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Academics requesting retraction of FAO report that misrepresents their research09 April 2024Paul Behrens (Leiden University) and Matthew Hayek (New York University) have responded to an FAO report on livestock pathways which misrepresented th...
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Creating a sustainable university: ‘You need breathing space for activist work’08 April 2024More papers, more grants, more students: constant growth is still the gold standard at universities. Neuroscientists Anne Urai and Claire Kelly argue ...
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Child rights expert sounds the alarm: ‘Global crises are hitting children hardest’08 April 2024Wars, climate change and the effects of covid have caused a global decline in children’s well-being. In her inaugural lecture Ann Skelton, Professor o...
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DNA analysis of historical mosquitoes will help us understand malaria transmission05 April 2024Researchers from Leiden University, McMaster University and Public Health Ontario are calling on colleagues to track down archival specimens of mosqui...
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Optimisation software 'Kernel Tuner' ready for serious use05 April 2024LIACS assistant professor Ben van Werkhoven leads the development of software for optimising graphics processing units. By now, version 1.0 of 'Kernel...
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Antwerp Honorary Doctorate for Marc Koper: Significant recognition for sustainable energy research02 April 2024A festive and honourable visit to our southern neighbours for professor Marc Koper. On Thursday 23 March, he received an honorary doctorate at the Uni...
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Black hole images are not just simple "photographs", but the product of complex human choices (and can be seen at the Rijksmuseum Boerhaave)02 April 2024In April 2019, the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration released the first-ever image of a black hole. Anthropologist Rodrigo Ochigame was inte...
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Anthropologist working for the government01 April 2024Saskia van Otterloo works as a policy advisor on climate adaptation at the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management in the Netherlands. She gra...
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The Future of Ethics in Caribbean Archaeology Workshop28 March 2024From March 11th to 14th, the workshop "The Future of Ethics in Caribbean Archaeology," led by IN THE SAME SEA Postdoctoral Fellow Felicia Fricke and h...
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UMCs join forces to increase pandemic preparedness28 March 2024Four university medical centres, including the LUMC, are joining forces to increase pandemic preparedness in the Netherlands. They are creating a netw...
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How can we banish racism from education?28 March 2024A safe haven for students, more bicultural staff and more powers for diversity officers. In a national expert meeting at Campus The Hague, administrat...
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Flying taxis: the new kid hovering over the block28 March 2024The latest innovation in the field of urban mobility could soon be buzzing over our heads. For some, it’s a science fiction dream come true. For other...
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From the lecture hall: in conversation with an inmate27 March 2024Students stream into the lecture hall, handing in their mobile phones at the door. Once everyone’s seated, silence descends and all eyes turn to the l...
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The lessons we can learn from leaders of colour26 March 2024With diversity and inclusion, organisations too often focus only on cosmetic change. ‘Interview bias training alone is not enough’, says Distinguished...
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'An international classroom is about opening up to different voices'26 March 2024There is a lot of discussion about international students and Dutch universities. The Cultural Anthropology and Sociology of Development programme is ...