Pam’s research focuses on the fundamental psychological processes involved in health behavior and health behavior change. She has specific interest in temporal dynamics of health behavior, habits, and sedentary behavior. In her current position, Pam focuses on interdisciplinary research, collaborating…

David de Buisonjé conducts research on how financial incentives can stimulate health behavior. He is researcher at the Unit of Health, Medical, and Neuropsychology at Universiteit Leiden.

Richard Jansen is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Archaeology.

André Gerrits is Professor Emeritus of International Studies and Global Politics.

Dr Maaike de Waal is Assistant Professor at the Field Research Education Centre of the Faculty of Archaeology.

Kristell Penfornis is a PhD student at the Health, Medical and Neuropsychology unit of the Institute of Psychology. She researches the role of identity processes in smoking cessation and physical activity promotion.

Together with psychologists and immunologists from Utrecht, he proved as one of the first that stress affects the immune system. After obtaining his PhD he worked at the University of Amsterdam.

Kaya Peerdeman's research focuses on the effect of biopsychosocial mechanisms on treatment outcomes. She specifically focuses on how expectations shape health.

Caroline Schep is a PhD candidate at the Institute for History, working on medical experiments and ethics in late-colonial Indonesia.

Sandra Khor Manickam is a historian of colonial Malaya and Southeast Asia with an emphasis on the history of anthropology, race and medicine.is a historian of colonial Malaya and Southeast Asia with an emphasis on the history of anthropology, race and medicine.

I am a specialist in Spanish history of the 19th and 20th centuries. I also conducted extensive research into the construction of regional identities in France, Spain and Germany between 1890 and 1940. At present, I mainly publish about nationalization processes in a comparative perspective. I focus…

Prof. Bernhard Hommel studied psychology and literature sciences at the University of Bielefeld, from which he received his MA degree (Diploma) and PhD (1990). Then he moved to the Max-Planck Institute for Psychological Research in Munich (Habilitation at University of Munich; 1997). He is co-founder…

Jan N. van Rijn works in the computer science department (LIACS) and co-leads the Automated Design of Algorithms group (ADA).

Sandra van Dijk is Assistant Professor at the unit Health, Medical and Neuropsychology of the Institute of Psychology. Her research focuses predominantly on chronic diseases and how individuals cope with such a condition.

Véronique de Gucht conducts research in clinical health psychology, specifically on chronic conditions and sensitivity to stimuli.

Liesbeth works as of 2019 as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Health, Medical and Neuropsychology. Before joining the Department, she worked as a Researcher/Research Fellow at Nivel (2008-2012 & 2015-2018); UMC Utrecht (2016); OLVG (2017-2018); and King’s College London, Dept of Palliative…

Leiden University, Delft University of Technology and Erasmus University Rotterdam have been collaborating intensively for many years. In 2012 this collaboration was formalised in the Leiden-Delft-Erasmus Universities strategic alliance. This has allowed us to approach important and complex societal…

The Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), the Danstem Institute from the University of Copenhagen and the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute in Melbourne have received 300m euros from the Novo Nordisk foundation. The aim of this new international consortium is to bring stem-cell based therapies…

The relationship between academia and democracy is a complicated one. Should policy makers listen to scientists or to citizens? That is the dilemma Valérie Pattyn and Johan Christensen will discuss with a panel of experts during the academic conference EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF).

Nanoplastics can accumulate in developing hearts, according to a study by biologist Meiru Wang from Leiden University. Her research on chicken embryos sheds new light on how these tiny plastic particles pose a threat to our health.

The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) announced on 25 April that it has appointed 18 new members. These include Leiden professors Andrew Webb and Jos Raaijmakers.