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1,194 search results for “politics in plant” in the Staff website

• Wild plants through the lens of a biologist News - 27 October 2025

  What started with an old Soviet camera and a darkroom in London grew into a lifelong passion. Developmental biologist Michael Richardson has been capturing nature - from wild coastal plants to microscopic details in the lab - since his childhood.

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  Thijs Vos PhD candidate

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  t.j.vos@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Amy Verdun Guest professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

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

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  Faizal Rianto PhD candidate / contract

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  f.rianto@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Jan Meijer Lecturer

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  j.d.meijer@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9512

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  Karolina Pomorska Associate professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  k.m.pomorska@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275180

• Towards a Structural Understanding of Plant─Microbiota Interactions using cryo-EM Techniques Event - 4 December 2025

  PhD defence

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  Tressia Chikodza PhD candidate - external affiliation

  Faculty of Science

  t.chikodza@cml.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Cynthia van Vonno Assistant professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

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

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  Raafat Shamieh Lecturer

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  r.shamieh@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Ellen Cieraad Assistant professor

  Faculty of Science

  e.cieraad@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Daan van den Wollenberg PhD candidate / self funded

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  d.van.den.wollenberg@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• ‘Plastic politics’: how ideological debate was supplanted by abstract jargon News - 23 October 2025

  Over the course of the 20th century, politicians increasingly came to rely on experts. Their language was peppered with terms like ‘policy pathways’ and ‘evaluation frameworks’. This made debates more abstract and less ideological.

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  Nicolas Blarel Associate Professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  n.r.j.b.blarel@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9512

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  Martijn Bezemer Professor Ecology of Plant-Microbe-Insect Interactions

  Faculty of Science

  t.m.bezemer@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5158

• Unique ‘penis plant’ flowers at Hortus News - 22 October 2021

  Amorphophallus decus-silvae, or the ‘penis plant’ as it is known, has just flowered at the Hortus botanicus. It flowered for two days, and then the pollen, which the male flowers produced was collected. As far as the plant experts at the Hortus can tell, this was just the third time that this species…

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  Tim Mickler Senior assistant professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  t.a.mickler@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276199

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  Elisabeth Dieterman PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  e.m.dieterman@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646

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  Simon Otjes Associate professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  s.p.otjes@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273946

• Indonesian 'coffee plant' named after Leiden researcher News - 19 April 2023

  Research on Asian plants is his life's work. Now a crown is added to that: a plant from the coffee family bearing his name. Paul Kessler is LUF professor of botanical gardens and botany of South East Asia and Scientific Director of the Hortus botanicus. 'Completely unexpectedly, you get to see the results…

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  Jonah Schulhofer-Wohl Senior assistant professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  j.b.schulhofer-wohl@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 3903

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  Cécile Pick PhD candidate

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  c.c.pick@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

• An overview of Dutch politics and Political Science in the Netherlands: the Oxford Handbook of Dutch Politics News - 31 October 2024

  Dutch politics has long been a paragon of stability. Think, for example, of our party system until, say, the last decade. At the same time, we also see occasional changes and significant shifts. Society has changed and this is reflected in, among other things, how we vote and how policy is made. About…

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  Morena Skalamera Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.skalamera@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1982

• Media | Art | Politics (MAP) Event
• Buzzing decline: Dutch landscape is losing insect-pollinated plants News - 22 April 2024

  The Netherlands is losing plant species that rely on pollination by insects. Leiden environmental scientist Kaixuan Pan demonstrates this after analysing 87 years of measurements from over 365,000 plots. The news is alarming for our biodiversity and food security. ‘75 per cent of our crops and 90% of…

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  Floris Mansvelt Beck Assistant professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  f.f.mansvelt.beck@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276789

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  Leila Demarest Associate Professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

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

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  Silke Herms PhD candidate

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  s.b.herms@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9500

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  Barbara Gravendeel Prefect/Professor Plants and Society

  Faculty of Science

  b.gravendeel@hortus.leidenuniv.nl | 06 10664277

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  Babak Rezaeedaryakenari Associate professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  s.rezaeedaryakenari@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009512

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  Tom Louwerse Director of Research / Associate Professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  t.p.louwerse@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Denny van der Vlist PhD candidate

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  j.m.d.van.der.vlist@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Plants and planets News - 6 February 2025

  The Plants & Planets exhibition brings two worlds together in a dazzling mix of science, nature and art. It opens at Old Observatory Leiden and Hortus botanicus on 7 February.

• Lecture: Individualism and Political Personalism Event - 8 December 2025

  Lecture

• Grant opens door to decipher the secret sensory world of plants News - 4 April 2024

  Plants not only sense when they are touched, but they can also adapt to it. For example, by strengthening or defending themselves. But how do plants do this? The Green TE (Green Tissue Engineering) consortium has been granted a Gravitation grant of almost 23 million euros to investigate exactly this…

• Call for Papers - Monarchy in turmoil: princes, courts, and politics in revolution and restoration 1780-1830 News - 13 April 2021

  For every period, it is a challenge to unearth the details of political trafficking; yet the effort needs to include all relevant persons, groups, and institutions – not only those wielding formal responsibilities. We hope to reinvigorate this effort by inviting specialists to present their research…

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  Paul Nieuwenburg Professor Political Philosophy

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  pnieuwenburg@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1983

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  Kiki Spaninks Assistant professor

  Faculty of Science

  k.spaninks@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274835

• Evolutionary change in protective plant odours News - 23 June 2021

  Plants can’t run away from enemies. Still, it would like to keep life-threatening herbivores at a distance. This can be done with odours. Klaas Vrieling of the Institute of Biology Leiden found out with his team how plants change odour production to keep the munchers at a distance.

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  Kevin Bretscher PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  k.m.bretscher@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4384

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  Marieke Elfferich PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  m.elfferich@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5110

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  Sofia Fernandes Gomes Assistant professor

  Faculty of Science

  s.i.fernandes.gomes@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5118

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  Peng Sun Guest PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  p.sun@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Peiyan Qin PhD candidate / contract

  Faculty of Science

  p.qin@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Adam Fairclough Professor emeritus of American History

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.fairclough@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646

• Calcium-dependent regulation of auxin transport in plant development Event - 11 January 2024

  PhD defence

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  Joop van Holsteijn Professor emeritus Political Behaviour and Research Methods

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

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

• Adapt or perish – traits identified that help plants survive News - 5 September 2024

  PhD candidate Jianhong Zhou aimed to better understand whether and how plant species adapt to environmental changes. She developed two databases that she used to analyze how easily or difficultly plants adapt to changing conditions. Zhou defended her PhD thesis on 4 September.

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  Michael Meyer PhD candidate / self funded

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

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