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Leiden University extends collaboration with Asian Development Bank 21 June 2024
Leiden University will expand its activities with the Asian Development Bank (ADB). President of the Executive Board Annetje Ottow and Zweta Manggaran...
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Olga Ceran speaks at EuConst Symposium in Maastricht 21 June 2024
Olga Ceran was a speaker at the European Constitutional Law Review (EuConst) Symposium for Young Scholars that took place in Maastricht on 18 June 2024.
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Christa Tobler discusses indirect discrimination in Vilnius 21 June 2024
On 13 June, Professor Christa Tobler spoke about indirect discrimination at the Vilnius Gediminas Technical University in Lithuania.
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Marlies Reinders new Dean of Faculty of Medicine and member of LUMC Board of Directors 21 June 2024
As of 1 October, Marlies Reinders (1973) will be the new Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and will sit on the LUMC’s Board of Directors. This will retu...
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‘Scandals mean society is actually doing well’ 21 June 2024
Whereas the Netherlands Court of Audit used to conduct an investigation once a year, the average civil service organisation now has a few per year to ...
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‘Moon landers’ measure greenhouse gases in unique agricultural living lab 21 June 2024
A huge shiny aluminium object stands in the middle of the Polderlab in Oud Ade. Are the researchers trying to make contact with extraterrestrial life?...
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No experiments but equations: how Daoyi Wang uses math to understand the world 21 June 2024
How do you study the growth of microorganisms, the spread of epidemic diseases or the healing of wounds, without actually performing experiments? Daoy...
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Spinoza Prize for Professor Bernet Elzinga 21 June 2024
How can parents avoid passing on stress and mental health problems to their children? Professor of Stress-Related Psychopathology Bernet Elzinga devel...
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Want to help develop a Serious game at Psychology Lab on Wheels? 20 June 2024
Psychology Lab on Wheels makes science accessible for everyone. On Monday 24 June, we will be back with our mobile lab at the Old Observatory near the...
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Hydropower, but without devastating consequences for fish and fishermen 20 June 2024
Hydropower plants need not be disastrous for fishermen and nature. For that, we need to place new dams more strategically, but also modify or even rem...
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Minister Ollongren impresses with personal speech: 'Our strongest weapons are people' 20 June 2024
After 2.5 years as defence minister, it is time for Kajsa Ollongren to hand over the baton. In front of a packed audience, she gave her farewell speec...
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Studying and being an entrepreneur at the same time? 20 June 2024
Studying and being an entrepreneur at the same time? Stan (21), a master's student in Crisis and Security Management, is doing it. With the knowledge ...
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Prisoner reentry programmes do not work as they should 20 June 2024
For a successful return to society, incarcerated individuals must work on their reentry during their sentence. But in practice, not all such individua...
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‘Transdisciplinary and interdisciplinary collaborations lead to better scholarship and solutions’ 20 June 2024
How can you persuade researchers who are used to conducting research within clearly defined disciplines to adopt an interdisciplinary approach? Newly ...
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PhD candidate Camil Staps figured out what ‘out’ means 20 June 2024
Words originally intended to indicate space, such as ‘out’, are also regularly used to indicate cause and effect. Why does this happen? And how does i...