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1,683 search results for “sociale science matter” in the Staff website

• Event: lots of inspiration exchanged about societal wellbeing and social sciences News - 13 June 2022

  How can social scientists contribute to a healthier society? That question was central to the Healthy Society Event on 9 June 2022, which successfully marked the start of a more conscious and intensive collaboration between the five Institutes of the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences on education…

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  Boya Li Assistant professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  b.li@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Carolien Rieffe

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  crieffe@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3674

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  Anna van Duijvenvoorde Professor Developmental Psychology

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  a.c.k.van.duijvenvoorde@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273853

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  Lotte van Dillen Professor Social psychology

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  dillenlfvan@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1362

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  Sarita Koendjbiharie University Lecturer Management & Organization

  Faculty of Humanities

  s.r.koendjbiharie@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9535

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  Stefan Thewissen Guest Staff Member

  Faculty of Law

  s.h.thewissen@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7756

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  Szilvia Biro Assistant Professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  sbiro@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4815

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  Evin Aktar Senior assistant professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  e.aktar@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5228

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  Iris Koele Guest

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  i.j.koele@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Sandy Overgaauw Assistant professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  s.overgaauw@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Bo Terpstra Assistant professor

  Faculty of Law

  b.l.terpstra@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7855

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  Simone Dobbelaar Postdoc

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  s.dobbelaar@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

• What works in social work? Large-scale research into social resilience policy interventions News - 3 April 2022

  The need for knowledge among practitioners and the lack of an academic knowledge base for specifically collective arrangements of social work in the Netherlands were the reason for Anouk de Koning, Femke Kaulingfreks and Maartje van der Woude to start working on a Dutch Research Agenda (NWA) application…

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  Zhengshan Jiao PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  z.jiao@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Esther Mertens Guest

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  e.c.a.mertens@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Mohsen Mohammadi Postdoc

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  m.mohammadi@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Sander Hölsgens Assistant professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  s.r.j.j.holsgens@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Karlijn van Heijst PhD candidate

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  k.van.heijst@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Kelly Ziemer Assistant professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  k.l.ziemer@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

• Democracy measured: Simon Otjes on political science and practice News - 14 October 2025

  Political scientists study topics that affect society, but their work often remains out of the spotlight. Not always: the research of Leiden political scientist Simon Otjes does have a visible impact.

• Sarah de Rijcke new dean Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences News - 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. Paul Wouters will retire at the beginning of January.

• New Year’s reception 2022: towards a new kind of social science News - 12 January 2022

  On 11 January 2022, the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences opened the new year during a livestreamed reception. Dean Paul Wouters and Executive Director of Studies Kristiaan van der Heijden were the hosts. After several faculty prizes were awarded, our Dean expressed a new year’s resolution…

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  Michelle Willebrands Editor

  Faculty of Science

  m.willebrands@science.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Jorge Duran Solorzano PhD candidate / contract

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.f.duran.solorzano@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Leila Demarest Associate Professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  l.demarest@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Ionica Smeets Professor Science communication

  Faculty of Science

  i.smeets@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1119

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  Ana Parrón Cabañero PhD candidate

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  a.parron.cabanero@cwts.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

• Update and reminder: Call for proposals Social Resilience & Security programme News - 4 October 2022

  On behalf of the interdisciplinary programme Social Resilience & Security, we would like to remind you of the call for proposals for seed funding (up to €4.000) to boost interdisciplinary research.

• next big space mission: ‘This is a big step towards understanding dark matter and dark energy.’ News - 7 July 2023

  Henk Hoekstra and Alessandra Silvestri work on the astronomy and theoretical physics in the Euclid mission. These Dutch researchers are part of the mission.

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  Katie Hudson Data Steward/Research Support Officer

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  k.i.s.hudson@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

• Leiden University joins Global Coalition for Social Justice News - 7 July 2025

  Leiden University has become a partner of the Global Coalition for Social Justice.

• eLaw leads social science research in AI:Liner project for Europe's sewer infrastructure News - 23 October 2025

  eLaw – Center for Law and Digital Technologies has officially launched its participation in AI:Liner, a Horizon Europe project that will transform how Europe manages its aging sewer infrastructure through artificial intelligence and digital innovation.

• How Indonesian communities organise their own social security News - 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 from the community is called ‘jimpitan’ in Central Java. PhD candidate Ayu Swaningrum researched how this social security system works.

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  Cosima Nimphy Assistant professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  c.a.nimphy@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6457

• LEF grant for Semiha Aydin to pilot social anxiety treatment News - 6 August 2021

  Semiha Aydin is one of the three first-generation researchers who received a grant from the Leiden Empowerment Fund to stimulate their scientific career.

• TikToking in the name of science News - 17 December 2025

  What makes young people susceptible to misinformation? And how do their friends influence this? Psychologist Jiemiao Chen aims to find out by using eye-tracking to monitor where young people focus their attention while watching TikTok videos.

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  Jon Chase Research staff member

  Faculty of Science

  j.e.chase@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Zohreh Zahedi Visiting researcher

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  z.zahedi.2@cwts.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Fabrizio Corriera PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  f.corriera@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Emile Cammeraat Guest Staff Member

  Faculty of Law

  e.cammeraat@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1571

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  Angelo Romano Assistant Professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  a.romano@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Joyce Outshoorn Emeritus professor vrouwenstudies

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  outshoorn@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3969

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  Rens Tacoma Associate Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  l.e.tacoma@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2632

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  Dan Gao Postdoc

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  d.gao@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Egbert Jongen Professor of Economics and socioeconomic policy

  Faculty of Law

  e.l.w.jongen@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7819

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  Eduard Klapwijk Guest

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  e.t.klapwijk@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Michiel Westenberg Professor emeritus Development Psychology

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  westenberg@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Rachel O'Connor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  r.a.oconnor@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Miranda Sentse Associate professor

  Faculty of Law

  m.sentse@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6263