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Team with staff from Leiden wins important open science prize 11 February 2021
A team including staff from Leiden University won the Open Initiative Trophy on 11 February, a prize for the best open science initiative in the Nethe...
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CWTS is participating in RIPEET, another territorial RRI project 09 February 2021
CWTS is has been successful in another H2020 SwafS-14 call on territorial RRI. We are participating in a Coordination and support (CSA) project, RIPEE...
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Loes Janssen in NWO Synergy Award final 03 February 2021
Loes Janssen would like to foster well-being of families by using an app and sending families short and fun activities each day to do together. For th...
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Corona and the gulf between citizens and experts 02 February 2021
Rector Magnificus Carel Stolker will retire on 8 February. If there’s one theme running through his career, it’s the links between the University and ...
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Exposure therapy also helps patients with childhood trauma process the past 15 January 2021
Childhood trauma can have a lifelong effect. Many therapists do not dare to confront these vulnerable patients with their past because they are concer...
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It costs money to borrow money, but how much and for how long? 12 January 2021
Minou van der Werf advocates applying insights from social psychology to financial behaviour. Even small practical interventions can help people to ma...
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Best friends forever? How the adolescent brain reacts to good friends 12 January 2021
During adolescence, some young people have stable best-friend relationships, while others change best friends frequently. Developmental psychologist L...
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New Year’s reception 2021: a memorable online event 07 January 2021
The Faculty’s traditional New Year’s reception, like everything else these days, was transformed into an online event this year. Dean Paul Wouters as ...
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More victims of child abuse during lockdown 06 January 2021
The number of victims of child abuse is estimated to be higher during the first lockdown compared with a period without a lockdown. This is mainly due...
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Orangutans yawn contagiously when they see others yawn 17 December 2020
For the first time, contagious yawning has now also been found in a species that roams its territory mostly in solitude and is less frequently engaged...
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Polarising chats? Political misinformation on discussion apps in India and Brazil 09 December 2020
Political scientist Simon Chauchard (Leiden University) has been awarded a Consolidator Grant by the European Research Council (ERC). This brings him ...
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ERC Consolidator Grants for four Leiden researchers 09 December 2020
From fake news via WhatsApp to mini hearts from a 3D printer: four Leiden researchers have been awarded a Consolidator Grant by the European Research ...
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Anthropologist Andrew Littlejohn composes sonic ethnography in Japan 04 December 2020
Andrew Littlejohn composed a sonic ethnography with sounds recorded in Japan’s northeastern region. He decided to make recordings because he wasn’t sa...
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Mandrills; timing is everything 04 December 2020
Mandrills keep track of how many days have passed to be the first to gather the food. This is shown by a team of researchers from the University of Am...
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Hunger is not a lack of food, but rather solitude in Mentawai 27 November 2020
How can people say they are hungry when they have enough food at their disposal? On the Indonesian island of Siberut, the term 'hungry' does not just ...