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Cultural Anthropology graduate nominated for 'most impactful student project' by Leiden Science CityCultural Anthropology graduate Tommie Lambregts conducted fieldwork in the Slaaghwijk neighbourhood in Leiden as part of a Policy in Practice research...
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Breach of academic integrity by former employee of Leiden UniversityA former employee of Leiden University breached academic integrity. This is what the Academic Integrity Committee (CWI) of the University concludes in...
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‘We’re not only studying society, we’re creating society’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...
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Marketing tricks: keep your eyes peeledMountains of pepernoten, shelves full of chocolate letters and adverts showing the perfect Christmas table. With the holidays approaching, supermarket...
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Peace through meditation? Femke Bakker wins grant for research on the influence of meditation on political behaviourPolitical scientist Femke Bakker (Leiden University) is going to investigate whether meditation affects political behaviour. Bakker has been awarded a...
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17 Leiden researchers on highly cited listSeventeen Leiden University scientists appear on the 2019 Highly Cited Researchers list, which was announced on 19 November by Clarivate Analytics.
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Moralising misfortune: the ethical side of insuranceHow do you gain access to insurance? With whom are you willing to share the risk? And when does an insurance policy pay out? These and other moral que...
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Women and non-Western characters underrepresented in secondary school textbooksTextbooks in the Netherlands contain significantly fewer female than male characters and relatively few characters from a non-Western background. They...
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Celebrating 30 years of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child at the (Y)our Rights FestivalIt is 30 years ago this month that the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child was ratified. UNICEF is celebrating this on 20 November in collaborati...
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Vote now for the best employer for the MS@Work Awards
The National Multiple Sclerosis Foundation need your vote for the best employer. This Award is based on the research project MS@Work from psychologist...
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Latin American representatives visit Faculty of Social and Behavioural SciencesEach year, Latin American diplomats meet the researchers and students from Leiden University who specialise in their region. This year, they visited t...
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School absenteeism: A universal problem in need of solutionsThe International Network for School Attendance launched an inaugural conference in Norway, playing host to 14 countries, 254 participants. Lead of th...
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Eveline Crone new ERC Vice-PresidentEveline Crone, Professor of Neurocognitive Development Psychology at Leiden University, has been elected as the new Vice President of the European Res...
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Big and small talk at the Young Academy LunchBring together young academics from all disciplines: that, in a nutshell, is the mission of Young Academy Leiden. And this fledgling organisation is a...
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CWTS Halloween Special: Leiden Madtrics blog launch!Leiden Madtrics: metrics and matter that matters is officially live today! The blog is launched to invite the community to contribute on topics that p...