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Opinion: Renaming ministries plays crucial role in shaping political agenda 14 June 2024
Three new ministries have been formed in the Netherlands: Asylum and Migration, Housing and Spatial Planning & Climate and Green Growth. Of course, th...
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Kate Bellamy: ‘Exciting to put P'urhepecha community in touch with written heritage’ 13 June 2024
Many members of Chicago's P'urhepecha community did not even know they lived a stone’s throw from some of their own historical heritage. Researcher Ka...
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Not wrapping but folding: Bacteria also organise their DNA (but they do it a bit differently) 13 June 2024
Some bacteria, it turns out, have proteins much like ours that organise the DNA in their cells. They just do it a bit differently. This is revealed by...
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Political Scientist Christina Toenshoff Wins Virginia Walsh Dissertation Award 13 June 2024
Christina Toenshoff has been awarded the Virginia Walsh Dissertation Award for her PhD dissertation on corporate climate lobbying. The Leiden Politica...
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Leiden archaeologists create open educational resources on agent-based modeling 13 June 2024
The past two years, Laura van der Knaap and Professor Karsten Lambers worked on creating open teaching materials on agent-based modeling, funded by Er...
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Arteriosclerosis and drug discovery: two young researchers win Krijn Rietveld Award for innovative research 13 June 2024
One discovered that arteriosclerosis resembles an autoimmune disease, while the other developed a system to aid in the search for new medications. For...
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Ionica Smeets receives honorary doctorate from Open University 13 June 2024
Professor of Science Communication Ionica Smeets will be awarded an honorary doctorate by the Open University. She receives the award because she exem...
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’Society would flourish with new farming styles’ 12 June 2024
‘The climate crisis is the greatest threat we face,’ says Leiden University environmental scientist Paul Behrens. ‘And yet, there is hope. In the near...
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The environment: victim and initiator of armed conflict 12 June 2024
The Third International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding is set to take place between 19 and 21 June at the Wijnhaven building in The Hague. ...
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Using health data for scientific research isn’t that simple 12 June 2024
While health data is essential for scientific research, that data also needs to be protected. In her doctoral thesis, Irith Kist found a balance betwe...
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The number of threats is increasing. But is the Netherlands less safe? 11 June 2024
Explosions at people’s homes, gangland killings and online threats: if you follow the news, it may seem as though threat levels in the Netherlands are...
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‘Scary, huh?’ – The power of parental ‘fear talk’ 11 June 2024
Parents’ talk about new stimuli such as persons or objects strongly affects how avoidant or fearful their child will react. No stronger effect was fou...
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Seven Comenius grants for Leiden lecturers 11 June 2024
Eleven lecturers from Leiden University have been awarded Comenius grants that will allow them to work with their teams on an innovation project withi...
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Jesse Dijkshoorn: ‘I had to learn to take time off’ 11 June 2024
Research master's student in history Jesse Dijkshoorn collaborated on a transcription system for medieval texts. ‘It’s nice to make the Middle Ages ac...
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Prof. dr. Sarah A. Cramsey Delivers her inaugural lecture "Care, Children and the Other Holocaust" 11 June 2024
On Friday June 7, 2024, Sarah Cramsey delivered her inaugural lecture entitled "Care, Children and the Other Holocaust" in front of more than 80 profe...