524 search results for “science in the media” in the Student website
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Anne Urai on her Veni subsidy and open science
Neuroscientist Anne Urai has been awarded a Veni subsidy to further develop her ideas over the coming four years on how the brain makes choices. Why did she receive the award? Urai answers five questions about her Veni grant for young researchers.
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Chen Wang
Faculteit Archeologie
c.wang@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Petr Kopecky
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
kopecky@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3602
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Creating a sustainable university: ‘You need breathing space for activist work’
More papers, more grants, more students: constant growth is still the gold standard at universities. Neuroscientists Anne Urai and Claire Kelly argue that this mentality obstructs us in resolving such complex societal problems as the climate crisis. Their alternative? The university as a doughnut.
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Ralph Kijk in de Vegte
Administratief Shared Service Centre
r.kijk.in.de.vegte@assc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Sarah de Rijcke new dean Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Prof. Sarah de Rijcke will succeed Paul Wouters as dean of Leiden University's Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FSW) from 1 January 2024. Paul Wouters will retire at the beginning of January.
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Corona and the gulf between citizens and experts
Rector Magnificus Carel Stolker will retire on 8 February. If there’s one theme running through his career, it’s the links between the University and society. In this series of pre-retirement discussions, Stolker will talk one last time with people from within and outside the University. On this occasion,…
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Science, technology and innovation is not addressing world’s most urgent problems
Global science research serves the needs of the Global North, and is driven by the values and interests of a small number of companies, governments and funding bodies, finds a major new international study published today. As such, the authors find, science, technology and innovation research is not…
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Experience Day master’s Political Science: on campus, 15 March 2023
Education, Social
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Researchers get free rein with new Social Sciences and Humanities Labs
There was a lot of interest. In front of nearly a hundred researchers, supporting colleagues and Martijn Ridderbos, the Vice-Chairman of the Executive Board, Lotte van Dillen, Research Director of Psychology and Saskia Goedhard, Director of Humanities Operations jointly opened the new lab with a classic…
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lots of inspiration exchanged about societal wellbeing and social sciences
How can social scientists contribute to a healthier society? That question was central to the Healthy Society Event on 9 June 2022, which successfully marked the start of a more conscious and intensive collaboration between the five Institutes of the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences on education…
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Chris Riddell is new Face of Science: 'Can't wait to share research'
Have you ever seen your friend smiling, and suddenly you started grinning too? PhD student Chris Riddell is researching how and why we copy body language. As a new Face of Science, he will take us along on his research journey for the coming year.
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What drives humans? How Mariska Kret manages to touch science with her emotion research
In zoos, at festivals and in a mobile lab at the market: everywhere, Mariska Kret tries to understand human and animal emotions with her distinctive behavioural research. Now she has received the Mercator Sapiens Stimulus of €1 million for her efforts.
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student member of the Programme Board of the Institute of Political Science
Education, Organisation
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Luuk van Roozendaal wins Political Science Master’s Thesis Prize 2021
In the 2020 presidential elections, voters in several, mostly southern, electoral districts of the United States saw ‘their’ polling stations closed by the local authorities. In order to cast their vote, they had to travel further or use the mail ballot. Media reports and civil rights activitsts often…
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Beyond the Canvas: Exploring Art-Science Collaborations
Conference
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Annaya Taradyla Rangkuty and Femke Verhelst win Political Science bachelor’s thesis prizes 2023
All Political Science graduates have good reasons to be proud of themselves, having successfully completed their studies and having demonstrated considerable personal growth. This October, fifteen bachelor students can be extra proud: their theses were nominated for a thesis prize. In the class of 2023,…
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student-member of the Programme Board of the Institute of Political Science
Organisation, Human resources
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student-member of the Programme Board of the Institute of Political Science
Organisation
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Building a sustainable future: 'Combine the forces of natural and social sciences'
The United Nations has declared May 22 the International Day for Biological Diversity. A moment of global reflection on everything on Earth and its indispensability. Anthropologist Marja Spierenburg stresses the importance of the interaction between natural and social sciences in addressing sustainability…
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Consequences of fire and power cut at Leiden Bio Science Park
Facility
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Hannah Critchlow on Science Communication
Lecture
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New Year’s reception 2022: towards a new kind of social science
On 11 January 2022, the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences opened the new year during a livestreamed reception. Dean Paul Wouters and Executive Director of Studies Kristiaan van der Heijden were the hosts. After several faculty prizes were awarded, our Dean expressed a new year’s resolution…
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Leideners and researchers learn from each other at the Science Market
3 October University has become something of a tradition: a bit of science among the Leidens Ontzet celebrations. During the new and improved edition, the WetenschapsWarenMarkt (Science Market), visitors spoke to researchers about the nitrogen problem, making organs and the city’s connections with A…
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Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences publishes advice on dignity and respect in academia
If universities and research institutions want to tackle unacceptable behaviour in academia, they must shift their focus from dealing with complaints to preventing such behaviour in the first place. This is what the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) has concluded. It has therefore…
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Alumni panels
During the panels, alumni from all 4 FSW study programmes (Cultural Anthropology, Education and Child Studies, Political Science and Psycology) will share their experiences in their field of work. Each panel will focus on one field of work and will host 4 alumni, one from each FSW study programme.
