University-school partnerships are important constellations for teachers’ professional learning. The present study investigates how both teacher characteristics and contextual factors are related to teachers’ motivation to participate in the university-school partnership, and the relationship between…

What motivates learners in bilingual education to learn English and how can and do teaching practices contribute to that motivation?

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The Leiden | Islam interview series contains short documentary-style videos including interview flashes with leading scholars in the field of Islam and Muslim societies. With this series, LUCIS aims to show the value of unconventional insights related to Islam and Muslim societies, and to relate them…

This project aims to analyze and increase student motivation and achievement during the first three years of secondary school with an intervention that focuses on development of students’ talents.

The research project focuses on teachers’ learning motivation and learning performance in professional learning activities.

Kim Stroet is examining how the interaction between teachers and pupils influences pupils’ motivation. ‘Children need to have the feeling that they are in control of their own learning process.’

As a graduate of the Faculty of Humanities, there are unlimited possibilities. Do you want to know more about the sectors and jobs Humanities' graduates end up? Click on the name of the alumna/alumnus to read their story!

Organized by the GSA, all internal PhD students annually have a personal progress interview: the Annual Review.

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This project addresses the occurrence of political and ideological biased crimes in light of the recent migration influx in European countries.

Building on work of his supervisor on charge transport in a particular kind of electrical insulators, Koen Schouten devised a protocol that is realistic for the first time. He converted his Bachelor’s thesis to a paper that was published in Physical Review A within half a year. It granted him a nomination…

Hitchhiking spores, bacteria propelling themselves towards nutrients and a microbial predator with possibly a sword. Bachelor’s student Flory Olsthoorn studied microbial interactions. ‘The microbial world is rich and varied in its interactions. Understanding them is crucial to expand our knowledge of…

Ward chose to focus on privacy and security because ‘it’s a topic that arouses other people’s interest, though sometimes frightens them, and I really enjoy taking the time to tell people about it’.

Beatrice Noun (alumna BA International Studies) currently lives in Paris and works for the World Bank as a consultant while doing a master’s degree at Sciences Po in International Development. We caught up with her and asked her a bunch of questions like which steps lead her to this career path? And…

‘It’s an honour to be nominated for the Teacher of the Year Award,’ says mathematician dr. ir. Onno van Gaans. For more than a decade he has been teaching Analysis 1 to first-year mathematics students.

Do sustainability values play a role in motivating people to act for biodiversity in successful projects and in successful leadership action? And how could these values be incorporated in current economic valuation methods?

How do cognitive, motivational, and affective processes interact to select actions?

In order to achieve a more sustainable food system, the food industry has to come up with new, environmentally friendly products. One aspect is producing proteins for meat substitutes. Bachelor’s student Rose Vossen modified, grew and studied different yeast strains to see whether they can be used to…

Dr. Maarten Schrama is an ecosystem ecologist who studies general laws in ecosystems. ‘How do complex systems change under the influence of the major problems of our time, such as changes in the climate, the landscape and the amount of nitrogen in the environment? The themes we deal with are at the…

'I am very honored to be nominated for the Teacher of the Year Award,’ says dr. Jan van Rijn. Every autumn he teaches the course Automated Machine Learning, which he set up himself at Leiden University.

This study explores public leaders’ organizational learning orientation in the wake of a crisis. More precisely, we study the association between public leaders’ public service motivation and their learning orientation (instrumental versus political).

The environmental policy (Duurzaamheidsbeleidplan) of Leiden University insisted on starting a Green Office to expand and promote sustainability within Leiden University. This plan has now become reality as we have started with several activities and projects. To make people understand what a Green…

In recent years, the question why citizens (do not) support democratic innovations has attracted increasing academic attention. In this research note, Van Der Does & Kantorowicz for the first time empirically verify what drives citizens’ instrumental considerations in their evaluation of a DI.

Double Bind. Public service professionals coping with contrasting demands. How do public service professionals align their PSM with contrasting demands set by the organizational and social contexts in which they work?

During stepwise synthesis of sugar chains, two stereometric variants are formed at each step unless the steps are steered. Through an extensive investigation, Daan Hoogers investigated a new steering mechanism, for which he was nominated for the Young Star Award 2021.

How do learners engage during project-based learning (PBL) and what is the impact of PBL on their learning outcomes?

Alexandre Morin is a new associate professor at LION, who will be researching active matter.

Why is Arabic poetry relevant for our understanding of the Arabic-speaking world? Arabist James Montgomery explains this in the first video interview of the Leiden | Islam interview series produced by Leiden Islam Centre LUCIS. 'If there is anything which is going to make the situation worse, it is…

Prof. em. Wim Blockmans (Leiden University) has given an interview to ‘De Nieuwe Wereld’ (in Dutch). He talks about his latest book 'Medezeggenschap. Politieke participatie in Europa vóór 1800'. Take also a look at the YouTube channel of this Dutch philosophy collective as other videos feature medievalists…

Daniel Rozen (45), at the IBL since September 2012, uses bacteria in laboratory tests on experimental evolution to study the ecology and genetics of adaptation. His research has applied importance, as it reveals how bacteria may be induced to produce new antibiotics. Last January, Rozen received the…

Xin Zhang, PhD at ICLON, researched the relationship between teachers’ learning motivation and the quality of their teaching. Defence on 6 July.

To what extent are university teachers' individual learning paths influenced by their teaching experience, motivation, and conceptions of teaching and learning through educational technology?

Chemist Roxanne Kieltyka has been interviewed by Nemo Kennislink in the Dutch article:

In the weekly magazine “Mare” from Leiden University, an interview with the Leiden statistics prof. dr. Richard Gill has been published recently about his contribution to the Delfts quantum-experiment.

From 2 to 6 June 2014, Prof. dr. Frank den Hollander has provided 2 lectures during the workshop ‘Recent Models in Random Media’ at the Centre International de Rencontres Mathematique in Marseille (CIRM). This center facilitates workshops for mathematicians throughout the year.

This interview features Drs. Peter Bisschop (Leiden University) and Yuko Yokochi (Kyoto University) and their work on the monumental Skandapurāṇa project.

On June 13 cellist Elske Tinbergen received her PhD. Her doctorate was on the history of her own instrument.

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On Thursday 28 September at 19:45, tv channel NPO Cultura will broadcast an interview with Michel Orrit about his Spinoza Prize winning research, as part of the series ‘Dankzij Spinoza’.

On the fourth of May, after 16 years, Lia ten Brink is leaving her work as a secretary at LUCAS . She gave up her job, sold her house and will face the adventure of exploring Europe with her husband and two dogs in an old bus...

The motivation of student teachers for the teacher's profession depends on various factors. Teacher training can influence the commitment of students. That is stated in the doctoral thesis of Ikupa Moses, who graduates from the Leiden University Graduate School of Teaching (ICLON) on 7 September 201…

Gerard Persoon received his bachelor and master degree in Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology (CA/DS) from Leiden University. After his graduation, he worked a couple of years in Indonesia for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Thereafter he worked for almost 25 years at the Institute of Environmental…

Mariana was recently interviewed by the New Humanitarian about data protection issues regarding the involvement of Frontex in Niger.

How do you deal with bullying? How can you motivate young people? At the NeurolabNL symposium a multidisciplinary research team launched an interactive book for teachers and youth workers. This digital book offers the latest insights and plenty of useful tips and advice. Children’s Ombudsman Margrite…

Interested in what drives your colleagues to become a member of OSCL? And how they apply Open Science in their work? Below we interview OSCL member Ruthie Pliskin (from Social, Economic and Organisational Psychology).