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Ross Gildea wins 2016 Research Master Thesis Prize02 November 2016Ross Gildea has won the Institute of Political Science Research Master Thesis Prize 2016. ‘The Political Psychology of Humanitarian Issue (Non-)Adopti...
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Samuel Jong wins MSc Thesis Prize 201602 November 2016Samuel Jong has won the Institute of Political Science MSc Thesis Prize 2016. With ‘Bridging the Gap: Do Ideological Differences Determine Whether Cen...
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Leiden researchers win public award in Smartest Project contest04 October 2016A research project by Developmental Psychology professor Carolien Rieffe and researchers of the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science has been...
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First diplomas for International Bachelor in Psychology19 September 2016Around 50 students have graduated from the new International Bachelor in Psychology (IBP) programme within three years. Inspiring speeches sketched an...
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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...