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Black lives matter: ‘Why the American protests have resonated in the Netherlands’The death of George Floyd at the hands of the police may have sparked the Black Lives Matter protests in the United States and here in the Netherlands...
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In Memoriam professor Bonno Thoden van VelzenOn Tuesday 26 May 2020 professor H.U.E. (Bonno) Thoden van Velzen passed away.
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Young Academy Leiden: young researchers drastically affected by lockdownChildcare, no access to labs and extra time for online teaching. These are the main reasons why young researchers at Leiden University have seen a sig...
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Network analysis package igraph receives fundingNetworks play an important role in various studies, ranging from analysing epidemics in human populations to studying connectivity in electrical circu...
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Anne-Laura van Harmelen appointed to new chair Brain, Security and ResilienceLeiden University will appoint Dr Anne-Laura van Harmelen as Professor of Brain, Security and Resilience at the Institute of Education and Child Studi...
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‘The details are crucial in court’Researcher Gezinus Wolters regularly has to determine in court whether a witness statement is reliable. How does he go about his work?
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Working from home? HRM training courses are now onlineFrom time management and mindfulness to online leadership. Nearly all of the training courses, coaching sessions and introductions offered by HRM Lear...
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‘Don’t just lump together child abuse and child neglect’Child abuse and child neglect are often seen as one and the same problem. But it can be useful to separate the two to gain more insight into the chara...
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Parts of LUCL have ground to a haltThe Leiden University Centre for Linguistics has been badly affected by the corona crisis: the research in the four labs and the fieldwork has come to...
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Scratching is contagious when solitary orangutans are in groupsIf someone around you yawns, the chances are that you too will soon yawn. In orangutans it has now been found that scratching is very contagious. This...
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Working towards the new normal in stagesThe restrictive measures imposed by the government to contain the coronavirus are slowly being relaxed. What does this mean for Leiden University, for...
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Aspasia grant for promising researchers in psychologyJanna Marie Bas-Hoogendam, Stefanie Meeuwis, and Eliška Procházková have all been awarded a share of the Aspasia diversity grant obtained by Mariska K...
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Dutch universities and Elsevier initiate open science partnershipThe Dutch universities, university medical centres and Research Council have reached an agreement with Elsevier Publishing on a national open science ...
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Successful first Online Career WeekThe first Online Career Week took place last week, from 11 to 15 May. Instead of the Campus The Hague and Humanities Career Event, the Career Services...
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Clinical psychologist Maartje Schoorl Professor by Special AppointmentAs of 1 May 2020 Maartje Schoorl holds the special chair 'Psychological Professional Training in Mental Health Care with emphasis on evidence based in...