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Leiden Law School Hall of Fame Students 202318 December 2023In 2023, a number of students from the bachelor’s, master’s and advanced master’s degree programmes won prizes for their outstanding achievements. Con...
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Three awarded research projects in NWO-XS call18 December 2023Cryogenic memories, antibiotic treatment for urinary tract infections and recycling plastic sustainably. These are the subjects of the three NWO-XS gr...
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Carolien Rieffe honoured with a NWO grant for research project on loneliness18 December 2023'Building 4 Belonging' is the title of Carolien Rieffe's honoured NWO proposal for research on loneliness. Psychologist Rieffe is especially proud of ...
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Archaeology Hall of Fame 202314 December 2023Special achievements, grants and a top 10 ranking, a great calendar year for the Faculty of Archaeology! See the overview of 2023 in the hall of fame...
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ERC Consolidator Grant for Radhika Gupta to study transnational Islamic charitable networks13 December 2023Radhika Gupta has received a Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council to study how transnational Islamic charitable networks are entangle...
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Kohei Suzuki receives Kenneth J. Meier Award from the Midwest Political Science Association13 December 2023Kohei Suzuki, Assistant Professor at the Institute of Public Administration, has received the Kenneth J. Meier Award for his paper ‘Politicisation, Bu...
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Grant enables archaeologists to study origins of museum artefacts13 December 2023Two researchers from the Faculty of Archaeology have received a grant from the Museums, Collections and Society (MSC) interdisciplinary programme. Thi...
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NWO-XS grants for two innovative research projects12 December 2023Two Leiden Science researchers received an NWO-XS grant for their research. Both projects are highly promising, but also high-risk. Macrophages that t...
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Bachelor's research on ultra-thin nanochip nominated for Young Talent Award12 December 2023Using 2D materials, physics student Romme van der Kemp developed a nanochip that is extremely small ánd scalable. This is needed to make all kinds of ...
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Verifying the correctness of mathematical theorems with a computer12 December 2023How correct are mathematical theorems? And is all the theory around them correct? To find out, mathematics student Dominique Lawson converted a mathem...
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Countering nerve pain caused by chemotherapy with new drug12 December 2023Nerve pain is one of the most common side effects of chemotherapy. It is therefore one of the biggest reasons for cancer patients to stop treatment ea...
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Jason Rudall awarded Hsu Mo Prize by former President Ma of Taiwan12 December 2023Jason Rudall, Assistant Professor of Public International Law at the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies, has been awarded the Hsu Mo Prize...
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Eduard Fosch-Villaronga and Hadassah Drukarch win European Commission’s Product Safety Award11 December 2023The EU Product Safety Award encourages and honors innovative business initiatives and research that make a difference for consumers. This year, the Go...
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Life Science & Technology among best studies by Elseviers Weekblad11 December 2023The MSc Life Science & Technology receives a bronze medal in EW Best Studies 2023. Every year, Elsevier selects the top programmes in higher education...
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‘The questions and ideas from students also make me a better researcher’07 December 2023‘Yamila Miguel brings along immense enthusiasm that sparks over to the students in the lectures,’ her students say about her. ‘She inspires us as scie...