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• Celebrating science on our Faculty with sparkling Leiden Science Family Day News - 10 October 2023

  Elephant toothpaste, a trip among the stars or a lecture on mathematical juggling: on Sunday 8 October 2023, the Faculty of Science opened its doors for the third edition of the Leiden Science Family Day. A programme jam-packed with workshops, demonstrations, lectures and peeks behind the scenes for…

• The power of citizen science News - 7 October 2025

  From monitoring pollution to tracking rainfall, citizen science comes in different shapes and sizes. But at its heart, it’s about the relationships between citizens, policymakers and researchers.

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  Wouter van Loon Guest

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  w.s.van.loon@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Floris Mansvelt Beck Assistant professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

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

• Museum Talks at the Leiden Department of Art History Event
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  Akrati Saxena Assistant professor

  Faculty of Science

  a.saxena@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

• Women collecting the Middle East: collaborators and collections News - 30 July 2021

  Who assembled the collections of museums? The answer to this question seems to point to men as collectors. Apart from for rare exceptions, female collectors hardly seem to exist. Yet there were indeed women collectors. For the project Museums, Collections and Society, researcher Holly O'Farrell will…

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  Emma Devereux PhD candidate / Guest

  Faculty of Archaeology

  e.j.devereux@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Meet archaeologist Martin Berger: ‘I want to answer archaeological and heritage questions’ News - 8 April 2021

  In the course of 2020 the Faculty of Archaeology was bolstered by some new staff members. Due to the coronavirus situation, sadly, this went for a large part unnoticed. In a series of interviews we are catching up, giving the floor to our new colleagues. We give the floor to Dr Martin Berger, who joined…

• Marian Klamer on Science: 'Language is regularly used to legitimize a shared cultural history' News - 14 October 2025

  A newly opened museum in China appears to be devoted to the origins of the Austronesian-speaking peoples, who some 5000 years ago spread from East Asia across the Pacific, seeding it with a distinctive culture and some 1200 languages. But those displays are also a statement in the long-running dispute…

• Decolonisation for whom?: Museum Practices in Europe, Asia, and Japan Event - 26 February 2025

  Lecture

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  Ton van Raan Professor emeritus Quantitative science studies

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  vanraan@cwts.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Shruti Jain Postdoc

  Faculty of Science

  s.jain@cml.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Gerhard Burger Data Steward

  Faculty of Science

  g.a.burger@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274285

• BAS InSite at the Faculty of Science: what you need to know Announcement - 16 December 2025

• Archaeologist Martin Berger explores Latin American collections with an ERC grant News - 4 September 2023

  All over Europe you will find ethnographic museums with large collections of indigenous objects from Latin America. These collections shaped the image of native populations in the European mind. An ERC Starting Grant allows Dr Martin Berger to look at the bigger picture, contextualizing individual collections…

• Museum visit: A talk with Colombian Artist Nika Sorzano Event - 13 May 2025

  Arts and culture

• A Society in Distress, The Role of Museums Event - 8 April 2024

  Valedictory lecture

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  Leonardo Lenoci ICT Research and Security Advisor

  Faculty of Science

  l.lenoci@science.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 8484

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  Gamal Adel Elgamal PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  i.m.a.f.elgamal@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Rob Tijdeman Professor emeritus of Analysis of number theory

  Faculty of Science

  tijdeman@math.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274831

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  Max Joosten Lecturer

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  m.a.joosten@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Peter Castenmiller Lecturer

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  p.g.castenmiller@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273879

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  Tim Mickler Senior assistant professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

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

• Professor Pieter ter Keurs: 'People collect to function' News - 2 May 2024

  Professor Pieter ter Keurs has spent his entire career studying collecting. Now, he is retiring. ‘I hope the focus on collections will carry on.’

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  Zhuoxi Han External PhD Candidate

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  z.han@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009506

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  Anne Urai Assistant professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  a.e.urai@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3371

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  Jan Boersema Professor of Fundamentals of environmental sciences

  Faculty of Science

  boersema@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5650

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  Julian Karch Assistant professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  j.d.karch@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3493

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  Tuomas Aivelo Assistant professor

  Faculty of Science

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

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  Marie Schwed Shenker PhD candidate

  Faculty of Law

  m.schwed.shenker@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Claire Perrette PhD candidate

  Faculty of Archaeology

  c.perrette@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Interdisciplinary symposium on restitution policies seeks more diverse perspectives News - 8 May 2024

  Taking responsibility concerning colonial heritage and restitution is a pressing issue for countries and museums worldwide. On 23 and 24 May, a Leiden University interdisciplinary symposium will explore new perspectives as a basis for policies. Organising professors Carsten Stahn and Pieter ter Keurs…

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  Frank Takes Associate professor/Director of Education

  Faculty of Science

  f.w.takes@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7143

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  Jorrit Smit Visiting researcher

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  j.p.smit@cwts.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Chris Riddell Guest

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  c.d.riddell@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Four projects awarded science communication grants News - 24 November 2023

  The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has rewarded four projects in which Leiden researchers are bringing science and society closer together. What are these projects?

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  Ludo Juurlink Director of Leiden Learning Innovation Centre

  Leiden Learning and Innovation Centre

  l.b.f.juurlink@llinc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9341

• Open science means better science News - 19 February 2021

  Leiden University has an active open science community. Open science means transparency in all phases of research by precisely documenting every step of the way and making this publicly available. ‘It’s time to be open,’ say psychologists Anna van ’t Veer and Zsuzsika Sjoerds. There is increasing awareness…

• Advice to EU on looted art claims: ‘An agency could bring order to the legal chaos’ News - 12 December 2023

  What practical steps can we take to resolve cross-border claims to looted art and prevent illicit trafficking in cultural goods? That's what the European Parliament asked Leiden legal scholar Evelien Campfens. Her advice: develop a registration system, issue art with a ‘passport’ and set up a European…

• MCS Scholarship for collection-oriented research: 'There can be a whole story behind something unimportant' News - 3 May 2023

  Would you like to do collection-oriented research, but do not have sufficient resources? Every year, the Museums, Collections and Society (MCS) research group makes several research scholarships available for this purpose. Researchers Elizabeth den Hartog and Marika Keblusek previously received an MCS…

• How science informs policy: ‘As a researcher, my work only becomes truly relevant once it is used in society’ News - 11 December 2025

  Green cities and a well-protected food system: Roy Remme and Oliver Taherzadeh study ways to achieve these. But how can their scientific findings lead to societal change? They share their experiences with science-policy initiatives.

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  Ksenia Fedorova University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  k.fedorova@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2952

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  Barend Mons Professor emeritus Biosemantics

  Faculteit Geneeskunde

  b.mons@lumc.nl |

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  Ludo Waltman Scientific Director / Professor Quantitative Science studies

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  l.r.waltman@cwts.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5806

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  Jacqueline Meulman Professor emeritus Applied Statistics

  Faculty of Science

  j.j.meulman@math.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Konstantinos Georgopoulos PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  k.georgopoulos@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Dunja Wackers Guest researcher

  Faculty of Science

  wackers@physics.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Chris Riddell is new Face of Science: 'Can't wait to share research' News - 9 March 2023

  Have you ever seen your friend smiling, and suddenly you started grinning too? PhD student Chris Riddell is researching how and why we copy body language. As a new Face of Science, he will take us along on his research journey for the coming year.

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