520 search results for “climate” in the Student website
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CML talents receive Stans Award 2024
CML grants three Stans Awards each year, known as the best student thesis, best PhD paper and best outreach from the past year. The CML staff nominated students and colleagues and this year’s jury Prof.dr.ing. Jan Willem Erisman and Prof.dr.ir Willie Peijnenburg made the final decision.
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Sanneke Kuipers appointed professor of Crisis Governance: 'Crises arise from very mundane causes'
The Executive Board appointed Sanneke Kuipers as full professor effective January 1, 2022. Her chair is Crisis Governance. She combines this chair with her position as education director of ISGA, the Institute of Security and Global Affairs. A conversation about working 24/7 in crisis management, her…
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Teaching Prize winner Ayo Adedokun: teaching is a calling
‘Teaching is not merely a profession; it’s a calling.’ These were the words of Ayo Adedokun on winning the LUS Teaching Prize at the opening of the academic year on 6 September. The prize is for the best lecturer of the year.
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Flash interview with alumna Liz Kool about her choice for a career with social impact
Kool made a conscious choice to work for a non profit organisation. Recently, inspired by the pandemic, she also made a career switch.
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Metje Postma retires after 37 years
This February Metje Postma will stop teaching and retire. But she is not done with the discipline yet: she will finish her PhD and there are still five films on the shelf that she plans to complete.
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Cleveringa professor Gert Oostindie: ‘We stood up for our own freedom but ignored that of others’
Now that war is once again raging in Europe, the question of when you need to stand up against injustice has become more relevant than ever. In his Cleveringa lecture on 24 November historian Gert Oostindie will discuss why colonial domination was not regarded as an issue in Leiden for a long time.
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Office for International Education and internationalisation
Internationalisation is an important pillar of the Strategic Plan of Leiden University and Leiden Law School. The driving force behind internationalisation at our faculty is the Office for International Education (known as BIO). The Head of BIO is Anette van Sandwijk. Now the current political climate…
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Opening of the Academic Year: ‘Our university world knows no borders’
The theme of the opening of this year’s academic year was peace and justice. With the climate crisis and the war in Ukraine, these are turbulent times. During the ceremony those present reflected on what the academic community and universities can mean in times of crisis and conflict.
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Meijerslezing en Nieuwjaarsreceptie 2024
Meijerslezing, Meijersprijzen en Van Wersch springplankprijs en Nieuwjaarsreceptie 2024
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How democratic is our kingdom? New ministry chair for Leiden political scientist
When we talk about the Kingdom of the Netherlands, it is not just about the Netherlands. On the contrary: our Kingdom consists of no less than four countries, three of which are Caribbean islands. This structure is complex, to say the least. Although all countries are officially equivalent, in practice…
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‘A country’s immigration narrative really influences the people arriving there’
Immigration and naturalisation policies are an important theme in the upcoming Dutch elections. The Netherlands should be mindful of its immigration narrative, says PhD candidate Hannah Bliersbach, as this greatly influences the relationship between ‘new’ citizens and their new home country.
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University elections: student parties introduce themselves
Better links with the job market, diversity, quality of education, student well-being and free coffee. All these are issues that the student parties taking part in the University elections will be fighting for. The candidates are keen to tell you a bit about themselves. Between 9 May and 13 May you…
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EU’s engagement in the Arctic
Lecture, Seminar
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How teaching inclusively changes the perspective and dynamics in the classroom
Lecture
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SAILS Lunch Time Seminar Sustainability
Lecture
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Working for the EU, something for you?
Career and apply for jobs
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Ties to the fossil fuel industry
Debate
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Building a stronger and more resilient Union - Mapping the cost of non-Europe (2022-2032)
Lecture, European Union Seminar
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Carte Blanche Interdisciplinariteit
Conference, Carte Blanche
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SAILS Lunch Time Seminar
Lecture
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Birth of beautiful brides: Rise and transformation of the female gender roles and responsibilities among the Maasai pastoralists of Kenya
Lecture
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International Symposium 150 years New Waterway
Conference, Symposium
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Science & Cocktails: Why do People Fight?
Lecture
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Environmental Humanities LU: Species literacy and the cultural portrayal of animal biodiversity
Lecture
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EUniWell Open Lecture Series: The role of science communication in the medical field
Lecture, Part of Open Lecture Series
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ASCL Seminar: The Blue Values Journey to Research and Resilience in Coastal Africa
Lecture
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Bosnian Hajj Literature: Multiple Paths to the Holy
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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LGBTIQ rights in Europe: the role of the European Parliament
Lecture, Seminar
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Environmental Colonialism in Palestine
Panel
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Leiden Anthropological Conference: The Campus with a Future
Conference
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ASCL Seminar: Seeing Development Approaches and Narratives from the African Periphery, 1979-2023
Lecture
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Summer School 'The European Union, the United Nations and Global Governance'
Course, Summer School
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Faculty Symposium 2022: Humanities in Crises
Conference, Symposium
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Online Experience Leiden University College The Hague
Study information, Online Experience
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Philosophy/Japan Studies: Befriending Things on a Field of Energies
Lecture
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European defence cooperation in a time of renewed military activity
Lecture, Seminar
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The EU and Africa – joint visions for the future or falling back on the past?
Lecture, Seminar
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Prioritizing Global Responsibilities: The Ethics of Global Priority-setting
Lecture
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EuroScience Open Forum Leiden
Conference, ESOF Conference
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Asia Research cluster workshop: collaborative research and stakeholder interaction
Course, Workshop
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'Hello World!' lecture, by Frans W. Saris
Lecture
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Towards an Archaeology of Malaria
International Symposium on Malaria Studies
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HagueTalks: Achieving the SDGS: Mission Impossible or Yes We Can?
Lecture
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Exhibitions Examined: the value and challenges of visitor research in science museums
Conference
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Our Hirāk: The Tishreen Revolution
Lecture, LUCIS Meets
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ASCL Seminar: Ancestral livelihoods and moral universalism - Evidence from transhumant pastoralist societies
Lecture
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Queer migration: lessons from the past and present, thoughts for the future. A Blue-Sky thinking seminar
Conference, A Blue-Sky thinking seminar
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Should rivers and seas have rights?
Lecture, Public Ethics Talks
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Social Europe in the context of the green and digital transition
Lecture, Seminar
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Summer School 'The European Union, the United Nations and Global Governance'
Course, Summer School