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‘Learning with the City’ opens its doors in Leiden-Noord
Bringing the community together, doing up the community centre or researching how to make gardens greener. Students now have a base in Leiden-Noord where they can work with local residents and partner organisations to make the city a better place to live. It was the official opening of ‘Learning with…
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Leiden Healthy Society Center: making Leiden the healthiest city in the Netherlands
How can the people of Leiden age as well as possible? And what is needed to reduce health disparities? That is the mission of Leiden Healthy Society Center, a new partnership between the Municipality of Leiden, Leiden University and many other partners in the city.
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For city dwellers, even 15 minutes in nature can improve mental health
Green spaces boost mental health—especially in busy cities. A new study from Leiden and Stanford University reveals how nature benefits urban well-being and offers low-cost ways to make city life healthier for everyone.
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New Year's Reception Faculty of Science
Conference
- Leiden University strike with Teach-Out at The Hague city hall
- MSc Data Statistics & Data Science Graduation Ceremony
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Urban Studies students receive diploma: ‘I want to make cities better places’
Lecture hall A0.06 in the Schouwburgstraat in The Hague was packed with parents, friends and other loved ones on Friday, 27 September. No fewer than 61 graduates received their Urban Studies diploma there, the highest number in the four years since the programme started.
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Maaike de Waal interviewed on new publication Living (World) Heritage Cities
The LDE Centre for Global Heritage and Development has interviewed Dr Maaike de Waal about the new publication of which she is one of the editors. 'Living (World) Heritage Cities explores how World Heritage Cities are dealing with the preservation of their living heritage, with all the challenges and…
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New video on Leiden student city feature Archaeology student Azra and Biology student Floris
In Leiden University's video series on Leiden and The Hague as student cities, students interview each other at their favorite spots. In the fifth video of this series, archaeology student Azra spoke with Biology student Floris in Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
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New video on Leiden student city feature Archaeology student Julia and Anthropology student Daria
In Leiden University's video series on Leiden and The Hague as student cities, students interview each other at their favorite spots. In the fifth video of this series, archaeology student Julia spoke with Anthropology student Daria in Trianon, on Leiden's cinemas.
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Skate culture embraced by Olympic Games is now visible in the city
The skateboarding world was highly enthusiastic about the participation of skaters in the Olympic Games in 2021, although there was also a lot of opposition. Researcher Sander Hölsgens observes that the discussion has now abated and that the Games have had positive effects for skateboarders and citi…
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City Photographer for a year: ‘Unfortunately, I found that I’m not really very visual’
Julia van Alem had never held a camera before, but she and her classmates were appointed as the City Photographer. ‘This project helped me learn how to create my own work better.’
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Anne Land-ZandstraFaculty of Science
a.m.land@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275343
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Touwen, board member of Campus The Hague: 'We are one university in two cities'
The train to The Hague holds no secrets for Jeroen Touwen anymore. Since October, the Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Humanities has been part of the board of Campus The Hague. One day a week, together with Jan Crijns (Professor of Criminal Law and, as of February 15, Vice-Dean of the Law Faculty), he oversees…
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Leiden University signs health and wellbeing agreement for city of Leiden
Healthy and active Leideners and a smoke-free generation. These are the main ambitions of the Leiden Health and Wellbeing Agreement that was signed online by 40 partners on 19 April. Leiden University will also be drawing on its broad expertise to help realise the ambitions.
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Join the guided tour at the photo exposition on the ancient Mayan city of El Mirador
Organisation, Research
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Nhas Pais" interviews’ collection officially handed over to Rotterdam City Archive
A collection of interviews from the oral history project "Storia de Nhas Pais" ("Story of my Parents") was handed over to the Rotterdam City Archive on 26 November 2021.
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International students find their way around Leiden: 'Getting a feel for the city'
This week, around 1,200 brand new students from 68 different countries are getting to know each other and their new student city. Orientation Week Leiden (OWL) got off to a good start on sunny Lammermarkt, which was packed with enthusiastic internationals.
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Zhengshan JiaoFaculty of Humanities
z.jiao@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Sustainable City Lab will ‘set to work on sustainability in our own backyard’
The Sustainable City Lab The Hague will be a hub that connects organisations in The Hague that work on sustainability with the research and teaching at Leiden University. ‘We’re going to set to work on complex sustainability challenges in our own backyard,’ says project leader Eefje Cuppen.
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Leiden students research the Relief of Leiden: ‘It was a divided city’
If you do research on Leidens Ontzet in Leiden, you can count on a lot of interest. But Leiden Kennisstad interns Marieke Nolten and Alexander Nuijten had not expected there would be quite so much interest. They concluded a year of research with the presentation of a scientific paper.
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Save food, bring the city together: become a volunteer at BuurtBuik Leiden
Social
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Historical research shows how Leiden University and city council benefitted from colonialism
Leiden University contributed to colonialism and slavery through its research and teaching. And governors and residents of Leiden had an active role in colonial networks. These are the findings of two explorative studies presented on 3 April.
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Scientific Conduct for PhDs (Social and Behavioural Sciences)
Research, Transferable skills
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Michelle WillebrandsFaculty of Science
m.willebrands@science.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Alistair Kefford on French television on the future of European cities
What does the retail crisis mean for the future of Europe's urban centres? Assistant professor Alistair Kefford answers this very question in the French television programme 27.
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Ana Parrón CabañeroSocial & Behavioural Sciences
a.parron.cabanero@cwts.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Ionica SmeetsFaculty of Science
i.smeets@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1119
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Katie HudsonSocial & Behavioural Sciences
k.i.s.hudson@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Religious Studies students "learn with the city": bridging the gap between religion and society
Three students in Elpine de Boer’s class “Practicing Religious Studies” have been working together on a “Leren met de Stad” (“Learning with the City”) project with community centre Morschwijck, located in Leiden. The students were asked by the organization Incluzio to investigate to which extent cultural…
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Spring Course: Methodologies in the Social Sciences and the Humanities
Research
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TikToking in the name of science
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 ChaseFaculty of Science
j.e.chase@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Zohreh ZahediSocial & Behavioural Sciences
z.zahedi.2@cwts.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Life in a port city: Roderick Geerts writes a blog post about the ancient port of Berenike
Roderick Geerts, a PhD candidate of the Faculty of Archaeology in Leiden, takes us on a short journey through the rich history of the Red Sea port of Berenike in Egypt.
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Rüya KoçerSocial & Behavioural Sciences
r.g.kocer@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Simone MulderSocial & Behavioural Sciences
s.f.mulder@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Thaddeus BergéSocial & Behavioural Sciences
t.m.g.berge@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Francesca AriciFaculty of Science
f.arici@math.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4831
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Erica HyattSocial & Behavioural Sciences
e.l.hyatt@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Mardet van GennipSocial & Behavioural Sciences
mgennip@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Antoinette HaverhalsSocial & Behavioural Sciences
a.haverhals@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Willemijn PlompSocial & Behavioural Sciences
w.p.plomp@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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David KühlingSocial & Behavioural Sciences
d.kuhling@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Holger HoosFaculty of Science
h.h.hoos@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5777
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Andrew HoffmanSocial & Behavioural Sciences
a.s.hoffman@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Laura ZwepFaculty of Science
l.b.zwep@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Dmitrii KochetkovSocial & Behavioural Sciences
d.kochetkov@cwts.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Sander van RijnFaculty of Science
s.j.van.rijn@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4799
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Marta FioccoFaculty of Science
m.fiocco@math.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7144