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European award for dissertation on Early Iron Age elite burialsIn 2017 Sasja van der Vaart-Verschoof defended her dissertation on Early Iron Age elite burials of the Low Countries at the Faculty of Archaeology. Ou...
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Mark Klaassen appointed in the Advisory Committee on Migration AffairsMark Klaassen, assistant professor at the Institute of Immigration Law, has been appointed as a committee member in the Advisory Committee on Migratio...
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Spinoza prize for organisation psychologist Carsten de DreuLeiden social and organisational psychologist Carsten de Dreu has been awarded a Spinoza Prize, the top science prize in the Netherlands. We talked to...
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The critique of inequalityPolitical philosopher Nicholas Vrousalis (Leiden University) has been awarded a Vidi grant by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NW...
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Fransje Molenaar wins Jaarprijs Politicologie 2018Fransje Molenaar, who defended her dissertation at the Institute of Political Science (Leiden University) in September 2017, has been awarded the Jaar...
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Leiden University Fund awards grantsOver thirty research projects have been awarded a grant from the Leiden University Fund (LUF). The academics each receive a sum of between 5,000 and 2...
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Broad media coverage for Kavli prize Ewine van DishoeckEwine van Dishoeck was broadly covered in national and international media with her prestigious Kavli prize for astrophysics. She won 1 million dollar...
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Vidis for nine Leiden researchersNine talented Leiden researchers have been awarded a Vidi subsidy by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). Vidis are intended fo...
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Ewine van Dishoeck wins Kavli prize for astrophysicsHow are stars and planets formed? Is life outside Earth possible? These questions are being researched by Professor of Molecular Astrophysics Ewine va...
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Public Administration student Wouter Kuin wins SER-thesis prize 2018With his master thesis ‘Passion for Sustainable Fashion’ Public Administration student Wouter Kuin has won the SER thesis award 2018 of the Social Eco...
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Maartje van der Woude wins Heineken Young Scientists AwardProfessor of Law and Society Maartje van der Woude (37) is one of the four young scientists who have been awarded a 2018 Heineken Young Scientists Aw...
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MA Student Suzanne Oskam invited to conference Philosophy of Death and DyingThe Institute for Philosophy is happy to announce that Suzanne Oskam will be presenting her work this summer in Uppsala, Sweden at the biennial confer...
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Royal honour for astronomer Tim de ZeeuwLeiden astronomer Tim de Zeeuw has been appointed Knight in the Order of the Dutch Lion. He received the distinction on 14 May to mark his departure a...
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Subsidy for digitalisation of Tell Deir Alla fieldworkThe Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) accepted the request for subsidy to digitise the archive of the archaeological fieldwork at Tell Deir...
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Martienke Baaij receives the “Kees Bakker Award”Leiden Biology student Martienke Baaij received the annual award for being the best BSc-student in 2017 from the “Stichting Professor Dr. K. Bakker-fo...