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ERC Starting Grants for seven Leiden researchers05 September 2023Seven researchers from Leiden University have been awarded an ERC Starting Grant. This will enable them to start their own project, build their resear...
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Digging for treasure in archives: what did spoken Scots sound like?05 September 2023How did Scottish speakers sound hundreds of years ago? University lecturer Mo Gordon thinks the answer to that question can be found in church archive...
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Archaeologist Martin Berger explores Latin American collections with an ERC grant04 September 2023All over Europe you will find ethnographic museums with large collections of indigenous objects from Latin America. These collections shaped the image...
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The mechanism behind a friendly chat: 'Puzzle gets unravelled bit by bit'01 September 2023A friendly chat is more complicated than you might think. As soon as the other person finishes talking, you already have an answer ready. But how do w...
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Dario Fazzi becomes professor by special appointment: ‘We live in an era of tremendous ecological challenges’30 August 2023Historian Dario Fazzi is the new professor by special appointment at the Roosevelt Institute for American Studies (RIAS), a strategic partner of the F...
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Gerard van Westen wins KNCV Gold Medal29 August 2023Gerard van Westen has received the KNCV Gold Medal, the most important Dutch award for chemists under 40. 'It's a huge honour,' says the professor of ...
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Leiden Teaching Prize nominee 2023: ‘Every lesson somebody says something I never thought of’28 August 2023Two years ago, university lecturer Kirsty Rolfe was nominated for the Faculty Teaching Prize. Now she is in the running for the university equivalent....
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As old as the road to Rome: 'Fake news was already to be found in ancient times'21 August 2023Fake news a new phenomenon? Not according to Rens Tacoma and Indira Huliselan. In an NWO project, the associate professor and PhD student will delve i...
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Cattle, rather than geometric shapes, determine how the Hamar see the world11 August 2023Sara Petrollino, a university lecturer in linguistics, strongly believes that language influences the way we see the world. An NWO Open Competition (X...
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Rubicon grant for Remko Fermin: superconducting diodes for energy-efficient data centres10 August 2023How can physics help reduce emissions from energy-guzzling data centres? With a Rubicon grant, physicist Remko Fermin will conduct fundamental researc...
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Richard Karlsson Linnér: ‘I expect a future where a genetic test will be as much a no-brainer as getting X-rayed.’07 August 2023Assistant Professor Karlsson Linnér, who works at the Department of Economics, is one of the recipients of a Veni grant. His research on the accuracy ...
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Liberal immigration policies in autocratising countries? Systematic research awarded with Veni grant03 August 2023The world is autocratising. In 2022, a record number of states across all continents, including Europe, was shifting towards autocracy. But against th...
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Veni grants for 16 Leiden researchers03 August 2023Sixteen researchers at Leiden University are to receive a Veni grant from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). These awards off...
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Ilse van de Groep receives Koningsheide prize for research on feedback28 July 2023Psychologist Ilse van de Groep found that people react more aggressively when receiving negative feedback. However, if people already exhibit persiste...
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Leiden Law School Professor Ann Skelton awarded Honorary Doctorate from the University of Strathclyde13 July 2023Leiden Law School takes great pride in announcing that the University of Strathclyde has bestowed an honorary doctorate on Professor Ann Skelton, Prof...