851 search results for “ecological economics” in the Staff website
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New professor of Theoretical Physics: ‘The problems I study can come from anywhere in society’
The financial sector, supply chains and ecology. Not necessarily topics you might associate with physics, yet it’s exactly what new professor Diego Garlaschelli is dealing with. The common thread? Complex networks.
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Four VIS grants for Humanities projects
The new VIS grant has been awarded to four projects from the Faculty of Humanities. In a Virtual International Cooperation Project (VIS), Dutch and foreign students work together remotely on a project that links local issues to an international perspective.
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The Tripartite Being: Deity, Tsangphu mountain, and human as local environmental agents in the Dagor community of Eastern Bhutan
Lecture, Asia Research Cluster
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Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History October 2025
Lecture, Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History
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ASCL Seminar: Obscure Capital and Containers: History, Objects, and Power in Central Africa
Lecture
- LIAS After-Lunch Talk Series
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Can patterns save ecosystems from collapse?
Lecture, Tuesday Talks: Science Insights
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In the Making #13: Exploring the Multidimensional Nature of Radio
Arts and culture
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Webinar on research funding with China
Research
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Can AI Save the Amazon? The Politics of AI Environmentalism in Colombia
EDGES Talk
- Liveable communities – Liveable Planet
- Global Questions Seminar
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How infants learn about language within their social context - experimental and observational evidence
Lecture, LUCL Colloquium
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Willem van der DoesFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
vanderdoes@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Recap of the 2021 Anthrooplogy PhD Conference
After a long period of isolation under pandemic, the PhD candidates of the Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology seized the opportunity to organize an in-person, on-site event: the CADS PhD Conference for 2021. With the theme "Young Scholars at the Intersection of Uncertainty,…
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The future of the past is enough to make you feel down
The slogan of the Faculty of Archaeology, ‘The Future of the Past starts at Leiden University’, might sound like empty marketing speak. But there is something to it. The past can teach us a lot about climate change and that could make us fear the worst for our future. Archaeologist Gerrit Dusseldorp…
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Peter van Bodegom on sustainable horticulture
Dutch greenhouse horticulture is a world leader when it comes to innovative capacity and sustainability, but ‘the challenges are great in terms of energy, water, environment and biodiversity,’ says Peter van Bodegom, coordinator of AgriFood at the Centre for Sustainability of the Leiden, Delft, Erasmus…
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Students become ‘change agents’ in Sustainability Challenge
Leiden students working to solve a sustainability problem at the request of an external party: that is the Sustainability Challenge. During a recent symposium, 28 groups of four to five students unveiled their solutions. The commisioners expressed great enthusiasm.
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70 years Mathematical Institute - growth, prosperity and (mathematical) challenges
Floreat et crescat. Flourish and grow. That was what was wished for the Mathematical Institute at its opening. Now, the institute proudly celebrates its 70th anniversary. Time to reflect on how it all began. And importantly, how is it doing now?
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'Society would flourish with new farming styles’
‘The climate crisis is the greatest threat we face,’ says Leiden University environmental scientist Paul Behrens. ‘And yet, there is hope. In the near future, I think we will wonder why we didn’t make these changes earlier.’
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Statement on Academic Freedom – The Rectors of the Dutch Universities (2025)
Without academic freedom, we might not have antibiotics, nor a deep understanding of human behaviour. Literary criticism, climate models, and ecological restoration would be severely limited; just like ethical reflection on artificial intelligence, justice, trauma, parenting, faith and hope. All these…
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Poetry’s Haunting: A Symposium on C.P. Cavafy
The Greek diasporic queer poet Constantine P. Cavafy (1863-1933) has been recognized as a central figure in world literature and literary modernism. On December 9th, a symposium around his work will take place at Leiden University Libraries. This will be combined with the launch of Maria Boletsi's book…
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Mark Rutgers on visibility of the Board and managerial visibility
As I cycle to work in the morning, along Rapenburg to the Huizinga Building, I sometimes stop and dismount. The early morning silence and the rising sun that casts a spotlight on the Academy Building can be enchanting. On those days, I use the moment to take a photograph. I already have quite a collection.…
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IPBES: Positive outcomes for people and nature are feasible, but we must act now
Changes to halt further biodiversity loss are more urgent than ever and feasible, says IPBES, the United Nations biodiversity panel. In two reports released this week, the panel calls on governments worldwide to develop coherent policies that address biodiversity, climate change, water, food and health.…
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Narrative Democracy. Notes on the failure of Chile’s constitutional process
Lecture
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Deciphering the Atomic Structure of the Electrified Metal Oxide- Electrolyte Interface
PhD defence
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Ann BrysbaertFaculty of Archaeology
a.n.brysbaert@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Paul van TrigtFaculty of Humanities
p.w.van.trigt@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271349
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Hans de VriesFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
h.r.de.vries@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009506
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Visualizing Multispecies Resistance: Pan-Amazonian Indigenous Perspectives
Lecture
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A Comparative Study of Cosmology and its Dynamics in Zhang Zai and Max Scheler
PhD defence
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Dynamics of Despair: Examining Suicidal Ideation Using Real-Time Methodologies
PhD defence
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Understanding the role of prosody at multiple levels of linguistic organization: Experimental and crosslinguistic insights
Lecture, SMILE Talks
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The Times, They Are A Changin’: Multiple, Diverging, and Conjoining Temporalities in Sport for Development and Peace
CADS Research Seminar
- Resilience: Tinkering with Lively Relations in Ruined Landscapes - VVI Research Meetings
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Just Peace Dialogue: Imagining Peace
Just Peace Festival
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Leiden University celebrates Dies Natalis: ‘Ahead of the times for 450 years’
An extra-long cortège, three honorary doctorates, a quiz about 450 years of university history, a Dies Natalis rap and a call to defend academic freedom: these all featured in Leiden University’s 450th Dies Natalis celebration and the official start of its jubilee year.
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Opening public lectures Lorentz Center
Lecture
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Material demand for key infrastructures in emerging energy and digital technologies under the low-carbon transition: estimation and sustainability
PhD defence
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Online discussion: Is a River Alive?
Online discussion
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The Ontology of Writing: The Workings of Talismans in Daoist Practice
Lecture, China Seminar
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Ionica SmeetsFaculty of Science
i.smeets@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271119
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Transnational Conversations: Heritage, Memory, Climate, and Reparatory Justice in the Caribbean, Europe, and Beyond
Conference
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Business History and Imperialism SI Workshop
Lecture, Workshop
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SMILE Kick-off Session - POSTPONED
Lecture, SMILE series
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Opening academic year 2025-2026
Academic ceremony
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Hybrid workshop: Narrating Highland Heritages of Bhutan
Lecture, Hybrid workshop
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One language = one archaeological culture? Peruvian evidence for a richer interface between language and archaeology
Lecture, Language and the Human Past
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Opening academic year
University ceremony
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Dies Natalis
University ceremony