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New professor Elise Dusseldorp: ‘The longer you’re in research, the more humble you become’ 26 June 2023
Elise Dusseldorp has been appointed Professor in the Methodology and Statistics of Psychological Research. In the same way that she spends her spare t...
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Student research projects on societal issues in Leiden 23 June 2023
How safe do people feel in the parks in Leiden? Why are kids playing less outdoors? And why are people not insolating their homes? Students looked int...
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Briitta van Staalduinen receives Best Dissertation Award from the American Political Science Association 22 June 2023
Assistant Professor Briitta van Staalduinen has received the Best Dissertation Award from the American Political Science Association, Section on Class...
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Psychology Connected on ChatGPT: How can we use AI without losing our own cognitive skills? 21 June 2023
Writing essays, refining grant applications, or creating a new course curriculum—ChatGPT assists students and researchers in these endeavours. What th...
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SSH labs: a place to be inspired by your colleagues 19 June 2023
The new SSH labs will offer great opportunities for FSW and FGW staff engaged in experimental research. The labs will be a place of inspiration, not o...
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Award winners in Methodology and Statistics department 19 June 2023
The Department of Methodology and Statistics proudly celebrates the remarkable achievements of two award winners.
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University concerned about minister’s plans to curb internationalisation 16 June 2023
Leiden University is concerned about the plans presented by Minister of Education, Culture and Science Robbert Dijkgraaf to limit English-taught cours...
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Leiden through the student lens: Student Loïs de Jong wins Leiden Media Contest 15 June 2023
A TikTok by student Loïs de Jong from Leiden University in which Leiden sparkles as a student city won the final of the Leiden Media Contest on 13 Jun...
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Conference unravels the mystery of collecting, preserving and displaying 15 June 2023
Why and how do people collect things? Why does a museum display one object and not another? These questions are at the heart of the interdisciplinary ...
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Psychologists at Lowlands Science: can virtual reality trigger a psychedelic experience? 15 June 2023
Fantastic plants, dizzying patterns and pulsating sounds: researchers from Leiden are going to study the effects of a simulated psychedelic trip on th...
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How to keep your brain healthy? Scientists provide tips at brain festival 14 June 2023
At science festival 'Over de kop', surprising brain facts alternate with confronting stories from the operating room. Researchers explain why our bra...
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Leiden University to study historical links to slavery and colonialism 14 June 2023
The Executive Board is launching a one-year preliminary study conducted by a postdoc into Leiden University’s past ties with slavery and colonialism. ...
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Executive Board column: Working on internationalisation with European universities 13 June 2023
Our university recently joined the European university alliance Una Europa. Staff from the 11 affiliated universities met in Leiden last week to discu...
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Stronger together: the Leiden Research Support Network 13 June 2023
The academic playing field is becoming more complex all the time, making a strong research support network crucial. Over 100 research support professi...
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Rein Dool painting to move to more public space in the Academy Building 13 June 2023
The Rein Dool painting depicting board members of Leiden University will be moving soon to the Reception Room in the Academy Building, where more peo...