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Should we build a European mega-dam?20 April 2023A mega-dam around Europe is a possible solution as protection against rising sea levels. Whether that is really a good idea, was debated on by young p...
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Buurtlab 070 launched – sustainability research in, by and for the community18 April 2023Buurtlab 070 is a brand-new Leiden University project in which residents, researchers and students from The Hague work together to find climate, susta...
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'As refugees, we shouldn't give up on our dreams'12 April 2023'In Leiden, I can continue on the path towards my dream: having my own pharmacy,' says Duaa Abbas. She studied pharmaceutics in Syria and worked in a ...
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Dorothea Samtleben: Nikhef's first female program leader03 April 2023As of April 1, physicist Dorothea Samtleben is the first female program leader of Nikhef, the National Institute for Subatomic Physics. Samtleben will...
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‘Nice tool but what are we supposed to do with it?’What does AI mean for the public sector? 27 March 2023Public agencies are keen to use new technology such as AI to speed up their primary processes. But the internal organisation is often a major stumblin...
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Conference on the gap between government and citizens21 March 2023It’s often said that citizens have lost trust in their governments. But who exactly are these ‘citizens’? And which aspects of people’s contact with ...
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How can we live healthier lives? Universities and hospitals are going to find out21 March 2023Getting out and exercising rather than slobbing on the sofa, breathing in fresh air instead of cigarette smoke and grabbing healthy snacks instead of ...
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What do we define as urban green space?17 March 2023When do we define a piece of nature in the city as a park? And when is something a tree or shrub? It may seem obvious, but in scientific literature th...
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René Kleijn appointed Professor of Resilient resource supply06 March 2023The energy transition ranks high on the European policy agenda, but what does it take to get there? René Kleijn researches how we can extract, use and...
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Interdisciplinary minor ‘Violence Studies’: ‘It felt like we were going to fight a group of people’27 February 2023The interdisciplinary, English-taught minor ‘Violence Studies’ looks at violence from very diverse scientific perspectives. What are the benefits of t...
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The biologist who wants to sound a different note in his field23 February 2023Hans Slabbekoorn researches animal sounds and the effect of the noise we humans make on these animals. He is also committed to making his discipline m...
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Vici grant for research on the formation of galaxies23 February 2023How do galaxies form? That is what astronomer Mariska Kriek will be researching in the coming years. She received an NWO Vici grant of 1.5 million eur...
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Late physics professor from Leiden frontrunner on inclusion and diversity23 February 2023For years, the late professor Marten Durieux personally mentored and funded students from Sudan to study physics in the Netherlands. Colleague Sense J...
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Interdisciplinarity offers ‘golden opportunities’ but not without big changes23 February 2023How should we organise interdisciplinary work within Leiden University? This was the key question at a symposium organised by the Liveable Planet inte...
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Turkish and Syrian students talk to Rector about possible support22 February 2023A group of Turkish and Syrian students from the university are raising money for victims of the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. Two of them met Recto...