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ERC Starting Grants for five young researchers from Leiden University 03 September 2020
The ERC Council has awarded Starting Grants to five promising Leiden researchers. With an impressive three laureates, the Faculty of Social and Behavi...
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Hester Bijl in the media on corona and female leadership 26 August 2020
In the past few days, Vice-Rector Hester Bijl was interviewed by Leiden TV station Unity and the Zuid-Holland Economic Board. In both interviews she l...
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‘Like Don Quichot, you have to keep dreaming’ 24 August 2020
Having a bachelor, master and Ph.D in chemistry, Elena Sánchez López shifted to a more biological research for her postdoc. All of her studies she did...
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Sierd Schaafsma appointed justice in the Supreme Court of the Netherlands 24 August 2020
The Dutch Council of Ministers has approved the appointment of a Vice President and of three justices, including Professor Sierd Schaafsma, in the Sup...
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Tim Meijers: 'There are so many questions I still want to ask’ 21 August 2020
The fact that Tim Meijers ended up becoming a philosopher came as no surprise. Even as a child, the university lecturer endlessly asked questions to h...
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Aris Politopoulos: ‘I use games as a teaching method' 19 August 2020
In his lectures Aris Politopoulos combines archaeology with video games. He is one of the three nominees for the 2020 LUS Teaching Prize. 'A good teac...
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‘Leiden has a special atmosphere, almost like a family’ 10 August 2020
From a lovely blossoming garden in Barcelona, Eduard Fosch Villaronga is talking enthusiastically about his postdoc at Leiden University. Due to the c...
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Huib van Langevelde new director Event Horizon Telescope 21 July 2020
The Leiden astronomer Huib van Langevelde) has been selected as the new director of the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT). The EHT is a collaboration invo...
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Project co-directed by ISGA’s Joachim Koops cited in United Nations Security Council 17 July 2020
During an open debate in the UN Security Council on the topic of peacekeeping and human rights, the project "Protection of Civilians in UN Peace Opera...
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Emily Anne Wolff in The New York Times on Kenya's Used Clothing Ban 13 July 2020
The Kenyan second-hand clothing market is depended upon locally by citizens for its low cost, high quality and diversity. To prevent the spread of the...
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Annetje Ottow new President of Leiden University 09 July 2020
Professor Annetje Ottow will be appointed President of the Executive Board of Leiden University on 8 February 2021. She will be the first woman to be ...
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Four LUF Grants Awarded in 2020 to Faculty Governance and Global Affairs 07 July 2020
The Leiden University Fund (LUF) awards grants to research and educational project in various academic fields once a year. This year, Andrei Poama, Jo...
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Voyage to Corona. An artistic insight on COVID-19 by Federico de Musso 07 July 2020
In February Cultural Anthropologist Federico de Musso went to Northern Italy to visit his family. He was there for three days when COVID-19 cases star...
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Serena Viti is our new professor of Molecular Astrophysics 07 July 2020
The Leiden Observatory has appointed a new professor. Selena Viti will hold a chair in Molecular Astrophysics. Viti will build a research group that c...
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Sarah Michiel: ‘I’m looking forward to being back in the office’ 06 July 2020
Sarah Michiel is the Institute Manager of NIMAR and has been living in Morocco since 2012. Due to the coronavirus, she has been working in Belgium sin...