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Video: Is the hypersonic rocket system the new super weapon?01 June 2022Missiles that travel at approximately six thousand kilometres per hour, up to 5 or 6 times the speed of sound. Has Russia used those against Ukraine a...
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No one knows if regulation makes the chemical industry safer24 March 2022The government spends millions regulating companies that work with large quantities of hazardous substances. But we don’t know whether this is making ...
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Wayfarers: Roma and Sinti’s bumpy ride through education15 February 2022Access to education for people from the lower socio-economic class has improved immensely in Europe from the 1950s onwards. Yet the Roma and Sinti wer...
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University historian Pieter Slaman: ‘I can point to valuable constants and experiments that went too far’18 January 2022As University historian, Pieter Slaman researches the University’s past, but he’s equally interested in its present. ‘It’s useful to be familiar with ...
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Improving the prospects of at-risk youth05 November 2021How can mentors and social workers foster the vocational identity of at-risk youth and improve their prospects? This is the subject of Rineke Keijzer-...
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Jaap van den Herik receives royal distinction on his retirement08 October 2021Jaap van den Herik was appointed Officer in the Order of Orange Nassau on 8 October on his retirement as professor of Law and Information Technology.
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Kamaran Palani: ‘Completing my PhD at Leiden University is a dream of me and my deceased father’05 July 2021Starting your PhD during two major crisis in your country; it happened to Kamaran Palani, PhD student at the Dual PhD Centre and ISGA who lives in Erb...
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Roméo Dallaire on “How a better world is possible”: Cooperation between Science and Practice23 April 2021Leiden University’s Institute for Security and Global Affairs and Dual PhD Centre jointly organize an online lecture on 23 April, 15.00 hrs by Cleveri...
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Book ‘De Glazen Toren’: ‘The balance isn't quite right anymore’04 February 2021Writing a book on the recent history of Leiden University in corona times. For educational and policy historian Pieter Slaman (34), this has meant wor...
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Milestone for Dual PhD Centre: Vasileios P. Karakasis 25th PhD candidate14 October 2020A very special occasion for the Dual PhD Centre. Vasileios P. Karakasis is the 25th PhD candidate in the history of the Dual PhD Centre, combining wor...
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The 25th PhD-candidate for the Dual PhD Centre12 October 2020If all goes according to plan, Vasileios Karakasis will successfully defend his dissertation on Thursday 15 October. This will not only be a milestone...
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Nine Leiden projects awarded first NWO Science Diplomacy Fund19 May 2020The projects of nine researchers at Leiden University have received funding through the new NWO Science Diplomacy Fund. The Fund is for scientific act...
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Jolanda van der Vliet 'Better International Protection Environmental Refugees'13 May 2020On Thursday 7 May, Jolanda van der Vliet obtained her PhD based on her dissertation 'The International Protection of Environmental Refugees. A human r...
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'Art therapy effective in treating anxiety in women'21 January 2020On 22 January, Annemarie Madani-Abbing will defend her dissertation 'Art therapy and anxiety' regarding her research into the effectiveness of anthrop...
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PhD Defence Annemarie Madani-Abbing23 December 2019On 22 January 2020, Annemarie Madani-Abbing will defend her dissertation 'Art Therapy & Anxiety'.