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Senior Teaching Qualification for first ten lecturers15 October 2018The Senior Teaching Qualification is for experienced lecturers who have done more than lecturing alone. Ten quotes from the first ten lecturers to re...
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Carsten de Dreu receives Spinoza Prize12 September 2018Leiden psychologist Carsten de Dreu was presented with the Spinoza Prize by Education Minister Van Engelshoven on 12 September. The award of 2.5 milli...
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Winnie Gebhardt receives Honorary Fellowship04 September 2018Health psychologist Winnie Gebhardt has been appointed as Honorary Fellow of the European Health Psychology Society (EHPS) in recognition of her excep...
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Nicholas Vrousalis wins EURIAS fellowship at Aarhus University28 August 2018Political philosopher Nicholas Vrousalis (Leiden University) has been awarded a EURIAS Fellowship at Aarhus University’s Institute for Advanced Study ...
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Rebekah Tromble to lead Twitter-funded research team on online discussions26 July 2018In the context of growing political polarisation, the spread of misinformation, and increases in incivility and intolerance, how can Twitter assess an...
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Five ERC Starting Grants for young Leiden University researchers26 July 2018The European Research Council has awarded a Starting Grant to five early career scientists from Leiden University. They received funding up to 1.5 mil...
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Veni subsidies for sixteen Leiden researchers16 July 2018Sixteen researchers at Leiden University have received a Veni award from the Netherlands Organisation for Academic Research (NWO). This award offers p...
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Making Facebook data available to researchers16 July 2018Political scientist Rebekah Tromble (Leiden University) has been appointed as an academic advisor to the Social Science One research commission. She w...
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Carolien Rieffe starts LDE research on autism in high school students10 July 2018The Leiden University psychologist Carolien Rieffe will investigate how to create an social climate at high schools, to make young people with autism ...
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Gisela Hirschmann and Niels van Doesum receive LUF/Gratama research grant10 July 2018Leiden University researchers Gisela Hirschmann (Political Science) and Niels van Doesum (Psychology) have been awarded a LUF/Gratama grant for their ...
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Difficulty with emotions and lack of trust: Mariska Kret's Vidi research06 July 2018‘What a relief,’ was psychologist Mariska Kret’s reaction to the news of her Vidi grant from the national science financier NWO. The grant makes it po...
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Spinoza prize for organisation psychologist Carsten de Dreu18 June 2018
Leiden 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 inequality12 June 2018Political 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 201812 June 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 grants12 June 2018Over 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...