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Understanding the value of social media metrics for research evaluation
The availability of indicators based on social media has opened the possibility to track the online interactions between social media users and scholarly entities.
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Research in Physics, pre-PhD ('Casimir') (MSc)
The Casimir pre-PhD programme at Leiden University prepares you for a PhD position in physics. If focuses on six research themes: Molecular Biophysics, Physics of nanostructures, Quantum Matter and Functional Materials, Quantum Information and quantum optics, Universe physics; theory and instrumentation,…
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Research in Physics, Quantum Matter and Optics (MSc)
The master’s specialisation Research in Physics, Quantum Matter and Optics at Leiden University offers a thorough experience on the front line of physics research with a practical training of communicative and computer skills. The programme focuses on Condensed Matter problems, such as Molecular Electronics,…
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Smartmix: A new generation of efficient biomedical research
Can we find and commercialise new treatments for chronic disease that affect our ageing population? And how can we customise this research and development programme to the small but highly-developed Netherlands research economy?
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Researching Extremists and Terrorists: Reflections on Interviewing Hard-to-Reach Populations
In this publication, the authors explore the reality of accessing and interviewing hard-to-reach populations such as extremists and terrorists
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Research in Physics, Biological and Soft Matter Physics (MSc)
The Physics and Biological and Soft Matter master's specialisation is one of the two programmes that Leiden University offers in experimental physics. This programme mainly focuses on Biological Physics and Soft Matters Physics.
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Visiting Researchers
Visiting Researchers at the Leiden University Institute for History
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Principles for knowledge co-production in sustainability research
Research practice, funding agencies and global science organizations suggest that research aimed at addressing sustainability challenges is most effective when ‘co-produced’ by academics and non-academics. Co-production promises to address the complex nature of contemporary sustainability challenges…
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Activating the Research Methods Curriculum: A Blended Flipped Classroom
The blended flipped classroom is a partially online, partially offline course to teach social science research methods. Online, students watch video lectures, do readings, and complete short exercises to acquire basic knowledge of research methodologies and academic skills.
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Multimedia Research and documentation of African Oral Genres
The project Multimedia Research and Documentation of African Oral Genres: Connecting Diasporas and Local Audiences (Director: D.Merolla) focuses on multimedia as technology that allows scholars to share documentation and scientific knowledge with the cultural owners of the collected oral genres.
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Research Handbook on Cross-Border Bank Resolution
This week has seen the publication of the Research Handbook on Cross-border Bank Resolution.
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Rabobank supports two African master's students of African Studies
The Rabobank has awarded Leiden University 50,000 euro for a ‘study-related' purpose. The gift is to be used to allow two African students to follow the research master’s programme in African Studies in Leiden.
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Machine Learning, for the Project MAPHSA
Science, Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS)
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Fundamental research: Underlying mechanisms of disease and health
To make the right clinical decisions or develop effective diagnostic tests and treatments, it is important to understand the underlying mechanisms of a condition or behavior.
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Americans more likely to finance presidential candidate with broad support base
Americans more often donate funds to a presidential candidate if the campaign is backed by financiers from different, recognised social groups. This is the conclusion of Leiden researcher Vincent Traag in an article in Plos One published on 14 April.
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Postdoctoral researcher in: Evidence Synthesis (1.0 FTE)
Governance and Global Affairs, Institute of Security and Global Affairs
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Education and Child Studies (Research)
Learn more about the Research master Education and Child Studies at Leiden University
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Research Handbook in the series of Human Rights Law
The Research Handbook on Labour, Business and Human Rights Law edited by prof. Janice Bellace of the University of Pennsylvania and ass. prof. Beryl ter Haar of Leiden University. The book is publisehd in Edward Elgars series on Human Rights.
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Leiden University continues support for Asian Modernities and Traditions
The University’s Executive Board (College van Bestuur) has decided to continue the Leiden University profile area Asian Modernities and Traditions for another four years, from 2015 to 2018. By 2018, AMT2 commits itself to achieve demonstrable results in enhancing the visibility of Asian research both…
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American Chemical Society supports open access aims of Dutch universities
The American Chemical Society’s Publication Division (ACS) and Dutch universities represented by the VSNU have reached agreement on including open access publication as part of the contract with publishers. From 2017, all new articles submitted by an author associated with a Dutch university or participating…
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Informed consent: empowering young participants in medical-scientific research
Promotor: J.M. van den Broek Co-promotor: M.C. de Vries
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Femke Bakker awarded Peace Research Grant
Femke Bakker, political scientist at Leiden University, has been awarded a grant from the IPRAF (International Peace Research Organization Foundation) for her PhD research into the influence of political culture of different political regimes on individuals of these societies.
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The state of STI and research funding flows in Africa
This project aims at providing a broad perspective of the state of Science Technology and Innovation (STI) in Africa with a focus on global funding flows, in order to inform research funders in the continent, in particular those participating in the Science Granting Councils Initiative (SGCI). The project…
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Transforming Research Excellence: New Ideas from the Global South
This recently released book takes a critical view of conceptual issues and practical problems that inevitably emerge when ‘excellence’ takes center stage in science systems in the Global South. What is ‘excellent science’? And how to recognize and assess it? After decades of inquiry and debate there…
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Rehearsing the non-human- performance installation as a research tool
Considering the absence of the human performer within a performance installation, the research centres around what is left of the human through traces such as sound or recorded voices, images, videos or movement and gestures. What do we perceive as ‚present‘, once the human is removed from the centre…
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Classics and Ancient Civilizations (MA and Research MA)
Are you thinking about studying Classics and Ancient Civilizations? Learn more and watch the introduction video and programme presentation.
