News
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New website research programme Digital Society 15 May 2018
On 15 May the new website about the research programme Digital Society has been launched.
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Luana Colloca is coming to Leiden as a KNAW visiting professor in health psychology 23 April 2018
The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) has granted health psychologist Andrea Evers a visiting professorship funding for Luana Coll...
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Article award for Andreas Burger 09 April 2018
At the annual meeting of the postgraduate school for Experimental Psychopathology (April 6th), Andreas Burger was awarded the article prize for best a...
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Conference award and poster presentation for health psychologists 13 March 2018
During the 76th American Psychosomatic Society conference in Louisville, Kentucky from 7-10 march 2018 Aleksandrina Skvortsova was awarded with one of...
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Two new women professors at Psychology Institute 08 March 2018
Ellen de Bruijn and Berna Güroğlu, both of the Psychology Institute, have been proposed for professorships by the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sc...
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Here’s to the next 443 years as a bastion of freedom 08 February 2018
‘Praesidium Libertatis is a daily responsibility.’ These were the words of Rector Magnificus Carel Stolker on 8 February during the 443rd Dies Natalis...
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Imagination can reduce pain 02 February 2018
If you imagine in advance that something is not going to hurt, this could mean you experience less pain. This discovery was made by health psychologis...
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Sylvia van Beugen wins ARPH Best Thesis Award 29 January 2018
During the 7th annual meeting of the Association for Researchers in Psychology and Health (ARPH) Sylvia van Beugen, from the Health, Medical and Neuro...
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Weightless in the name of science 11 December 2017
Laura Nijkamp’s biggest dream came true recently: she took a parabolic flight and was weightless for a moment. The BrainFly student team, which includ...
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VSNU presents Digital Society research agenda 24 November 2017
The Digital Society research agenda was presented by the Dutch universities during the VSNU Impact festival on 23 November.
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Which master's? Spoilt for choice! 14 November 2017
On Friday 10 November, Leiden University welcomed curious students from all corners of the world to the Master's Open Day. One thing is clear: student...
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Who are you without that cigarette? 10 November 2017
Do you want to be successful at stopping smoking? If so, the main thing is that you should see yourself as a non-smoker. Psychologist Eline Meijer has...
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Open access: ‘You see that it works’ 26 October 2017
The Dutch universities are conducting a joint campaign to promote open access: free access to academic and scientific publications. Many Leiden resear...
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Leiden expands collaboration with Mexico 25 October 2017
A delegation from Leiden University is currently visiting Mexico to initiate collaboration with universities and science funding bodies in the country...
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How cyborg do we want to be? 19 October 2017
Future technologies will drastically influence our daily lives. To what extent will that benefit us? The Brave New World future congress on 2 and 3 No...