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Joanne van der Leun reappointed as Dean of Leiden Law SchoolJoanne van der Leun has been reappointed by the Executive Board of Leiden University as Dean of Leiden Law School. Van der Leun will begin her second ...
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Female budgerigars like smart malesIf male budgerigars can successfully open a puzzle box with food, they become more attractive to females. Biologist Carel ten Cate and Chinese colleag...
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Archaeologists visit Ethiopia for material culture studies projectAnnelou van Gijn and Diederik Pomstra took part in the Shire Project in Tigray, northern Ethiopia, to contribute to an exciting mix of lithic and use-...
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Introducing Matthew BroadMatthew Broad recently joined the Institute for History as a lecturer in International Relations. He introduces himself.
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'Periodically, I want to wander around the faculty and understand what people are doing’On 1 January 2019, Paul Wouters started his role as the new dean of the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences. Time for a short introduction to t...
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Erik Owusu: ‘I want to go back to Ghana and use my acquired knowledge to make a positive impact’‘I’m Erik Owusu, I’m 20 years old and I’m a student of the bachelor’s programme Urban Studies in The Hague. I was born in The Netherlands, but I’ve li...
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Common frame for analyzing complex systems in Physics and EconomicsScientists often need to make sense of complex systems without knowing the important parameters or even without access to all the information. A colla...
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Meet researcher Constant HijzenScientists of the faculty of Governance and Global Affairs research completely different subject, among which terrorism, cybercrime and migration. In ...
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Ancient populations pioneered the idea of recycling wasteThe circular economy is typically seen as the progressive alternative to our wasteful linear economy, where raw materials are used to make the product...
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Andrew Gawthorpe wins the Carla Musterd Award for TeachingAt the Institute’s Council meeting of last December the Institute’s biannual prize for teaching was awarded.
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Digging into stone age secretsArchaeologist Dr Gerrit Dusseldorp's research project was covered by a South African newspaper. Dusseldorp and his team investigate the evolution of h...
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David Ehrhardt on the Political Situation in NigeriaThe most densely populated country in Africa, Nigeria, is fighting a war on two fronts. Not only is Nigeria being confronted with violence on a nation...
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Department of Child Law advises UN Committee on the Rights of the ChildResearchers of the department of Child Law have submitted an advice to the Committee on the Rights of the Child of the United Nations, which monitors ...
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Cucurachi, Behrens and Matthee are teacher, discoverer, and PhD candidate of 2018Environmental scientists Stefano Cucurachi and Paul Behrens and astronomer Jorryt Matthee have received prizes during the New Year's reception of the ...
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On the trail of CleveringaHe is primarily known for his protest speech against the dismissal of his Jewish teacher Eduard Meijers, but who was the man behind this iconic figure...