2,225 search results for “information” in the Staff website
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European subsidy for Ellen de Bruijn: ‘Hormonal fluctuations in women have been ignored for too long in brain research’
Psychologist Ellen de Bruijn studies the effects of hormonal fluctuations on behaviour and on the brain over a woman's life course. With an ERC Consolidator grant, she and 3 PhDs and a postdoc will further her EEG research on the different stages at which girls and women experience strong hormonal f…
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Fifteen lecturers gain Senior Teaching Qualification
Fifteen passionate lecturers earned their Senior Teaching Qualification (SKO) on Monday 22 January. Rector Magnificus Hester Bijl congratulated them in the Academy Building. Four of these lecturers talk about what motivated them to take the SKO and how it has benefitted them.
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Research finds WiFi isn’t the only thing connecting us during video calls: so are our bodies
Can we truly connect with each other through video calls? Yes, according to a recent study. Psychologists found our bodies synchronise almost as much in digital conversations as in real life. But this doesn’t mean we should skip in-person meetings altogether, says researcher Fabiola Diana.
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The lifecycle of a cigarette filter
The university is launching a campaign to focus extra attention on our smoke-free university locations. The University is using aptly named cigarette barrels to try to show clearly just how many cigarette filters are being saved from the environment. How harmful are these cigarette filters to the e…
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When you know how your brain works, you better understand who you are
On Sept. 29, Lara Wierenga, together with graphic designer Dirma Janse, presented their new book Atlas of our Brain. In the presence of fellow scientists and other interested parties, they shared some of the stunning illustrations and mind-boggling facts that can be found in the book.
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‘The goal is that we no longer have to talk about open science because all science is open’
Paul Wouters has been involved in open science for 30 years, from his first introduction to a preprint server in 1992 to his recent roles as Dean of the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences and open science ambassador for Academia in Motion. Wouters is now retiring. He is leaving with high hopes…
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Joanne van der Leun to chair new knowledge security and fossil industry committees
Leiden University has set up two committees to consider issues that are the focus of much attention within our community and society at large. They are the Knowledge Security Committee and the Fossil Fuel Industry Collaboration Committee. Former dean Joanne van der Leun will chair both.
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Dean Paul Wouters: ‘By working together we can bring out the best in each other’
The digital society is vulnerable, as we have seen over the past weeks. Our Dean Paul Wouters shares his thoughts and encourages to recover during the time around the holidays.
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Nearly 200 million for new research buildings and facilities
The Dutch Research Council (NWO) is investing 197 million euros in 11 infrastructure projects that will be of great value to science and society. Leiden University and the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) are participating in eight of the eleven proposals.
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700,000 euros for the fight against aggressive breast cancer
To inhibit proteins that contribute to the growth of aggressive cancer cells, that’s the plan of Professor Bob van de Water and his team. They will receive over 700,000 euros from the KWF Dutch Cancer Society for their research. Researcher Maaike Vreeswijk and pathologist Danielle Cohen are affiliated…
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Political scientist Juan Masullo awarded Elise Mathilde Fund/LUF grant for research on public attitudes towards the mafia
Juan Masullo (Leiden University Institute of Political Science) receives a grant from the Elise Mathilde Fund/Leiden University Fund to conduct his research project ‘Forging an Anti-Mafia Culture: Observational and Experimental Evidence from Italy’. Masullo aims to find out what ordinary Italians think…
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Spui Campus counts down to grand opening
Spui Campus, Leiden University’s fourth location in The Hague, will soon open its doors. The former V&D department store’s transformation into a university campus is becoming more visible by the week. Removal vans will soon be driving back and forth to move all the furniture there in time. The first…
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‘I am busy with the question: what is useful, necessary and interesting for the Faculty to connect to each other?’
She has been here for almost three months: Susanne Roodhuijzen, knowledge broker of the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences. Her goal? To act as a ‘matchmaker’ both inside and outside the Faculty. But what does that mean, exactly? She introduces herself.
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Webinar PhD programme for professionals
Study information
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Roundtable: Accountability in the Digital Age
Roundtable discussion
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Award Ceremony of the Betto Deelman Prize – Sophie van Rijn
Laureates’ Ceremony
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In between looking and seeing
PhD defence
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Webinar PhD programme for professionals
Study information
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webinar Population Health Management
Study information
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Fast-Tracking Climate Resilience with AI: a Stakeholder Discussion
Panel discussion
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Centre for Digital Scholarship Summer Training Week
Seminars, workshops
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Active Inference
Conference
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OSCoffee: A Glance at Open Access Book Publishing Platforms
Lecture
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OSCoffee: Better coding for reproducible research
Lecture
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Neurodevelopmental Impact of Sex Chromosome Trisomy in Young Children
PhD defence
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Maneuvering through a World of Stressors
PhD defence
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Cognitive Mechanism of Conformity
PhD defence
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Decision-making in multiple-public-goods problems: Implications for cooperation and conflict within and between groups
PhD defence
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Workplace and Community
PhD defence
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Sultan Hamid II van Pontianak en de federale staatsvorming van Indonesië
PhD defence
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Just to be sure?
PhD defence
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How clear is your Veni idea really?
Meeting
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Design and Synthesis of Inhibitors and Probes for Sulfoquinovosidases and Xylanases
PhD defence
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Deception, risk, and evasion: The politics of sovereign debt in emerging markets
PhD defence
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Visible: Discovering the Impact of Research Conducted by Universities of Applied Sciences
PhD defence
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Contextual Support and Quality of Life of Individuals with Intellectual Disability and Severe and Persistent Challenging Behaviour
PhD defence
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Transforming Nepal’s Political System: Party Positions and Public Opinion (2004-2012)
PhD defence
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A multifaceted approach to understand cognitive impairment in MS: Exploring the nonlinearity of cognition
PhD defence
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A mobile approach-avoidance task
PhD defence
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Nocebo hyperalgesia and pain progression: Prediction, acquisition, and recovery
PhD defence
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Less carrot more stick
PhD defence
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Insights into the neural and affective signatures of connectedness between parents and adolescents
PhD defence
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Claiming Crisis: An ethnography on agricultural insurance, rural distress and the everyday moralities of quantification in India
PhD defence
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Led by Example: Fear Transmission from Parents to Children via Social Fear Learning Pathways
PhD defence
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The silenced paradoxes of urban renewal
PhD defence
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My bad!
PhD defence
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Bibliometrics in the Context of Research Evaluation and Research Policy
PhD defence
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Ecology of the White Lion
PhD defence
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Introduction to Dutch Research Funding
Information briefing
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The Transformation of Science Systems in the Middle East and North Africa
PhD defence