2,754 search results for “environment” in the Public website
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Resilience Center Leiden
The Resilience Center Leiden investigates how stress impacts the mental health of young people. For that, the team studies a multitude of factors, such as childhood experiences, the social environment, psychological factors, and neurobiological factors. With this multidimensional approach, we aim to…
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The Cognitive Continuum of Electronic Music
From The Cognitive Continuum of Electronic Music:
- Wageningen University
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Interaction with sound for participatory systems and data sonification
This thesis deals with the use of sound in interactions in the context of participatory systems and data sonification. We investigate an interactive environment where participants perceive information of the data through sound elements.
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Imaging of alkyne-functionalized ruthenium complexes for photoactivated chemotherapy
In photoactivated chemotherapy (PACT), a biologically active compound is caged by a light-cleavable protecting group.
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Effects of pesticides on aquatic macrofauna in the field
Promotores: W.J.G.M. Peijnenburg, G.R. de Snoo, Co-promotor: M.G. Vijver
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Social Anxiety and Specific Phobia in Youth
From basic science to real-world interventions
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Hot Nanoparticles
Gold nanoparticles show surprisingly strong interactions with light in the visible range, which can be divided into scattering, absorption, and photoluminescence.
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From Gesture to Language
Like any language, the natural sign languages of deaf communities differ from each other in their grammars and lexicons. A growing number of studies indicates that sign languages make use of the gestures of hearing speakers to build linguistic structure. This implies that variation and similarities…
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Research Seminar Series
Every week, ISGA organizes the Research Seminar Series discussing works from ISGA staff and externals.
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Assessing global regionalized impacts of eutrophication on freshwater fish biodiversity
Freshwater biodiversity has been threatened by eutrophication due to excessive nutrients in the environment. Releasing the freshwater species from such pressures requires efforts from industry and manufacturers to avoid emissions to vulnerable and high-risk regions.
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Diversity and distribution of octocorals and scleractinians in the Persian Gulf region
Promotor: E. Gittenberger, Co-promotores: B.W. Hoeksema; L.P. van Ofwegen
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Intergenerational Transmission
Intergenerational transmission refers to the complex and dynamic process with which values, ideas and behaviors are transmitted across generations. We are specifically interested in the intergenerational transmission of behaviors and beliefs that might result in harm to the individuals involved or society…
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Administration and Central Services and Expertise Centres
The Administration and Central Services department supports the Executive Board and is responsible for policy and decision-making.
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OceanVisions
OceanVisions is a project funded by a Marie-Curie Individual Fellowship to Dr. Francesco Colona and it explores how different research infrastructures in marine science (ranging from ocean-going research vessels to scientific diving operations) and their funding scheme influence the research process:…
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A well-established harmony in chaos: from isolated galaxies to galaxy clusters
The origin and evolution of galaxies are closely linked to many different physical phenomena.
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Whispering Wind
Whispering Wind (Fluisterende wind), a sound artwork by Edwin van der Heide, is situated in the passage that cuts right under the P.J. Veth building of Leiden University.
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Traces on tropical tools
A functional study of chert artefacts from preceramic sites in Colombia (2002)
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PhD Graduate School of Archaeology
The Faculty of Archaeology offers a dynamic research environment for PhD candidates. Their projects at the Faculty span all fields in archaeological research, from fieldwork to lab work and heritage issues, from prehistoric to modern times, worldwide.
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Politics and Aesthetics
Politics and Aesthetics is one of the six research themes of the LUCAS Modern and Contemporary cluster.
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Turtles all the way down: multiscale simulations connecting star and planet formation
The formation of stars and planets happens over multiple scales, which can interact. In particular, planet formation happens in the dense, complex environment of star forming regions.
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THRIVE Study
Towards Health and Resilience in Volatile Environments - People differ in how they are impacted by and respond to stressful experiences. Why is that?
- Dr Heiko Vogel
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Working at the Faculty of Science
Working for a top faculty? Discover the vacancies at the Faculty of Science and apply immediately.
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D&I work plan
The document below contains the faculty D&I work plan drawn up for Leiden Law School. This work plan is linked to the University work plan of the D&I Expertise Office.
