414 search results for “collaboration” in the Staff website
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Students help make Maldives more fertile
Its idyllic setting and white sandy beaches have made the Maldives a hotspot for tourists. This provides an income but is a problem for the fragile natural environment. Students from various universities worked with the local people to make the soil more fertile. How did they go about it?
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How to improve interdisciplinary cooperation within Leiden University?
Conference
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Innovating for change
Community event | workshops
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FeedbackFruits Training
ICT, Research
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Webinar: what keeps you from giving feedback?
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Join the Zirkus
Network-activity
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Leiden2022 Life Sciences and Health Week
Conference
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Webinar: A pleasant work environment: tips for connecting communication
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Webinar series: Engaging with public private partnerships
- Launch webinar: Una Europa Seed Funding Call 2024
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Snow, a mini-cortège and a new rector: a special Dies Natalis
No procession of professors, just a handful of people in the church and snowdrifts outside Leiden’s Pieterskerk: 8 February 2021 was no ordinary Dies Natalis. Carel Stolker transferred the rectorate to Hester Bijl, and Annetje Ottow became the new President of the Executive Board. With an honorary doctorate…
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Alumna Sytske Besemer on living and working abroad
This month's flash interview is with alumna Sytske Besemer, Criminologist, who works at a startup called Cradle. Sytske has specifically chosen to work for a company with societal impact. And she is about to move again, this time to Zürich.
- Leiden Research Support Network Onboarding event
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Global Impact in Health Symposium
Symposium | Leiden2022
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OSCoffee: Introducing the Leiden Academia in Motion programme
Lecture
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Global Voice Safari: An expedition into World Music
Arts and leisure
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Una Europa workshop: help design a framework for doctoral training programmes
Interactive workshop
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Museumnacht Leiden 2022
Festival
- AI Mixer: Can Generative AI Generate Culture?
- Leiden Research Support Network event: Research Ethics, why it matters
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Explore! Career Opportunities Beyond Academia
Research, Communication
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Biomimicry Design
Course, HOVO Leiden
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Wanted: Educational innovations for the Comenius Leadership Fellowship or Dutch Education Award
Education
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‘We have to stay alert and keep on feeling the past’
Space for open dialogue on historical slavery was created at the Keti Koti Table at Museum De Lakenhal, organised by Leiden University and the Municipality of Leiden. There, just metres away from 17th-century paintings, Leideners shared a ritual meal and spoke about the effects of slavery and our colonial…
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Meet the four Leiden participants in the Europaeum Scholars Programme
Four PhD candidates from Leiden University started the two-year Europaeum Scholars Programme this month. They have now completed the first week of the programme. How was it and what do they expect from this programme?
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Equality as a driver for diversity: ‘Seek out contradiction and the unknown’
The freedom to be who you are – woman, man, homosexual, heterosexual, transgender, religious, atheist, and so on – is perhaps the Netherlands’ greatest attribute. The principle of equality and the right not to be discriminated against are in the very first article of our constitution. Yet there is a…
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Friend or foe? The role of AI in mitigating biases in HR
AI is already widely being used in HR processes, but it’s unclear whether these applications contribute to fair and inclusive decision making. Leiden researcher Carlotta Rigotti is involved in BIAS, a big consortium research project that aims to provide answers and develop a new, trustworthy AI app…
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‘Nice tool but what are we supposed to do with it?’
Public agencies are keen to use new technology such as AI to speed up their primary processes. But the internal organisation is often a major stumbling block. SAILS researcher Friso Selten conducts research at the interface between data science and public administration.
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Hester Bijl: ‘On-campus teaching is a big step forward, so take care’
‘We’re going to see each other again on campus. We’re so pleased, but we do have to say safe.’ Rector Magnificus Hester Bijl is looking ahead to the new academic year, which begins on 6 September. No more 1.5m distancing, but we do have to take responsibility for other people’s safety.
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Academics call for more powers for international organisations
Organisations like the UN and the EU should be given more powers to combat transboundary problems. This is the message of a report published by the Swedish SNS Democracy Council, whose authors include Prof. Jan Aart Scholte of Leiden University. The researchers also wrote the following article.
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How do we prepare students for jobs that don’t yet exist?
We can accrue pensions, reinforce dykes and make our homes more sustainable. But how do we make our higher education fit for the future? And what skills should we be teaching our students now for jobs that don’t yet exist? Lecturers and educational developers looked to the future during the keynote…
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Wrap-ups and recordings of the Leiden University Libraries & Elsevier seminars on Reproducible 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…
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Wanted! Educational innovations for the Comenius Leadership Fellowship and the Dutch Higher Education Award
Education
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Conference on opportunities and dangers of AI: ‘Europe needs a daring vision’
The SAILS conference The Future of AI is Here (and Guess What … it’s Human) brought together researchers and policy makers to discuss the important issues in the area of artificial intelligence (AI). Where are the opportunities and what are the dangers?
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What should be done differently at the University? Three lead candidates respond
From the workload to sustainability: the University Council helps decide on important topics. In the University elections – from 9 to 13 May – you can vote for who will represent you on the Council. Three questions to the three lead candidates of the staff parties: PhDoc, Universitair Belang and Leidse…
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Buurtlab 070 launched – sustainability research in, by and for the community
Buurtlab 070 is a new Leiden University project in which residents, researchers and students from The Hague work together on climate, sustainability and biodiversity solutions. What do they expect of the lab?
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FestiWell en EUniWell
Festival, FestiWell | Event vanuit EUniWell
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Academia in Motion Festival
Festival
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Leiden Research Support Conference
Conference
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Singing: You have a voice!
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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To explore the drug space smarter: Artificial intelligence in drug design for G protein-coupled receptors
PhD defence
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Webinar PhD programme for professionals
Study information
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Managing and leading multidisciplinary research projects for impact
Research
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Skinner Releasing Technique (SRT)™
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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Webinar PhD programme for professionals
Study information
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Introductie webinar cyber security
Study information
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Introductie webinar cyber security
Study information
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Online webinar cyber security
Study information
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Join the first Social Safety Dialogue Session
Open Dialogue Session
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Creativity for beginners
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure