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School's out! But not for head teachersMany head teachers will have to try and fill staffing gaps this summer. Assistant Professor Kim Stroet, who is researching pupil motivation, is worrie...
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Leila Demarest receives LUF research grantLeila Demarest, Assistant Professor of African Politics at Leiden University, has recently been awarded with a Leiden University Fund research grant t...
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University strengthens ties with IndonesiaThe climate crisis, the return of TB and the digitisation of cultural heritage. The Netherlands and Indonesia face many of the same challenges. A visi...
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Double inaugural speech: how social context influences processes in the brainIt’s not a regular occurrence at Leiden University: two professors giving their inaugural lecture on the same day. Berna Güroğlu and Ellen de Bruijn s...
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Manon Mulckhuyse new assistant professor Cognitive PsychologyIn September 2019, Manon Mulckhuyse will start a position as assistant professor in the Cognitive Psychology Unit.
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Andrea Evers wins Stevin Prize for knowledge exchange and impactAndrea Evers, Professor of Health Psychology at Leiden University, has won the Stevin Prize – alongside the Spinoza Prize, the highest scientific awar...
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Municipality and University join forces to help children with behavioural problemsA Preventive Intervention Team that investigates children with behavioural problems and trains their social skills in order to prevent school dropout ...
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‘Quantitative literacy’ would prevent unsound research policyResearch impact is measured in different ways. However, these indicators are often based on dubious calculations, says Ludo Waltman. Inaugural lecture...
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The role of shame and guilt in the development of aggressionAdolescents with autism or hearing loss report fewer feelings of guilt and shame than their peers. However, guilt does still serve a ‘corrective funct...
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Leiden political scientist Tom Louwerse obtains Vidi grant for research on government-opposition cooperation in parliamentTom Louwerse, lecturer and researcher at Leiden University’s Institute of Political Science, has been awarded a NWO Vidi grant. This will enable him t...
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Wilco van Dijk NIAS-KNAW fellowWilco van Dijk has been awarded a NIAS Individual Fellowship, which allow researchers to work on a project of their own choosing for a 5- or 10-month ...
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Looking further than the impact factor
Broader and more-transparent metrics could help improve how academic quality is assessed. This is what Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS...
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Vidi grants for nine Leiden researchersFrom artificial intelligence to letters from the Dutch East Indies and from breast-cancer gene BRCA-1 to the collaboration between government and oppo...
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Magic moments at Museum NightLeiden University opened its doors on Leiden Museum Night, with a whole host of things to see and do at the Academy Building, Hortus botanicus and Old...
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Portraits of 28 EU citizens in Leiden by seven anthropologistsAnnick Dezitter from Belgium celebrates 3 October with heart and soul: she has become a fanatical Leidener. Her portrait is part of Leiden meets Europ...