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Exploring educational experiments: pass/fail and ‘unessays’ at Honours College LawEducational innovation 16 May 2025How to innovate education? In this series, the Honours Academy highlights examples from their educational testing ground that aim to inspire. Today: t...
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You too can improve biodiversity in your local areaEnvironmental Sciences 16 May 2025During a recent event, the Leiden Institute of Environmental Sciences presented the breadth of its research on biodiversity. And Chairman of the Boar...
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Pushing the boundaries of quantum theoryPHYSICS 16 May 2025Mass, time, space, and complexity — physicists in Leiden are launching eight new research projects tackling some of the most fundamental themes in qua...
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Anthropologist Radhika Gupta in Dutch media (NOS) on India-Pakistan border ceremony16 May 2025Despite the political tensions between India and Pakistan, there is a ceremony every evening to close the Attari-Wagah border crossing. Anthropologist...
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Homo erectus from the seabed, new archaeological discoveries in IndonesiaUnique insight 16 May 2025Archaeological finds off the coast of Java, Indonesia provide insight into the world of Homo erectus, 140,000 years ago. Skull fragments and other fos...
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Anthropologist Marja Spierenburg in KlimaatHelpdesk on relevance of Indigenous knowledge in tackling the climate crisis15 May 2025Indigenous knowledge, and the knowledge of other local groups, plays a crucial role in tackling climate change. This knowledge provides local insights...
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Melanie Fink Presents on ‘The Right to Human Explanation’ at Tübingen AI & Law Summer School14 May 2025On 13 May 2025, Melanie Fink presented her latest research on the role of the duty to reason and other explanation rights to safeguard human dignity i...
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Podcast series: Dive into the world of cybersecurity & cybercrime14 May 2025Curious about the world behind digital attacks, online fraud, and cybercriminals? To mark the launch of the Dutch-taught bachelor's programme in Cyber...
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‘Polish presidential election will be important for the country’s position on the international stage’14 May 2025Poland votes for a new president in a first round of elections on Sunday. Lecturer Jan Meijer points out: ‘The result will have a lot of impact on Don...
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Political turmoil in Turkey: is there a future for democracy?guest lecture 13 May 2025Turkish politics was shaken by the arrest of Istanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, along with dozens of others from the main opposition party. In light of th...
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Advancing Social, Economic, and Cultural Rights in a Polarised, Digitalised, and Unequal WorldCALL FOR ABSTRACTS 13 May 2025We are pleased to invite abstracts for a conference on ‘Advancing Social, Economic, and Cultural Rights in a Polarised, Digitalised, and Unequal World...
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Fatma Çapkurt awarded grant for research into proactive services in income support facilities13 May 2025Dutch civil society coalition ‘Over Informatie Gesproken’ (Talking About Information) recently selected eight grant applications to improve informatio...
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In search of an alternative to GDP that actually measures happiness and well-beingChangemakers 13 May 2025How do you really measure how a country is doing? Researcher Annegeke Jansen is looking for alternatives to gross domestic product (GDP) to assess the...
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Leaving the National Museum of Antiquities after forty years: ‘I will be taking a gap year first’13 May 2025On 14 May, curator and professor Ruurd Halbertsma will be leaving the National Museum of Antiquities (RMO) after forty years of dedicated service. In ...
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Dr. Hans Petschar delivers Sixth Annual Austrian Studies Lecture13 May 2025On April 14, 2025, Dr. Hans Petschar, the recently-retired Director of the Bildarchiv und Grafiksammlung at the Austrian National Library in Vienna, d...