To explore the potential of marine microorganisms as producers of novel antimicrobial agents and as bioprotectants in aqua- and agriculture, using an integrative, ecology-based strategy for bioprospecting.

You are about to start your Master's programme in Crisis and Security Management at Leiden University in The Hague, The Netherlands. Make sure you are well prepared and get your studies off to a good start.

Are you thinking about studying Crisis and Security Management? Learn more and watch the introduction video. Or watch the videos on the track-related pages.

Leiden astronomers and ecologists are developing an instrument that lets people measure the quality of surface water with a smartphone.This international citizen science project, MONOCLE, is a collaboration between scientists and local people in Tanzania, Brazil and four European countries.

Discover the Summer School Program Population Health Management by LUMC and learn about strategies to deal with current issues and developments in healthcare.

An ageing population, epidemiological challenges, rising healthcare costs, and technical developments in the medical sector are some of the topics that will be covered during the 5 day Summer School on Population Health Management from 1 – 5 July 2024 at the Health Campus in the Hague. You will learn…

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Until the 18th century, Latin annotations of well-known classical texts were an important source of scientific knowledge, but over the course of time the texts lost their authority. Classical scholar Maarten Jansen re-examines the annotations of Virgil's Aeneid. PhD defence 20 September.

Promotores: B.R. Katzy, J. de Vries, Co-Promotor: L.P. Groenewegen

What are the genes and molecular mechanisms involved in bacteria-mediated plant drought tolerance?

Having a chronic somatic condition can result in a variety of impairments in patients’ daily lives, including not only physical complaints such as pain, itch, and fatigue, but also problems of negative mood and impairments in social relationships. Next to disease characteristics, individual difference…

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Crises arising from terrorism, cyber threats, and natural disasters dominate world news and make Crisis and Security Management a heavily politicized and hotly debated topic at the top of the national and global societal and governance agenda.

A study of Dutch Fort at Galle, Sri Lanka

What can we learn from how maritime conflicts were managed in the past? What significance did Maritime Conflict Management have in shaping the standards of diplomacy and international law in pre-modern Atlantic Europe (1200-1600)?

‘Make more room for nature on farmland and you'll be surprised at the result.' This was the advice from Geert de Snoo in his Dies lecture.

The Graduate School Management (GSM) module is a registration and monitoring system for PhD candidates and their supervisors. All information is stored uniformly and made accessible in one place. The GSM module is part of the LUCRIS system. Converis is the software behind LUCRIS.

In this book, Lydie Cabane examines the history of disaster management in South Africa.

On 12 November 2019, Larissa Koupriuchina defended her thesis 'Judgmental Adjustments in Revenue Management'. The doctoral research was supervised by Prof. J.I. Van der Rest.

With increasing carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere and their detrimental effect on the global climate, modern society needs to push for more renewable energy sources. Storing widely accessible and abundant solar energy in chemical bonds in the form of molecular fuel via artificial photosynthesis…

How does the management of Elephant Marsh Fishery in Malawi relate to wider contexts of policies, theories and regions? And how can the current management system be adapted to achieve long-term sustainability of the fishery?

In this specialisation, you will learn how to tackle complex economic and financial challenges. You will gain knowledge from a variety of academic disciplines and familiarise yourself with international administrative-economic issues, all of which will offer you great opportunities for the future.

Natural resources are becoming increasingly scarce. If we want to maintain our current standard of living, we will need inventive solutions. The researchers at the Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML) share their thoughts on how to achieve a fully circular economy in which as little use as possible…

It may well be possible to remove nitrate from polluted groundwater and at the same time produce ammonia in a sustainable way, according to PhD candidate Phebe van Langevelde and Professor Marc Koper of the Leiden Institute of Chemistry in Joule on 26 January. Together with a German colleague, they…

Jacques Sevat discussed the practical and legal aspects of global collateral management: collateral management to reduce the credit risks a global bank such as ING Bank runs every day.

Within the Public Administration department, there is an option for a specialisation: Economics, Public Administration and Management. This is a dutch program.

Caribbean archaeological heritage is threatened by natural impacts but also increasingly by economic developments, often resulting from the tourist industry. The continuous construction of specific projects for tourists, accompanied by illegal practices such as looting and sand mining, have major impacts…

Agriculture is among the most vulnerable sectors to climate change and poorer countries face the most severe difficulties. Coffee farmers in Central America, for instance, are facing multiple and mutually reinforcing crises, including price shocks, outbreaks of pests and diseases, migration, and farm…

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Are you thinking about studying Public Administration: Public Management and Leadership? Learn more and watch the videos.

Are you thinking about studying Crisis and Security Management: Cybersecurity Governance? Learn more and watch the videos.

Maritime conflict management is the regulation of conflict in relation to the sea. It comprises conflict enforcement, conflict resolution and conflict avoidance. How did victims of maritime conflicts claim and obtain damages or demand compensation or reparation?

The Dutch Development Bank's new SDG loan fund for green energy in the global south may not be as positive as it seems. Anthropology professor Marja Spierenburg raises concerns about its potential impact on local communities.

The theme for this year’s Week of the Classics (19 to 27 March) is war in Classical Antiquity. Leiden Classics scholars are organising various activities, including the popular Know-Your-Classics Pub Quiz.

Promotor: J.W.M. Frenken Co-Promotores: I.M.N. Groot; L.B.F. Juurlink

Like a mixture of oil and water, lipid membranes separate into two liquid phases.

What impact does a mid-season wildfire have on grassland invertebrates?

Study information

Leiden University and the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management are involved in a collaboration in the form of a research project titled 'Data-Driven Risk Assessment in Infrastructure Networks'.

A research agenda

This research cluster is a part of the Institute of Political Science’s research programme ‘Institutions, Decisions and Collective Behaviour’. Its members investigate the drivers of political conflict and various types of crises. They study how citizens, political institutions and international organizations…

The Graduate School Management (GSM) module is a registration and monitoring module for you and your supervisor(s). All information is stored in a uniform way and made accessible in one place. Converis is the software behind LUCRIS.

This article 'Shaping the European External Action Service and its post-Lisbon crisis management structures: an assessment of the EU High Representatives’ political leadership' assesses the role, influence and core aspects of the EU High Representatives’ (HR/VPs) “political leadership” in the context…