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Thijs van Kolfschoten (1952) is professor emeritus in mammalian palaeo- and archaeozoology and Quaternary biostratigraphy.

We have transitioned from SAP to AFAS. This means that, as of 1 January, SAP cost centres are no longer active and have been replaced by AFAS cost centres.We have transitioned from SAP to AFAS. This means that, as of 1 January, SAP cost centres are no longer active and have been replaced by AFAS cost…

In Halloween week (from 31 October), our information and privacy experts will be popping up in unexpected places at the university. They may just appear at your desk… Do you know the answer to these questions and more? Where can you find the Tool Picker? How can you lock your screen in one easy step?…

On April 1, Marco Spruit, Professor of Advanced Data Science in Population Health at the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) and the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS), will deliver his inaugural lecture ‘Translational Data Science in Population Health’. Spruit will use the opportunity…

Leonor Alvarez Francés is a PhD candidate at the Institute for History that specializes in transnational history and digital tools for research in cultural history.

How can we guarantee the safety of the crown witness scheme for both crown witnesses and lawyers? How can we ensure that online conversations between lawyers and their clients remain confidential? And what are the risks of extra secure communication tools?

Leiden University is following the government’s advice and banning the use of DeepSeek at the university and on its infrastructure. The information you share with this AI chatbot may not be secure and may be stored on servers outside the European Economic Area (EEA), where the protection of personal…

Digital diagnostic tools should improve the diagnostic process of patients with musculoskeletal complaints, so that they can receive the right treatment more quickly.

How do I work with the beamer, webcam and PC in the lecture rooms? How do I log in, what do I plug in, and where? Colleague Fredrik van Dam (Audio-Visual Service, UFB) offers a crash course for anyone in need of assistance with the use of various digital tools and functionalities in our lecture rooms.…

How can you save time when searching for documents and information or scrolling through mailboxes, and have more time for your actual work? That’s precisely what the Smarter Digital Collaboration and Communication project aims to achieve: saving time, more control, less frustration, and better digital…

Whether a microbe is beneficial or harmful to a plant can now be predicted with high accuracy thanks to bacLIFE. This bioinformatic tool with an intuitive interface makes it much easier to unlock the secrets of bacterial genomes. A group of Leiden biologists presented it in Nature Communications.

Public agencies are keen to use new technology such as AI to speed up their primary processes. But the internal organisation is often a major stumbling block. SAILS researcher Friso Selten conducts research at the interface between data science and public administration.

If you’ve written a scientific manuscript, there’s a good chance you’re familiar with the app-switching two-step that happens when you copy your data from one program and paste them into another. That time-tested workflow does the job, but it isn’t always the most efficient process. In an article on…

This year ECOLe will again be offering an inspiring programme of workshops and events for humanities lecturers. Whether you're just starting out as a lecturer or have many years of experience, there are options for everyone to enhance their own educational practices. You are warmly invited to take part!…

It was long thought that the early development of Japanese children's books served mainly as a propaganda tool of the state: the literature was supposed to have been written to shape children into perfect citizens. PhD student Aafke van Ewijk nuances this image. Children's book writers wanted to have…

Thomas Moerland studied medicine and mathematics in Leiden and has a lifelong fascination with the origins and workings of intelligence. He brought all that together in his popular science book Van IQ naar AI (From IQ to AI).

The use of AI by students has become an integral part of education. Instead of banning it, the “GenAI in education” pilot project is investigating how AI can contribute to the learning process. Marco van Bommel, lecturer on the Economic and Consumer Psychology course, talks about the initial experiences…

The Leiden Leadership Programme is going to innovate. After 12 years, the honours track for master’s students will get a new set-up. We asked two of those involved about the ins and outs of the new LLP. ‘You learn what leadership style suits you and how to make an impact.’

Jeroen van Gessel’s lecturers didn’t always have time for extensive feedback on his written assignments. So, together with tech-savvy friend Menno Hahury, he founded Eduface, a startup to develop an AI teaching assistant. ‘The first users now work three times faster.'