Hoe heeft migratie de Ierse en Italiaanse samenleving sinds 1945 beïnvloed?

Professor Dirk Vandewalle is een internationaal veelgevraagde en gerenommeerde Libië-expert. In deze lezing gaat hij in op twee essentiële vragen over de huidige situatie in Libië. Hoe komt het dat het Libische politieke systeem zo fragiel geworden is? En hoeveel hoop is er nog dat Libië als eenheid…

Dit onderzoek richt zich op een historisch-sociale analyse van een geselecteerd corpus van romans uit de moderne Turkse literatuur die het thema delen van de migratie van Anatolische steden en dorpen naar Istanbul en de strijd van immigranten in deze stad tegen verschillende uitsluitingsmechanismen.

De Leidse farmacoloog Ron de Kloet, hoogleraar medische farmacologie en Akademiehoogleraar, krijgt op 1 oktober de Golden Kraepelin Medal van het Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry in Duitsland. Het is een van de hoogste onderscheidingen in de psychiatrie.

Op 16 februari nam de Universiteit Leiden deel aan de Nederlandse ronde van de Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, een internationale pleitwedstrijd. Deze wedstrijd is de grootste pleitwedstrijd ter wereld. Dit jaar waren er deelnemers van ongeveer 700 verschillende rechtenfaculteiten…

A substance flow analysis, covering about 99 % of the flows of chlorinated substances in the Netherlands.

Promotor: J.W. van Holten

Since its beginnings, Leiden University has been home to scholars with a broad and diverse expertise in the histories, languages, literatures and material cultures relevant to the study of Jews and Judaism from antiquity to modern times.

To limit the effects of climate change, global average temperature since pre-industrial measurements are to be kept well below 2 °C preferably even at 1.5 °C.

Pulsars were first discovered in 1967 and since then the population has grown and expanded over several wavelengths.

In dit project wordt een chatbot ontwikkeld, waarmee bezoekers van het Rijksmuseum van Oudheden in Leiden in real time kunnen communiceren met een historisch figuur verbonden aan een object in het museum.

Promotores: Prof.dr. G.F.A Kersten, Prof dr. J.A. Bouwstra

Fundamental research in the ALgebra, Geometry And Number Theory

This paper describes the development process of voting behavior in Chile; particularly the relationship between the class voting theory and the theory of cultural post-materialist vote is investigated. This research deals with Chile as a case study, a developing country with a relatively stable democracy…

Promotor: Prof.dr. M. Ubbink

Safety issues of the transport and storage of Chlorine, ammonia and LPG.

Promotores: Prof.dr. M. Franx, Prof.dr. P.G. van Dokkum (Yale University)

Promotor: Prof.dr. M. Franx, Co-Promotor: Rychard Bouwens

The NWO-funded Vidi project “American foreign policy and liberalism” challenges the idea that the United States has created and sustained a “liberal international order” since World War II. It instead explores the ways in which illiberal ideologies – such as those underpinning racial hierarchy at home…

Promotor: C.J. ten Cate, Co-promotor: H.W. Slabbekoorn

This thesis studied in depth the energy use and CO2 emissions of the industrial sector in China.

Promotor: Prof.dr. S. Portegies Zwart

In this thesis integral points on affine del Pezzo surfaces are studied.

Promotors: C.A.J. Knibbe, Anthonius de Boer, Co-promotor: M.M.J. van der Vorst

Promotores: Prof.dr. G.F.A. Kersten, W. Jiskoot, Co-promotor: J-P. Amorij

A remarkable population of short period transiting rocky exoplanets with equilibrium temperatures on the order of 2,000 K has recently been discovered.

From surface science towards industrial practice using high-pressure scanning tunneling microscopy.

Promotores: Prof.dr. B.R. Katzy, Prof.dr. K. Sailer (Munich University)

Promotor: Prof.dr. T.H.W. Bäck

Promotor: Prof.dr. S.F. Portegies Zwart

Promotor: P.J.J. Hooykaas, Co-Promotor: E.J. van der Zaal

Promotores: T.H.W. Bäck, A. Plaat, Co-promotor: F.J. Verbeek

In meta-analysis, heterogeneity often exists between studies. In such cases, it is essential to investigate the sources of heterogeneity and understand the relationship between effect size and study characteristics (i.e., moderators).

Transplantation of labial salivary glands to the eyelids for patients with dry eye appears to give excellent results clinically.

This thesis seeks to combine two different research topics; Multi-Objective Optimization and Complex Network Analysis.

The studies presented in the work show the potential of the integrative use of biophysical data in defining the structural basis of protein interactions.

Op 16 december 2021 verdedigde Lisanne van Houten het proefschrift 'Flexing the Slot Regime'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door prof.dr. P. Mendes de Leon en prof. L. Pierallini (Luiss University Of Rome).

Promotores: R. Cramer, A.K. Lenstra, Co-Promotor: B.M.M. de Weger

Biological cells, the basic building blocks of all life forms, are surrounded by a lipid membrane. More than half of the membrane is occupied by membrane proteins, which can regulate the cell functionality through specific arrangements.

Promotor: G.F.A. Kersten, W. Jiskoot, Co-promotor: B. Metz

Promotores: Prof.dr. G.W. Canters, Prof.dr. T.J. Aartsma

Atherosclerosis is a progressive disease resulting in the formation of an arterial plaque. Despite lipid lowering, recurrent cardiovascular events remain a risk. While atherosclerosis is primarily lipid-driven, the immune system plays a critical role in the pathophysiology.

Promotor: E.F. Smets, Co-promotor: T.R. van Andel

Antibiotic resistance, caused by widespread use of antibiotics, leads to bacterial infections that are difficult, if not impossible, to treat and is a major worldwide health concern.