News
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Liza Cornet on her FameLab adventure 16 November 2020
On 11 November, neuropsychologist Liza Cornet competed in the semi-final of the FameLab international science communication competition. Her adventure...
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Sports Centre celebrates 50 years 21 October 2020
Online competitions, online sports, dietary advice for staff and students and 'What do they eat for lunch?' The first 'volunteer' is Vice-Rector Heste...
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Social Science Matters: How useful is deprivation of liberty? 14 October 2020
A new bill is currently under debate in the Netherlands, advocating raising the prison sentence for manslaughter from 15 to 25 years. ‘This very serio...
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LOWI conclusion: former employee did breach scientific integrity 18 September 2020
On 28 July 2020, the Netherlands Board on Research Integrity (LOWI) concluded that a former employee of Leiden University breached several rules of sc...
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'New' dummy MRI scanner 13 July 2020
The old dummy MRI scanner in the LUMC was replaced by a 'new' one from Marktplaats (!) at the beginning of July 2020. This device is used specificall...
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Paul Wouters on what the Black Lives Matter-movement means for Social and Behavioural Sciences 11 June 2020
George Floyd's death still leads to fierce protests against police violence and racism on a daily basis in the United States and abroad. We asked Paul...
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Anne-Laura van Harmelen appointed to new chair Brain, Security and Resilience 26 May 2020
Leiden University will appoint Dr Anne-Laura van Harmelen as Professor of Brain, Security and Resilience at the Institute of Education and Child Studi...
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‘Don’t just lump together child abuse and child neglect’ 25 May 2020
Child abuse and child neglect are often seen as one and the same problem. But it can be useful to separate the two to gain more insight into the chara...
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Fabiola Diana and Liza Cornet win FameLab Leiden pre-round 30 April 2020
The preliminary round in Leiden was cancelled, in part due to the corona crisis, but three young Leiden researchers were able to take part in the prel...
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How can families weather the corona crisis? 24 March 2020
Suddenly everyone is at home, but this is not a holiday – far from it. Because work and school are ‘simply’ carrying on remotely. How can parents and ...
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Children in court proceedings should be heard at much younger age 02 March 2020
On 2 March 2020 the report Kind in proces: van communicatie naar effectieve participatie (Children in proceedings: from communication towards effectiv...
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High school students from Haarlem visit Babylab Leiden 04 February 2020
Students from the Coornhert Lyceum from Haarlem visited the Babylab Leiden together with their teacher Roos Bannenberg. The 5-VWO students follow modu...
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'Art therapy effective in treating anxiety in women' 21 January 2020
On 22 January, Annemarie Madani-Abbing will defend her dissertation 'Art therapy and anxiety' regarding her research into the effectiveness of anthrop...
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Faculty prizes & New Year's speech 14 January 2020
At the FSW New Year’s reception 2020, the Faculty honoured prize winners Claire Vergerio, Shirley van der Maarel and Camila Espinoza Chaparro raised ...
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‘We’re not only studying society, we’re creating society’ 27 November 2019
Students, staff and alumni of the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences joint forces to interact, debate, pitch, and speed date together at the C...