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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...
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LUF grant for Neeltje Blankenstein: 'I want to study online risk behaviour of young people in its full depth'19 October 2022Neeltje Blankenstein receives an LUF grant to conduct research on online risk behaviour among young people. What risks do young people take online and...
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Ramsey Albers wins Political Science Master’s Thesis Prize 202217 October 2022Each year, supervisors within the Institute of Political Science are asked to nominate exceptional theses for the annual Thesis Prize. This resulted i...
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Political Science Master’s thesis prize 2022: the nominees04 October 2022Tradition has it that at the end of each academic year, the best master’s thesis in Political Science is awarded a prize. For 2021-2022, the jury is c...
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Bachelor thesis prizes Political Science 2022: the nominees29 September 2022The thesis is the Grand Finale for our bachelor students. On their way to the finish, they have gathered considerable knowledge and insights, and acqu...