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In memoriam Leo Waaijers (1938-2023) 28 August 2023It is with great sadness that we learned that our colleague Leo Waaijers, guest employee at our institute, passed away on August 1 after a short illness.
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Separating AI fact from fiction at the AI & Society Conference 12 June 2023Researchers and policymakers are welcome to attend the AI & Society Conference in The Hague on Friday 23 June. The SAILS interdisciplinary research pr...
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Sarah de Rijcke new dean Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences 24 May 2023Prof. Sarah de Rijcke will succeed Paul Wouters as dean of Leiden University's Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FSW) from 1 January 2024. P...
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Turkish and Syrian students talk to Rector about possible support 22 February 2023A group of Turkish and Syrian students from the university are raising money for victims of the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. Two of them met Recto...
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Success with NWO for social and behavioural scientists 13 February 2023Ten Leiden social and behavioural scientists have successfully applied for the NWO Open Competition. With this Open Competition, NWO gives researchers...
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An AI system that tells you why you should eat glass – should that be allowed? 20 December 2022The English-language interdisciplinary minor ‘AI and Society’ explores the role of artificial intelligence in our society. The interdisciplinary natur...
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Science, technology and innovation is not addressing world’s most urgent problems 20 October 2022Global science research serves the needs of the Global North, and is driven by the values and interests of a small number of companies, governments an...
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Publish Your Reviews: promoting openness in peer review 07 July 2022Publish Your Reviews is an initiative encouraging peer reviewers to share their reviews and to contribute to open science and transparant research com...
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Researchers still reluctant to embrace transdisciplinary collaboration 23 June 2022Without scientific knowledge, we won’t be able to tackle the grand challenges of the 21st century: climate change, energy transition, social inequalit...
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The Research on Research Institute (RoRI) embarks on its next five years of research on research 20 June 2022
Today marks the start of RoRI’s Phase 2. With our international consortium of partners, we’re excited to launch another five years of generating, synt...
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Healthy Society Event: lots of inspiration exchanged about societal wellbeing and social sciences 13 June 2022How can social scientists contribute to a healthier society? That question was central to the Healthy Society Event on 9 June 2022, which successfully...
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Talk and debate: how do we prevent science from harming the environment? 14 December 2021Sustainability researchers can play an important role in the energy transition. But what if their partners are not (yet) sustainable and science itsel...
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Ten ways to improve academic CVs for fairer research assessment 01 November 2021Concrete actions for assessment panels, boosting responsible evaluation
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A Community of Practice in responsible research across Europe 05 October 2021Sarah de Rijcke has been awarded Wellcome funding to study and promote responsible research practices
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Laurens Hessels appointed Professor of the Social Value of Science 03 September 2021Laurens Hessels was appointed Professor by Special Appointment, lecturing in the Social Value of Science at Leiden University, effective 1 September 2...