167 search results for “soil diaspora” in the Staff website
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Soil Organic Amendments for Climate-Smart Agriculture
PhD defence
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Isabel Siles Asaff
Science
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Konstantinos Georgopoulos
Science
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Farzad Aslani
Science
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Sophie Planchenault
Science
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Healthy soil for a healthy gut
How does the soil we grow our vegetables in, affects the health of our gut? And does a healthy soil gives crops a better quality and taste? These are some of the questions Soil ecologist Emilia Hannula and a big consortium will work on. With an NWO-KIC grant of 1.8 million, CML, IBL, FGGA, the LUMC,…
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Bacteria stunt with established plant-soil feedback theory
‘What I find most alluring about soil life is that you can steer it,’ researcher Martijn Bezemer of the Institute Biology Leiden (IBL) reveals. ‘You can ask: What do you want? And then I can transform the soil into something you need. At least, that is what we thought.’
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Carolina Pereira De Queiroz Monteiro
Faculteit Archeologie
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New murals depict archaeological profiles of Dutch soil
On September 5, at the festive opening of the Faculty Year, a range of new murals will be officially presented in the Van Steenis’ Reuvens Hall. The wall paintings reflect a variety of Dutch soil stratigraphies, from Oss to burial mounds. Aside from being a striking new addition to our Faculty building,…
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Sofia Fernandes Gomes
Science
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Martijn Bezemer
Science
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'Soil is the basis of our lives' - Martijn Bezemer nominated for Huibregtsen Prize 2023
Directing soil life and thereby influencing what grows above ground: that is the expertise of Leiden biologist Martijn Bezemer and his colleague Wim van der Putten (NIOO-KNAW). Their research on soil transplants has been nominated for the Huibregtsen Prize 2023. This prize goes to innovative research…
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Major European research into microplastics in agricultural soils: grant for Thijs Bosker
Thijs Bosker, Associate Professor of Environmental Sciences at Leiden University College (LUC) and the Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML), has received funding as part of a large consortium to study the impacts of microplastics on agricultural soils. The project will receive 7 million euro of…
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Christopher Green
Faculty of Humanities
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Emilia Hannula
Science
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Jorinde Nuytinck
Science
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Eman Elbadry
Science
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Weilin Huang
Science
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Anniek Kortleve
Science
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Dirk-Jan Kok
Science
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Ecologist Emilia Hannula receives Gold Medal in Teylers Museum
Soil ecologists Emilia Hannula (Leiden) and Elly Morriën (UvA) received the Golden Medal of Teylers Tweede Genootschap on 5 November. They received the prize for their submission to a competition on sustainable soil management.
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Uprooting the Diaspora: Jewish Belonging and the "Ethnic Revolution" in Poland and Czechoslovakia, 1936-1946
Lecture, Book Launch
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Rijk van Dijk
Afrika-Studiecentrum
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Pengxuan Xie
Science
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Riccardo Mancinelli
Science
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Chenguang Gao
Science
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Soil and Crop Management Options to Improve N Cycling on Dairy Farms on Peat Soil
PhD defence
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Peter van Bodegom
Science
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Francesco Ragazzi
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Victor Klinkenberg
Faculteit Archeologie
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Modelling the role of mycorrhizal associations in soil carbon cycling
PhD defence
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Nightlife in the Cabo Verdean Diaspora: The Case of Rotterdam City
PhD defence
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Corey Williams
Faculty of Humanities
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Plant-soil interactions determine ecosystem aboveground and belowground processes in primary dune ecosystems
PhD defence
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interactions in Jacobaea vulgaris: zooming in and zooming out from a plant-soil feedback perspective
PhD defence
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David Zetland in Biznews about watershortage in California
Yesterday, an article appeared in Biznews about the watershortages in California. David Zetland, university lecturer at Leiden University College, gives his opinion about this problem.
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Tsolin Nalbantian
Faculty of Humanities
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Nettle workshop: fiber, nutrition and stories
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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Getting students away from screens... and into the landscape
Leiden University's International Honours College, Leiden University College The Hague (LUC) experienced empty halls and empty classrooms this past year on the residential campus on the Anna van Buerenplein in The Hague due to the global pandemic. Dr Paul Hudson designed a Covid-proof course that enabled…
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How engaged documentary filmmakers use new technologies in their work
CADS lecturer Sander Hölsgens is one of the initiators of the NWO Smart Culture Project Documenting Complexity (project number CISC.KC.212). This project investigates how and why engaged documentary filmmakers use new technologies in their work. One of the outputs of this project is the series ‘In Whose…
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Smart data for sustainable agriculture: less hassle, more green
In supermarkets, consumers are drowning in a sea of sustainability labels. Confusing for them, but also farmers can't see the forest for the trees. Obtaining these labels demands an enormous amount of time and effort. Berent Baris is investigating ways to simplify this process, benefiting both farmers…
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Tackling climate change with the ground beneath our feet
Soil ecologist Emilia Hannula has been awarded a Vidi grant by NWO to examine how soil could become a promising ally in combating climate change and improving biodiversity. ‘Soil creatures might be invisible’, she says, ‘but they play a huge role in creating a healthy environment.’
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How oak seedlings teach us more on dune restoration
What is the best way to restore dune ecosystems? The project TERRA-Dunes researches the role of soil microbes in the development of natural dune areas. Recently, the project went into a new phase: planting 412 oak seedlings grown in different type of soils.
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Sarah Cramsey awarded a KNAW Early Career Partnership
Dr. Sarah Cramsey, University Lecturer Judaism & Diaspora Studies, has been awarded an Early Career Partnership by the KNAW.
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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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Pressure on River Management Leads to more Frequent Flooding
In his new book 'Flooding and Management of Large Fluvial Lowlands', Paul Hudson Associate Professor of Physical Geography at Leiden University College in The Hague, examines human impacts on lowlands rivers. The past twenty years the pressure on large fluvial lowlands has increased tremendously because…
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celebrating the publication of Prof. dr. Sarah Cramsey's book, Uprooting the Diaspora: Jewish Belonging and the Ethnic Revolution in Poland and Czechoslovakia
Lecture, Book talk
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New technique makes it easier to determine how our ancestors used fire
The use of fire can tell us a lot about human evolution. Archaeologist Femke Reidsma has developed a more accurate technique to identify how our ancestors used fire. Existing archaeological studies will need to be revised. Reidsma’s study was published in Nature Scientific Reports on 2 November.
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egulating Remittances: Methods, Case Studies and Theories: Call for Paper/Panel Proposals
JUSTREMIT and the Institute of Security and Global Affairs at Leiden University will host a conference on 12 and 13 October on Global Regulatory Regimes and Remittances. invite paper and panel proposals for consideration for the third JUSTREMIT Conference. Academics, practitioners from the regulatory…