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PiP Research Internship Leiden University Digitalization Strategy
Blended and hybrid teaching are presented as crucial in promoting teaching innovation, as well as more flexible study approaches allowing students to develop their own tailor-made study programmes. While the strategy document focuses on the positive aspects of digital teaching tools, no systematic study…
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Research project: Unravelling the Rule of Law
While acknowledging prominent legal-philosophical debates, this project proposes a radically different approach to provide insights into the concept of the rule of law.
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The French-Anglophone divide in lithic research
In this provocative study, Shumon T. Hussain engages with the long-standing issue of French-Anglophone research conflicts in Palaeolithic archaeology.
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Applications of paramagnetic NMR spectroscopy for protein research
The aim of the research presented in this thesis was to develop new methods forchallenging systems in liquid-state NMR using paramagnetic effects generated by thetwo-armed probe CLaNP-5.
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Postdoctoral Researcher in ERC Starting Grant project 'EMERGENCE'
Humanities, Centre for the Arts in Society
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Launch of the UN Investment Support Programme for Least Developed Countries
Friday 22 September marked the launch of the “Investment Support Programme for the LDCs” at the United Nations in New York.
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A renewed awareness: Reinvigorating preparedness research for crisis and disastermanagement
In this article Jeroen Wolbers and Sanneke Kuipers take a closer look at disaster preparedness to reinvigorate the academic debate.
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COMET. Human Subject Research and Medical Ethics in Colonial Southeast Asia
Investigating epistemic and ethical practices in medical experimentation on humans in the colonial period in Southeast Asia.
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Support the Ukrainian and Russian students in Leiden and The Hague
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has also had dramatic consequences for Ukrainian students at Leiden University. Besides their intense concern about the fate of family and friends, they also face major financial problems. This also applies to Russian students who can no longer access their bank accounts.…
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Cross-border Insolvency Court-to-Court Cooperation Principles gain wide support
Over the past months regular updates have been provided on the work of the Leiden Turnaround, Rescue & Insolvency team (TRI Leiden) in creating EU Cross-Border Insolvency Court-to-Court Cooperation Principles. During the last week of January this project was finalised, resulting in 26 EU Cross-Border…
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LCCP Research Seminar "Geoconstitutionalism: Authoritative Lawmaking in the Anthropocene"
Lecture
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'Reception of refugees in the region only possible with support from Europe'
The objective of many European countries is to provide reception facilities for refugees in their own region. Here in the Netherlands a new coalition agreement is in the making and Professor Jorrit Rijpma reflects on his own research to give advice and tips.
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Do autistic teenagers spontaneoulsy help a clumsy researcher?
Spontaneously helping one another, why do we bother? It is believed that lending a hand to others promotes social bonding, helping us to connect with each other and even build friendships. In our experiment, in which the adult researcher ‘accidentally’ dropped matches on the floor, most adolescents…
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'Unions have less clout if a call to strike receives little support'
Recently more than five hundred workers at metal companies in Dutch cities Zwolle and Kampen went on strike. Their aim is better pay and the workers have now been on strike for twelve weeks. Just how effective is striking in collective bargaining?
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Academics requesting retraction of FAO report that misrepresents their research
Paul Behrens (Leiden University) and Matthew Hayek (New York University) have responded to an FAO report on livestock pathways which misrepresented the potential for dietary change to reduce emissions from the food system. The authors have sent a letter to the FAO calling for an urgent retraction on…
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Academics requesting retraction of FAO report that misrepresents their research
Paul Behrens (Leiden University) and Matthew Hayek (New York University) have responded to an FAO report on livestock pathways which misrepresented the potential for dietary change to reduce emissions from the food system. The authors have sent a letter to the FAO calling for an urgent retraction on…
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Flora in Utopias: On Thinking Through Moving Images
How do documentary moving images and fictional narratives involve and evolve each other?
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Community support officer bows out: ‘My face on a mug got me known’
He was a popular face in the Leiden student world and even developed his own merchandise, but all good things come to an end. After seven years, community support officer Dennis Perdok (49) is leaving this role. Last week he bid farewell to the police and to his job in Leiden’s city centre.
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Leiden University supports Child Rights Connect’s efforts to enhance access to justice for children
Access to justice is essential for children to be able to exercise and claim their human rights. On 30 April 2019, Chrisje Sandelowsky represented Leiden University at a closed roundtable in Geneva to support this cause.
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Confessing, Hiding, or Showing off? - Researching morality in young children
Brenda M.S. da Silva and colleagues designed and validated the “Moral Emotions Questionnaire” (MEQ) for identifying three major moral emotions in preschoolers – allowing to separately measure guilt, shame and pride at the youngest ages.
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Marco Cinelli
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
m.cinelli@luc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9020
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Academics' role identities and role transitions at new universities: Novel researcher roles alongside current teacher roles
How do academics develop into novel researcher roles alongside current teacher roles in the context of new universities in transition?
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justice: some selected suggestions for the future of Social Justice Research
In September 2023 Social Justice Research, a journal from Springer Nature, published a ‘Special Issue on Veteran Reflections’. Eight ‘veterans’ analysed the current status of justice research and suggested new directions and refinements. Herman Steensma, guest member of the section Social, Economic…