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Read the three most downloaded papers by CADS researchers 25 March 2024
Three of our researchers have been awarded a certificate for receiving enough downloads to be in the top 10% of papers in 2022: Jasmijn Rana with Sec...
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Fieldwork NL on au pairs and thesis on public policy win Speckmann Awards 2024 12 March 2024
‘The care of an au pair' is chosen as the best Fieldwork NL report and 'The unruly reality of a new government' as the best master's thesis. Lila van ...
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What drives humans? How Mariska Kret manages to touch science with her emotion research 20 February 2024
In zoos, at festivals and in a mobile lab at the market: everywhere, Mariska Kret tries to understand human and animal emotions with her distinctive b...
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Mariska Kret receives new science prize for groundbreaking research 05 February 2024
Professor Mariska Kret has received the Mercator Sapiens Stimulus, a new science prize from the Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities (KHMW...
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Children's stories as a window to investigate empathy 17 January 2024
Researcher Max van Duijn and PhD student Bram van Dijk apply language models to stories told by children to investigate empathy. For this research, th...
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Who are the winners of the Psychology Prizes of 2023? 20 December 2023
Psychology teacher of the year is Marc Molendijk. The Master Thesis Awards are for Kim Houwaart and Linda Bomm. Hans van Lennep wins the PhD Publicati...
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Carolien Rieffe honoured with a NWO grant for research project on loneliness 18 December 2023
'Building 4 Belonging' is the title of Carolien Rieffe's honoured NWO proposal for research on loneliness. Psychologist Rieffe is especially proud of ...
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ERC Consolidator Grant for Radhika Gupta to study transnational Islamic charitable networks 13 December 2023
Radhika Gupta has received a Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council to study how transnational Islamic charitable networks are entangle...
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Leiden political scientists Claire Vergerio and Kathleen Brown win awards 06 December 2023
Two researchers from the Institute of Political Science were recently awarded prizes. Claire Vergerio received the Francesco Guicciardini Prize for he...
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Digital Infrastructure Insights Fund (D//F) for John Boy to explore the shifting terrain of free and open source software 05 December 2023
With a grant from the Digital Infrastructure Insights Fund D//F, John Boy and members of the d12n research cluster will explore new ways critical tech...
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Four projects awarded science communication grants 24 November 2023
A 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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Two ERC Consolidator Grants for Leiden researchers 23 November 2023
Research on quantum computers and Islamic charities: two Leiden researchers have received a Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council.
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Luning and Hein receive LUF grant to carry out research on infrastructure projects in Ghana and Morocco 13 November 2023
Infrastructure projects such as ports, highways and railways are intertwined with geopolitics, economic systems, political interests and cultural valu...
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ZonMw grant for Leonie Vreeke to develop a stepped-care treatment for very shy young children 06 November 2023
Psychologist Leonie Vreeke is ready to start a new 5-year research project which was granted by ZonMw with nearly € 600.000,-. A PhD student and a res...
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Adrian Heier wins Political Science Master’s Thesis Prize 2023 13 October 2023
Graduating from a Political Science master’s programme is an important milestone. The thesis plays an central role: it demonstrates the alumnus’ abili...