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Leiden conference seeks out emerging trends in global governance 07 May 2024
Global challenges require global governance answers. That’s why on 5 - 7 June, the interdisciplinary research programme Global Transformations and Gov...
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Call for Papers: Who rules over migrants? Autocratic elements in migration policies 02 May 2024
We are pleased to invite paper proposals for the 1.5-day interdisciplinary workshop: “Who rules over migrants? Autocratic elements in migration polici...
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Psychology Elevator Pitch: How do we solve social dilemmas? 01 May 2024
A clean street, public transportation, or taxes: these are all public goods that keep society running. But how do people decide which public good to i...
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Panel discussion - 'The 2024 European Parliament election: what’s at stake?' 29 April 2024
On Wednesday 24 April 2024, the European Integration cluster at the Institute of Political Science and the Centre for the Study of Political Parties a...
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On this public day on psychedelics, researchers transcend the media hype 29 April 2024
Never before has so much research been carried out on the therapeutic effect of psychedelic drugs. Researchers at the LIBC Public Day are happy about ...
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Student tower opened with café, common room and spectacular views 26 April 2024
The 289 students who recently moved into the tower on Kolffpad at the Leiden Bio Science Park are sitting pretty. They have the keys to a self-contain...
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Intriguing food reflex discovered with a smartphone 25 April 2024
Psychologist Hilmar Zech found that overweight people are actually more attracted to food pictures after eating than before. He did so using an old re...
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What’s Your Story?: diversiteit in een kaartspel 18 April 2024
The JEDI Fund supports projects that promote diversity and inclusivity within the university. One of these projects is the card game called ‘What’s Yo...
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Military pilot and political scientist Jorik ter Veer: ‘I work with the invisible heroes of society’ 17 April 2024
Not your typical student life but training that demands sheer hard work: that was the choice Jorik ter Veer (now 45) made when he signed up for the Ro...
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‘Scientists should be careful when interpreting results of AI models’ 16 April 2024
Anthropologist Rodrigo Ochigame studies how AI is changing the practice of scientific research. From astrophysics to mathematics to climate science, t...
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How these young researchers are preparing for their first scientific conference 16 April 2024
Three Psychology students will present a poster of their thesis research on Alzheimer’s and dementia at the international conference AAIC Neuroscience...
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Calling on universities and funders: make research information open 16 April 2024
Crucial 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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Reportage: training anxious children should help prevent disorders and depression 16 April 2024
Scared to read aloud, put your hand up, answer a question or make a mistake at all: many primary school children suffer from anxiety and their numbers...
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How a local shaman can help fight climate change 11 April 2024
Who knows more about environmental governance: a professor of natural resource governance or a local shaman in the remote uplands of Myanmar? ‘To tack...
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High school students get a taste of psychology: 'Later I'll become a neuroscientist' 09 April 2024
How does loneliness work? Why can friendships be so complicated for autistic people? And what makes the school building such an unpleasant place for s...