2,026 search results for “social economics” in the Public website
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ASEAN signs the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)
Leaders of the ASEAN Member States, Australia, China, Japan, the Republic of Korea, and New Zealand have signed the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Agreement.
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Topic: Stress and stress-related disorders
The precise psychobiological mechanisms leading to chronic physiological stress responses have not been sufficiently explained, although stress is a major risk factor for disease and early death. A problem for conventional stress theory is that most of these responses seem to occur in situations without…
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Jan Vleggeert appointed Professor Tax Law and Economics
Jan Vleggeert is a tax specialist with an independent and critical voice in the debate on tax avoidance by multinationals. His appointment commenced on 1 October 2019.
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Social mindfulness varies across the globe
Compare human social behaviour at a country level and you will find differences. Japan has the highest score whereas the Netherlands is just above average. This is what psychologist Niels van Doesem discovered in research with an international team of 64 colleagues in 31 industrialised countries. Their…
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BIOMOT: Motivational strength of ecosystem services and alternative ways to express the value of biodiversity
Do sustainability values play a role in motivating people to act for biodiversity in successful projects and in successful leadership action? And how could these values be incorporated in current economic valuation methods?
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Geert-Jan Will
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Thuiszorghulp voortaan recht op sociale zekerheidsregelingen: 'Baanbrekend'
De rechtbank van Rotterdam geeft zorghulp Carol Kollmann gelijk in haar rechtszaak tegen het UWV. De zorghulpverlener vond dat ze recht heeft op een WW-uitkering en het meetellen van haar arbeidsverleden voor de WW, nadat ze erachter kwam dat ze daar door de zogeheten Regeling dienstverlening aan huis…
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Grant worth millions for research on the socio-economic impact of hydrogen transition
A consortium including economists, psychologists and public administration scholars from Leiden University will study public acceptance of the hydrogen transition in the Netherlands. They will look at the labour market impact, public perceptions of hydrogen and businesses’ willingness to invest.
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The Hanse in Medieval and Early Modern Europe
The contributions in this volume seek to highlight the atypical features of the Hanse, and place them in a wider context of common roots, influences and parallel developments.
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Buddhism and Social Justice
From 23-25 April 2014, a conference will be held on the topic of Buddhism and Social Justice. This conference confronts the common perception of Buddhism as intrinsically a tradition of peace and justice, and explores the various ways in which historically Buddhist societies of Asia have shaped, transmitted,…
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Skills and social change in postsocialistic Mongolia
How do people living in a remote part of Northern Mongolia experience the post-socialist transition that occurred twenty years ago? Based on extensive fieldwork, cultural anthropologist Richard Fraser argues that this is not at all clear. In his PhD dissertation, he developed a new framework based on…
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Oil, Labour and Revolution in Iran: A Social History of Labour in the Iranian Oil Industry, 1973-1983
Peyman Jafari defended his thesis on 11 October 2018
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Social Science Matters: Open Science
On 20 September 2019, the opening drinks for the Open Science Community Leiden will be held at the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences. Open science is the approach to science aimed at making scientific research accessible, reproducible, and freely available to people within and outside the academic…
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Legal tips for social media influencers
On 11 January 2019, Maastricht University and the University of Groningen hosted a workshop on the regulation of social media influencers.
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Social Resilience & Security: Yearbook 2021 - 2022
With the start of the new academic year, the Social Resilience & Security programme proudly presents their yearbook. In the yearbook, you read about the programme’s interdisciplinary research building bridges between institutes, its educational activities such as the new Minor ‘Violence Studies’ and…
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Socially anxious people are interested in others
The idea that socially anxious people avoid eye contact because they are not interested in other people needs to be changed. They take their information from other physical sources, such as people's hands. This is the finding of Leiden psychologist Mariska Kret whose research has been published in…
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Social Science Matters: Online privacy
In our digital society, the internet seems to offer endless possibilities for expressing yourself, gathering information, and making contact with others. The anonymity of the internet seems to give us the freedom to come and go as we please. But what about our online privacy? Should it be dealt with…
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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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Hoe laten we vaders minder werken en meer doen in het huishouden?
Gaan vaders minder werken als andere vaders dat ook doen? Helpt betaald ouderschapsverlof hen om meer op te pakken in het huishouden? Hoe bepalend zijn sociale normen voor verschillen op de arbeidsmarkt? Onderzoeker Max van Lent gaat het uitzoeken.
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Common frame for analyzing complex systems in Physics and Economics
Scientists often need to make sense of complex systems without knowing the important parameters or even without access to all the information. A collaboration of network theorists, including Diego Garlaschelli (IMT Lucca/Leiden), has now published a review article in the inaugural issue of Nature Reviews…
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Simone Dobbelaar
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Clara Bik
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Evelien Broekhof
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Sander Hölsgens
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Sophie van Rijn
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Ratna Saptari Soetikno Slamet
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Anna Notsu
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Miranda Sentse
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Angelo Romano
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Joyce Outshoorn
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Semiha Aydin
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Ancois De Villiers
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Stefanie van Esveld
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Turaj Atabaki
Faculty of Humanities
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Guus Heerma van Voss
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Lotte van der Pol
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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James McGrail
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Inge Ligtvoet
Faculty of Humanities
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Dan Gao
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Kelly Ziemer
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Anke Klein
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Michiel Westenberg
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Luc Bulten
Faculty of Humanities
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Leo Lucassen
Faculty of Humanities
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Evelien Walhout
Faculty of Humanities
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Yung-Ting Tsou
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Janna Marie Bas-Hoogendam
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Brenda De Sousa da Silva
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Eduard Klapwijk
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Rachel O'Connor
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen