News
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Lockdown impacted brain development in young people 17 April 2023
What effect did the lockdown have on young people? Leiden researchers started a study of this in the first year of the covid pandemic. They discovered...
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Leiden did not forget you: Sign your name in the Sweat Room 14 April 2023
Most young alumni who graduated during the COVID-19 pandemic did not get a graduation ceremony, nor did they have the chance to sign their name in the...
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As an organisation, how do you manage a crisis? 14 April 2023
How do you manage a crisis? This is what Professor of Crisis Governance Sanneke Kuipers will address in her inaugural lecture. And the lecture will de...
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New centre of expertise makes placebo research accessible for healthcare and society 14 April 2023
Positive expectations about treatment increase the likelihood of success. The new Center for Interdisciplinary Placebo Studies Leiden is therefore pro...
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How the lessons learned from Afghanistan were soon forgotten 13 April 2023
The mission in Uruzgan Province in Afghanistan from 2006 to 2010 was a formative experience for Dutch soldiers in which many lessons were learned. But...
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Why we need to look underwater to understand our past 12 April 2023
Traces of the past remain hidden in rivers, lakes and seas. But we rarely look underwater and, as they say, out of sight is out of mind. In his inaugu...
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Life after Security Studies: five students share their thoughts about the programme 11 April 2023
Five students who graduated from the Bachelor Security Studies share their experiences. Where did they end up after graduation? Are they still using t...
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Managing uncertainty key to success community team professionals 11 April 2023
As a result of the decentralisation of responsibilities in the public domain, most Dutch municipalities have created community teams. These community ...
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Out-of-control behaviour: why do youngsters sometimes go so far? View the vodcast by NeurolabNL 11 April 2023
Earning some quick money by drug trafficking, committing an act of violence or almost collapsing under performance pressure. In the four-part Neurolab...
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Peak performances by operating theatre teams: What makes care professionals resilient? 11 April 2023
Working in an operating theatre takes nerves of steel. High pressure, stress and unexpected developments during operations ask a lot of care professio...
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Mandy Koenraads: ‘We can really fortify the links between practice, research, and policy’ 05 April 2023
The Scriptiewerkplaats (thesis workshop) is an initiative of Leiden University, TU Delft, Erasmus University Rotterdam, and the municipality of The Ha...
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Netherlands and Japan united by a tradition of mutual curiosity 04 April 2023
The Netherlands and Japan share a long and unique history with knowledge exchange playing a leading role. And knowledge exchange still proved to form ...
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Staff symposium on student well-being: ‘Let’s talk more about adversity’ 04 April 2023
How can we help our students build resilience and prevent unnecessary stress? And how do we break the taboo on failure? These and other questions are ...
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Greater job satisfaction thanks to a career coach: ‘All the puzzle pieces fell into place’ 04 April 2023
You need not be completely miserable in your current job to start a discussion about your professional development. And if internal career coaching st...
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How should we use AI? The Islamic world may have an answer 04 April 2023
The secular West is struggling with the rise of AI, but so too is Muslim Southeast Asia. What can we learn from each other? Bart Barendregt, Professor...