PhD candidate Jianhong Zhou aimed to better understand whether and how plant species adapt to environmental changes. She developed two databases that she used to analyze how easily or difficultly plants adapt to changing conditions. Zhou defended her PhD thesis on 4 September.

Jasper Knoester is the dean of the Faculty of Science. How is he doing, what exactly does he do and what does his day look like? In each newsletter, Jasper gives an insight into his life.

Environmental scientist Rutger Hoekstra addressed the General Assembly of the United Nations on 12 April. And that’s quite a big thing to do. How do you get there as a scientist? And, more importantly, what was his message? In eight questions, Rutger explains what he does and why.

Leiden University and four other Dutch universities will appoint 51 PhD candidates to conduct solution-oriented research for and with the African continent.

How does the soil we grow our vegetables in, affects the health of our gut? And does a healthy soil gives crops a better quality and taste? These are some of the questions Soil ecologist Emilia Hannula and a big consortium will work on. With an NWO-KIC grant of 1.8 million, CML, IBL, FGGA, the LUMC,…

Jasper Knoester is the dean of the Faculty of Science. How is he doing, what exactly does he do and what does his day look like? In each newsletter, Jasper gives an insight into his life.

Jasper Knoester is the dean of the Faculty of Science. How is he doing, what exactly does he do and what does his day look like? In each newsletter, Jasper gives an insight into his life.

Jasper Knoester is the dean of the Faculty of Science. How is he doing, what exactly does he do and what does his day look like? In each newsletter, Jasper gives an insight into his life. This time, Jasper writes his column from Singapore.

Nano-plastics cause malformations. Meiru Wang, researcher at the Institute of Biology Leiden, looked at the extreme effects polystyrene nano-particles could have, using chicken embryos as a model. Her results were quite alarming. Especially as nano-particles are everywhere. In the air, floating through…

What will happen if the lights in a large part of the city are switched off? How many stars can you see without all that light pollution? This is what researchers, artists and the residents of Leiden are going to investigate during Seeing Stars Leiden on 25 September. ‘Leiden is the ideal place for…

Working together in times of change. With enthusiasm, passion and connection as our keywords. That was the message emphasised by administrators Jasper Knoester and Luc Sels at the start of this new year for our Science faculty. ‘Hope for a better world means working together actively towards progres…

10:00 Introductory remarks Welcome by Bart Custers – director of eLaw Information about the Conference by Gianclaudio Malgieri, eLaw 10:10 Hans Franken Lecture Prof. Roger Brownsword, University College London presenting his new book 11:00 - 12:00 Keynote panel: “Law and/versus technology” Moderator:…

15:00 hr Welcome 15:30 hr New Year's Reception New Year's Speech by Vice Dean Bart de Smit. Tuesday Talks: Science Insights by Yamila Miguel. Yamila is an Assistant Professor at Leiden Observatory and a Senior Research Scientist at SRON. She will discuss here research on Exploring…

Every third Saturday of November the Ars et Mathesis Day takes place. Mathematical artists, or mathemartists, will exhibit their work and there will be four fun lectures about mathematical art. Lectures This year’s four lectures are: ‘De cosmatenvloer van Westminster Abbey’ by Bart Heukelom ‘Binaire…

Whilst 2020 has been an unusual and taxing year for colleagues at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA), the Institute nevertheless can look back on an impressive range of successful grant applications during the previous year. This impressive result was achieved on top of excellent results…

The programme for the Meijers Lecture, the Meijers Awards Ceremony and the New Years Reception is as follows: 15.00: Introduction by Professor Janine Ubink of this year’s Meijers Lecture by Dr Hilde Wermink and Dr Jim Been 15.45: Meijers Award Ceremony 16.00: Van Wersch Sprinkplank Award Ceremony…

Debate

Medical anthropology is thriving in Indonesia and beyond, and anthropologists increasingly aim to contribute to pressing issues in society. How can anthropological insights most effectively contribute to addressing societal questions on health and care? The panelists in this roundtable draw on their…

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…

It is exactly one year ago that the university had to close, bang in the middle of the academic year. Suddenly, on that third Monday in March, we found ourselves at home, working and studying online – many of us from that cramped attic or student room. The momentous coronavirus year in pictures.

It is with great sadness that we have learned of the passing of our former colleague dr. Karin Willemse, who passed away on Saturday 18 March 2023.

The Greek diasporic queer poet Constantine P. Cavafy (1863-1933) has been recognized as a central figure in world literature and literary modernism. On December 9th, a symposium around his work will take place at Leiden University Libraries. This will be combined with the launch of Maria Boletsi's book…

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…

What happens in the brains of people with psychiatric illnesses? With a €23.23 million gravity grant, scientists from different fields will search for biological causes over the next decade. ‘By joining forces, we hope to improve diagnosis and treatment for patients with these diseases.’

Supporting our students’ well-being is a priority for the University. Last week was our Student Well-Being Week, and throughout the year our students have access to mental health support such as buddy programmes, student support groups and study skills workshops. Each faculty is to have its own well-being…

At the age of six, Barbara Gravendeel already knew what she wanted to be: a biologist. The seed was planted in the garden of her childhood home: an old orchard surrounded by a large hedge. Since 1 May, she has been the scientific director (prefect) of the Hortus botanicus in Leiden, and all the pieces…

Conference

Dear LUCL & LUCDH researchers, As you may have heard, after lots of planning and collaboration between our two faculties, the Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) Labs have had a soft-opening and the first research has already started there! The SSH Labs house space for behavioral…

Study information, Graduate School

Images provoke! In this online book launch we will celebrate and discuss Provocative Images in Contemporary Islam, an edited volume published recently by Leiden University Press (2023). A result of a LUCIS conference on Islam and visuality, the volume explores the role of images in contemporary Islam…

Lecture, COGLOSS x GLOBALISE Webinar

Book presentation

12.00 Welcome by Bart Barendregt 12.05 Wilco van Dijk Financial stress: from bad to worse 12.25 Erik Bähre Quality in the Market? Perspectives on Healthcare and Insurance in Brazil 12.45 Questions/discussion moderated by Annemarie Samuels 13.00 Afsluiting

Informatiesessie

This event aims to provide the information to help you get a good start at our Faculty. Our Dean will open this event with a personal welcome to you all. We can imagine that the start of your PhD can sometimes feel a bit overwhelming, what do you have to do and know and where you can find it? In this…

PhD defence, Doctoral Exhibition

On 8 February 2022 the theme of Leiden University's 447th Dies Natalis will be innovating and connecting: the direction of our new University strategy that we will be launching that day As a University, we are part of an increasingly complex society that is more reliant than ever before on…

During the New Year's Reception at FSW, new Dean Sarah de Rijcke gave her maiden speech. The first official moment at which she's able to share what she stands for and what to expect of her. In case you weren't there, or you want to read the speech at your own pace, below you can find the integral copy…

Dutch troops, judges and politicians collectively condoned and concealed the systematic use of extreme violence during the Indonesian War of Independence. Historians have now shown how this could happen. ‘It was scandal management rather than prevention,’ says Leiden historian and research leader Gert…

Conference

eLaw – Leiden University's Center for Law and Digital Technologies – will host a major Conference in Leiden (The Netherlands) on 20 and 21 June 2024 about "Law and/versus Technology: trends for the new decade", co-organised with the Brussels Privacy Hub and Computer Law & Security Review…

Management, Leadership

The Executive Board of the Institute of Psychology invites you to join the Psychology End of Year Celebration on Monday 18 December, 16:00 hours at the FSW central hall. During this event the psychology prizes will be awarded to collegues within our institute in appreciation for their excellent…