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How should we use AI? The Islamic world may have an answer04 April 2023The secular West is struggling with the rise of AI, but so too is Muslim Southeast Asia. What can we learn from each other? Bart Barendregt, Professor...
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Speckmann Awards 2023 for Queer Joy in Motion report and Imogen Cooney28 March 2023The Fieldwork NL report prize goes to the “Queer Joy in Motion” report, by bachelor students Dorota Olsavska, Marthe Baalbergen, Rielly Puchalski, and...
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Four Vici grants for Leiden University researchers23 February 2023Four researchers from Leiden University have been awarded prestigious Vici grants the Dutch Research Council (NWO) has announced. The honoured applica...
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Through the revolving door: do parliamentarians anticipate attractive careers elsewhere?17 February 2023Political scientist Tim Mickler (Leiden University) receives a grant from The Dutch Research Council (NWO) for his quantitative research into post-par...
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Youth mental health meets big data analytics: Hype or Hope?17 February 2023Depression and anxiety disorders among youth are causing major problems worldwide. The mechanisms involved are still unknown, however. Moji Aghajani –...
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What is the role of parties in local politics?14 February 2023Political scientist Simon Otjes (Leiden University) receives a grant from The Dutch Research Council (NWO). The grant is part of the SGW Open Competit...
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Success with NWO for social and behavioural scientists13 February 2023Ten Leiden social and behavioural scientists have successfully applied for the NWO Open Competition. With this Open Competition, NWO gives researchers...
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John Boy granted NWO XS for research Coming of Age on Instagram10 February 2023Research often theorizes about young adults and their social media use. John Boy wants to investigate social media platforms by talking to users rathe...
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Angelo Romano awarded as Rising Star by the Association for Psychological Science05 February 2023Social Psychologist Angelo Romano have been awarded the Association for Psychological Science (ASP) Rising Star designation. This award is presented ...
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European grant for Ellen de Bruijn: ‘Hormonal fluctuations in women have been ignored for too long in brain research’31 January 2023Psychologist Ellen de Bruijn studies the effects of hormonal fluctuations on behaviour and on the brain over a woman's life course. With an ERC Consol...
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ERC Consolidator Grants for six Leiden researchers31 January 2023From the effects of hormone fluctuations in women via the interior structure of giant planets to the prehistory of the languages and more: six Leiden ...
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Psychology Awards 202209 January 2023Psychology teacher of the year is Roy de Kleijn. The Master Thesis Awards are for Roosmarijn Goldbach en Matija Čuljak. Jeffrey Durieux receives the P...
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Anne Urai and Neuromatch colleagues win prize for open science10 November 2022Cognitive neuroscientist Anne Urai is part of the Neuromatch Conference team. With the prize for open science, Neuromatch wants to reduce or remove ba...
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Essi Pekonen and Ingmar Jansen win Political Science bachelor’s thesis prizes for 202208 November 2022October and November not only bring a number of proud Political Science graduates, it is also the season to determine who wrote the best bachelor’s th...
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Ancois de Villiers receives PeerJ Award for Best Student Presentation20 October 2022Ancois de Villiers, PhD candidate at the Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology, received the PeerJ Award for Best Student Prese...