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Opening Academic Year
Academic ceremony
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Is a cancer pill a matter of time?
A cancer pill, preferably without severe side effects, is something we’d all welcome. Is it a matter of time before such a pill is a reality? We put this question to three Leiden researchers and asked how they themselves are contributing to new cancer treatments.
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Friend or foe? The role of AI in mitigating biases in HR
AI is already widely being used in HR processes, but it’s unclear whether these applications contribute to fair and inclusive decision making. Leiden researcher Carlotta Rigotti is involved in BIAS, a big consortium research project that aims to provide answers and develop a new, trustworthy AI app…
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OSCoffee: Unintended consequences of the shift towards Gold Open Access publishing
Lecture
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Modern dance basics
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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OSCoffee: Introducing the Leiden Academia in Motion programme
Lecture
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Guest lecture by 113 on suicide prevention
Lecture
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Environmental Colonialism in Palestine
Panel
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Intervision group on diversity for mid-career lecturers
Didactics
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Workshop Early Photography of the Middle East - In Contact with Collections
Workshop
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LCN2 Seminar: NETWORKS Match Makers Seminar
Lecture
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Historic Literary Guided Tour - Literary Leiden
Stadswandeling
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Towards conversational information seeking
Lecture
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BKO portfolio writing session @FSW
Didactics
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Leiden Literature Lunch Lecture (and reading) - Literary Leiden
Lunch Lecture (and reading)
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The Best Leiden Literary Film Adaptation - Literary Leiden
Filmavond
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Workshop Podcasts in education
Didactics
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Dies natalis 2021
University ceremony
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What is happening in Yemen?
Debate
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Opening academic year
University ceremony
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Activities
On this page you will find an overview of the activities organised by the Leiden Research Support Network.
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‘Nice tool but what are we supposed to do with it?’
Public agencies are keen to use new technology such as AI to speed up their primary processes. But the internal organisation is often a major stumbling block. SAILS researcher Friso Selten conducts research at the interface between data science and public administration.
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‘Looking back, this past year will be a very important period in my life’
At the Faculty of Science, forty per cent of the employees are of a non-Dutch nationality. Amongst PhDs that is even sixty per cent. How are they doing in a time of working at home in a different culture, when travelling is not possible? Clinical pharmacologist Lu Chen is the third in this series to…
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Interdisciplinary minor ’Violence Studies’: ‘It felt like we were going to fight a group of people’
The interdisciplinary, English-taught minor ‘Violence Studies’ looks at violence from very diverse scientific perspectives. What are the benefits from this approach? Students and lecturers evaluate: ‘This minor’s a goldmine’.
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GP in the Bible Belt: does God play a role in consultations?
Jaïr van Rhenen studied Medicine in Leiden and is now a GP in the largely religious Veenendaal. Before this, he worked as a tropical medicine doctor in Lesotho. ‘If you have the prospect of an afterlife, you often respond differently to illness.’
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End Fossil occupation of Lipsius building
Members of the End Fossil climate action group, including students from Leiden University, have occupied two rooms in the Lipsius building at the Faculty of Humanities today (23 November 2023).
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Co-creation with researchers in Indonesia: ‘We welcome misunderstandings’
How do you co-create with researchers in other parts of the world? LDE wants to gather and share knowledge on the grand challenges and to do so across national borders. A delegation of 27 researchers will therefore travel to Indonesia at the end of October to take part in the LDE-BRIN Academy.
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Conference on opportunities and dangers of AI: ‘Europe needs a daring vision’
The SAILS conference The Future of AI is Here (and Guess What … it’s Human) brought together researchers and policy makers to discuss the important issues in the area of artificial intelligence (AI). Where are the opportunities and what are the dangers?
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Ties to the fossil fuel industry
Debate
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Programming in Python
Training
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Acting: play a monologue!
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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SAILS Mini-Symposium on Legal Search Technologies
Lecture
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Travelers defense course for female staff members
Personal development
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Money Matters: Financial Distress and Sustainable Change
Panel Discussion
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Seminar: POPNET Connects with Vincent Traag
Lecture
- Liveable communities – Liveable Planet
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Workshop: How to write a Data Management Plan (DMP)
Workshop
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Free Pilates class for staff in Plexus
Sports
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Workshop: How to write a Data Management Plan (DMP)
Workshop
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SAILS
Lecture
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Workshop: How to write a Data Management Plan (DMP)
Workshop
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Workshop: How to write a Data Management Plan (DMP)
Workshop
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Report: Tracking down green spaces in The Hague in places you don't always want to be
Although there is considerable evidence that nature in the city is beneficial to both people and animals, we still do not have an overall picture of those benefits. To rectify that, a Leiden PhD candidate and a student – armed with a cargo bike – are using The Hague as a life-size laboratory.
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'Vital Minds’: Healthy University Week 2022
Course
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First photo of black hole at the heart of our Galaxy
Finally we know for sure that there is a black hole at the centre of our own galaxy. Today, astronomers unveiled the first ever photo of Sagittarius A*, a super-massive object at the centre of the Milky Way. This picture could only be taken thanks to the cooperation of telescopes worldwide.
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What does research support involve?
The first hybrid Leiden Research Support Conference – organised for and by research support staff – took place on 27, 28 and 29 September and focused entirely on organising effective research support.
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Passionate debate on university’s fossil fuel ties
Should Leiden University cut its ties with the fossil fuel industry forthwith? This was the main question in a debate between students and staff. The answer was clearer for some than for others.
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Why you (won’t) vote – A reading list
In November, the Dutch will elect a new parliament. Not all eligible citizens will go out and vote, however. How can this be explained, and how big of a problem is it? International research into voter turnout can shed new light on this issue – and offer possible solutions.
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Greedy Supermassive Black Holes
Lecture, Oort lecture
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Drawing and Painting
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure