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Anne Urai receives 2026 Heineken Young Scientists Award for Social SciencesAward 08 June 2026How do people make choices, and what happens in our brains when we do? Anne Urai investigates how our brains process information and use it to make de...
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Shaping the future of international relations and diplomacy08 June 2026From peace missions and military intervention to climate adaptation and geopolitical competition, students of the Advanced MSc in International Relati...
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Grant awarded for research into prehistoric settlement in the Province of ZeelandArchaeology 08 June 2026The research project Between Land and Sea (Tussen Land en Zee) was awarded funding by the Reuvens Fund for Innovation in May. The project brings toget...
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Climate solutions, fragile systems: who really pays the price?08 June 2026Climate action is often framed as urgent and necessary. But on the ground, it can also unsettle lives in unexpected ways. LUC researcher Bernardo Alme...
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New study on spatial ability ‘You need it all day long'Research 08 June 2026From loading the dishwasher to packing the car: good spatial ability is always useful. How do children develop this skill in primary school? Researche...
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Video: Why is my friend with ADHD always late?ADHD 08 June 2026Can you have ADHD even if you’re not hyperactive? How does Ritalin work? And does ADHD present differently in girls from boys? In a University of the ...
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The ocean is changing faster than the rules that govern itInterview 08 June 20268 June is World Oceans Day, and the UN wants to ‘reimagine’ a new relationship with the ocean. But how does that work when reality changes so fast? We...
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Nobel Prize winner Paul Krugman back in The Hague: ‘Good policy is not always good politics’Lecture 05 June 2026For the second time this academic year, Nobel Prize winner Paul Krugman visited The Hague. Addressing a packed lecture theatre in our new Spui buildin...
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Throwback to the Living in a wetland landscape symposiumExperimental archaeology 05 June 2026Reaching the end of the academic year, we look back fondly on the symposia, conferences and events that our faculty hosted in the previous months. One...
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Podcast series: Dive into the world of cybersecurity & cybercrime05 June 2026Cyberattacks, online fraud and digital security are among the most pressing challenges of our digital age. In this podcast series by the Institute of ...
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How can we push back Earth Overshoot Day?Sustainability 05 June 2026Earth Overshoot Day, the day on which humanity has used all the natural resources that the Earth can regenerate in a single year, falls on 30 July thi...
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Cosmic magnifying glass reveals exceptionally heavy dormant black hole in the early universeAstronomy 05 June 2026Astronomers have measured the mass of a dormant, supermassive black hole in the early universe for the first time. Thanks to a combination of the Jame...
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How can we properly measure the impact of disasters, attacks, and wars?Book 04 June 2026In Chasing Events, researcher Thijs van Dooremalen explores how we can truly understand the impact of major events. He shows that traditional comparis...
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Students bring turbulent past of Valkenburg airfield to lifeHeritage 03 June 2026The former Valkenburg airfield is steeped in history: the Romans defended their empire here, German forces landed here in 1940 and even the Cold War l...
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How a small amount of rare earth metal shapes the environmental impact of magnetsEnvironmental sciences 02 June 2026Magnets for electric cars and wind turbines contain only a small amount of the rare earth metal dysprosium. Yet, this metal is responsible for a large...