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Psychology Connected on making mistakes in science: 'Admitting errors can actually benefit your reputation'13 March 2023How do we get better at detecting research errors? And how do we ensure that we no longer see those errors as evidence of our inability, but as keys t...
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A dilemma: When and how to use the concept of “culture” in medical anthropological practice?10 March 2023On December 13th 2022, the Leiden University Medical Anthropology Network (LUMAN) had its first Learning Encounters discussion session. This afternoon...
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How e-coaching helps people with chronic kidney disease to live more healthily09 March 2023An e-coaching programme helps people with chronic kidney disease, particularly in areas that patients themselves want to work on. ‘A healthy lifestyle...
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Chris Riddell is one of the new Faces of Science: 'Can't wait to share research'09 March 2023Have you ever seen your friend smiling, and suddenly you started grinning too? PhD student Chris Riddell is researching how and why we copy body langu...
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Bart Barendregt on Unesco Chair in Anthropology of Digital Diversity07 March 2023Bart Barendregt explains his new Unesco Chair in Anthropology of Digital Diversity in an interview on the Unesco website. The work of this chair falls...
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Better health begins close to home (and not in the doctor’s surgery)03 March 2023Should we ban snack bars from neighbourhoods where residents are overweight or have diabetes? At the Common Sense about Health knowledge festival, sci...
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New professor Ineke van der Ham on our dependence on GPS: 'It’s making us needlessly vulnerable'01 March 2023Ineke van der Ham has been appointed professor of Technological Innovations in Neuropsychology on 1 January. She researches how virtual reality and ga...
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Ellen de Bruijn researches hormonal changes from puberty to menopause with Vici grant28 February 2023Psychologist Ellen de Bruijn is investigating what hormonal fluctuations do to women's behaviour and well-being. The National science funding body NWO...
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Join the Crafting Resilience Kick Off on 30 March 202327 February 2023The Crafting Resilience Kick Off on 30 March seeks to inspire conversations around new state-citizen relations in the social domain. At this conferenc...
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Hanneke Hulst on realistic expectations for researchers: ‘Let’s stop expecting people to be experts at everything’27 February 2023‘Am I setting a good example myself?’ Hanneke Hulst wonders. As Recognition and Rewards project leader, she maintains that we should stop expecting re...
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Interdisciplinary minor ‘Violence Studies’: ‘It felt like we were going to fight a group of people’27 February 2023The interdisciplinary, English-taught minor ‘Violence Studies’ looks at violence from very diverse scientific perspectives. What are the benefits of t...
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Five years ago, Recep fled from Turkey; he is now a university teacher24 February 2023For fifteen years, Recep Uysal carried out research on positive psychology in Turkey; it is even the subject of his PhD. That was until he had to flee...
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Interdisciplinarity offers ‘golden opportunities’ but not without big changes23 February 2023How should we organise interdisciplinary work within Leiden University? This was the key question at a symposium organised by the Liveable Planet inte...
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Through the revolving door: do parliamentarians anticipate attractive careers elsewhere?17 February 2023Political scientist Tim Mickler (Leiden University) receives a grant from The Dutch Research Council (NWO) for his quantitative research into post-par...
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Better screening can help GPs recognise anxiety disorders earlier15 February 2023Only one in five young people with emotional health problems such as an anxiety disorder receives appropriate professional help. GPs often fail to pro...