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The dean Mark Rutgers speaks at penultimate session of flash campaign 15 July 2024
After the new government announced its plans to cut expenditure on academic education, the Faculty of Humanities launched the flash campaign ‘Stop the...
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Pavement gardens are crucial to urban biodiversity 15 July 2024
They are often little more than a square metre of plants, yet pavement gardens are a source of life. PhD candidate Joeri Morpurgo conducted research i...
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Integrative learning to improve connection with labour market: 'Digital skills are badly needed' 15 July 2024
Many humanities graduates find work in digital heritage, but a good pedagogical model to match education is lacking. University lecturers Karin de Wil...
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Kiem project on safety and dangers in the digital world results in new research network 15 July 2024
No less than 33 project received a Leiden Kiem grant in 2023. How did they fare? Olga Bogolyubova shares experiences from her project ‘Interdisciplina...
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From tax law talent to expert beer brewer: Benjamin Wegman's unique career path 15 July 2024
People often say you should ‘do something that makes you happy’. Alumnus Benjamin Wegman certainly took that advice to heart. After graduating with a ...
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How to make an old antibiotic a hundred times more potent 12 July 2024
Nathaniel Martin, Professor of Biological chemistry, wondered what would happen if you take an antibiotic that has been known for 70 years and try to ...
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Europa Institute at the ICON-S 2024 Conference 12 July 2024
On 8-10 July, 2024, public law scholars from around the world gathered in Madrid for the annual conference of the International Society of Public Law ...
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Proof of Concept grants for four Leiden researchers 12 July 2024
Four Leiden researchers have been awarded Proof of Concept grants by the ERC. These grants, each worth 150,000 euros, help researchers translate the f...
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KiKa grant for mathematician: how statistics helps fight bone cancer 12 July 2024
Using mathematics to help children with bone cancer. It sounds a little strange, but for statistician Marta Fiocco, it's just her job. She gets a subs...
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Bankrupt Co-Med prompts call for legislation on bankruptcies that have major social impact 11 July 2024
The trustees handling the bankruptcy of Dutch GP chain Co-Med are facing difficult dilemmas. Who is first in line: patients, employees or creditors? A...
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Interdisciplinary Thesis Labs and the International Institute of Air & Space Law (IIASL) 11 July 2024
Students greatly benefit from an interdisciplinary learning environment that makes connections with various stakeholders and tackles real-world challe...
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The future of the Dutch incapacity benefit system 11 July 2024
Barend Barentsen, Professor of Labour Law, recently spoke at a meeting of experts in Amsterdam on the future of the Dutch incapacity benefit system.
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Can humans observe a single particle of light? (And what does that say about our brain?) 11 July 2024
Hoping to learn something about the human brain, Leiden researchers are creating a setup to shoot single photons, particles of light, into someone’s e...
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Bas van Rijn wins Fritz Stolz-Preis 2024 10 July 2024
LUCSoR alumnus Bas van Rijn was awarded the Fritz Stolz-Preis on 7 June 2024 for his PhD Dissertation “The Experimental Culture of Afterlife Research:...
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Launch of the Europe Hub master's thesis prize 10 July 2024
Leiden University’s Europe Hub invites submissions from all faculties for its first annual Europe Hub master's thesis prize by 2 September 2024.