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Our perspective on history is changing and our museums are changing too30 November 2023Museums have long focused on power, wealth and a few famous figures. But that is changing, says Valika Smeulders, head of the history department at th...
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Jorrit Rijpma speaks at European Parliament on Bulgaria’s accession to Schengen29 November 2023Bulgaria and Romania joined the EU in 2007. In 2011, the European Commission announced these Member States’ readiness to fully apply the Schengen rule...
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Global problems, local actions: Leiden professors help teachers, students and citizens to engage with environmental issues29 November 2023In 2021, Thijs Bosker and Paul Behrens — both Associate Professors in Environmental Sciences at Leiden University — received funding from the Leiden U...
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Canal Watch scoops communication prize28 November 2023Canal Watch (De Grachtwacht), which has been cleaning canals since 2018, has received the Dutch Research Council (NWO) Communication Initiative Award....
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Cleveringa Professor: Holocaust remembrance has led to very different political lessons28 November 2023From memorials to the armed forces to memory stones for individual victims. It was only later that the Holocaust took a central role in Western rememb...
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Dutch people are understanding the term ‘violence’ to mean more and more27 November 2023When do we say violence was used in an incident? The answer may seem obvious at first. But interim results from a study by Jolien van Breen show that ...
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Four projects awarded science communication grants24 November 2023A climate game, a science and music festival, a mobile psychology lab and interactive sessions on anxiety in children. The Dutch Research Council (NWO...
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Research on impact of community justice23 November 2023No hearing in court, but at the community centre. Does this local approach help keep people with various problems such as debts or school absenteeism ...
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Leiden researchers explain shock PVV victory23 November 2023Geert Wilders and his PVV party have won the 2023 elections. What decided this victory and what else stands out about the results? Political scientist...
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Illusions as the key: how spatial technology can help patients23 November 2023Spatial technology such as virtual reality can help patients who have difficulty with spatial cognition, for instance if they keep on losing their way...
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Short prison sentences: More recidivism and expensive21 November 2023Dutch political parties have presented their own 'solutions' to make society 'safer'. How do the party positions compare with scientific research on c...
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China conducting joint military exercises with 5 ASEAN Member States21 November 2023China is conducting joint military exercises this week with Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam. In doing so, it is seeking to strengthen ...
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18 billion animals a year: they die, but never end up on our plate20 November 2023Each year a staggering 18 billion chickens, turkeys, pigs, sheep, goats, and cows either die or are killed without making it onto someone's plate. Env...
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A government that works with citizens brings hope, but also many dilemmas20 November 2023The promise of personal, democratic and effective government has enormous appeal. The welfare state is tottering, the security of livelihoods is at st...
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New social media pilot at Archaeology: from Wes Anderson to community archaeology20 November 2023Anyone who follows the Faculty of Archaeology on social media must have noticed that something changed in September. Videos on research projects, inte...