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Science, technology and innovation is not addressing world’s most urgent problems 20 October 2022
Global science research serves the needs of the Global North, and is driven by the values and interests of a small number of companies, governments an...
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Ancois de Villiers receives PeerJ Award for Best Student Presentation 20 October 2022
Ancois de Villiers, PhD candidate at the Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology, received the PeerJ Award for Best Student Prese...
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LUF grant for Neeltje Blankenstein: 'I want to study online risk behaviour of young people in its full depth' 19 October 2022
Neeltje Blankenstein receives an LUF grant to conduct research on online risk behaviour among young people. What risks do young people take online and...
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Ramsey Albers wins Political Science Master’s Thesis Prize 2022 17 October 2022
Each year, supervisors within the Institute of Political Science are asked to nominate exceptional theses for the annual Thesis Prize. This resulted i...
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Former CADS PhD student Stacey MacDonald in science programme Atlas on nature policy in Bonaire 12 October 2022
In the scientific television programme Atlas, social psychologist and former Cultural Anthropology PhD student Stacey MacDonald talks about her resear...
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Education and Child Studies and Child Law to continue successful interdisciplinary collaboration 10 October 2022
Researchers from the Institute of Education and Child Studies and the Department Child Law will be collaborating in two new research projects. The res...
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In Memoriam: Stephen Haigh (1957-2022) 10 October 2022
With the passing of Stephen Haigh on 9 September 2022, Leiden University's Institute of Political Science has lost a dedicated and inspiring instructor.
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Family matters 06 October 2022
Brothers and sisters within a family, with the same parents, experience their upbringing differently. As well as the impact of their own negative expe...
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When you know how your brain works, you better understand who you are 04 October 2022
On Sept. 29, Lara Wierenga, together with graphic designer Dirma Janse, presented their new book Atlas of our Brain. In the presence of fellow scienti...
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Political Science Master’s thesis prize 2022: the nominees 04 October 2022
Tradition has it that at the end of each academic year, the best master’s thesis in Political Science is awarded a prize. For 2021-2022, the jury is c...
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3 October University: ‘Artificial intelligence is like young people and sex’ 04 October 2022
‘Everyone’s talking about it, everyone thinks everyone else is doing it, but the reality is disappointing,’ says biochemist Gerard van Westen in his 3...
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Update and reminder: Call for proposals Social Resilience & Security programme 04 October 2022
On behalf of the interdisciplinary programme Social Resilience & Security, we would like to remind you of the call for proposals for seed funding (up ...
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Bachelor thesis prizes Political Science 2022: the nominees 29 September 2022
The thesis is the Grand Finale for our bachelor students. On their way to the finish, they have gathered considerable knowledge and insights, and acqu...
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Five new Teaching Fellows appointed 29 September 2022
Max van Lent, Aris Politopoulos, Emily Strange, Claire Vergerio and Astrid Van Weyenberg have joined the Leiden University Teachers’ Academy. Lecturer...
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Researching global inequality in the garment commodity chain 28 September 2022
A consortium, led by Erik de Maaker - Associate professor Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology, has been awarded 98.000 euro for Localizin...