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  Marijn Nagtzaam Lecturer

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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

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  Matthijs van Leeuwen Professor / Director of Education

  Faculty of Science

  m.van.leeuwen@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277048

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  Michiel Hooykaas Lecturer

  Faculty of Science

  m.j.d.hooykaas@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Tycho Jongenelen PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

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

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  Joost Visser Professor

  Faculty of Science

  j.m.w.visser@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Work to begin on 703 new student flats at Leiden Bio Science Park in mid-2021 News - 26 April 2021

  Seven hundred and three independent student flats will be built in the entrance area of the Leiden Bio Science Park (LBSP), close to the University Sports Centre. Construction will begin this year and the accommodation is expected to be completed by the start of academic year 2023-2024.

• Volunteers needed for brain study in resilience research project News - 4 October 2023

  Why do some people with adverse childhood experiences develop mental health conditions whereas others do not? A Leiden research project is looking for volunteers aged between 18 and 24 to help us understand more about human resilience.

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  Bernhard Hommel Guest

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  hommel@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Willem Otterspeer Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Humanities

  w.otterspeer@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

• Leiden researchers receive Ig Nobel Prize for research into romantic click News - 16 September 2022

  Cognitive psychologists Eliska Prochazkova and Mariska Kret from Leiden University have won an Ig Nobel Prize for their research into the romantic click between people. They discovered that attraction between people can be predicted by synchrony in heart rate and skin conductance.

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  Catia Antunes Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  c.a.p.antunes@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272735

• When criminal law works unfairly against people in vulnerable positions News - 7 April 2026

  Criminal law can reinforce social inequality. ‘People at the lower end of society are hit harder by criminal law in a range of different ways’, says Professor Marloes van Noorloos. ‘That has to change.’

• What happens on the schoolyard? Sensors on clothing reveal painful patterns News - 21 July 2023

  Wat gebeurt er op het schoolplein? Sensoren op kleding openbaren pijnlijke patronen

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  Amy Verdun Guest professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  a.c.verdun@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Gisela Hirschmann Senior Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  g.k.hirschmann@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8005062

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  Matthew di Giuseppe Associate Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  m.r.di.giuseppe@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500

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  Adina Akbik Director of Educational Transition / Associate Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  a.akbik@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500

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  Helen Pluut Guest

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  h.pluut@law.leidenuniv.nl |

• Anne-Laura van Harmelen nominated for Huibregtsen Prize News - 2 July 2021

  Professor of Brain, Safety and Resilience Anne-Laura van Harmelen has been nominated for the Huibregtsen Prize. The winner of the prize will be announced on the Evening of Science & Society (4 October).

• As a parent, you have a big influence on your child’s anxiety (though there’s no need to worry about it) News - 22 January 2025

  How do parents communicate anxiety to their child via body language and words? Psychologist Cosima Nimphy studied this question for her PhD research. Experiments show that children of anxious parents are not more sensitive to their parents’ signs of anxiety.

• ‘Immigration doesn’t threaten welfare states’ News - 2 May 2024

  It is often thought that immigration threatens the solidarity on which redistribution relies. But looking at the post-war period, PhD candidate Emily Anne Wolff finds that this is not the case.

• Engaging society in our research and teaching: what's the status at Leiden University? News - 15 November 2023

  You may know it by the umbrella term 'citizen science'. You may also use terms such as volunteer mapping, patient co-researcher, or even community engaged learning to describe participatory practices in your research or teaching. No matter what you call it, there’s plenty going on when it comes to this…

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  Daniel Thomas Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  d.c.thomas@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271263

• Solving the Pachakutik party puzzle News - 30 June 2021

  The Ecuadorian Pachakutik party is one of the oldest indigenous political movements in Latin America. Despite not being very successful at the polls and hardly having organisational resources at its disposal, Pachakutik is still part of Ecuador’s political landscape. In her dissertation, Political Scientist…

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  Anahita Arian Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  a.arian@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Dirk van der Hoeven Assistant professor

  Faculty of Science

  d.van.der.hoeven@math.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277146

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  Jonathan Phillips Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  j.p.phillips@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Stefan Cetkovic Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  s.cetkovic@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500

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  Cor Veenman Postdoc / guest

  Faculty of Science

  c.j.veenman@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275772

• Trust in Brussels? ‘The EU would be wise to respect and protect national identities’ News - 5 November 2025

  Many European citizens feel connected to the European Union and place trust in it, Eva Grosfeld found in her PhD research. Yet around a quarter do not identify with the EU at all. How can the EU regain their trust?

• ESOF2022 Online mini-symposium: The effect of the online world on adolescents News - 6 July 2022

  How do digital technologies affect adolescent mental health and resilience? How do we foster a secure online environment? How should we deal with increasing rates of online crimes among adolescents? During the mini-symposium ‘The effect of the online world on adolescents’, presented by the interdisciplinary…

• How AI and wearable technology help create more inclusive environments for children News - 20 January 2025

  Can we reshape school playgrounds through data and design? By using AI and wearable sensors, data scientist Maedeh Nasri discovered ways to create environments where children, including those with ADHD and autism, can connect, play, and grow.

• Ionica Smeets wins Iris Medal 2023 News - 4 October 2023

  The winner of this year’s Iris Medal for Excellent Science Communication is Professor of Science Communication Ionica Smeets.

• Open Science Week at Archaeology: Let's talk about publishing Event - 23 September 2025

  Festival

• Dutch people are understanding the term ‘violence’ to mean more and more News - 27 November 2023

  When do we say violence was used in an incident? The answer may seem obvious at first. But interim results from a study by Jolien van Breen show that Dutch people are labelling events in increasingly broad contexts as violent.

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  Femke Reidsma Postdoc / guest

  Faculty of Archaeology

  f.h.reidsma@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Chris Verhoeven Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  verhoeven@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274069

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  Patrick Degryse Guest researcher

  Faculty of Archaeology

  p.a.i.h.degryse@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Aleksandrina Skvortsova Assistant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  a.skvortsova@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• OSCoffee: From Paywalls to Precedent - Open Science for Law Event - 21 May 2025

  Lecture

• Three different perspectives on how the online world has fundamentally changed the way we live our lives News - 20 September 2022

  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…

• New trainee supports researchers in building stronger connections with society News - 24 September 2025

  Strengthening the connection between social science and society: that is the mission for the coming year of new LDE trainee Eva Slings. With a Master’s degree in Media and Journalism and experience at TU Delft and Airbus, she is the ideal person for the job. 'Together with researchers, I will experiment…

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  Paul Nieuwenburg Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  pnieuwenburg@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271983

• OSCoffee: Enabling Open Science through research data management support Event - 18 June 2025

  Lecture

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  Carlijn Bergwerff Associate professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  c.e.bergwerff@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Mandy de Wilde Assistant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  m.de.wilde@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Ruthie Pliskin Assistant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  r.pliskin@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276762

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  Brenda de Groot Guest

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  b.de.groot@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Floor van Meer Guest

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  a.f.van.meer@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Verena Ly Senior policy adviser

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  v.ly@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727