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The impact of climate change on groups of people14 June 2022The socio-economic effects of climate change often do not receive enough attention. At the EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF) a group of researchers will p...
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Juan Masullo Jimenez appointed as APSA research methods journal co-editor14 June 2022Ezequiel Gonzalez-Ocantos (Oxford University) and Juan Masullo Jimenez (Leiden University Institute of Political Science) are the new editors of Quali...
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How do you make sure your child eats a healthy diet?13 June 2022Many children eat too many high-calorie foods and too few vegetables from an early age. PhD candidate Merel van Vliet researched the role of parents i...
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Inaugural lecture: facts and myths about resilience after childhood adversity13 June 2022Anne-Laura van Harmelen, professor Brain, Safety and Resilience will give her inaugural lecture ‘Resilience does not exist’ (in Dutch) on Monday 27 Ju...
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Healthy Society Event: lots of inspiration exchanged about societal wellbeing and social sciences13 June 2022How can social scientists contribute to a healthier society? That question was central to the Healthy Society Event on 9 June 2022, which successfully...
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Annual Report 2021 published13 June 2022Leiden University’s Annual Report 2021 has been published. In this report, which consists of a general section and a financial section (the financial ...
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Cultural Anthropology and Healthy Society10 June 2022A Healthy Society is one of the main pillars of the Leiden Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences' Strategic Plan. A Healthy Society is concerned ...
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Social Science Matters: Out-of-home placement08 June 2022It was recently revealed that an estimated 1115 children of parents who are victims of the childcare benefits scandal were forcibly taken into out-of-...
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Striking similarities in how humans and other primates search for food07 June 2022How unique is the human capacity for learning and adapting to an environment? In field research – in the rainforest and Artis Zoo – primatologist Karl...
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Jojanneke van der Toorn on challenges and benefits of LGBTIQ+ employee networks07 June 2022On 19 May 2022, Jojanneke van der Toorn and Workplace Pride organised the symposium 'LGBTIQ+ employee resource groups: Benefits, challenges and opport...
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Seed Grant for De Maaker and Gupta for research on heritage and climate governance31 May 2022Erik de Maaker and Radhika Gupta have received a Seed Grant to initiate research on how heritage has been and can be mobilised to address climate chan...
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Video series: Collaboration with China in daily practice31 May 2022What are the benefits for us of collaboration with Chinese partners? What sparks off Leiden researchers' interest in collaborating with colleagues in ...
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The person behind the murderer26 May 2022Are all murderers calculating psychopaths with an obscene predilection for bloody chainsaws? Yes, if Hollywood is to be believed, but in the real worl...
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European Grant for Mariska Kret's Virtual Reality emotion training tool24 May 2022Teaching people to recognize subtle, real-world expressions will help them understand and trust others better. The aim of Mariska Kret is to develop a...
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Detaching students from the idea that everything you read is true16 May 2022We expect students to be critical readers. ‘But how?’ they ask. ‘You read an article and it all sounds perfectly logical and convincing, so why should...