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Kluitersprijs for excellent students Minor Intelligence Studies
Nineteen students who obtained excellent results in the minor Intelligence Studies received the annual Kluitersprijs.
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How to set ambitious goals for sustainable agricultureFood production in the Netherlands is an economic success but has led to many environmental issues, including nitrogen pollution. Recently, the policy...
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Vacancy University Lecturer (UD) in the Anthropology of ArtLeiden University, Faculty of Humanities, Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society (LUCAS), is looking for a University Lecturer (UD) in the A...
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Vacancy PhD candidate for the project Anchoring Innovation in the New. The Poetae Novi and CatullusWithin LUCAS there is a vacancy for a PhD candidate for the project Anchoring Innovation in the New. The Poetae Novi and Catullus
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Vacancies: 2 PhD Positions: Imagining invention and inventors and the role of natureWithin LUCAS there are two vacancies for PhD candidates for the project: Imagining invention and inventors and the role of nature
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Mark Leiser part of winning consortium of €1.5 million Volkswagen Foundation research grantDr Mark Leiser, Assistant Professor in Law and Digital Technologies at eLaw, is part of a successful €1.5 million bid for a research grant from the ac...
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Partnership with Baker McKenzie for organisation Children’s Rights Moot Court Competition 2021From Monday 7 to Friday 11 June 2021, the fourth (virtual) edition of The Children’s Rights Moot Court Competition takes place.
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Book Landscapes of Survival sheds new light on the habitation of the Jordan desertsDecember 2020 saw the crowning publication of the Landscapes of Survival project by Professor Peter Akkermans. Its main topic is human habitation in m...
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Spitting cobra leads to Science publicationSpitting cobra venom composition has been influenced by defensive behaviour according to an international research team. This may have originated from...
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Carel’s Universe: Leiden museums depict Carel Stolker’s rectorshipTen Leiden museums and heritage institutions have curated the online exhibition ‘Carel’s Universe’. They selected objects from their collections that ...
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The University in the time of coronavirus: from working at the kitchen table to a livestream PhD defenceThe outbreak of coronavirus has radically changed our life and work. We have had to work, teach and conduct research from home. How has coronavirus ch...
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The Mystery of the Pointy DropletsA certain type of oil droplets changes shape when cooled and shrunk: from spherical through icosahedral to flat hexagonal. Two competing theories coul...
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NICA is moving to LeidenSince 1 January Leiden has a new graduate school. The Netherlands Institute for Cultural Analysis (NICA), previously based at the University of Amster...
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Yvonne Erkens publishes article on innovation in the field of corporate social responsibilityThroughout the world fundamental labour rights in supply chains are being violated. Since the Rana Plaza disaster in Bangladesh shook the world, we ca...
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Francesca Arici wants to raise maths awareness in societyMathematician Francesca Arici has joined the Raising Public Awareness Committee of the European Mathematical Society. She aims to coordinate and unite...