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Gorlaeus Building
Leiden University is realising a new and sustainable building with state of the art research and educational facilities for the Faculty of Science: the Gorlaeus Building. The new sustainable building will stimulate academic cooperation and knowledge sharing.
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We offer
As a scientific partner, the Sport Data Center offers (sports) organisations a wide range of services.
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Journals
The Faculty of Archaeology produces several journals
- Prof Dr Caroline Müller
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Change leadership in times of crisis
Explaining cutback management strategies in public sector organisations: change leadership in times of crisis. How does the publicness of organisations affect the choice and implementation of cutback management strategies?
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Conrad's Shadow Catastrophe, Mimesis, Theory
Western thought has often dismissed shadows as fictional, but what if fictions reveal original truths?
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PUMA (Prospecting the Urban Mines of Amsterdam)
PUMA aims at composing a geological map of the urban mine of Amsterdam for a selection of metals. Where are main deposits of copper, iron and aluminium located, when will they become available for secondary production, in what state and shape are they?
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Special issue: Storying multi-species relationships, commoning and the state in the Himalayas
Himalayan environments have changed and continue to change as a result of how people interpret, source, and use them. Scholarly investigation of the induced transformations, whether in deforestation, dam construction, or glacial melt, highlights how man is shaping the world in the Anthropocene.
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The diverse roles of integrin α3β1 in cancer: Lessons learned from skin and breast carcinogenesis
In this thesis, we aim to shed light on the diverse and often opposing roles of integrin α3β1 in cancer.
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About us
Leiden University Centre for Linguistics (LUCL) is a reputable institute in the field of linguistics, offering excellent research and education opportunities covering a broad range of languages of the world.
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Work areas
We present our plans on five work areas: Students, Inclusive Education, Staff, Research, and Accessible and Inclusive Learning and Working Environment. For each work area, we explain which topics are relevant and what policy measures we (plan to) take.
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Triple E Lectures
The EEE lectures are a monthly cross-disciplinary lecture series where globally renowned and inspiring thinkers and scientists are invited.
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Leiden Embedded & Real-time Computing (LERC)
Leiden Embedded & Real-time Computing (LERC) is an expert lab and leader in advanced research on embedded and real-time systems and software. The main mission of LERC is by its research to contribute in a highly innovative way to the system-level design of embedded and cyber-physical systems and software…
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Career prospects
After graduation you are well equipped to start a career in evolutionary research or to take the responsibility for projects in an industrial or institutional research environment.
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Career prospects
With an MSc in Computer Science you are well prepared for broad array of career prospects in research or industry. The master’s degree is an excellent stepping stone for pursuing a PhD degree.
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Career prospects
With an MSc in Computer Science you are well prepared for broad array of career prospects in research or industry. The master’s degree is an excellent stepping stone for pursuing a PhD degree.
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Incompany en maatwerk | onderwijs voor professionals
In addition to the open courses, Leiden University also offers tailored courses for organisations. With customisation, the content of the programme is entirely adapted to the needs of your organisation.
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Questions of Justice in Law, Literature and the Arts
Questions of justice are not only the concern of legal professionals, politicians and activists, they also permeate culture at large. Literature, Cinema, Music and Artworks often revolve around questions about rights, justice and fairness, raising a wide range of issues, such as: how do we understand…
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Research opportunities
For students who wish to conduct short-term research at Leiden University, there are a number of options available.
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Career prospects
With an MSc in Computer Science you are well prepared for broad array of career prospects in research or industry. The master’s degree is an excellent stepping stone for pursuing a PhD degree.
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Career prospects
With an MSc in Computer Science you are well prepared for broad array of career prospects in research or industry. The master’s degree is an excellent stepping stone for pursuing a PhD degree.
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Career prospects
With an MSc in Computer Science you are well prepared for broad array of career prospects in research or industry. The master’s degree is an excellent stepping stone for pursuing a PhD degree.
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Career prospects
With an MSc in Computer Science you are well prepared for broad array of career prospects in research or industry. The master’s degree is an excellent stepping stone for pursuing a PhD degree.
- Human Rights and Climate Change