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Global problems, local actions: Leiden professors help teachers, students and citizens to engage with environmental issues 29 November 2023
In 2021, Thijs Bosker and Paul Behrens — both Associate Professors in Environmental Sciences at Leiden University — received funding from the Leiden U...
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Canal Watch scoops communication prize 28 November 2023
Canal Watch (De Grachtwacht), which has been cleaning canals since 2018, has received the Dutch Research Council (NWO) Communication Initiative Award....
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Cleveringa Professor: Holocaust remembrance has led to very different political lessons 28 November 2023
From memorials to the armed forces to memory stones for individual victims. It was only later that the Holocaust took a central role in Western rememb...
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Dutch people are understanding the term ‘violence’ to mean more and more 27 November 2023
When do we say violence was used in an incident? The answer may seem obvious at first. But interim results from a study by Jolien van Breen show that ...
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Four projects awarded science communication grants 24 November 2023
A climate game, a science and music festival, a mobile psychology lab and interactive sessions on anxiety in children. The Dutch Research Council (NWO...
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Research on impact of community justice 23 November 2023
No hearing in court, but at the community centre. Does this local approach help keep people with various problems such as debts or school absenteeism ...
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Leiden researchers explain shock PVV victory 23 November 2023
Geert Wilders and his PVV party have won the 2023 elections. What decided this victory and what else stands out about the results? Political scientist...
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Illusions as the key: how spatial technology can help patients 23 November 2023
Spatial technology such as virtual reality can help patients who have difficulty with spatial cognition, for instance if they keep on losing their way...
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Short prison sentences: More recidivism and expensive 21 November 2023
Dutch political parties have presented their own 'solutions' to make society 'safer'. How do the party positions compare with scientific research on c...
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China conducting joint military exercises with 5 ASEAN Member States 21 November 2023
China is conducting joint military exercises this week with Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam. In doing so, it is seeking to strengthen ...
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18 billion animals a year: they die, but never end up on our plate 20 November 2023
Each year a staggering 18 billion chickens, turkeys, pigs, sheep, goats, and cows either die or are killed without making it onto someone's plate. Env...
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A government that works with citizens brings hope, but also many dilemmas 20 November 2023
The promise of personal, democratic and effective government has enormous appeal. The welfare state is tottering, the security of livelihoods is at st...
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New social media pilot at Archaeology: from Wes Anderson to community archaeology 20 November 2023
Anyone who follows the Faculty of Archaeology on social media must have noticed that something changed in September. Videos on research projects, inte...
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‘In ten years’ time, we’ll ask ourselves how we can make the Netherlands more attractive for migrants’ 16 November 2023
When politicians claim they can make major differences with their migration policies, they’re raising false expectations. The opportunities for the go...
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Kind, clever and hardworking: school reports are not without bias 16 November 2023
White girls receive significantly more positive comments from their teachers in their primary school reports than white boys and children from migrant...