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Researchers from Leiden visit Indonesia on knowledge mission23 May 2023A delegation from Leiden University recently embarked on a knowledge mission to various NGOs, universities and government organisations in Indonesia. ...
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Clichéd version of an autocracy or a restored democracy? The Turkish elections explained08 May 2023In less than a week’s time, millions of Turkish people are going to decide who will govern their country for the next five years. These elections prom...
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Border tax on CO2 offers huge opportunity to fight climate change22 April 2023A tax on CO2 emissions from products entering the EU offers unprecedented opportunities in the fight against global warming. That is the conclusion of...
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Communication about quantum technology offers many opportunities (but there are risks too)21 April 2023Watching and analysing hundreds of TEDx talks, that too can be research. That becomes clear from the work of PhD student Aletta Meinsma, who is studyi...
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Entrepreneurship at the university for an impact on society18 April 2023Courses, business premises for startups or help applying for patents: there are many ways the university can help students or researchers with their b...
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New centre of expertise makes placebo research accessible for healthcare and society14 April 2023Positive expectations about treatment increase the likelihood of success. The new Center for Interdisciplinary Placebo Studies Leiden is therefore pro...
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Dorine Schellens and Peter Verstraten win the LUCAS Public Engagement Award 202312 April 2023The LUCAS Impact Committee, consisting of Jan van Dijkhuizen, Rick Honings, Casper de Jonge, Angus Mol, Thijs Porck and Aafje de Roest, has offered th...
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Out-of-control behaviour: why do youngsters sometimes go so far? View the vodcast by NeurolabNL11 April 2023Earning some quick money by drug trafficking, committing an act of violence or almost collapsing under performance pressure. In the four-part Neurolab...
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The biologist who wants to sound a different note in his field23 February 2023Hans Slabbekoorn researches animal sounds and the effect of the noise we humans make on these animals. He is also committed to making his discipline m...
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Late physics professor from Leiden frontrunner on inclusion and diversity23 February 2023For years, the late professor Marten Durieux personally mentored and funded students from Sudan to study physics in the Netherlands. Colleague Sense J...
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Data analysis of dark web forums in the fight against child sexual abuse20 February 2023By far the majority of users of child sexual abuse networks (or child porn forums as they are sometimes called) on the dark web do not actively commun...
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Better screening can help GPs recognise anxiety disorders earlier15 February 2023Only one in five young people with emotional health problems such as an anxiety disorder receives appropriate professional help. GPs often fail to pro...
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PhD candidate Auke-Florian Hiemstra named Person of the Year26 January 2023Auke-Florian Hiemstra, an external PhD candidate at Naturalis Biodiversity Center, is the Leidsch Dagblad Person of the Year 2022. With more than 1,00...
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Healthy living? People often want to solve problems like debt or mouldy walls first25 January 2023Doctors can repair a lot, but preventing or delaying illness is better. This often requires lifestyle change and that turns out to be difficult. Dr. V...
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Two Leiden academics nominated for Person of the Year05 January 2023Leiden academics Remco Breuker and Auke-Florian Hiemstra stand to win the title of Person of the Year. According to the Leidsch Dagblad newspaper, the...