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The internet has many bosses. It’s chaotic but it works 08 April 2024Governing the internet is rather chaotic, says Professor Jan Aart Scholte. ‘But it works.’ Not only do national and local governments have a say but a...
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Creating a sustainable university: ‘You need breathing space for activist work’ 08 April 2024More papers, more grants, more students: constant growth is still the gold standard at universities. Neuroscientists Anne Urai and Claire Kelly argue ...
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Autism and loneliness at school: ‘I always have to stifle my feelings’ 03 April 2024Echoing corridors, chaotic lessons and the obligatory chit-chat in the playground: for pupils with autism, an average day at school is exhausting. As ...
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The lessons we can learn from leaders of colour 26 March 2024With diversity and inclusion, organisations too often focus only on cosmetic change. ‘Interview bias training alone is not enough’, says Distinguished...
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Joop van Holsteyn appointed as member of the Dutch Electoral Council 26 March 2024Joop van Holsteyn has been appointed as member of the Dutch Electoral Council (Kiesraad). As of 1 april 2024 the Professor in Political Behaviour and ...
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Towards a crisis resilient society 25 March 2024Pandemics, terrorist attacks, environmental disasters... These are real threats, which we cannot ignore. In fact: we need to prepare better for the la...
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Read the three most downloaded papers by CADS researchers 25 March 2024Three of our researchers have been awarded a certificate for receiving enough downloads to be in the top 10% of papers in 2022: Jasmijn Rana with Sec...
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‘Maybe interdisciplinarity could function as a way to change the university’ 25 March 2024This year, in a three-part symposium series, we are exploring how interdisciplinary collaboration can be promoted at the university. In the second ses...
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Gravitation funding for five projects with Leiden researchers 25 March 2024The Advanced Nano-electrochemistry Institute Of the Netherlands (ANION) consortium will receive 23.6m euros in Gravitation funding for research on imp...
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The psychological poverty trap: How lack of money impacts decision-making, procrastination and loss of control 21 March 2024Lack of money impacts how a person takes financial decisions: now or preferably later. Procrastination and avoidance behaviours in turn have an effect...
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Why teens should treasure their friendships 21 March 2024Adolescents with strong friendships experience fewer anxiety and depression symptoms, PhD student Iris Koele discovered in her research on high school...
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How to improve the workplace for bi+ people 20 March 2024People who are attracted to more than one gender often experience a disadvantage in the workplace and labour market. BI+ Netherlands and Leiden Univer...
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AI recognizes anxious youth based on their brain structure 18 March 2024A unique multicenter study, including about 3,500 youth between 10 and 25 years old from across the globe, shows that artificial intelligence - specif...
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Numbers are not an exact representation of an objective reality 15 March 2024Numbers seem to be a universal language. But in practice it's not so simple. Tim van de Meerendonk explores how farmers, insurance advisors and local ...
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How touchscreens and eye trackers can tell us something about the dating life of orangutans 11 March 2024Aesthetic attraction plays a big role in orangutans’ mate choice, behavioural biologist and PhD candidate Tom Roth has observed. But to discover just ...