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Executive Board column: Why our collaboration with Indonesia is so important 02 June 2023
This month, I and a group of enthusiastic researchers went on a knowledge mission to Indonesia, visiting different universities and other knowledge in...
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Conference ‘Power and Counterpower in Democracy: Multidisciplinary Perspectives' 02 June 2023
As both old and new democracies experience increasing democratic backsliding, there is a critical societal need to rethink the design and effectivenes...
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A new strategy for the Institute of Psychology 02 June 2023
Last Thursday, 1 June, the Institute of Psychology's strategy was officially presented during the Institute of Psychology Party. After a year of commi...
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Diplomacy may look very different in space than on Earth 30 May 2023
A symposium on space diplomacy for experts and the general public will take place in The Hague on Monday 12 June. Everyone has an interest in learning...
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Five tips for Museum Night Leiden 30 May 2023
Saturday 3 June will see the 15th edition of Museum Night Leiden. Students and researchers from Leiden University are once again on the programme this...
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Debate on painting of cigar-smoking white men 26 May 2023
The brief removal of Rein Dool’s ‘cigar-smoking white men’ painting generated a storm of reactions last November. Students, staff and alumni reflected...
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Covid graduates sign their names in the Sweat Room 26 May 2023
A graduation ceremony at your laptop in your student room is a huge anticlimax. Many students who graduated during the pandemic were unable to celebra...
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Interdisciplinary research: brainstorming and bridge-building 25 May 2023
Bring over a hundred driven researchers together in one room and the good ideas will start to flow: that was the thinking behind the internal networki...
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Executive Board column: Fire, power cut, evacuate... 25 May 2023
We take it for granted that water comes out of the tap and electricity out of the socket. But that isn’t always the case. Last Tuesday began like any ...
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Sarah de Rijcke new dean Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences 24 May 2023
Prof. Sarah de Rijcke will succeed Paul Wouters as dean of Leiden University's Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FSW) from 1 January 2024. P...
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Nearly all buildings at LBSP open and operating again from Wednesday 24 May 24 May 2023
Nearly all university buildings at the Leiden Bio Science Park will be open and operating again as of Wednesday 24 May. Last night a team worked hard ...
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A quick call with Caroline de Ruijter about the Kiem grants for interdisciplinary collaboration 23 May 2023
Be it in climate change, public health or artificial intelligence, when different disciplines join forces, science often flourishes. The new small-sca...
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Researchers from Leiden visit Indonesia on knowledge mission 23 May 2023
A delegation from Leiden University recently embarked on a knowledge mission to various NGOs, universities and government organisations in Indonesia. ...
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NWO Open Competition grants for six researchers 22 May 2023
Six researchers from Leiden University have been awarded NWO (Dutch Research Council) Open Competition funding. This funding gives them the opportunit...
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Interdisciplinary research: labour market on the move 22 May 2023
Migration, globalisation, technological developments, climate change: the greatest challenges of our time all affect our labour market. But how exactl...