535 search results for “community conservation collective” in the Staff website
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Working together on the plastic problem: how to keep citizens engaged?
What motivates citizens to participate in a citizen science project on plastic pollution? And does that motivation change over time? Liselotte Rambonnet tried to answer these and other questions with her research on the Clean Rivers (‘Schone Rivieren’) project. Rambonnet is a PhD student at the Institute…
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Young Academy Leiden: ‘helping young researchers focus in a fast moving academic world’
Young Academy Leiden (YAL) will change its board this month and welcome six new members. Outgoing chair Rachel Plak and incoming chair Ahmed Mahfouz talk about what the platform has achieved for young academics over the past year and what the plans are for the future.
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Algorithms and data behind Leiden Ranking in public domain
The Leiden Ranking – Open Edition is completely transparent. The ranking compiled by the CWTS uses open data and publishes the algorithms that are used.
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Quantum Leiden creates potential for a great quantum future
Friday afternoon, 1 October. Location: one of the most vibration-free places in the world. In this setting, Leiden top scientists launched Quantum Leiden. For decades, researchers at the Faculty of Science have been investigating quantum technology at the highest level and also have been brainstorming…
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Carola HeinFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
c.m.hein@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Aone van EngelenhovenFaculty of Humanities
a.van.engelenhoven@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272072
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Ronny BoogaartFaculty of Humanities
r.j.u.boogaart@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272120
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Mariana Avalos Garciam.avalos.garcia@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274294
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Sofia Gomess.i.gomes@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275118
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Deborah OyuuFaculty of Humanities
i.d.oyuu@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Zahra AzharFaculty of Humanities
z.azhar@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Akos Kovácsa.t.kovacs@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274384
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Jyothi ThrivikramanFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
j.k.thrivikraman@luc.leidenuniv.nl | 070 0800918
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Maarten van LeeuwenFaculty of Humanities
m.van.leeuwen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272073
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Whale poop reveals plastics problem: three million microplastics per day
Whales in the vicinity of the city of Auckland, New Zealand consume large amounts of microplastics every day. A team of international researchers reached this conclusion after carefully examining whale poop. The team included Thijs Bosker, Associate Professor in Environmental Sciences at Leiden University…
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Turning the tide: global biodiversity research gets time and funding
How do you compare the living environment of Dutch dairy cows with that of Masai cattle in East Africa? And how can we reverse biodiversity loss? These questions are central to CurveBend, an international research consortium in which ecologist Michiel Veldhuis plays a key role.
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'One in five bacteria we tested were capable of breaking down plastic'
Leiden PhD candidate Jo-Anne Verschoor discovered that nearly twenty percent of the bacterial strains she studied could degrade plastic, though they needed some encouragement to do so. ‘Bacteria are just like people,’ says Verschoor. Her research was published in the journal Communications Biology,…
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Start pilot cultivating rice on peatland
Is polder rice a feasible circular alternative for cows on peatland? A pilot experiment started this week. On May 22nd, researchers from Leiden University and Wageningen University & Research (WUR) planted roughly 3,000 rice plants on the Polderlab near Leiden. The researchers want to test rice as a…
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Kilotonnes of 'recycled' Dutch plastic waste end up in the sea
On paper it is recycled, but in reality enormous quantities of plastic waste from the Netherlands end up in Asian seas. Researchers from the Leiden Institute of Environmental Sciences charted the fate of plastic food packaging waste from the Netherlands. They published their results on July 8 in the…
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The biologist who wants to sound a different note in his field
Hans Slabbekoorn researches animal sounds and the effect of the noise we humans make on these animals. He is also committed to making his discipline more diverse.
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Nitrogen crisis: Rapid, effective intervention in three specific regions could create breathing space
The new Dutch government must act quickly to take rapid, far-reaching measures in three specific regions to tackle nitrogen emissions. This will create the space for a long-term strategy to deal with other urgent problems and the knot of obligations that the state will need to untangle. These are the…
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Iran deserves our attention: ‘We must share our knowledge about this conflict’
‘Don’t forget us. Don’t stop talking about Iran.’ In a packed lecture hall at the new Spui Campus in The Hague, a panel discussion was held this Tuesday on recent developments, tensions and the wave of state violence in Iran.
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New hot drinks and vending machines
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Corinna Jentzsch
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
c.jentzsch@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273456
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Ingrid van Biezen
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
vanbiezen@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273779
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Nicolas Blarel
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
n.r.j.b.blarel@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009512
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Anne GerritsenFaculty of Humanities
a.t.gerritsen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Francesco Ragazzi
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
f.ragazzi@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Femke Bakker
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
f.e.bakker@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276188
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Ksenia FedorovaFaculty of Humanities
k.fedorova@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272952
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Karolina PomorskaFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
k.m.pomorska@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275180
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Opening public lectures Lorentz Center
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Posting preprints: ‘There is no reason not to’
Leiden University publishes the highest percentage of preprints in the Netherlands. Why is that and why post your article online before it has been peer reviewed? Professor of Quantitative Science Studies and keen preprint poster Ludo Waltman explains.
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LCN2 seminar May 2025
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OSCoffee: Peer Review - In Search for Improvement
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Building academic freedom
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OSCoffee: Rethinking Publishing: Alternative Outputs and Platforms
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Felix AmekaFaculty of Humanities
f.k.ameka@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Ritanjan DasFaculty of Humanities
r.das@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278022
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Dorine SchellensFaculty of Humanities
d.e.a.schellens@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276553
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Emma ter MorsFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
emors@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274075
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Julia Cramerj.cramer@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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OSCoffee: The publish-review-curate model for scientific publishing
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OSCoffee: Enabling Open Science through research data management support
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Join the conversation on academic freedom
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OSCoffee: From Paywalls to Precedent - Open Science for Law
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OSCoffee: Open Science and Impact and Valorisation
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OSCoffee: Do we need some kind of national observatory for consultation projects?
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OSCoffee: A bird's eye view of Open Science Developments, Challenges and Future Directions at Naturalis Biodiversity Center
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Leiden students develop highly contagious card game
Infecting each other with viruses and bacteria while protecting yourself with medicines and vaccinations. Sounds like a fun evening, right? Master students Life Science & Technology Rafael Jezior and Dennis de Beeld certainly think so. Together, they developed ImmunoWars: an exciting card game based…