1,530 search results for “network” in the Staff website
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How the eating habits of a limited group of Americans determine sustainability
Masses of hamburgers, steaks, cheese and a lot of eggs: Americans love their animal products. But researcher Oliver Taherzadeh discovered that only a relatively small group of high-volume consumers need to modify their diet to achieve an enormous environmental gain.
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What should be done differently at the University? Three lead candidates respond
From the workload to sustainability: the University Council helps decide on important topics. In the University elections – from 9 to 13 May – you can vote for who will represent you on the Council. Three questions to the three lead candidates of the staff parties: PhDoc, Universitair Belang and Leidse…
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Working together on a liveable planet
What can you do about sustainability in your immediate living environment? On Thursday afternoon, April 14, the Museum Volkenkunde in Leiden was filled with policymakers, researchers, entrepreneurs, citizens, students, and even the mayor of Leiden. Leiden University and the Association of Dutch Municipalities…
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Rethinking Urban Renewal and Citizen Engagement: Insights from Turin
Maria Vasile's ethnographic fieldwork in Turin reveals that volunteering and citizen engagement may not empower residents or allow them to shape their cities. Her analysis of urban gardens, food markets, and food aid initiatives calls for a broader perspective on urban peripheral areas and a shift away…
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Flash interview with alumna and European Commission lawyer Helena Loutas-Paraskeva
Following our Leiden Brussels Alumni Event, I (external officer M. Blaauw, ed.) met our very own Leiden Law alumna Helena-Loutas Paraskeva. An Australian who works for the European Commission. Interesting, how did she get this job, what does she do and how did her Master in Leiden affect or influence…
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COIn grants awarded to improve research infrastructure
Several FGW projects have received a COIn grant. This grant, ranging from 5,000 to 30,000 euros, is intended to improve research infrastructure, for example by purchasing software licences, applications, electronics or laboratory equipment.
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Meet the Societal Advisory Board
The Faculty of Humanities wants to take a stand in the middle of society with its research and education. That’s why last year, in the middle of a pandemic, the Societal Advisory Board was founded. What are the members’ plans?
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Report: what does our urban mine have to offer?
On 21 January, the Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML) has released two reports on circular economy and urban mining in the Netherlands. In them, together with Statistics Netherlands, they take stock of part of the Dutch ‘urban mine’: how much raw material can we reuse from the electricity grid,…
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In memoriam: Takamitsu Muraoka (1938-2026)
On February 10, 2026, emeritus Professor Dr. Takamitsu Muraoka (1938–2026) passed away, one day after celebrating his 88th birthday. From 1991 until his retirement in 2003, he held the chair of Hebrew Language and Culture, Israelite Antiquities, and Ugaritic at Leiden University.
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‘It doesn’t feel like work’: what it’s like to be a mentor for Pre-University College
Guiding high school students as a mentor at Pre-University College: what is that like? And what does it all entail? As part of the 20th anniversary of PRE-College Leiden, we asked two experienced PRE-mentors about their job - and what makes their work so meaningful. ‘You really see them grow.’
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Wrap-ups and recordings of the Leiden University Libraries & Elsevier seminars on Reproducible Research
Leiden University Libraries (UBL) in partnership with Elsevier hosted a series of online seminars on the challenges involved in achieving reproducibility in research. The seminars aimed to identify best practices that can help to overcome central challenges around reproducibility, and to convey several…
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PhD candidate Sinéad is a Europaeum Scholar: ‘There’s no other programme quite like this’
Sinéad Mulcahy recently started the Europaeum Scholars Programme, a two-year policy and leadership course for a group of thirty talented and committed PhD candidates from universities across Europe. She is already enthusiastic – both about the programme and her fellow scholars. ‘I would like to bring…
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A call about: Scholars Programme Europaeum
On 28 October 2021 there is an online information session about the two-year Scholars Programme of Europaeum. This network brings young researchers and leaders together to discuss developments in Europe and to promote pan-European thinking. Does that sound interesting to you? Would you like to know…
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For our confidential counsellors, there’s no issue too small: ‘You can always contact us for a confidential chat’
You can turn to a confidential counsellor to share any questions or concerns you may have about issues such as inappropriate behaviour and breaches of research integrity. They’re here to listen, offer support and help you find solutions. What happens next is entirely up to you. Confidential counsellors…
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Cleveringa professors target of hate campaigns: ‘Intimidation frustrates Holocaust research’
Holocaust scholars Barbara Engelking and Jan Grabowski will jointly hold the Cleveringa lecture on November 26. They were accused of defamation in Poland for a book they co-edited. How has this affected them? ‘This is an attempt to wear us down.’
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Bridging the Gap Between Policy Makers and Academia
Career development
- Deep Learning for Beginners Workshop Series 2024
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Launch of a New Online Alumni Seminar Series by Europaeum - First Seminar on the Implications Trump 2.0 for Europe, America, and the World
Conference
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Food for Thought lunch meeting: SSH Resilience in Youth
Lecture, Food for Thought
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Dutch Entrepreneurship in the Spanish Americas, 1580-1700
PhD defence
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Diversiteit en Inclusie bij de Politie
Conference, Van willen naar zijn
- NIPV lecture series: A closer look at the Dutch crisis governance system
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National(ist) Media: Platform, Participation, and the Rise of Digital Populism in Japan
Lecture
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Veenhof Lecture 2025: Of Fields, Granaries, and Power
Lecture
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PhD Career Event: Finding your career inside or outside academia
Career development
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Scaling Up Book History: A Computational Investigation of 18th-Century Book Ornaments from Manual Catalogues to Automated Discovery
Lecture
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Food for Thought lunch meeting: Politics and society in the aftermath of the 2025 elections
Lecture, Food for Thought
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Open Science Week 2025
Festival
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Film screening: The Last Accord: War, Apocalypse, and Peace in Aceh
Film screening
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Politicization and democratic control of EU decision-making
Lecture, European Union Seminar
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National language and feminist activism in Republican China: the 1924 Congress for the Advancement of Education
Lecture, China Seminar
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Meet the Employer
Career and apply for jobs
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Science for Policy in a Changing World Insights from Leiden University’s Europe Hub
Conference
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Opening academic year 2025-2026
Academic ceremony
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Panel discussion: Green Colonialism
Debate
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Radical Spotlights: Desire, Sexuality, and the Economy
Lecture, Radical Spotlights Seminar
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Collecting Global Heritage
Conference
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“Dizzy with Wonder:” Early Cinema and the Birth of Movie-Fandom in Egypt, 1896-1935
Lecture
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The Strategic Logic of Proxy Warfare: Addressing Policy for Competition
Book presentation
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Creating a sign language out of everything and everywhere: An example from the deaf people of Bissau
PhD defence
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Capturing dynamics with noisy quantum computers
PhD defence
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Writing a bottom-up, practice-oriented and connected history of Christianities in the medieval Middle East (12th-17th centuries
Lecture, Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History
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Doctoral Concert Adam Lukawski
PhD defence, Doctoral concert
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Lunch lecture Michele Deitch: What’s going on in US prisons?
Lecture
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Students and City Doers: Sustainable Connection
Collaboration
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Performative Transactions: Worlding Compositional Ecosystems
PhD defence
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China, Protest and Asia’s Struggle against Autocracy
Lecture
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80 Years of Peace in Europe?
Debate, Roundtable
- Fireside Peace Chats: The Zainichi Korean community, the division, and peace movement
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CWTS Scientometrics Summer School