Young Academy Leiden has granted its first number of Interdisciplinary Activity Grants.

Young Academy Leiden has granted its first number of Interdisciplinary Activity Grants. The grant committee was delighted by the interesting proposals they received. Below you can find out more about them. Do you also have a good idea for an interdisciplinary activity? The call is still open.

Participation in the interdisciplinary ParkinsonNet Congress

Marit Ruitenberg, PhD
Health, Medical, and Neuropsychology Unit, Leiden University

The Young Academy Leiden small activity grant will partially fund Dr. Ruitenberg’s participation in the interdisciplinary ParkinsonNet Congress. At this symposium, research and healthcare professionals from neuro(psycho)logy, biology, pharmacology, and speech and language pathology will come together to gain a better understanding of the multifaceted nature of Parkinson’s disease. The ParkinsonNet Congress aligns with the Young Academy Leiden Next444’s theme of Sustainability, particularly as it relates to well-being.

Session at the Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology Conference

Alex Brandsen, MSc
Wouter Verschoof-van der Vaart, MA
Faculty of Archaeology

Alex and Wouter will organise a session at the upcoming Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology Conference, partially funded by Young Academy Leiden. This conference is particularly interested in machine learning and big data, at the intersection of archaeology and computer science, and directly relates to the Next444’s Data & Technology theme.

Interdisciplinary conference The Reproducibility Hackathon

Daniela Gawehns
Leiden Institute for Advanced Computer Science, Leiden University

Linda Nab
Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Leiden University Medical Center

Paloma Rojas-Saunero
Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus Medical Center

Ricarda Proppert
Institute of Psychology, Leiden University

This group of young, female early career researchers with backgrounds in psychology, data science, and epidemiology is organising and interdisciplinary conference, entitled The Reproducibility Hackathon (ReproHack NL), which will focus on the challenges of and possible solutions for reproducibility. Not being able to reproduce findings, either due to lack of access to code/data or different coding practices, has been referred to as a ‘reproducibility crisis’ and has serious implications for scientific endeavours. This conference aligns well with Young Academy Leiden Next444’s Data & Technology theme.