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ECSL Summer Course on Space Law and Policy and Young Scholar's Conference - Call for Papers 29 May 2024
One of ECSL’s most successful activities is the ESA/ECSL Summer Course on Space Law and Policy, which is open to students of all levels of study, as w...
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Jonathan Silk receives Guggenheim Fellowship 29 May 2024
The Guggenheim Fellowship is a prestigious award for US nationals. There are more than 3,000 applications every year, and this year only 188 were hono...
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Amsterdam Airport Schiphol Hosted Briefings and an Airside Tour for IIASL 29 May 2024
On 15 May 2024, master’s students and staff from the International Institute of Air and Space Law (IIASL) visited Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, the main...
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Saying goodbye to Prof Carsten de Dreu on 18 June 29 May 2024
After eight years as professor at the Institute of Psychology, Carsten de Dreu is making the move to the University of Groningen, where he has been ap...
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The new self-evaluation of the Institute of Psychology: ‘The quality of the academic culture is more important’ 29 May 2024
Better supervision of PhD candidates, clear guidelines on career paths and an MRI scanner that can be accessed by all researchers: these are the recom...
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Migrants cost European governments less than their own citizens do 29 May 2024
Migrants are far less of a burden on the budget of European countries than is often thought. In many cases, they make a more positive contribution tha...
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First session of ‘EU Talks ?!’ discusses the rule of law in the EU 28 May 2024
On 16 May 2024, the student-based initiative ‘EU Talks?!’ had the pleasure to organize its first session under the following title: ‘Rule of Law in th...
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Bingo, barista and drinks: a successful We are Science Week 28 May 2024
For three days, our faculty was all about We are Science Week: the community event full of fun activities for our staff and students. Besides the famo...
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eLaw at CPDP.ai 2024 28 May 2024
eLaw looks back at a very successful presence at this year's 17th edition of the annual CPDP-conference in Brussels - this year rebranded as CPDP.ai t...
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Unique manuscript map of Suriname now available in Digital Collections 28 May 2024
The map of Suriname, drawn in 1830 and acquired by Leiden University Libraries (UBL) in 2023, has now been made available online via Digital Collectio...
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Rafal Matuszewski awarded grant for workshop on adolescence and sexual maturity in historical and cross-cultural perspectives 28 May 2024
When are you (sexually) mature? A KNAW grant will enable associate professor Rafal Matuszewski to organise an interdisciplinary workshop on this quest...
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Leiden biologists find nanoplastics in developing heart 28 May 2024
Nanoplastics can accumulate in developing hearts, according to a study by biologist Meiru Wang from Leiden University. Her research on chicken embryos...
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Programming problem patched: Leiden PhD candidate discovers breakthrough in software security 27 May 2024
By chance, computer scientist Hans-Dieter Hiep (Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science and Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica) discovered a ‘gaping...
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‘When I'm in the Hortus, it feels like I'm walking through the print’ 27 May 2024
Four prints, ten years of research. Not that she got bored of them, on the contrary. Corrie van Maris, who receives her PhD this week, has always rema...
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Taarique teaches career planning but doesn’t want students to plan their future too strictly: ‘Keep on experimenting’ 27 May 2024
In the ‘Educatips’ column, psychology lecturers share their most important insights on teaching. This month: Taarique Debidin thinks making contact wi...