News
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10-year anniversary Master Thesis Lab: A decennia of supporting students with thesis troubles 06 February 2017
On Monday 6 February, 2017 it is exactly ten years since the FSW Master Thesis Lab was set up. And the Faculty is proud and delighted to mark the anni...
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Four social and behavioural 2016 prize winners 12 January 2017
Following the New Year's speech of Dean Hanna Swaab a total of 4 prize winners were showered with praise and flowers during the new year's reception 1...
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Child labour is also bad for linguistic development 09 December 2016
Child labour can stand in the way of linguistic development and mental health of Indian youth, according to the research thesis ‘The Class Divide in U...
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Grant for research on murder and manslaughter in the Netherlands 06 December 2016
’25 years of fatal violence’, a collaboration of dr. Marieke Liem and prof.dr.Lenneke Alink about murder and manslaughter in the Netherlands, has rece...
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Visit from Prof. Kate Cain 22 November 2016
In context of Anne Helder’s defense of her doctoral thesis, we had the pleasure to welcome Prof. Kate Cain for a symposium last week.
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Social Science Matters: Clinton vs. Trump - race over? 28 September 2016
Monday 26 September, 2016 saw the first confrontation between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Expectations were high – not only about the content o...
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Eleven Vidi grants for Leiden 13 May 2016
NWO has awarded eleven Leiden researchers a Vidi grant of 800,000 euros. The research subjects range from Cicero and muscle dystrophy to the archaeolo...
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5 questions about bullying 19 April 2016
From sleep problems to suicide attempts: the consequences of bullying can be very serious. The National Day against Bullying (in the Netherlands 19 Ap...
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Do birds of a feather really stick together? 14 April 2016
Young people choose friends with a similar background, such as ethnicity or behaviour. This is the conclusion drawn by education and child specialist ...
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Dutch students’ grades lower due to lack of sleep 17 March 2016
Students who have a chronic lack of sleep have lower grades and find it harder to concentrate. Around a third of students do not feel well rested enou...
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Judi Mesman to become the new Dean of Leiden University College The Hague 01 March 2016
The Executive Board has appointed Professor Judi Mesman Dean of Leiden University College The Hague with effect from 1 July 2016. The Board of the Fac...
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Is lack of sleep bad for study performance? 07 January 2016
The Netherlands Association for Sleep-Wake Research is studying this issue. Lead researcher Kristiaan van der Heijden, Leiden psychologist and sleep ...
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Young children associate Black Pete more with clowns than with black people 03 December 2015
Older children more frequently link Black Pete with a black person. Both younger and older children think positively about him. This is the conclusion...
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'Just wait until your mother gets home’ 29 September 2015
Fathers and mothers bring children up differently. Mothers are more likely to correct children for bad behaviour, for example. This is one of the find...