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An AI system that tells you why you should eat glass – should that be allowed? 20 December 2022
The English-language interdisciplinary minor ‘AI and Society’ explores the role of artificial intelligence in our society. The interdisciplinary natur...
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Misleading bar and pie charts: How graphs can lead you astray 19 December 2022
Cutting off the y-axis, using 3D effects and only showing part of the available data: these are all tactics to mislead people with graphs. But they do...
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Research and current affairs: 2022 in six stories 19 December 2022
Life returned to something resembling normal after Covid but other crises soon took its place. These great challenges are also being felt at the Unive...
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‘Migration’, ‘migrazione’ and ‘migracja’: Free teaching modules on migration in six languages 16 December 2022
How can teachers have a balanced conversation in the classroom about migration policy, asylum seekers or ethnic discrimination on the labour market? S...
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What do children see in art? Psychologists are studying this at the Rijksmuseum 12 December 2022
From games to scavenger hunts: museums already do all sorts of things for children. But how do children really look at art? Do paintings affect them m...
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Mental health at work: young social scientists meet up during YAL Faculty lunch 08 December 2022
The Young Academy Leiden strives to connect young academics with each other and strengthen their position within the University. It goes without sayin...
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Psychology Connected on why we fight, and how to find peace again 06 December 2022
After discussing the climate, our psychologists once again broach a big topic: war and peace. Or, perhaps: cooperation and conflict. For no matter how...
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Old tradition of ‘golden PhDs’ reinstated 06 December 2022
Black-and-white photographs filled with solemn young men and distinguished professors line the walls of the Grand Auditorium. Young women are missing ...
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How “giving voice” may lead to silence 02 December 2022
Do we break the silences in our research participants’ stories? When is it ethical to write and not write about what remains unspoken in the social wo...
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‘If you want to resolve the big challenges in healthcare, you have to work across disciplines’ 29 November 2022
Marieke Adriaanse is Professor of Behavioural Interventions in Population Health and researches behavioural science issues in health. She advocates fo...
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Documentaries, zines and a video installation: multimedia projects by students Visual Ethnography 28 November 2022
From documentaries, zines and exhibitions to a video installation. Students of the Visual Ethnography master's programme pulled out all the stops to f...
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Second Anthropology of Asia at Leiden Update well attended 25 November 2022
On November 17, the Leiden Anthropology of Asia Network held its second Anthropology of Asia at Leiden Update. At Leiden University, anthropologists a...
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Call for Papers and Panels: Global Transformations and Governance Challenges (GTGC) Conference 2023 24 November 2022
From 7-9 June 2023 Global Transformations and Governance Challenges (GTGC) organises its second international conference in The Hague. Deadline for su...
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Cleveringa Lecture by Gert Oostindie: Leiden University should also reflect on its colonial history 24 November 2022
It is crucial that Leiden University reflects on its colonial history. These were the words of Cleveringa Professor Gert Oostindie in his inaugural le...
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Iranian regime faces dilemma: ‘You can’t just block social media’ 21 November 2022
Protests have been raging in Iran for two months since the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini. The role of social media in the protests against the Iran...