858 search results for “chemical worked” in the Staff website
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Mission successful: deposits on small plastic bottles
After years of lobbying by environmental activists, a deposit scheme for small plastic bottles is to be introduced on 1 July 2021. One of the leaders in the fight is alumnus Merijn Tinga. The university will have collection points for plastic bottles and is also supporting the Plastic Spotter citizen…
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Supermassive black holes: how do you study something that is invisible?
How are supermassive black holes born? That is the question astronomer Elena Maria Rossi is trying to answer. But how do you investigate something you cannot see?
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LION Image Awards
On 15 January, the winner of the famed LION Image Award will be announced. Submissions ranged from the famous 3d printed microboat to an eerily abstract graph depicting a Majorana fermion.
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Graphic Novels in South-Africa: the Work of Nathan Trantraal
Arts and culture
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Professional learning of vocational teachers in the context of work placement
PhD defence
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Student Talk: Venus as Potentially Habitable Planet
Lecture
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Transformation and sublimation of interstellar ices: insights from laboratory experiments and astronomical observations
PhD defence
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Jeffrey Fynn-PaulFaculty of Humanities
j.fynn-paul@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9191
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Philip SpinhovenSocial & Behavioural Sciences
spinhoven@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Bernet ElzingaSocial & Behavioural Sciences
elzinga@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3745
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Victoria NystFaculty of Humanities
v.a.s.nyst@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272208
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Who did all the work? The hidden labour of colonial science
Conference, Workshop
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The Power of Empathy in International Development Work: Beyond Policies and Numbers
Lecture
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Horizon Europe research project TransEuroWorkS: Transforming European Work and Social Protection
Conference
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Leiden Research Support (LRS) webinar: Lump Sum Funding - how to design a work package
Webinar
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[NEW DATE AND ROOM] Women, gig work, & Techno-Fixes in the Gulf Platform Economy
Lecture, Lunch Research Seminar
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Netherlands and Japan united by a tradition of mutual curiosity
A delegation from Leiden University visited various universities in Japan at the end of March. The strong ties between the Netherlands and Japan are still based on a long tradition of knowledge exchange.
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Lecture: Colonialism, Citizenship and the challenges for Decolonial work in the Netherlands
Guest Lecture | SSEALS
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How to Work for Peace: A Dialogue with Dionysius Mintoff, the ‘Father of Peace’
Debate, Fireside Peace Chats
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The Ontology of Writing: The Workings of Talismans in Daoist Practice
Lecture, China Seminar
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Experts share insights during the Night of Digital Security: ‘The enemy is often invisible’
The digital age offers unprecedented opportunities: information is always accessible, systems are interconnected, and processes are automated. However, these developments also give rise to new threats. During the Night of Digital Security on 26 May at the Wijnhaven building, more than experts shared…
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Is the WPS Agenda Working? Preventing Conflict Related Sexual Violence and Beyond
Round Table
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How to make green hydrogen
Lecture, Tuesday Talks: Science Insights
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LTA Lunch lecture: An inclusive learning environment - Working with the teaching guide
Lecture
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LCN2 Seminar October 2023
Lecture
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OSCL meets YAL: The challenges of working with an open science mindset in a business driven environment
Lecture
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Archaeologist Amanda Henry traces ancient diets and human adaptability with a Vici grant
Dr Amanda Henry has secured a prestigious Vici grant for her groundbreaking research project, Hominin FoodWays: Changing Diet and Food Processing Across Climate Frontiers. This five-year study, set to begin in September, aims to unravel the dietary adaptations of Eurasian hominins between 1.8 and 0.9…
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€10.6 million for innovative toolboxes to tackle brain cancer
Researchers at the Universities of Amsterdam (Uva) and Leiden together with the Netherlands Cancer Institute and Oncode Institute have received a €10,6 million ERC Synergy Grant to develop innovative therapeutic approaches to target glioblastoma. This is a deadly primary brain tumour for which no curing…
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In memoriam Jan Zaanen 1957-2024: The universe in a speck of rusting copper
This Thursday, January 18th 2024, our esteemed colleague Jan Zaanen passed away. Jan was one of our star scientists, larger than life, with an unabashed, boisterous drive for the best of physics at the Institute Lorentz, at the Leiden Institute of Physics and in the full international scientific community.…
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Lorentz Lecture: Working towards evidence-based care for aging transgender and non-binary people
Lecture
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Covid has had an impact on academics’ well-being
The Covid pandemic has had a considerable impact on academics’ work and well-being. They have had much less time to spend on their research. The Young Academy and the Dutch Network of Women Professors have conducted research into how the situation has been for academics. The two organisations have recommendations…
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The 25th Anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement: Working together to fulfil the promise of peace
Conference
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How do international boycotts work for justice? Understanding the ethics and efficacy of the BDS movement
Panel discussion
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Thiosugars: Reactivity, methodology and applications
PhD defence
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Multifunctional Polypept(o)ide Miktoarm Star Polymers for Advanced Drug Delivery
PhD defence
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Opening Exposome-Scan research facility
Conference, Opening
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Bridging the gap between physics and chemistry in early stages of star formation
PhD defence
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Gender and Agency in Careers: The Work-lIfe Experiences of Women Employed by Japanese and South Korean Firms
PhD defence
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Antibiotic Conjugates and Natural Products as Next-Generation Strategies Against Antimicrobial Resistance
PhD defence
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Tuesday Talk - Microscopy reinvented: peeking into living worlds
Lecture, Tuesday Talk
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Willie PeijnenburgFaculty of Science
peijnenburg@cml.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Perovskite-based Photoelectrochemical Investigations for Artificial Photosynthesis
PhD defence
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Molecular Diagnostics of Dense Regions in Nearby Galaxies
PhD defence
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Super-Earth Atmospheres
PhD defence
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Morphine, cocaine and the slippery history of pain relief/pleasure seeking in colonial Vietnam
Lecture
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Inhibitors and activity-based probes for retaining β-D-glucuronidases, heparanases and β-L-arabinofuranosidases
PhD defence
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Passionate debate on university’s fossil fuel ties
Should Leiden University cut its ties with the fossil fuel industry forthwith? This was the main question in a debate between students and staff. The answer was clearer for some than for others.
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Fourteen Leiden University researchers receive Vidi grant
The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded Vidi grants to 14 Leiden researchers. This grant of a maximum of 850,000 euros will enable them to start a new research group and develop their own line of research over the next five years.
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Eleven Open Competition Domain Science XS grants for Leiden researchers
Eleven researchers from Leiden University have been awarded an Open Competition Domain Science ENW XS grant by the Dutch Research Council for their research projects. They are researching how to make software faster and greener, improve cancer detection and reduce anxiety by manipulating the biological…
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Summer School 'The European Union, the United Nations and Global Governance'
Course, Summer School