News
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‘Poorer people often bear the brunt of sustainability initiatives’ 21 February 2022
The effects of sustainability projects on poorer, marginalised people should be considered at a much earlier stage. This is the opinion of Marja Spier...
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Grand opening of POPcorner The Hague 17 February 2022
With an opening speech, a panel discussion on the Spanish Steps in Wijnhaven and a push on the red button outside the building itself, POPcorner The H...
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Back at the office? ‘Don’t expect to be productive right away’ 16 February 2022
For some it will sound like music to their ears, but for others is may sound less appealing: now the advice on working from home has changed, we can o...
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Can Russia be stopped? 14 February 2022
Tensions are rising between Russia and the West. Can an invasion of Ukraine and an international war be avoided? Political scientist and Russia expert...
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How Google, Facebook and other digital platforms are influencing the work of journalists 09 February 2022
Journalism is a rapidly changing profession. Digital journalism is transforming the way in which information and communication technologies are used b...
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Andrea Evers’ role in the new Executive Board of Psychology 04 February 2022
The new Executive Board of the Institute of Psychology became effective on 1 February 2022. Scientific director Andrea Evers tells us where she gets h...
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Jan Kolen new Artificial Intelligence Coordinator at Leiden University 03 February 2022
The Executive Board of Leiden University has appointed Jan Kolen as the University’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) Coordinator as of 1 February 2022. I...
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‘Let pupils actively engage with texts to improve their reading comprehension’ 03 February 2022
Young Dutch people’s reading skills have been declining for years. The main reason for this is that many have difficulty with reading at greater depth...
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Why do we like winners so much? 03 February 2022
Hardly anyone in the Netherlands ever watches skeleton racing. But we’ll soon be glued to our TV sets when ‘our’ Kimberley Bos slides down the track a...
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Social Science Matters: The surveillance society 02 February 2022
Those who know their dystopian classics will inevitably associate the concept of surveillance society with the all-knowing oppressive force characteri...
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Podcast: Prosocial Behaviour and Exclusion 01 February 2022
In this episode we talk with Mara van der Meulen about prosocial behaviour and social exclusion in children. Van der Meulen also explores the role of ...
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New interactive book helps motivate young people and tackle bullying 01 February 2022
How do you deal with bullying? How can you motivate young people? At the NeurolabNL symposium a multidisciplinary research team launched an interactiv...
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What drives anti-immigrant sentiment among youths in Ecuador? 31 January 2022
Four researchers from Leiden University’s Institute of Political Science have been awarded a grant to jointly investigate attitudes towards Venezuelan...
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Trust me, I’m a university 31 January 2022
Technology and privacy, trust and mistrust. A discussion about this broke out when the University installed scanners and students protested. On Wednes...
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New professor calls for more research with a ‘global lens’ 31 January 2022
Jan Aart Scholte is the first professor on the new Leiden interdisciplinary programme, Global Transformations and Governance Challenges. He researches...