668 search results for “works in security policy and practice” in the Staff website
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Vidi grants for 12 researchers from Leiden University
An impressive 12 researchers from Leiden University have been awarded an 800,000-euro grant by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). This will enable them to develop their own line of research over the next five years.
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Tazuko van Berkel new member The Young Academy
The Young Academy has gained a new Leiden humanities scholar as a member. University lecturer Greek language and literature Tazuko van Berkel will be appointed as a member as of March.
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Meeting participants provide input for Strategic Plan
In its Strategic Plan Leiden University sets its direction for the coming years. A new plan will be presented next year, and in the runup to this we are organising different forms of student and staff consultation within the scope of LDN FWD (‘Leiden Forward’). A series of meetings were recently held…
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Students: ‘We want to be the most sustainable university in the world’
The students from the Leiden University Green Office have big ambitions and have outlined their recommendations in a new Green Paper. Like being the most sustainable university in the world by 2030. Students Janey Franssen and Job Kemperman are two of the paper’s authors. How do they want to achieve…
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Algorithms and data behind Leiden Ranking in public domain
The Leiden Ranking – Open Edition is completely transparent. The ranking compiled by the CWTS uses open data and publishes the algorithms that are used.
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ERC Starting Grants for seven Leiden researchers
Seven researchers from Leiden University have been awarded an ERC Starting Grant. This will enable them to start their own project, build their research team and put their best ideas into action.
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10 years of Humanities Lab celebrated in style at Capstone conference
Last week, Humanities Lab honours students presented their research through creative posters and pitches at the Capstone Conference in PLNT Leiden. It was a special edition, where alumni and teachers reminisced over the programme’s 10-year history.
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Graphic Novels in South-Africa: the Work of Nathan Trantraal
Arts and culture
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How work-life balance can bring less stress and more joy in our life
Personal development, Working effectively
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Who did all the work? The hidden labour of colonial science
Conference, Workshop
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Vacancy: Faculty coordinator for the research theme of AI and the digital and non-digital society (0.3 FTE)
Research
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These are the nominees for the Faculty Teaching Prize 2021
Every year, an outstanding lecturer receives the Faculty Teaching Prize. Lecturers are nominated by students and a jury decides who will receive the prize. The prize is awarded during the official opening of the academic year on 8 September. This year, students nominated four candidates. We spoke to…
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The Teaching Fair: from downtime to teaching about research methods
One more week, then the Teaching Fair will start. For a whole afternoon, all the Faculty of Humanities teaching staff will be able to gain inspiration from their colleagues. Three participants speak about what we can expect.
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NWA grants for interdisciplinary consortia
Several consortia in which Leiden University is involved have been awarded Dutch Research Agenda funding. Leiden is the coordinator of five of these consortia. These five consortia will receive grants worth a total of almost 24 million euros. They relate to interdisciplinary projects that will bring…
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‘Transdisciplinary and interdisciplinary collaborations lead to better scholarship and solutions’
How can you persuade researchers who are used to conducting research within clearly defined disciplines to adopt an interdisciplinary approach? Newly appointed distinguished professor Arnold Tukker explained.
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Leiden Research Support (LRS) webinar: Lump Sum Funding - how to design a work package
Webinar
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Lecture: Colonialism, Citizenship and the challenges for Decolonial work in the Netherlands
Guest Lecture | SSEALS
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Global Challenges: The Regime of Lukashenka
Lecture
- Lecturer events
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Online information session Kiem grant
Information session
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Critical Caribbean Thought on Colonial Legacies
The Caribbean as we know it today is fundamentally a product of colonial activity and globalisation. Practically everyone that inhabits the Caribbean has ancestors from different continents due to colonial activity, which profoundly affects the area to this day. Caribbean writers, both in the Caribbean…
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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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The whole world knows the way to the Leiden institute in Morocco
A delegation from Leiden University visited the Netherlands Institute Morocco (NIMAR) in Rabat at the end of February.
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Diversity and inclusion: ‘Don’t avoid the subject'
The new online diversity and inclusion dossier combines all faculty initiatives on this topic. But what is the situation on diversity and inclusion at Humanities? An interview with Aurelie van ‘t Slot, policy advisor Internationalisation, Diversity and Inclusion.
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OSCL meets YAL: The challenges of working with an open science mindset in a business driven environment
Lecture
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Africa and Palestine
Lecture
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OSCoffee: Unintended consequences of the shift towards Gold Open Access publishing
Lecture
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Getting on Famously: The Netherlands and the Shah of Iran
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Dialogue session faculty office: Safe research and academic freedom within Humanities
Debate
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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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Deans celebrate ten years Honours Academy: ‘We are educating people who can make a difference’
The Honours Academy celebrates its tenth anniversary. How did the institute develop over time, and what are aspirations for the future? We speak with the current Dean and a predecessor who was there at the Academy's founding. A conversation about identity, inspiration, and impact ensues. ‘It is about…
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Covid has had an impact on academics’ well-being
The Covid pandemic has had a considerable impact on academics’ work and well-being. They have had much less time to spend on their research. The Young Academy and the Dutch Network of Women Professors have conducted research into how the situation has been for academics. The two organisations have recommendations…
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Conference Mediated Cicero
Conference
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Intercultural and inclusive communication in an academic context
Communication, Personal development, Diversity
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Supervising PhD candidates
Management
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How teaching inclusively changes the perspective and dynamics in the classroom
Lecture
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Roundtable Discussion: Reorienting Islamic Studies in Asia
Debate
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A Day of Downtime
Training
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Fast-Tracking Climate Resilience with AI: a Stakeholder Discussion
Panel discussion
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Refugees’ Livelihood Strategies in a Setting of Long-term Encampment: The Case of the Dzaleka Refugee Camp in Malawi
Lecture, LIMS seminar | Book Talk
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Leiden University Nationalism Network
Lecture, Leiden University Nationalism Network
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Annual Social Citizenship and Migration Symposium
Conference
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[Cancelled until further notice] Connected Histories of Migration Control: The Ottoman Empire, Turkey and the ‘West.’
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Lecture on the book The Deep Roots of Modern Democracy
Lecture
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Decolonizing Area Studies. An Open Conversation
Roundtable conversation
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Violence and the State: Perspectives from Ancient India
Lecture, VVIK Lecture
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Masterclass Leadership: Shakespeare & Retorica
Leadership
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Colonialism and the Age of Revolutions (1780-1830)
Conference
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Diversity symposium 2021: small steps can increase inclusion
‘Culture change takes time,’ said Vice-Rector Hester Bijl at the closing panel of the University’s Diversity Symposium on 26 January. She talked about the road to a diverse and inclusive university. The symposium provided plenty of concrete examples of small steps that can already be taken.
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Interdisciplinary research: labour market on the move
Migration, globalisation, technological developments, climate change: the greatest challenges of our time all affect our labour market. But how exactly? And can we influence this? Professor of Economics Olaf van Vliet regards it as his job to reveal how things really are. ‘That way, we can work on solutions…