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1,063 search results for “afrika in the world” in the Staff website

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  Rahmatan Idul PhD candidate / contract

  Faculty of Humanities

  r.idul@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272657

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  Bram Caers University lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  b.j.m.caers@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278010

• Unveiling the hidden world of wood News - 27 March 2025

  For four years, Vicky Beckers examined thin slices of wood under a microscope, mapping the anatomy of two plant families. Her research helps identify different wood species, benefiting both the timber trade and archaeology.

• Journal established at LIACS reaches world top News - 11 November 2021

  An impact factor of 3.2 in the Web of Science journal index. And in the first 10% of Elsevier's Scopus index. The International Journal of Multimedia Information Retrieval (IJMIR), founded at the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS), has become one of the most important multimedia j…

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  Bart van der Boom University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  b.e.van.der.boom@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272762

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  Nathalie Brusgaard Assistant professor

  n.o.brusgaard@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276048

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  Martijn Manders Professor by special appointment

  m.r.manders@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 31612504382

• Physicists from Leiden help create world’s smallest Rembrandt News - 5 July 2022

  Museum De Lakenhal is displaying the smallest work of art in the world: a 3D-printed statue of Rembrandt van Rijn, made by sculptor Jeroen Spijker and researchers from Leiden University.

• Three Leiden students competing in FISU Summer World University Games News - 14 July 2025

  Three student athletes from Leiden University are representing the Netherlands at the FISU Summer World University Games, a kind of Olympic Games for students.

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  Michiel van Groesen Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.van.groesen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272765

• ‘World leader in star-planet interactions’ appointed professor News - 13 February 2025

  Aline Vidotto has been appointed professor of Stellar and Planetary Astrophysics at the Observatory from 1 February. Vidotto has been with the university for 3.5 years and for her, the appointment is ‘a milestone in her career.’

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  Amadou Adamou PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.amadou@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

• These lunch seminars prepare you for upcoming world events News - 6 September 2023

  Climate and human rights will again become major issues on the world stage by the end of 2023. The new series of lunch seminars by the interdisciplinary research programme Global Transformations and Governance Challenges (GTGC) seamlessly tie into these events. All Leiden researchers and students are…

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  Babak Rezaeedaryakenari Associate professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  s.rezaeedaryakenari@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009512

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  Raafat Shamieh

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  Liselore Tissen Postdoctoral researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

  l.n.m.tissen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• War in the Middle East: What are the implications? News - 3 March 2026

  The US-Israeli strikes on Iran have been welcomed by critics of the regime but have also prompted intense concern. They’ve triggered a dangerous domino effect across the region and beyond. Leiden experts share their insights on the potential consequences.

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  Ionica Smeets Professor

  i.smeets@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271119

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  Ralph Kijk in de Vegte Staff member Servicedesk HR

  ASSC

  r.kijk.in.de.vegte@assc.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Anna-Alexandra Marhold Assistant Professor

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  a.a.marhold@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273350

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  Henric Jansen PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  h.r.j.jansen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271741

• Webb detects icy ingredients for making potential habitable worlds News - 13 March 2024

  An international team of astronomers, led by Will Rocha of Leiden Observatory, using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have discovered that the key ingredients for making potentially habitable worlds are present in early-stage protostars, where planets have not yet formed.

• ‘It’s a great motivator if your research can be life-changing in the real world’ News - 21 January 2025

  Our university labs are bursting with cutting-edge research, but how do you commercialise these inventions and discoveries or translate them into outcomes that benefit society? Professor of biological chemistry Nathaniel Martin started a spin-off company with his team. ‘When it comes to valorisation…

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  Corinne Hofman Professor of Caribbean Archaeology

  c.l.hofman@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272449

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  Caroline Waerzeggers Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  c.waerzeggers@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 0715272033

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  Szilvia Biro Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  sbiro@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274815

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  Karolina Pomorska Associate professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  k.m.pomorska@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275180

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  Jos Schaeken Interim Vice-dean / Professor of Slavic and Baltic languages and cultural history

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.schaeken@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277772

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  Susanna de Beer Senior University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  s.t.m.de.beer@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272671

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  Rutger Hoekstra Associate professor

  r.hoekstra@cml.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Alberto Sarcina Guest researcher

  a.sarcina@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Gerlov van Engelenhoven University lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  g.n.t.j.van.engelenhoven@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Frans Theuws Professor

  f.theuws@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Robert Stein Senior University Lecturer in Medieval History

  Faculty of Humanities

  r.stein@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272712

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  Corrie Bakels Emeritus professor

  c.c.bakels@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 0715613845

• ESOF2022 Online mini-symposium: The effect of the online world on adolescents News - 6 July 2022

  How do digital technologies affect adolescent mental health and resilience? How do we foster a secure online environment? How should we deal with increasing rates of online crimes among adolescents? During the mini-symposium ‘The effect of the online world on adolescents’, presented by the interdisciplinary…

• From sovereignty at sea to self-determination: the geopolitics of Greenland News - 22 January 2026

  Who holds rights to Greenland’s surrounding waters and natural resources? Which interests are at stake and for whose benefit? We put these questions to Hilde Woker, who specialises in the law of the sea in the Arctic.

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  Ann Brysbaert Guest researcher

  a.n.brysbaert@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Leiden student and petrol station attendant to diplomat of the football world News - 11 May 2026

  As Secretary General of the Royal Dutch Football Association, Gijs de Jong travels the world. The career of this Leiden public administration graduate tells the story of a petrol station attendant who became one of the top diplomats in Dutch football.

• World Heritage Status for Letters from Indonesian Women's Rights Advocate Kartini News - 11 April 2025

  UNESCO has recognized a large collection of handwritten letters and the archive of Raden Ajeng Kartini (1879-1904) as documentary world heritage. Kartini opposed gender inequality in feudal Javanese society, including forced marriages, polygamy and lack of education for women.

• A world first at the microscopic scale: metamaterials that can shrink and expand on their own News - 25 February 2026

  Soft structures that can take on different shapes without any external drive. Leiden physicists Daniela Kraft and Julio Melio created them in their lab. They present their groundbreaking research on microscale metamaterials in Nature - a breakthrough that opens the door to smart, reconfigurable materials…

• Luris turns 20: ‘Our research drives real-world impact and innovations’ News - 9 December 2025

  It’s been exactly 20 years since Luris first began working with Leiden’s researchers and students to create an impact on society. To celebrate this anniversary, staff look back on their most memorable projects. Spoiler: they all had difficulty choosing one single project.

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  Johan Christensen Associate professor

  Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs

  j.christensen@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500

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  Jonah Schulhofer-Wohl Senior assistant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  j.b.schulhofer-wohl@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8003903

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  Ellen van Reuler Lecturer

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  a.a.h.e.van.reuler@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275077

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  Christoph Pieper University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  c.pieper@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272673

• Three PhD defences in one day on religious coexistence in Ghana News - 5 June 2026

  Last Tuesday was a special day: three researchers defended their PhD dissertations in succession as part of the same project. Martin Luther Darko, Kauthar Khamis and Rashida Adum-Atta investigated how people of different religions coexist in Madina in Ghana.

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  Giles Scott-Smith Dean LUC/Professor

  Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs

  g.p.scott-smith@luc.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009503

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  Paulus van der Boog

• New professor Vedran Dunjko finds real-world problems that a quantum computer can solve News - 2 November 2023

  Vedran Dunjko appointed to full professor of quantum computing at Leiden University, the Netherlands.