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Honours Class tackles climate change head-on 25 May 2022An international and interdisciplinary collaborative effort, the Honours Class ‘Sustainability Beyond Frustration: Saving the Planet as an Academic Sk...
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Italian nurse acquitted of murder after statistical analysis 25 April 2022Italian nurse Daniela Poggiali was arrested and convicted of murdering two hospital patients in 2014. Her case attracted the attention of Leiden stati...
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Benjamin Suchard: ‘The more you send out into the world, the more likely it will stick’ 25 April 2022How do you make niche subjects interesting and accessible? Benjamin Suchard, historical linguist and researcher, seems to have created the perfect rec...
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Parental criticism hurts: a glimpse inside the adolescent brain 19 April 2022It may seem as though adolescents do as they please, but they are more sensitive to their parents’ opinions than they would appear. The adolescent bra...
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Ten lessons on making an impact: ‘What dilemmas will you face?’ 04 April 2022In the booklet ‘Research with Windows Wide Open’, eight professors in the social sciences and humanities advise colleagues who want to make an impact ...
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Sustainable growth: a continuous balancing act for the FGGA Board 15 March 2022Erwin Muller, Dean of FGGA and Administrator of Campus The Hague, and Koen Caminada, Vice-Dean, share their thoughts on how ‘we’ as a faculty are doin...
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LDE minor focuses on resources needed for energy transition 15 March 2022European dependence on Russian gas, earthquake damage in Groningen and the changing climate: the call for an energy transition is getting louder. This...
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How the Netherlands systematically used extreme violence in Indonesia and concealed this afterwards 17 February 2022Dutch troops, judges and politicians collectively condoned and concealed the systematic use of extreme violence during the Indonesian War of Independe...
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New interactive book helps motivate young people and tackle bullying 01 February 2022How do you deal with bullying? How can you motivate young people? At the NeurolabNL symposium a multidisciplinary research team launched an interactiv...
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Markus Davidsen wins 2021 Impact Prize 24 January 2022Markus Davidsen, assistant professor of Religious Studies, is the winner of the 2021 Impact Prize. He is receiving the prize of 1,000 euros for the ma...
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Symposium on technology and privacy should offer new insights 19 January 2022Video conferencing from your sitting room and algorithms on social media that know your interests: new technology is an increasingly integral part of ...
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PTSD treatment can help patients with childhood trauma 10 January 2022Adults who were abused or mistreated as a child and consequently suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can benefit greatly from cognitive ...
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Positive Health: what is it and how do you measure it? 17 December 2021Health policy in the Netherlands is increasingly based on Positive Health. This approach sees health as much more than simply not being ill. There are...
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Students create creative language lessons for primary and secondary education: ‘Not enough attention paid to languages’ 08 November 2021The earlier you introduce children to a language, the sooner they can be captivated by it and see that there is more than just Dutch and English. That...
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Five Leiden professors installed as Medical Delta professors 03 November 2021On 2 November, nine professors were simultaneously inaugurated as ‘Medical Delta Professor’ at Leiden University, LUMC, Delft University of Technology...