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Nature conservation in the Dutch Caribbean16 May 2022A sense of security plays an important role in the decision to contribute to nature conservation. Stacey Mac Donald conducted four years of research o...
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‘The child protection system really isn’t in good order’13 May 2022Last Thursday the Dutch House of Representatives held a debate on children being put into care when the childcare benefits scandal (toeslagenaffaire) ...
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Stimulating the gut–brain nerve can influence emotion10 May 2022Stimulating the vagus nerve, which provides a direct link between the gut and brain, makes people pay less attention to sad facial expressions. This r...
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Owada Chair should bring together nations, cultures and individuals09 May 2022Dominique Moïsi, a professor at King’s College London, will be the first holder of the Owada chair. ‘In the present international context of polarisat...
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Include local communities in policymaking09 May 2022Forest degradation has limited the Orang Rimba's access to forest resources. As a result, they've had to make significant cultural modifications and a...
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Gravitation grant for research into growing up successfully02 May 2022How can young people grow up successfully and contribute to the present and future society? The consortium that is researching this will receive 22 mi...
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Young social scientists network away during the Young Academic Lunch25 April 2022Young Academy Leiden wants to bring together young academics. After all, it is not that easy in practice to meet peers outside your field. With inspir...
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Huge advances could be made in the treatment of patients with childhood trauma21 April 2022There’s a lot that goes wrong in the treatment of patients with PTSD caused by childhood trauma. Endowed professor Maartje Schoorl wants to resolve th...
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Erik de Maaker and team awarded grant for research on the impact of ‘green farming’20 April 2022Charisma K. Lepcha (PI, Sikkim University), Pradyut Guha (co-PI, Sikkim University), Rajib Sutradhar (co-PI, Christ University Bangalore) and Erik de ...
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Parental criticism hurts: a glimpse inside the adolescent brain19 April 2022It may seem as though adolescents do as they please, but they are more sensitive to their parents’ opinions than they would appear. The adolescent bra...
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‘You can’t just go to the field and leave again with data’: meet LUCIR scholar Corinna Jentzsch11 April 2022Corinna Jentzsch, Assistant Professor of International Relations at the Institute of Political Science and co-convener of the Leiden University Center...
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Professor Carola Hein appointed in Leiden and Rotterdam: 'Making new connections for a sustainable future'10 April 2022Carola Hein, Professor of History of Architecture and Urban Planning TU Delft, has been affiliated with the Institute of Cultural Anthropology and De...
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Researchers recreate 17th-century perfume by Constantijn Huygens07 April 2022A team of researchers from Young Academy and the Huygens ING/NL Lab has brought a three-century-old fragrance to life based on a recipe by Constantijn...
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Ten lessons on making an impact: ‘What dilemmas will you face?’04 April 2022In the booklet ‘Research with Windows Wide Open’, eight professors in the social sciences and humanities advise colleagues who want to make an impact ...
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The parallels between quarrelling animals and humans04 April 2022The journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society – Biological Sciences published its theme issue ‘Conflict across taxa’ on 4 April, which w...