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Overstimulated? Artist pictures her brain with cacophony of colours 27 March 2023
'With this artwork, I want to give the audience a glance into my overstimulated brain and that of other people with autism', says Jasmijn den Hoed. Th...
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Conference on the gap between government and citizens 21 March 2023
It’s often said that citizens have lost trust in their governments. But who exactly are these ‘citizens’? And which aspects of people’s contact with ...
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Fact or fiction: people with autism never make eye contact 21 March 2023
There's a myth that people with autism avoid eye contact in conversations. This can come across as indifferent. Unjustified, stresses Jiayin Zhao, who...
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Fact or fiction: people with autism are not social 21 March 2023
Half the world's population is introverted and comes home drained after an evening of drinks. Their social battery is empty. 'People with autism have ...
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Interdisciplinary minor ‘Violence Studies’: ‘It felt like we were going to fight a group of people’ 27 February 2023
The interdisciplinary, English-taught minor ‘Violence Studies’ looks at violence from very diverse scientific perspectives. What are the benefits of t...
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Interdisciplinarity offers ‘golden opportunities’ but not without big changes 23 February 2023
How should we organise interdisciplinary work within Leiden University? This was the key question at a symposium organised by the Liveable Planet inte...
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Turkish and Syrian students talk to Rector about possible support 22 February 2023
A 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...
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Adolescents experience how susceptible they are to fake news with VR glasses and rubber hands 03 February 2023
BrainTrain: an initiative from Leiden University in which a team of students visit high schools to make adolescents more resilient against disinformat...
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Bored or scared children? Teachers’ behaviour makes a big difference 17 January 2023
Teacher training should do more to prepare teachers for the pedagogical aspects of teaching, Professor of Educational Sciences Tim Mainhard will argue...
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An AI system that tells you why you should eat glass – should that be allowed? 20 December 2022
The English-language interdisciplinary minor ‘AI and Society’ explores the role of artificial intelligence in our society. The interdisciplinary natur...
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Social Science Matters: Wokeism 16 November 2022
Minister of Justice Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius recently warned against "wokeists" demanding "safe spaces at universities. Speaking at the annual HJ Schoo...
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Education and Child Studies and Child Law to continue successful interdisciplinary collaboration 10 October 2022
Researchers from the Institute of Education and Child Studies and the Department Child Law will be collaborating in two new research projects. The res...
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Update and reminder: Call for proposals Social Resilience & Security programme 04 October 2022
On behalf of the interdisciplinary programme Social Resilience & Security, we would like to remind you of the call for proposals for seed funding (up ...
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Social Resilience & Security seed funding for interdisciplinary research: call for proposals 22 September 2022
The interdisciplinary programme Social Resilience & Security is inviting proposals for seed funding. The programme aims to combine knowledge and expe...
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Three different perspectives on how the online world has fundamentally changed the way we live our lives 20 September 2022
In the ESOF2022 mini-symposium organized by the Social Resilience & Security programme, international experts with a background in psychology, philoso...