750 search results for “discovered of the year” in the Staff website
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Submit your educational innovations for the Comenius Leadership Fellowship or Dutch Education Award 2025
Education
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Submit your educational innovations for the Comenius Leadership Fellowship or Dutch Education Award 2026
Education
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D&I Symposium 2024: What have we achieved with a decade of diversity policy?
How has progress been made on diversity and inclusion at Leiden University over the past decade? Attendees reflected on this at the D&I Symposium 2024: Untold Stories. And in the workshops, students and staff discussed the next steps toward a more inclusive community.
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Update Executive Board: Impact of government cuts, drastic measures required
The Schoof cabinet has presented its budget. As expected, higher education is facing severe cuts. In the coming period, the Executive Board will regularly look at the consequences of what it deems an irresponsible policy.
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Taskforce promotes the interests of contract and external PhD candidates: ‘We must level out the playing field’
The University wants to improve its support for contract and external PhD candidates. A taskforce headed by Dean of FGGA Erwin Muller has made over fifty recommendations, varying from an improved PhD portal and flexible work places on the campus to the right to vote in employee participation bodies.…
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Growing super legs for the Tour de France with the aid of Leiden data science
Only the fittest cyclists stand a chance of taking yellow in the brutal Tour de France. Team Jumbo-Visma is working with data scientists from Leiden. They have analysed the stages and performance of Jumbo-Visma’s riders in previous Grand Tours. And they are researching how to determine the fitness level…
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Dialogue and experimentation to embed Recognition and Rewards within the whole University
A culture change is needed within the University in the area of Recognition and Rewards, and a start can now be made on bringing about that change. The Recognition and Rewards steering group has published a change vision and recommendations people can start to work with. Their advice has been welcomed…
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No exams or lectures, but building a radio telescope with empty paint cans
No more lectures and exams for the Radio Astronomy course taught by Michiel Brentjens. The corona crisis is a moment of reflection that has changed his whole way of teaching. Instead of being in front of the class, he lets his students build a radio telescope with paint cans.
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Want to know more about GROW? Join one of the webinar
Organisation, Social
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Be aware of the risks of using chatbots like ChatGPT in your work
Security
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Jeffrey Fynn-PaulFaculty of Humanities
j.fynn-paul@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9191
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Willie PeijnenburgFaculty of Science
peijnenburg@cml.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Arthur RamFaculty of Science
a.f.j.ram@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4914
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Maurits BergerFaculty of Humanities
m.s.berger@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1684
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Joanita VroomFaculty of Archaeology
j.a.c.vroom@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6087
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Marco CinelliFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
m.cinelli@luc.leidenuniv.nl |
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Maartje van der WoudeFaculty of Law
m.a.h.vanderwoude@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7552
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Ann BrysbaertFaculty of Archaeology
a.n.brysbaert@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275328
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After the launch of the next big space mission: ‘This is a big step towards understanding dark matter and dark energy.’
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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Do we have a standard model of cosmology?
Lecture, Oort lecture
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coin to physics experiments in a theme park: the varied world of head of the education office Marije Boonstra
‘No two days are ever the same – and that’s what makes it fun.’ But what does a head of the education office actually do? Marije Boonstra shares the many sides of her role: from drawing up timetables to launching innovative education projects, from tailoring programmes to students’ needs to international…
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Sibel Bahtiri is one of the new Faces of Science: ‘I want to show how we’re finding alternatives to animal testing’
PhD candidate Sibel Bahtiri is one of the new Faces of Science. In videos and blogs, she will show what life is like as a young researcher.
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Networks of the future
Lecture, Tuesday Talks: Science Insights
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Results of the university elections
Bekendmaking verkiezingen
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Results of the university elections
Elections
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Snow, a mini-cortège and a new rector: a special Dies Natalis
No procession of professors, just a handful of people in the church and snowdrifts outside Leiden’s Pieterskerk: 8 February 2021 was no ordinary Dies Natalis. Carel Stolker transferred the rectorate to Hester Bijl, and Annetje Ottow became the new President of the Executive Board. With an honorary doctorate…
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CEO of Tata Steel: ‘We have a debt of honour as a company’
Hans van den Berg, CEO of Tata Steel NL, is in the eye of the storm. He continues to believe in connection, debate and knowledge that will make green steel possible.
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Three different perspectives on how the online world has fundamentally changed the way we live our lives
In the ESOF2022 mini-symposium organized by the Social Resilience & Security programme, international experts with a background in psychology, philosophy, and law discussed how the online world is related to adolescent mental health issues, moral and emotional awareness and children’s rights. In three…
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Our Digital Future 2023
Conference
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Online Open Day for Professionals
Study information
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Evening of the Middle Eastern Collections & Middle Eastern Library
Arts and culture
- Visit of the TEC laboratories at ESA ESTEC
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Uncovering the Secrets of the Universe with Observational Cosmology
Lecture
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The neuroscience of the psychedelic experience
Lecture
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The vital joints: Mobility and strength of the hip joints
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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Activities
On this page you will find an overview of the activities organised by the Leiden Research Support Network.
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Young Hae ChoiFaculty of Science
y.h.choi@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4510
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Henk te VeldeFaculty of Humanities
h.te.velde@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271628
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Herman PaulFaculty of Humanities
h.j.paul@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2757
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we left the forests’: Documenting the collective memories of the lost heritage of the Basua of Bundibugyo
Lecture
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Tailoring medicines for the genetically diverse African populations
Lecture, Tuesday Talks: Science Insights
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Leiden Teachers' Academy Education Conference
Conference
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Staff symposium on student well-being 'Today's Students'
Conference
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Workshop Early Photography of the Middle East - In Contact with Collections
Workshop
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OSCoffee: Unintended consequences of the shift towards Gold Open Access publishing
Lecture
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Look to Africa as a mirror of global developments
Western countries still tend to view Africa as the periphery, says anthropologist Mayke Kaag. In her inaugural lecture, she calls for a shift in perspective: to see Africa as a mirror of global developments.
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Royal honour for emeritus professor Ad IJzerman
Ad IJzerman, Emeritus Professor of Pharmacochemistry, was made a Knight of the Order of the Lion of the Netherlands on 26 April. He was presented with the royal honour by Mayor Elbert Roest in the town hall in Bloemendaal.
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‘Migration’, ‘migrazione’ and ‘migracja’: Free teaching modules on migration in six languages
Social scientists from Leiden University have worked with an international team to create teaching modules on migration.
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‘Humans are storytellers’: the power of stories in language development of children and AI models
What do ten-year-old children and chatbots have in common? PhD researcher Bram van Dijk studied language development in both children and AI language models. ‘It’s actually quite practical that we attribute human traits to a chatbot.’
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webinar Population Health Management
Study information