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Training children in self-control07 September 2016What is the effect of training children to exercise self-control? Niko Steinbeis has been awarded a major European subsidy to find the answer to this ...
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ERC grants for Leiden scientists06 September 2016Leiden research on psychology and archaeology will boosted by two subsidies. Both research projects focus on children.
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2016 John Ziman Award for Leiden Manifesto06 September 2016
The European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (EASST) has awarded its 2016 John Ziman Award for ‘a significant innovative cooperati...
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‘Today’s refugees are tomorrow’s Dutch citizens’05 September 2016From virtual education to a friendly meeting place where refugees and Dutch students can get to know one another. Investing in refugees is in the inte...
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Femke Bakker appointed to ISPP Early Career Committee25 August 2016Femke Bakker, PhD candidate at Leiden University‘s Institute of Political Science, has been appointed to the Early Career Committee of the Internation...
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Vote for a super-talented Leiden scientist22 August 2016The New Scientist magazine has selected two young Leiden scientists for its Top 25 Young Talents in the Netherlands and Flanders: historian Karwan Fat...
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Face-to-face politics: why small states matter02 August 2016Political scientist Wouter Veenendaal received an NWO Veni grant for his research on the political stability of small states. 'I find small states fas...
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To target or protect? Militias and political order in African civil wars25 July 2016Political scientist Corinna Jentzsch received an NWO Veni grant for her research on the conditions of collaboration between militias and state forces ...
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Psychologist Davood Ghara Gozli received a Veni grant15 July 2016Davood Ghara Gozli (Cognitive Psychology) has received a Veni grant. As such, he is officially recognised as a promising young scientist by science f...
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Two Leiden political scientists honoured with NWO ‘Veni’-grant14 July 2016Corinna Jentzsch and Wouter Veenendaal, two political scientists affiliated with Leiden University’s Institute of Political Science, have been awarded...
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Alternative story forms: a fresh approach to historical case material07 July 2016Students taking the new bachelor’s course ‘Social Movements and Political Violence’ are about to do something new. In addition to studying textbooks a...
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Rubicon for psychologist Barbara Braams01 July 2016Developmental psychologist Barbara Braams has moved to Harvard University to study social influences on adolescents’ decision making in risky and ambi...
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NWO grant for Pavlov’s conditioning during sleep27 June 2016Andrea Evers has received an NWO research talent grant with Jelle van Leusden as the PhD candidate. This grant enables them to start a research projec...
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Sylvia van Beugen wins award for publication on psychodermatology24 May 2016Sylvia van Beugen has won the Herman Musaph Literature award 2016 for the best publication about psychodermatology. Her publication describes the impo...
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Vera de Regt wins Photo Contest Antropology 201628 April 2016Bachelor student Vera de Regt received the first prize in the Anthropology Photo Contest 'Street Life' with her photo 'Girlpower in USA river' of Tanz...