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Leiden: the heart of health and well-being24 June 2024The city of Leiden is enriched by a dense infrastructure of knowledge institutes, with a uniquely strong focus on health and well-being. This gives Le...
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Congratulations, Dr. Jamal El Ouahi!20 June 2024On 20 June 2024, Jamal El Ouahi successfully defended his PhD thesis at Leiden University.
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Hilde Woker and Renate Reitsma appointed members of National Ocean Decade Committee14 June 2024The National Ocean Decade Committee has appointed two new members from Leiden University. As members of this committee, Hilde Woker and Renate Reitsma...
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Planting polder rice barefoot in the mud: ‘Searching for the agriculture of the future’30 May 2024After decades of intensive farming, the peatland area is under pressure. Researchers, farmers and policymakers work together in the Polderlab to ident...
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Calling on universities and funders: make research information open16 April 2024Crucial information about research, funding or how university rankings are created is often not freely accessible. The Barcelona Declaration on Open R...
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Release of the Leiden Ranking Open Edition30 January 2024The Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) at Leiden University, in collaboration with the Curtin Open Knowledge Initiative (COKI), Sesame O...
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Algorithms and data behind Leiden Ranking in public domain30 January 2024Unlike other major university rankings, the Leiden Ranking – Open Edition is completely transparent. The ranking compiled by the Centre for Science an...
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New board of directors for CWTS appointed01 December 2023
CWTS will get a new board of directors for the coming three years, starting on 1 January 2024. The Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences of Leide...
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Congratulations, Dr. André Brasil!26 October 2023On 24 October 2023, André Brasil Varantes Pinto successfully defended his PhD thesis at Leiden University.
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Posting preprints: ‘There is no reason not to’16 October 2023Leiden University publishes the highest percentage of preprints in the Netherlands. Why is that and why post your article online before it has been pe...
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Empower your PhD and join this new research project28 August 2023Dutch postgraduates do not feel adequately prepared for a next job. In a new research project, PhD candidates from Leiden University are invited to fu...
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In memoriam Leo Waaijers (1938-2023)28 August 2023It is with great sadness that we learned that our colleague Leo Waaijers, guest employee at our institute, passed away on August 1 after a short illness.
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Separating AI fact from fiction at the AI & Society Conference12 June 2023Researchers and policymakers are welcome to attend the AI & Society Conference in The Hague on Friday 23 June. The SAILS interdisciplinary research pr...
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Sarah de Rijcke new dean Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences24 May 2023Prof. Sarah de Rijcke will succeed Paul Wouters as dean of Leiden University's Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FSW) from 1 January 2024. P...
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Turkish and Syrian students talk to Rector about possible support22 February 2023A group of Turkish and Syrian students from the university are raising money for victims of the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. Two of them met Recto...