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Thesis on public policy in vulnerable neighbourhoods wins FSW thesis prize 202315 January 2024With 'The unruly reality of a new government: Navigating between networks and serving in a 'vulnerable' neighbourhood', Mony Klaus has won the FSW The...
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Supercomputer ALICE is even more powerful, and that is good news for many disciplines03 January 2024Supercomputer ALICE has been expanded, making it even more powerful and faster. This means researchers and students can work with heavier models. From...
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These were Leiden University’s interdisciplinary milestones of 202319 December 2023Connecting worlds, enhancing research and teaching, and providing innovative solutions to complex social issues: that is the idea behind interdiscipli...
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Four projects awarded science communication grants24 November 2023A climate game, a science and music festival, a mobile psychology lab and interactive sessions on anxiety in children. The Dutch Research Council (NWO...
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With this app, students learn to recognise an argumentative error from that aunt over Christmas dinner02 November 2023In this ‘Educatips’ column, Psychology lecturers share their most important insights about teaching. This month: Zsuzsika Sjoerds and Sebo Uithol teac...
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The rocking researcher: Marjolein Fokkema connects disciplines with algorithms and pop songs16 October 2023From predicting Alzheimer’s to the growth of organisms: psychologist Marjolein Fokkema’s algorithms can be used in many disciplines. They also provide...
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Adrian Heier wins Political Science Master’s Thesis Prize 202313 October 2023Graduating from a Political Science master’s programme is an important milestone. The thesis plays an central role: it demonstrates the alumnus’ abili...
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Annaya Taradyla Rangkuty and Femke Verhelst win Political Science bachelor’s thesis prizes 202310 October 2023All Political Science graduates have good reasons to be proud of themselves, having successfully completed their studies and having demonstrated consi...
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Meet the new members of the Cultural Anthropology OLC 2023-202425 September 2023Liselotta Jahnke, Jason Irwin, Rachel Cruickshank and Paula Kovač are the new student members of the Programme Committee (OLC). This committee advises...
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Political Science Master’s thesis prize 2023: the nominees18 September 2023Towards the graduation ceremonies, you sense an increasing nervousness. Not only because all the tradition and glamour surrounding the event, also bec...
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Meditating before class: ‘Students sometimes say: I forgot I had a body’18 September 2023In this new ‘Educatips’ column, Psychology lecturers share their most important insights about teaching. This month: Elise Seip wants to help students...
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Psychology education on suicide prevention honoured with Casimir prize07 September 2023'We are very happy with this recognition! The great thing about this prize is that it celebrates team effort', Joanne Mouthaan responds to the Casimir...
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Bachelor thesis prizes Political Science 2023: the nominees05 September 2023The bachelor thesis is the pièce de résistance of a bachelor’s in Political Science. It demands academic craftsmanship and creativity, as well as bloo...
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More Dutch at the university? ‘We desperately need internationals’30 August 2023He did an English-taught degree, completed a master’s abroad and now teaches on an English-taught programme at the Campus The Hague. Jan Meijer is the...
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Vibrant illustrations and mind-boggling graphs - Psychology students share insights into their research07 July 2023Why do some smokers quit much more easily than others? Can we think ourself to insomnia? And does playing music together help to calm conflicts? Psych...