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Internationalisation enriches: malaria research in Indonesia and lectures by professors from Nigeria 24 August 2023Georgia, Ukraine, Palestine, Tunisia, Indonesia, Singapore, Australia, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Nigeria, Suriname and Brazil: Leiden University has secured...
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Lowlands as lab: virtual trips in the name of science 21 August 2023While tens of thousands of visitors dance to deafening music, a team of Leiden psychologists are trying to collect data for their research at Lowlands...
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How does our physical environment affect our health? 17 August 2023The Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) has received a 4m grant for the ECOTIP project. In this project researchers will study how our physical en...
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Workshop Exploring the Role of Hype in the Future of Quantum Technology 11 August 2023Telling sensationalised stories, exaggerating benefits and understating the risks: creating ‘hype’ about something doesn't sound like something a resp...
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Ieke de Vries: 'We're expecting too much from minors and young adults if we think they can protect themselves from sexual exploitation.’ 11 August 2023What starts off gently may end dramatically. Many young people these days fall victim to sexual exploitation. How can we prevent this suffering? Ieke ...
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Partnering the Leiden Leadership Programme: ‘Students ask the honest questions’ 10 August 2023“A group of students does trigger something different than a research agency,” says Sophia de Rooij, chairman of the board of the Amstelland Hospital ...
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‘Building bridges between scientists: that's what we're good at’ 09 August 2023Two directors. Both professors of mathematics, but one of them is a biologist. One comes, and the other goes. Roeland Merks will succeed Arjen Doelman...
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Research: Points system makes neighbourhoods nicer to live in 07 August 2023A lot of municipalities work with a points system to encourage construction projects to take biodiversity and creating green areas into account. But t...
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Richard Karlsson Linnér: ‘I expect a future where a genetic test will be as much a no-brainer as getting X-rayed.’ 07 August 2023Assistant Professor Karlsson Linnér, who works at the Department of Economics, is one of the recipients of a Veni grant. His research on the accuracy ...
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Veni grant for Nikki Ikani and Bernardo Ribeiro de Almeida 03 August 2023Nikki Ikani, Assistant Professor at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA) and Bernardo Ribeiro de Almeida, Assistant Professor at the Le...
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Influencers, X and WhatsApp: social media and the coup in Niger 02 August 2023A number of European countries have started evacuating their citizens and there is a threat of military intervention by neighbouring countries: the si...
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Summer tours of the Academy Building: 'I can still see my own signature!' 28 July 2023Are you curious about the Great Auditorium, the Robe Room or the famous Sweat Room? If so, between 25 July and 17 August you can have a free summer to...
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Why you should leave weeds alone 27 July 2023Grass, nettles, dandelions: we should banish them from our gardens, right? Wrong! Weeds can help cool, fertilise and increase biodiversity in your gar...
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Funding for project on open-source intelligence activists and Russia's war against Ukraine 27 July 2023Damien van Puyvelde has received funding (over 47.000 euro) from a new Research Council pilot for his study 'Open-source research and the war in Ukrai...
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What happens on the schoolyard? Sensors on clothing reveal painful patterns 21 July 2023The design of school playgrounds partially influences whether children play together. This is particularly relevant for more vulnerable students, such...