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New YAL board: ‘Make sure young academics’ voices are heard’ 18 September 2023
Young Academy Leiden (YAL) will change its board this month and welcome seven brand-new members. We spoke to outgoing chair Sarah Giest and incoming c...
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Mental health at work: young social scientists meet up during YAL Faculty lunch 08 December 2022
The Young Academy Leiden strives to connect young academics with each other and strengthen their position within the University. It goes without sayin...
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Leadership change at Young Academy Leiden 02 September 2022
As every academic year, the leadership team of the Young Academy Leiden is changing. As of September 2022, dr. Sarah Giest (Associate Professor, Insti...
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Young social scientists network away during the Young Academic Lunch 25 April 2022
Young Academy Leiden wants to bring together young academics. After all, it is not that easy in practice to meet peers outside your field. With inspir...
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Important but not easy: interdisciplinary research 11 November 2021
In the academic world interest in interdisciplinary research is growing. It can help to solve the big challenges of our times. But starting a research...
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‘All the members of the Young Academy Leiden have a strong sense of responsibility' 21 September 2021
The Young Academy Leiden (YAL) acquired six new members on 1 September. We talked to the new and former chair of this platform for young academics abo...
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Sarah Giest Vice-Chair of the Young Acadamy Leiden 02 September 2021
As every academic year, the leadership team of the Young Academy Leiden (YAL) is changing. Sarah Giest, Assistant Professor at the Institute of Public...
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Debating 3 of the 40 propositions about science 19 November 2020
Three Dutch scientists - including Professor of Korea Studies Remco Breuker – put forward forty propositions this summer aimed at improving science. T...
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Helen Pluut new chair of Young Academy Leiden 07 October 2020
Young Academy Leiden brings together young researchers, gives them a say in policymaking and fosters interdisciplinary collaboration. Chair Tom Louwer...
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Young Academy Leiden: young researchers drastically affected by lockdown 02 June 2020
Childcare, no access to labs and extra time for online teaching. These are the main reasons why young researchers at Leiden University have seen a sig...
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Anna van Duijvenvoorde and Stephanie Rap receive 444 Interdisciplinary Activity Grant 06 April 2020
The Young Academy Leiden (YAL) has awarded an 444 Interdisciplinary Activity Grant to Anna van Duijvenvoorde and Stephanie Rap to organise a half-day ...
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Next444: challenges for the future 10 February 2020
On a wintry Wednesday evening, big issues were the topic of conversation at Grand Café de Burcht. Young Academy Leiden (YAL) was holding a round table...
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Big and small talk at the Young Academy Lunch 31 October 2019
Bring 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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444 Interdisciplinary Activity Grant for Alex Brandsen and Wouter Verschoof-van der Vaart 24 October 2019
Alex Brandsen and Wouter Verschoof-van der Vaart, PhD candidates in the Digital Archaeology research group and the Data Science Research Programme, ha...
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Young scientists meet up at Young Faculty of Science 14 August 2019
Being an assistant professor can be rather solitary. You often do not have your own research group and also you don't yet have the extensive network o...