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Presentations eLaw at 'Brave New World' and 'Night of Discoveries' 11 September 2023
eLaw - Center for Law and Digital Technologies, is well represented at a number of activities in Leiden this week concerning Technology and Society!
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Archaeologist Anastasia Nikulina worked on long-term landscape MOOC: ‘Everyone can learn something new from this course’ 11 September 2023
As part of the TerraNova project, a European research initiative on the study of landscape histories and futures, a Massive Online Open Course (MOOC) ...
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Night of Discoveries: 3D-printed paintings and the effects of psychedelics 08 September 2023
Performances, exhibitions, workshops and inspiring talks: come to the Night of Discoveries art and science festival on 16 September and embark on a vo...
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Oncode Accelerator launched: patients at the centre of innovative cancer drug development 08 September 2023
Providing each cancer patient with the right treatment remains a challenge. Oncode Accelerator aims to change this by innovating the way we develop ca...
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Students work on bacterium that makes sustainable plastic 07 September 2023
Rather than go on holiday this summer, a group of biology students shut themselves away in a windowless lab. They were working on a solution to the wo...
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Leiden archaeologists contribute to unique Iron Age exhibition in Oss 07 September 2023
Museum Jan Cunen in Oss presents the very first retrospective exhibition of the richest graves from the early Iron Age (800-500 BC), including the one...
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Brainstorming with and for students about money management 05 September 2023
How do we tackle financial stress among students? Policymakers and students came up with a plan. The outcome has been a report that the university can...
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What global cities are made of 05 September 2023
Understanding what our buildings and cities are made of is an important step in making them more sustainable. Industrial ecologist Tomer Fishman (CML)...
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Leiden University joins national 113 campaign: ‘It’s okay to feel uncomfortable about talking about suicide’ 05 September 2023
Talking about suicide is important, but anything but comfortable. To make this difficult subject easier for students and staff to discuss, the univers...
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Being yourself in the summer sun: Leiden University shines at Canal Pride Leiden 05 September 2023
Rainbow flags, funky sounds and drag queen Petty Libel: the very first Canal Pride Leiden has become reality. Leiden University joined the parade with...
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How polluting are the clothes in your closet? 05 September 2023
Cotton is the most widely used natural fibre for clothes. But how polluting are our jeans and shirts actually? Environmental scientist Laura Scherer c...
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Opening of Academic Year on sustainability: optimism and criticism go hand in hand 04 September 2023
The theme of the Opening of the Academy Year on 4 September was sustainability and how the university could take the lead as a change agent. How is it...
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Prinsjesfestival & Prinsjesdag: an overview of the activities in and around the university in The Hague 04 September 2023
The third Tuesday of September is approaching and with it Prinsjesdag (State Opening of the Dutch Parliament) and the official start of our own Facult...
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Logging in tropical forests has a major social impact on local people 04 September 2023
The local benefits op logging operations in tropical forests are far smaller than we often think. At the same time, the negative impacts on local well...
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Interview with Vincent Mul on collaboration with The Hague Court of Appeal 30 August 2023
Vincent Mul is deputy president on the board of The Hague Court of Appeal. Together with Jan Crijns, Professor of Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure,...