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Gratama Science Award for Jojanneke van der Toorn 09 September 2015
Jojanneke van der Toorn has been proclaimed the young and promising researcher of 2015. At the official opening of the academic year on 31 August she...
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Schadenfreude and the role in social relations 04 September 2014
Leiden psychologist Wilco van Dijk and communication scientist Jaap Ouwerkerk of VU University Amsterdam published a book about the emotion Schadenfre...
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Knighthood for Prof. Willem Heiser 04 February 2014
On 31 January 2014 Professor Willem Heiser (Psychology, Statistics and Data Theory) was awarded the distinction of Knight in the Order of the Dutch Li...
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Speed-dating to find your thesis supervisor 21 October 2013
Four talented students will have the opportunity to progress smoothly from their master’s study programme into a research career. Master’s students in...
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VICI grants for five Leiden researchers 05 February 2013
Research organisation NWO has awarded a VICI grant to five Leiden researchers. In total, 32 leading researchers in the Netherlands have been awarded a...
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What Spinoza winners Ellemers, Sluiter and Franx will do with €2.5 million 27 September 2010
On Monday 27 September 2010 Spinoza prize winners Naomi Ellemers, Ineke Sluiter, Marijn Franx (Leiden) and Piet Gros (Utrecht) announced their plans f...
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Naomi Ellemers: ‘Now I have the opportunity to do something truly innovative.' 22 July 2010
Naomi Ellemers, Professor of Social Psychology of Organisations, is one of the four winners of the Spinoza Prize for 2010. ‘This is absolutely fantas...