This interdisciplinary minor addresses sustainabilty challenges from a systems perspective, and investigates ways to sustain society within planetary boundaries.

If mankind wants to survive into the 22nd century, we will need to change the way we live drastically. The human impact on our planet is everywhere, we are changing the atmosphere, the oceans and the land, leading to global warming, climate change, loss of biodiversity and pervasive pollution. There…

This study attempts to understand how indigenous community institutions pose an important role in sustainable community-based development, including the integration between local culture and development.

In-use stocks of products can be considered as intermediaries between human needs and the physical world.

There is an increasing amount of attention on EU and its Member States contributions to implementation of two landmark agreements: the Paris Climate Agreement and the UN Agenda 2030 with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Absent from the current literature is an analysis of the political effect of…

The development process of any software has become extremely important not just in the IT industry, but in almost every business or domain of research.

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Wiskunde en Natuurwetenschappen, Instituut Biologie Leiden (IBL)

Wiskunde en Natuurwetenschappen, Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS)

In onze eenjarige masteropleiding leer je hoe je het dagelijks leven van kwetsbare groepen - zowel in Nederland als wereldwijd - kunt bestuderen, en hoe je ze binnen de complexe processen van sociale en globale ontwikkeling kunt plaatsen.

Governance and Global Affairs, Institute of Security and Global Affairs

Tax scandals, like the Panama Papers, the Paradise Papers, and the Pandora Papers, have made taxation a major topic of public debate. Learn more about this in the new minor Tax and Society: Building a Sustainable and Fair Tax System.

The human body consists of hundreds, perhaps thousands of different types of cells, each with different morphologies and functions, despite having the same genome.

Promotor: G.R. de Snoo, Co-promotor: H.H. de Iongh, C.J.M. Musters

We are very pleased to invite you to Leiden University's first World Teachers Development Day for in-service teachers.

What is the optimal design of sandy solutions for sustainable climate change adaption, from an ecological, biophysical and societal point of view?

Gibbs measures, as used in Statistical Mechanics, have a definition that is remarkably similar to the definition ofg-measures, used in dynamical systems.

Industrial manufacturing processes, such as the production of steel or the stamping of car body parts, are complex semi-batch processes with many process steps, machine parameters and quality indicators.

Promotores: W. Th. F. den Hollander, M.O. Heydenreich

Wil je weten welke invloed opvoeding binnen en buiten het gezin heeft op de ontwikkeling van het kind? Kies dan deze specialisatie!

What is vegetation structure and composition in SFM primary forest, secondary logged over forest (logging FSC certified and logging non certified) in comparison to primary forest? What is avian guild diversity in SFM primary forest, secondary logged over forest (logging FSC certified and logging non…

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De ontwikkeling en versterking van sociale rechten en rechten van arbeiders in Indonesië weerspiegelt de bredere processen van sociale en politieke hervormingen in het land.

Promotores: Prof. dr. G.R. (Geert) de Snoo, Dr. E. (Ester) van der Voet

Promotor: Prof.dr. H.P. Spaink, Co-promotor: Dr. B.E. Snaar

A framework for prospective/ex-ante life cycle assessment (LCA) and ecological risk assessment (ERA) of emerging technologies is developed and applied to a case study of III-V/silicon photovoltaic panels.

To gain more insight into the evolutionary development of orchid flowers and fruits, the orchid species Erycina pusilla was studied. The evolutionary origin of the median petaloid sepal, the callus on the labellum, and the stelidia was studied.

Wat zijn de belangrijkste thema's in het uitvoeren van systemen voor bio-energie ?

De masterspecialisatie Digital Media in Human Development gaat over kansen en uitdagingen van digitale media in opvoeding en onderwijs.

Voor wie geïnteresseerd is in de relatie tussen neuro-cognitieve en biologische factoren enerzijds en leren, gedrag en emoties anderzijds.

Studievoorlichting

Indonesia is experiencing various environmental challenges related to its fast economic growth. Therefore, it is necessary to have measurable and applicable indicators to obtain accurate data and information regarding the costs of adverse environmental impacts arising from economic activities to support…

Het organiseren van diversiteit is een van de grootste uitdagingen van nu. Etnische, raciale, religieuze en culturele verschillen staan wereldwijd op de agenda, dikwijls omdat deze leiden tot gewelddadige conflicten. In deze masterspecialisatie kijk je waarom en hoe deze conflicten ontstaan en welke…

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The Advanced Master's specialization Peace, Justice and Development at Leiden University examines the legislation that governs international relations in an increasingly complex, interdependent global society. The study covers a wide range of legal disciplines like criminal law, human rights law, investment…

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Waarom zijn niet alle kinderen even gevoelig voor variaties in hun sociale omgeving?

Dit proefschrift wil een geïntegreerd kader voor de praktijk van peer feedback van leraren bieden, en een diepgaand begrip van peer feedback van leraren in de context van het Chinese beroepsonderwijs.

Real-life processes are characterized by dynamics involving time. Examples are walking, sleeping, disease progress in medical treatment, and events in a workflow.

Making a dynamic substance stock model in order to conduct scenario analyses and make forecasts.

Op 9 juni 2020 verdedigde Maral Darouei haar proefschrift 'Managing a sustainable career in the contemporary world of work: Personal choices and contextual challenges'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door promotor prof.dr. J.I. van der Rest.

De jongeren van nu groeien op met sociale media. Mogelijk heeft dat invloed op de ontwikkeling van herssengebieden die betrokken zijn bij sociale interactie. Crone en Konijn laten in dit overzichtsartikel in Nature Communications zien hoe neurowetenschappelijke kennis kan bijdragen aan een beter begrip…

Promotor: S.M. Verduyn Lunel, Co-Promotores: S.C.Hille, O.W. van Gaans

Supervisor: P.J.J. Hooykaas Co-Supervisor: R. Offringa

Current therapies for patients with atherosclerosis are targeted primarily on reducing blood cholesterol, but this fails to prevent a large number of cardiovascular events.95 In order to identify new therapeutic strategies for treating atherosclerosis, it is important to study the interactions between…

Promotores:Th.J.C. van Berkel, M. van Eck

Promotor: Prof.dr. G.A. van der Marel, Co-Promotor: J.D.C. Codée