600 search results for “societal impact” in the Staff website
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SAILS Lunch Time Seminar
Lecture
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EuroScience Open Forum Leiden
Conference, ESOF Conference
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Fast-Tracking Climate Resilience with AI: a Stakeholder Discussion
Panel discussion
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Global Privateering
Conference, Project launch
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Elephants in the Room
Lecture
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Sufis in Afghanistan: Contemporary Navigations of Religious Authority across Political Changes
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Food for Thought: Unhealthy Finance -Shifting Responsibilities in Society”
Lecture, Food for Thought
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Land for Food: Property contests in capitalist heartlands
VVI Research Meetings 2023-2024
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Opening of the Academic Year: ‘Take care of each other’
After a turbulent Covid year, the well-being of our students and staff has the highest priority. How can we prevent physical and mental health problems? This was the key question at the Opening of the Academic Year in Pieterskerk in Leiden on 6 September.
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Beyond plastic: why humanities scholars study waste
In a new series of articles, we explore how the humanities study topics related to sustainability. First up: waste. How and why study waste as a humanities scholar? We asked Elena Burgos Martinez, University Lecturer South and Southeast Asian Studies, and Katarzyna Cwiertka, Professor of Modern Japan…
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The archaeology of face masks: ‘Face masks layers will be a huge help for future archaeologists’
From one year to the next, face masks have started to appear in the environment. As the masks are discarded, they end up in the top soil, in sediment layers, and in refuse heaps. In a couple of generations archaeologists will study the layer that has already been labeled the Face Mask Horizon. Current…
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Stimulating Open Science and Recognition & Rewards
Greater transparency in science. Broader career paths. Less work pressure. A dynamic conversation at the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FSW) focused on these goals.
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The Pen and the Sword: A reading list about writer's quarrels
Writers are not just storytellers: with their novels, tales and critiques they broaden the social imagination, reflect on societal developments and sometimes put new themes on the map. This can easily lead to a conflict because writers and literati often think very differently about issues such as…
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Dialogue and experimentation to embed Recognition and Rewards within the whole University
A culture change is needed within the University in the area of Recognition and Rewards, and a start can now be made on bringing about that change. The Recognition and Rewards steering group has published a change vision and recommendations people can start to work with. Their advice has been welcomed…
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Linguists: crimefighters extraordinaire
Rector Magnificus Carel Stolker will retire on 8 February. If there’s one theme running through his career, it’s the links between the University and society. In this series of pre-retirement discussions, Stolker will talk one last time to people from within and without the University. In this first…
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FGGA in 2022: This was the year for our Faculty
We started this year as we ended it in 2021: in a lockdown. But the world continues to open up. We are occasionally allowed to go into the office and students are able to return to Campus. Continue reading to find out what the rest of the year has been like.
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Dies Natalis all about innovating and connecting
‘We could share our knowledge more with others and apply it more widely,’ said Annetje Ottow, President of the Executive Board, while presenting the new Strategic Plan on the University’s 447th Dies Natalis. The new Strategic Plan therefore focuses on innovating and connecting, among disciplines and…
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Judi Mesman awarded Stevin Prize for research on upbringing and diversity
What influence do children’s upbringing and education have on their world view? This is the question Professor Judi Mesman is trying to answer. For her research and public outreach activities, she has just been awarded the prestigious Stevin Prize, the highest award in the Netherlands for a researcher…
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The Importance of International Women’s Day: ‘Gender equality worldwide is nowhere to be found’
On 8 March, International Women’s Day, equal opportunities for women worldwide, empowerment, and gender equality take centre stage. This day has been celebrated in the Netherlands since 1912, usually centring around a specific theme. This year’s theme: solidarity, the power for change.
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Social Science Matters: Out-of-home placement
...What does seem clear, though, is that there is a great deal of room for improvement in the process of out-of-home placement. The FSW's social and behavioural scientists give their views.
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Disinformation and the law
Lecture
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Climate justice through the courts: Will courts prevent (and redress) human rights harm from climate change?
Lecture
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Beschadigd vertrouwen: Vertrouwenwekkend schadebeleid na door de overheid gefaciliteerde schade
Lecture
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Conference Power and Counterpower in Democracy
Conference
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LUCDH Lunchtime Speaker Series: One Among Zeroes: AI, Islam and what computational analysis can teach us about religious futures
Lecture
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Lessen uit de Toeslagenaffaire voor duurzame rechtspraak
Lecture
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Queer Subjects in Modern Japanese Literature: A Reminiscence
Lecture
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In cap and gown on the A12, titles on X? Academics in the public debate
Dialogue session
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UBH 2022 - Upsetting Binaries & Hierarchies
Conference
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Workshop: Risk and Entrepreneurship – Old Discussions, Innovative Questions, New Insights
Conference, Workshop
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Rechtsbescherming bij uithuisplaatsing: voldoende equality of arms?
Lecture
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Book Launch | A Hundred Years of Republican Turkey: A History in a Hundred Fragments
Lecture, Book Launch
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Interdisciplinary roundtable: Commitment, Islam and Social Justices in Mahmoud Ahmed Abdulkadir’s Swahili Poetry
Debate
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Prosociality as trigger and fuel of intergroup conflict
Lecture
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Border externalization and the benefits for peripheral countries
Van Vollenhoven Lecture 2023
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Psychology Connected: Artificial Intelligence
Conference
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Max van der Horst: “Ethical Vulnerability Mass-Exploitation 101: Theory and Practice”
Lecture, Tech Trends Workshop
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Faculty of Archaeology launches dinosaur-focused research
Many an archaeologist, at some point in their career, is asked what type of dinosaur they discovered. Instead of once again patiently explaining that we do not do dinosaurs, the Faculty Board has now decided to listen to society’s call. ‘It is clear that the general public feels that dinosaurs are relevant…
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Effecten van korte gevangenisstraffen en de prijs die we ervoor betalen
Lecture
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Panel Discussion | A Hundred Years of Republican Turkey: A History in a Hundred Fragments
Debate, Panel Discussion
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CANCELLED - Museum Talk: Negotiating museums and their digital interfaces
Lecture
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Turkey’s Centennial: Democracy, Diplomacy, Security
Lecture, Panel Discussion
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LGBTIQ+ Workplace Inclusion Symposium
Debate, Symposium
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Project presentations of 3 grand winning research projects within Social Citizenship & Migration
Conference, Presentation
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Opening Academic Year
Academic ceremony
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Workshop: Video Montage @ LUCAS!
Course, Workshop
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Campus The Hague 'Meet the Employer'
Course
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Dies Natalis
University ceremony
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Conference Museums, Collections and Society
Conference
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Untold Stories: representation, heritage and museums
Conference, D&I Symposium