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Dies Natalis all about innovating and connecting 08 February 2022
‘We could share our knowledge more with others and apply it more widely,’ said Annetje Ottow, President of the Executive Board, while presenting the n...
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Two AI Grants for Leiden University 07 February 2022
NWO (the Dutch Research Council) has granted more than 10 million euros for five human-centered AI research projects (2.1M€ each). Leiden University p...
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Sabine Wenzel wins first Surface Science Young Investigator award 02 February 2022
Ever did something for the first time and got an award for it? Sabine Wenzel did. Her research about the surface of zinc oxide won her the Surface Sci...
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Warja Tolstoj wins Ted Meijer prize 02 February 2022
Warja Tolstoj, alumna Art History, has been awarded the 2021 edition of the Ted Meijerprijs. Named after the former director of the KNIR (Royal Nether...
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What drives anti-immigrant sentiment among youths in Ecuador? 31 January 2022
Four researchers from Leiden University’s Institute of Political Science have been awarded a grant to jointly investigate attitudes towards Venezuelan...
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Four science professors receive Senior Teaching Qualification certificate 31 January 2022
Out of fifteen Senior Teaching Qualification certificates (SKO) awarded by the University this year, four go to the Faculty of Science. With congratul...
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Pieter de la Court Medal winners talk about accessibility and the conditions of education 26 January 2022
During the New Year’s Reception on 11 January 2022, the Pieter de la Court Medal was awarded to two students of the Faculty of Social and Behavioural ...
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Jongkind and Drahmann win AB prize for best annotation 2021 25 January 2022
At the Annual Meeting of the Tijdschrift Administratiefrechtelijke Beslissingen (AB) (Administrative Decisions Magazine) on Friday 21 January 2022, th...
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Mosquera Valderrama awarded a Jean Monnet Chair: 'Raise awareness of EU Standard of Tax Good Governance' 21 January 2022
Last November, it was announced that the European Commission has awarded a Jean Monnet Chair to Professor of Tax Law Irma Mosquera Valderrama. She wil...
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Meijers Lecture and New Year’s Reception 2022 20 January 2022
On Tuesday 11 January 2022, the Meijers Lecture and the New Year's reception took place at 16.00 hrs.
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CADS student Simay Çetin wins FSW Master’s Thesis Prize 2021 19 January 2022
Simay Çetin won the FSW Master’s Thesis Prize 2021 with her thesis “Interpreting Culture through Embodied Practice: An anthropological study of sexual...
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From the birth of galaxies to an IMAX movie on the big screen. Leiden partnership wins award from the Royal Astronomical Society 14 January 2022
Simulation project EAGLE has won the 2022 Group Achievement Award of the Royal Astronomical Society. EAGLE is a large collection of simulations about ...
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Two Cultural Anthropology students awarded Pieter de la Court Medal 2021 12 January 2022
Claire van den Helder and Orestes Kyrgiakis won the Pieter de la Court Medal 2021. The Pieter de la Court Medal is an initiative for students by stude...
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Psychology Awards 2021 12 January 2022
Psychology teacher of the year is Anouk van der Weiden. The master thesis awards are for Irina Verhülsdonk and Christel Klootwijk. Eliška Procházková ...
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New Year’s reception 2022: towards a new kind of social science 12 January 2022
On 11 January 2022, the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences opened the new year during a livestreamed reception. Dean Paul Wouters and Executiv...