanbakhsh receives Spinoza Prize 03 September 2021
Leiden professor of Cellular Immunology of Parasitic Infections Maria Yazdanbakhsh receives the prestigious NWO Spinoza Prize this year. This, in many...
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Judi Mesman awarded Stevin Prize for research on upbringing and diversity 03 September 2021
What influence do children’s upbringing and education have on their world view? This is the question Professor Judi Mesman is trying to answer. For he...
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Chemist Marc Koper receives Spinoza Prize for research on electrolysis 03 September 2021
Professor Marc Koper researches how you can use electrical energy to make or break chemical bonds. He has just been awarded a Spinoza Prize, the Nethe...
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Back to Faculty with Nikie Veld 02 September 2021
Nikie Veld is an education coordinator at Biology. Her job now mainly revolves around getting students back to the Faculty. ‘In the corona era, we wer...
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Coming this fall: Al-Babtain visiting professor Hugh Kennedy 31 August 2021
This fall, LUCIS will have the pleasure of welcoming Professor Hugh Kennedy from SOAS University of London to Leiden. He is the fourth Abdulaziz Saud ...
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Marieke Adriaanse appointed professor of Behavioral Interventions in Population Health Management 30 August 2021
What determines healthy behavior and how do you promote healthy choices and routines? These are a few questions currently being addressed by Marieke A...
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Law and Digital Technologies graduate wins prestigious Google Prize 25 August 2021
Javier Aleuanlli, an Advanced Masters graduate from the Law and Digital Technologies programme at Leiden University, has been awarded Google's Diverse...
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In Memoriam professor Wim Jiskoot (1961-2021) 23 August 2021
Afgelopen zondagavond, 22 augustus, is na een kort ziekbed onze zeer gewaardeerde collega professor Wim Jiskoot, Hoogleraar Technologie van toediening...
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Leiden professor petitions UN to release Guantanamo prisoner 23 August 2021
Palestinian national Abu Zubaydah was captured by the CIA in March 2002 and has remained in detention ever since, without any form of trial. Leiden pr...
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Ewine van Dishoeck after pontifical appointment: ‘Science and religion can coexist’ 19 August 2021
Pope Francis has appointed astronomer Ewine van Dishoeck to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences. She joins an illustrious list of Nobel Prize winners, ...
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LEF grant for Semiha Aydin to pilot social anxiety treatment 06 August 2021
Semiha Aydin is one of the three first-generation researchers who received a grant from the Leiden Empowerment Fund to stimulate their scientific career.
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In memoriam Sjoerd van Koningsveld (1943-2021) 02 August 2021
We are saddened by the news of the unexpected passing of prof.dr. Pieter Sjoerd van Koningsveld on 28 July 2021.
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Eveline Crone new Corresponding Fellow of The British Academy 26 July 2021
The British Academy appointed Eveline Crone as a Corresponding Fellow to recognise her contribution to the SHAPE themes - the social sciences, humanit...