PhD Candidate Sabine K. Witting has published an article ‘Regulating bodies: child sexuality in the digital era’ in the Critical Quarterly for Legislation and Law, Vol. 1 2019.

Theo Lap (RUG) will defend his PhD thesis (Consoling for Homesickness: The Transformation of Worldly Bonds in Three 12th-Century Monastic Letter Collections) on Thursday, 11 November 2021, at 14:30. Theo was part of the NWO-funded research project 'Communication and Exploitation of Knowledge' (2016–…

This project explores the decline of shifting cultivation in Northeast India. What is the impact on society of people’s deepening engagement with markets and the state?

The Journal of Global Slavery (JGS) aims to advance and promote a greater understanding of slavery and post-slavery from comparative, transregional, and/or global perspectives. It especially underscores the global and globalizing nature of slavery in world history.

Research at the Macromolecular Biochemistry group is comprised of the following research themes:

LED3 is the combined effort of four excellent institutes of Leiden University. Through joined hands, we are able to give rise to a more effective early drug discovery pipeline. Let us briefly introduce the institutes.

Arbeidsuitbuiting van migranten wordt als een vorm van het strafrechtelijke delict mensenhandel beschouwd. De rechtspositie van de slachtoffers is mede daardoor ondergeschikt aan de strafrechtelijke procedure. Dat kan en moet anders, stelt Gerrie Lodder in haar proefschrift. Promotie op 21 april 202…

How have human-environmental entanglements changed in the Gulf of San Miguel, Darien, Panama, from the first traces human practices through to the present?

On the 14th of February, YAL members and other young academics met while engaging in discussions about academia with an eye on the future and discovering how YAL can be a platform to empower young academics.

We investigate bacteria and fungi to understand their malicious or beneficial impact on food crops and their pathogenic or antibiotic role in human health.

Gorlaeus Building, Einsteinweg 55, 2333 CC, Leiden

The sites of Norman Estata, Anse des Pères and Hope Estate with a contribution to the 'La Hueca problem'

For optimization problems, it is often unclear how to choose the most appropriate optimization algorithm. As such, rigorous benchmarking practices are critical to ensure we can gain as much insight into the strengths and weaknesses of these types of algorithms.

Promotores: C. J. ten Cate; M. A. Ainslie. Co-promotor: W. Slabbekoorn

Xinrong Ma defended her thesis on 13 February 2018

Promotor: G.P. van Wezel, Co-promotor: D. Claessen

Natural resources often stretch across borders that separate modern nation states. This can create conflict and limit opportunities for regulated consumption of their goods and services, but also provide opportunities for joint multinational efforts that exceed single country capabilities.

Conservation of biodiversity is one of the main challenges today. A higher degree of biodiversity results in ecosystems that can withstand adverse conditions and better provide essential ecosystem services. This is the case for both agricultural and natural systems.

In the research programme Drug Discovery & Safety, we are interested in the efficacy and safety of new drugs and novel means to decipher these aspects. Hence, we employ advanced imaging and high-throughput screening techniques next to computational approaches such as chem- and bioinformatics.

Uit onderzoek van Dagblad Parool, blijkt dat de Amsterdamse sportschool Saint & Stars zich mogelijk schuldig maakt aan arbeidsuitbuiting. ‘Als het kan worden bewezen komt je er niet makkelijk mee weg’, zegt Gerard Boot, hoogleraar Arbeidsrecht.

On the following page you can find an overview of all courses provided by the Department of Economics.

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Sylvius, Sylviusweg 72, 2333 BE, Leiden

Oort, Niels Bohrweg 2, 2333 CA, Leiden

Huygens, Niels Bohrweg 2, 2333 CA, Leiden

Reuvens, Reuvensplaats 2-4, 2311 BE, Leiden

Lipsius, Cleveringaplaats 1, 2311 BD, Leiden

Reuvens, Reuvensplaats 2-4, 2311 BE, Leiden

Plexus Student Centre, Kaiserstraat 25, 2311 GN, Leiden

Wijnhaven, Turfmarkt 99, 2511 DP, The Hague

Arsenaal, Arsenaalstraat 1, 2311 CT, Leiden

Snellius, Niels Bohrweg 1, 2333 CA, Leiden

Kamerlingh Onnes Building, Steenschuur 25, 2311 ES, Leiden

The clinical potential of applying synthetic lethality to cancer treatment is famously demonstrated by the BRCA1/PARP1 paradigm: a tumor specific defect in BRCA1 – a component of the DNA double-strand break (DSB) repair pathway homologous recombination (HR) – results in a remarkable sensitivity to PARP1…

We offer a broad and diverse amount of courses. Below, you will find all the information about the courses offered by the Department of Business Sciences. If you click on a course, you will be redirected to the course guide.

University Campus Spui, Spui 5, 2511 BL, The Hague

Research projects for students of the University of Leiden and other Dutch Universities are often available at the MacBio group. The research lines are also described in the Research section. For details of specific projects contact the supervisor (Ubbink, Dame, Boyle, Jeuken or Wentink).

On Tuesday 26 June Linlin Sun will defend her dissertation entitled ‘International Environmental Obligations and Liabilities in Deep Seabed Mining’. The dissertation has been written under the supervision of prof. dr. N.J. Schrijver and prof. dr. E.C.P.D.C. De Brabandere.

Science is typically a patchwork of research contributions without much coordination. Especially in clinical trials, the follow-up studies that we do fail to be the most promising.

FSW building, Wassenaarseweg 52, 2333 AK, Leiden

The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research has awarded dr. Geeske Langejans a Veni grant for the research project What's in a plant? Tracking early human behaviour through plant processing and exploitation.

Willem Einthoven, Kolffpad 1, 2333 BN, Leiden

LUMC Research Building, Einthovenweg 20, 2333 ZC, Leiden

Herta Mohr, Witte Singel 27A, 2311 BG, Leiden

Academy Building, Rapenburg 73, 2311 GJ, Leiden

LUMC Education Building, Hippocratespad 21, 2333 ZD, Leiden

Anna van Buerenplein, Anna van Buerenplein 301, 2595 DG, The Hague

Van Steenis, Einsteinweg 2, 2333 CC, Leiden

Johan Huizinga, Doelensteeg 16, 2311 VL, Leiden

Beehive Student Centre, Turfmarkt 104, 2511 DC, The Hague