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Conference 'Practicing Informed Consent; Dilemmas and experiences in social science research'
Research
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Essi Pekonen and Ingmar Jansen win Political Science bachelor’s thesis prizes for 2022
October and November not only bring a number of proud Political Science graduates, it is also the season to determine who wrote the best bachelor’s thesis. For 2021-2022, fifteen theses were nominated. During the various graduation ceremonies the two final winners were announced: Essi Maria Teresia…
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22 May: No network access in Bio Science Park buildings after 18:00 hrs
ICT
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How to address sensitive subjects in class?
The war between Russia and Ukraine, the conflict in Gaza or the global rise of the far-right: topics that stir up emotions but are also regularly discussed in classes at Political Science. Moreover, with a diverse group of students, there is a great diversity of life experiences, backgrounds and opinions.…
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Ben van Werkhoven
Science
b.j.c.van.werkhoven@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Ann Brysbaert
Faculteit Archeologie
a.n.brysbaert@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5328
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Simcha Jong Kon Chin
Science
s.jong@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7201
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Ali Mohammad
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
a.h.a.mohammad@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Kaya Peerdeman
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
k.j.peerdeman@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3622
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Leïla Gfeller and Tobias van Brandwijk win Political Science bachelor’s thesis prizes for 2021
2021, again, sees a rich harvest of bachelor theses in Political Science. Students have been tackling fascinating subjects—ranging from European solidarity in the COVID-19 crisis to the representation of women in democratically elected parliaments—and crowning their research projects with interesting,…
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What rare plants and animals can you find on campus? Join in the BioBlitz
Do you also love a city where nature can bloom, crawl and flutter freely and exuberantly? And do you fancy a challenge out in the fresh air? If so, grab your mobile and take part in the BioBlitz 'Higher Education is Flourishing' from 22 May.
- Stages in the process
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China as a laboratory for the rest of the world
Professor of Modern China Florian Schneider researches what people do with technology and what technology does with people. Social media, for example. And then mainly in China.
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Willows in the Dutch polder
What will the Dutch polder landscape look like in the future? Ecologists and social scientists, in collaboration with farmers and citizens, are trying to answer this question in Polderlab VrouwVenne just outside of Leiden.
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Alireza Mashaghi Tabari
Science
a.mashaghi.tabari@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4425
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Statement Faculty Board FSW: let us take care of each other
Social
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How Google, Facebook and other digital platforms are influencing the work of journalists
Digital journalism is transforming the way in which information and communication technologies are used by media workers. With this change journalist practices, norms and values are also being reshaped. This is the conclusion of Tomás Dodds PhD research.
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Moralities of Taxes in The Netherlands
The Dutch tax administration (Belastingdienst) needs to know how tax payers experience and evaluate the Dutch tax administration. What do people think of their services?
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Leiden University bids farewell to Mayor Lenferink
This week, Leiden University bade farewell to Henri Lenferink, who is retiring after 20 years as mayor of Leiden.
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Visualizing Science Using VOSviewer
Research
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Psychology Science Day 2022
Festival
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Internships and research in the Netherlands
How can you find an internship or research project and what arrangements do you need to make?
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Internships and research in the Netherlands
How can you find an internship or research project and what arrangements do you need to make?
- Daring questions in Islam