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The Dutch government wants to declare an asylum crisis, but what does that mean?29 August 2024More people seeking asylum, overcrowded asylum accommodation and asylum procedures that take years because of a lack of capacity. The current governme...
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AI-enabled ultrasound: LUC alumna empowers women in rural Africa29 August 2024In 2017 Enya Séguin graduated with a Bachelor of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Leiden University College (LUC). Her interest in global public health le...
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Smart data for sustainable agriculture: less hassle, more green27 August 2024In supermarkets, consumers are drowning in a sea of sustainability labels. Confusing for them, but also farmers can't see the forest for the trees. Ob...
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Five tips for The Night of Discoveries26 August 2024Discover budding creators, artists and researchers at the Night of Discoveries art and knowledge festival. And many researchers from Leiden University...
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Wim Voermans appointed Distinguished Professor19 August 2024The Executive Board has appointed Wim Voermans to the position of distinguished professor. This is a unique role that allows professors to take the le...
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Funding for science communication on deaf community and on losing your way01 August 2024Two Leiden University science communication projects have been awarded a WECOM grant through the Dutch Research Agenda (NWA). One project is a study o...
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It is not easy to simplify your research30 July 2024Defending your PhD research in front of nearly 300 elementary school students: that was the challenge faced by PhD candidates Jo-Anne Verschoor and Ma...
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Leiden researchers predict seller success on dark web markets30 July 2024Researchers from Leiden University have developed a method to predict which sellers will be successful in illegal online marketplaces. This could help...
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From growth to well-being: EU should look beyond the economy25 July 2024Economic growth and competitiveness should not be the sole focus of European policy. In a paper, researchers suggest how the next European Commission ...
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This is the library you did not know you had been looking for23 July 20242,240 plant extracts from 1,299 different plant species of Dutch origin. That’s the collection of the Dutch Extract Library, which has recently been t...
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Historical research helps improve biodiversity in the Leiden city centre22 July 2024The Leiden municipality wants to make the city centre climate-proof and combat heat stress by greening it. But they want to do this in a way that does...
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Anthropological Research Opportunities for Masters Students in Ghana and Morocco19 July 2024Costanza Franceschini is working on the Sea-ing Africa project as a project coordinator for Masters students who will be conducting research in Ghana ...
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Grant worth millions for research on the socio-economic impact of hydrogen transition17 July 2024A consortium including economists, psychologists and public administration scholars from Leiden University will study public acceptance of the hydroge...
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Veni grant for Leiden researchers17 July 2024The Veni grant is awarded annually by NWO (Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research). This year, multiple researchers from Leiden University a...
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Kathleen Gregory receives Veni grant for research on the sustainability of open data infrastructures17 July 2024Data about COVID-19 were everywhere during the pandemic, but how will all this data continue to be managed and kept open so that it is usable in the f...