296 search results for “life pollution” in the Staff website
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How light and noise pollution disrupt aquatic life
Fish populations in lakes and rivers have declined in recent decades. This is probably due to light and noise pollution. The Horizon Europe grant enables ecologist Hans Slabbekoorn to investigate this and improve the situation for migrating fish. In order to do so, a seven-metre-long swimming tunnel…
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Sebastiaan GrosscurtScience
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Paul VriendScience
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Algorithms combat environmental pollution from ships
Did you know that algorithms can help with the prevention of air pollution and ships sinking in the sea? A team of Leiden University researchers have worked together with the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management to look in data-driven inspection of ships. In this interview, Gerrit Jan…
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Anagnostis TheodoropoulosScience
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Online courses Life hacks
Career development, Personal development, Working effectively
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Helias Udo De HaesScience
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Marc van der MeideScience
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Life-course Savings Scheme
The Life-course Savings Scheme allows you to save for unpaid leave at a fiscal advantage. The Life-course Savings Scheme has been closed to new participants since 2012.
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How polluting are the clothes in your closet?
Cotton is the most widely used natural fibre for clothes. But how polluting are our jeans and shirts actually? Environmental scientist Laura Scherer coordinated an international research project on the impacts of cotton. ‘The purchases of consumers in Europe can contribute to water scarcity in China…
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Online courses Life and career
Personal development, Career development
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Social life and settling in
When you decide to move to the Netherlands and bring along your family there is a great deal that needs to be taken care of. We will provide some information on schools, childcare and learning Dutch to help you settle in in the Netherlands.
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How polluting buildings and machinery make rich countries ever richer
Rich countries are getting richer because of environmentally polluting (construction) investments from the past, largely at the expense of poor countries. This was shown by long-term economic and environmental data. 'The gap between poor and rich countries is widening.' Scientists from the Leiden Institute…
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Dani CrowleyScience
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Thijs BoskerScience
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God's Waiting Room: Racial Reckoning at Life's End
Lecture, Unfolding Finitudes
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Berent BarisScience
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Liselotte RambonnetScience
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journalist to ecologist: PhD candidate researching light and noise pollution
Ecologist Sebastiaan Grosscurt became a successful wildlife journalist after graduating. But he decided to focus on science instead. He started his PhD research this year on the cumulative effect of light and noise pollution on animal behaviour.
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From Modern Marvel to Environmental Tragedy: Grant for Research into Polluted Mines in Africa
At one time, the railway from Kimberley to Kambove in Southern Africa symbolised prosperity and progress. Today, the exhausted mining towns along its route are marked by decay and pollution. Professor Jan-Bart Gewald has been awarded an NWO L grant to investigate the long-term global consequences.
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Bernhard SteubingScience
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Nina van DulmenScience
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Jeroen GuineeScience
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Lavinia ReitzScience
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Your (life) partner's career - The Dual Career Programme
Leiden University offers a Dual Career Programme (DCP) to assist the life partners of new academic staff (on pay-roll) in finding employment in The Netherlands. The programme is offered in close cooperation with nearby universities of Delft and Rotterdam.
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Arjan de KoningScience
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Lieke WirkenFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Robert IstrateScience
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Ecology PhD student wins Dutch award for investigative journalism
PhD student and research journalist Sebastiaan Grosscurt won a Tegel in May. In the data category, Grosscurt and his colleagues won the prestigious Dutch journalism award. 'For me, ecological research and journalism are two ways of achieving the same thing.'
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Mingming HuScience
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Emilio Solis SanchezScience
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Sebastiaan DeetmanScience
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Ine AlbertsBestuursbureau
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Tineke RutgersBestuursbureau
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Stewart McDowallScience
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Nils PauliksScience
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Arnold ZiegelaarFaculty of Humanities
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Mike SlootwegScience
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Wil TamisScience
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Life cycle assessment of emerging chemical technology systems: challenges and future needs
PhD defence
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Lauran van OersScience
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Ana Cristina Arcos MarinScience
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Mathilde VerdamFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Chengjian XuScience
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Xinpeng JinScience
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Ana Arias CalvoScience
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Jessica Kiefte-de JongFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Nethmi Sewwandi Kankanamge DonaScience
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Carina HarpprechtScience
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Mona DelvalScience