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Detaching students from the idea that everything you read is true 16 May 2022We expect students to be critical readers. ‘But how?’ they ask. ‘You read an article and it all sounds perfectly logical and convincing, so why should...
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Nature conservation in the Dutch Caribbean 16 May 2022A sense of security plays an important role in the decision to contribute to nature conservation. Stacey Mac Donald conducted four years of research o...
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‘The child protection system really isn’t in good order’ 13 May 2022Last Thursday the Dutch House of Representatives held a debate on children being put into care when the childcare benefits scandal (toeslagenaffaire) ...
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Stimulating the gut–brain nerve can influence emotion 10 May 2022Stimulating the vagus nerve, which provides a direct link between the gut and brain, makes people pay less attention to sad facial expressions. This r...
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Owada Chair should bring together nations, cultures and individuals 09 May 2022Dominique Moïsi, a professor at King’s College London, will be the first holder of the Owada chair. ‘In the present international context of polarisat...
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Include local communities in policymaking 09 May 2022Forest degradation has limited the Orang Rimba's access to forest resources. As a result, they've had to make significant cultural modifications and a...
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Comenius teaching grants for four Leiden lecturers 03 May 2022Four lecturers from Leiden University will receive a 50,000-euro Comenius Teaching Fellow grant. This will enable them and their team to realise an ed...
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Gravitation grant for research into growing up successfully 02 May 2022How can young people grow up successfully and contribute to the present and future society? The consortium that is researching this will receive 22 mi...
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Young social scientists network away during the Young Academic Lunch 25 April 2022Young Academy Leiden wants to bring together young academics. After all, it is not that easy in practice to meet peers outside your field. With inspir...
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‘Students have been treated like temporary residents for four centuries already’ 21 April 2022The new Students for Leiden party pulled off a stunning victory in the municipal elections. From nowhere, the party won two seats on Leiden Municipal ...
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Jam-packed class rooms and plenty of enthusiasm at Campus The Hague Career Event 21 April 2022Thinking about the next step in your career, networking, preparing for the labour market or possibly meeting your future employer. Over 400 students a...
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Huge advances could be made in the treatment of patients with childhood trauma 21 April 2022There’s a lot that goes wrong in the treatment of patients with PTSD caused by childhood trauma. Endowed professor Maartje Schoorl wants to resolve th...
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Erik de Maaker and team awarded grant for research on the impact of ‘green farming’ 20 April 2022Charisma K. Lepcha (PI, Sikkim University), Pradyut Guha (co-PI, Sikkim University), Rajib Sutradhar (co-PI, Christ University Bangalore) and Erik de ...
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Speckmann Awards 2022 for Simay Çetin, Nova Folkersma, Marta Mas Castella, Iris Molenaar and Emma van der Plas 19 April 2022Alumna Simay Çetin received the award for her Master thesis: ‘Interpreting Culture through Embodied Practice: An anthropological study of sexuality am...
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Parental criticism hurts: a glimpse inside the adolescent brain 19 April 2022It may seem as though adolescents do as they please, but they are more sensitive to their parents’ opinions than they would appear. The adolescent bra...