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Professorship marks the ticking off of an important milestone for Silvestriappointment 24 April 2025Alessandra Silvestri has been appointed professor in Theoretical Physics in the area of Cosmology. For her this promotion in Leiden is the icing on th...
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Practising with AI: a chatbot for suicide preventionAI 24 April 2025In the ‘Educatips’ column, Psychology lecturers share their most important insights about teaching. This month, Joanne Mouthaan and Anna Hudson talk a...
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How the Republic contributed to the French colonial empire: ‘People like you and me invested’24 April 2025In the 18th century, the French colonial empire teemed with protectionist laws. Nevertheless, businessmen from the Republic played an important role i...
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CSM student Sofian develops card game that makes children aware of online dangersInterview Sofian Fesenko 23 April 2025Cybersecurity doesn’t start with your first job – it starts with your first phone. According to Sofian Fesenko, a student of Crisis and Security Manag...
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Call for Nominations Now Open – Krijn Rietveld Memorial Awards 202523 April 2025The Leiden University Fund and dsm-firmenich are proud to open the call for the Krijn Rietveld Memorial Awards 2025. These annual prizes honour innova...
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The eternal student: exhibition travels through 450 years of studyingAnniversary exhibition 23 April 2025Be it with a paintbrush or camera, over the centuries painters and photographers have depicted students at study in Leiden. An exhibition at the Hortu...
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Almost € 3 million of funding for research on sexually transgressive behaviourGrant 22 April 2025The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded a grant of €2,858,000 from the Dutch National Research Agenda (NWA) for tackling sexually transgressive b...
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In de spotlight: students cultural anthropology conduct research on Tiny Houses22 April 2025Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology students have conducted research into the experiences and motivations of people moving into a Tiny Hou...
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Common insecticide damages freshwater ecosystems22 April 2025The pesticide thiacloprid turns out to be more harmful than previously thought. It can disrupt the lives of freshwater invertebrates and their communi...
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Leiden students help with primary school language lessonsReport from The Hague 22 April 2025De Regenboog primary school in The Hague has a high percentage of children whose first language is not Dutch. In the ‘Children of the City’ project, E...
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Five questions for Thijs Bosker about Local Actions22 April 2025Sustainability challenges don’t just call for environmental scientists – they require expertise from many academic fields. Thijs Bosker and Paul Behre...
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From Leiden to Harvard: four questions for Julia Santosfellowship 17 April 2025Eight early-career researchers from around the world have been awarded a 51 Pegasi b Fellowship – a prestigious opportunity for astronomers. Julia San...
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Adopted from China, back there as a journalist: ‘I want to break the stereotypes’Alumnus interview 17 April 2025Cindy Huijgen was adopted from China and has wanted to return all her life. This Chinese Studies and Journalism & New Media alumnus is now a correspon...
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Winners announced of 2025 Children’s Rights Moot Court CompetitionCompetition 17 April 2025How can we safeguard children’s rights in conflict zones? The winners of the 2025 Children’s Rights Moot Court Competition, team 19 from O.P. Jindal G...
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Elke Moons appointed professor by special appointment of the chair ‘Crime Statistics’ at Leiden University16 April 2025As of 1 April 2025, Professor E.A.L.M.G (Elke) Moons has been appointed professor by special appointment of the chair ‘Crime Statistics’ at Leiden Uni...