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Executive Board column: A look back at the strategic conference 27 June 2023
Our annual strategic conference was held this year on 15 and 16 June in Soesterberg, and has now become a tradition at our university. Around a hundre...
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How a game can show that working together is essential in the nitrogen crisis 27 June 2023
The Netherlands is embroiled in a complex nitrogen crisis. Berent Baris wants to use his NitroGenius game to demonstrate the complexity of this crisis...
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How Indonesian communities organise their own social security 26 June 2023
Many poor people in Indonesia mainly rely on their family members, neighbours and the local community as a social safety net. One of the forms of aid ...
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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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Jasper's day 22 June 2023
Jasper Knoester is the dean of the Faculty of Science. How is he doing, what exactly does he do and what does his day look like? In each newsletter, J...
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New method to find Majorana’s tested for the first time 22 June 2023
Fifteen years ago, an alternative technique to look for the elusive Majorana particles was conceived theoretically. But no one carried out the experim...
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Nalani Verwoord new assessor Leiden Science 21 June 2023
Ava Bauer’s successor has been announced. From September 2023, Nalani Verwoord will be the new assessor of Leiden Science. Nalani is a third-year Biol...
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5 years Quantum Rules lab: ‘The best part is when you hear the penny drop with a student’ 21 June 2023
Physics teacher Henk Buisman welcomes secondary school teachers ánd students who want to know more about quantum physics. And he likes to help them in...
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White paper: we can’t just let smart cities happen 20 June 2023
Do we want scan cars that issue parking fines and spot illegally dumped waste? What problems would that actually solve? In duo interviews in a new Lei...
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Leiden PhD student discovers thin atmosphere on exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 c with JWST 20 June 2023
A group of astronomers led by Leiden PhD student Sebastian Zieba has discovered using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) that the rocky exoplanet T...
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'Narrow the gap between support and academic staff' 19 June 2023
When a spot in the core group of the Strategy Team became available, she immediately applied for the position. Because as Head of HR, Elice Schöne fee...
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Nitrogen experts suggest switching from deposition to emission policy 16 June 2023
In an essay Professors Jan Willem Erisman (Leiden University), Chris Backes (Utrecht University) and Wim de Vries (Wageningen University) suggest amen...
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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...