We are looking for students who are 16 years or older and are studying at a Dutch mbo, hbo or university. Our aim is to gain insight into the needs and perceptions of students regarding stress and burnout. In short, we aim to carefully listen to the students’ needs: how can we help you?

Laura Pape is a PhD researcher at the unit of Clinical Psychology. She investigates digital sleep interventions and the role of improved sleep in the prevention of mental health problems.

Renske Gilissen specialises in suicide prevention. Her research and teaching focus on risk factors and protective factors of suicide and on the effectiveness and implementation of suicide prevention interventions.

How can we as a society prevent suicide? According to Professor of Suicide Prevention Renske Gilissen, a better understanding and targeted action could help save lives.

Every day, 5 people die by suicide in the Netherlands. Suicide is a complex phenomenon and consequently many questions remain about how to reduce the number of suicides. Renske Gilissen will strengthen both research and education on suicide prevention at Clinical Psychology in Leiden. From June 1,…

More efficient use of phosphorus fertilisers would make it possible to meet food demand in 2050, without using more of the world’s land for agriculture. This is what environmental scientists José Mogollón and colleagues have discovered by working out various future scenarios for food production and…

'We are very happy with this recognition! The great thing about this prize is that it celebrates team effort', Joanne Mouthaan responds to the Casimir Prize for the education project 'E-learning Suicide Prevention'. Colleague Maartje Schoorl calls the prize the icing on the cake of good education in…

113 Suicide Prevention gave a guest lecture about suicide prevention at the Spanish Steps in Wijnhaven

Ilze Bot wants to reduce the prevalence of cardiovascular diseases. Her research focuses on mast cells, which protect us from infections but can also make us ill.

It is becoming increasingly common to collect data from children and young people through digital means. The impact of this so-called ‘dataveillance’ on children, who are monitored from birth via smartphones and Fitbits, is great.

Many primary school children suffer from anxiety and their numbers are increasing. Psychologists from the Knowledge Center Anxiety & Stress (KAS) are developing and researching preventive training.

On 11 November Professor of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Monique van Leerdam will deliver her inaugural lecture entitled, ‘Aiming for Prevention’. Van Leerdam, who specialises in hereditary tumours, was appointed professor in July 2020. In her inaugural lecture she will discuss the importance of…

A staggering 6.5 billion chicks are killed worldwide every year. These are generally male chicks that are of no economic value. In Ovo has developed technology that can quickly determine the sex of a chick, to ensure that only female chicks are hatched. The first 150,000 chicks have now hatched in this…

In the Netherlands, 1.55 million people suffer from cardiovascular diseases. Yet, acute cardiovascular events, such as a heart attack or stroke, often occur unexpectedly. That is because many people do not know they are at risk for such an event. Immunological researcher Amanda Foks and her colleagues…

Title of research: An Ounce of Prevention: How to Prevent International Crimes. Jennifer Schense is a PhD candidate at the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies at Leiden University. She is researching the international obligation to prevent crimes and how that obligation may be fulfilled,…

All acute care staff at Leiden University Medical Center have received their first and sometimes even their second dose of the coronavirus vaccine. But how long will you be protected after vaccination and what does the genetic material of the virus do in the vaccine? Our virologists Ann Vossen and Leo…

An international team of scientists, including Xander Tielens of Leiden Observatory, has used space telescope Hubble and the ALMA observatory to show that UV radiation from massive stars can prevent planets from forming. The researchers publish their findings on 1 March in the journal Science.

What reduces the likelihood of children being taken into care? Anouk Goemans calls for data-driven systems, alongside attention to the stories behind the numbers.

Cybersecurity doesn’t start with your first job – it starts with your first phone. According to Sofian Fesenko, a student of Crisis and Security Management (CSM), digital resilience needs to be built from a young age. That’s why he developed an educational card game to raise children’s awareness of…

Shyness is perfectly normal, Michiel Westenberg stated in his farewell lecture. But that doesn’t mean that social anxiety shouldn’t be identified and addressed in good time. ‘Serious shyness has strong genetic roots; you don’t just get over it.’

Sustainability researchers can play an important role in the energy transition. But what if their partners are not (yet) sustainable and science itself has adverse effects? This is the subject of an online talk by researcher Thomas Franssen on 16 December with a discussion afterwards. ‘Clean energy…

eLaw - Center of Law and Digital technologies from Leiden Law School, and the Vascular Surgery Department at Leiden University Medical Centre in the Netherlands, join forces to explore the use of AI for diabetes and secondary prevention of diabetic foot problems and won a prize for it.

The Social Resilience & Security interdisciplinary programme broadens its scope by embedding two research projects lead by Dr. Joanne Mouthaan. The projects adress suicide prevention skills and mental health of Ukraine refugees. Both projects will be integrated in the programme with the aim to improve…

Workshop brings multidisciplinary experts together to produce interdisciplinary outcomes on the EU’s Proposal for a Regulation to prevent and combat child sexual abuse.

Dr. Sarah Carthy is an assistant professor in terrorism an political violence at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs. She is a graduate of the University of Galway where she completed her BA and PhD in Psychology. Her research mainly focuses on radicalisation, evidence-based approaches to prevention…

Nina Komrij works as a postdoctoral researcher at the Developmental and Educational Psychology unit of the Institute of Psychology at Leiden University.

Layla van Wieringen is a Researcher/Tutor at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs for the research group Physical Violence and Public Order. Her research focuses on the intergenerational transmission of extremism and other potentially harmful ideologies within a family context.

Olga Bogolyubova is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs. Her research interests are focused on violence and its impact on mental health, mental health literacy, technology-facilitated violence, and psychology of online behaviors.

As professor of Violence and Policing, I study various forms of violence in public spaces and how violence is used to enforce the moral and legal order. My research focuses on violence between (groups of) youth, threatening and violent confrontations between police and citizens, public disorder,…

Doing a PhD on the side? External PhD candidates, like Joost Van der Helm, just get on and ‘do it’. Besides his hectic job as a justice at the Court of Appeal in The Hague, Van der Helm managed to still find time to write a PhD dissertation.

Pieter Tops holds the special chair in Organised and Subversive Crime Studies established and funded by the Police Academy.

Monica den Boer is professor by special appointment of Police Studies at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs. Monica currently holds the Chair on Military Policing Operations at the Netherlands Defence Academy in Breda, a position she has occupied since 2020. Previously, she served as a Member…

Saniye Çelik holds the position of Special Professor of Diversity and Inclusion at the Police, affiliated with the National Police. Her research interests encompass leadership and culture, creating safe and inclusive teams, personnel recruitment and retention, and fostering connections between public…

Merel Sprenger is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA), studying femicide in the Netherlands by linking data from the Dutch Femicide Monitor with CBS microdata.