450 news items found
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How to keep a forest happy? A study on singing behaviour in BaYaka hunter gatherers in Congo 07 November 2023Women during tuber finding events were more likely to sing when they were in large groups, especially when group members were less familiar. That was ...
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Leiden University and Municipality of The Hague to collaborate on sustainability 06 November 2023Leiden University and the Municipality of The Hague signed a collaboration agreement on sustainability on 1 November. Their main goals are to build a ...
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Executive Board column: Running to clear your mind 06 November 2023A lot is going on in the world right now, and our university regularly faces big issues and dilemmas too. Then it can be tricky to switch off. For me,...
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A little aggression helps children in their social development, Simone Dobbelaar discovered during her PhD 02 November 2023Is aggression always bad? PhD research by psychologist Simone Dobbelaar shows that it is not. In fact, children who occasionally fiercely defend thems...
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With this app, students learn to recognise an argumentative error from that aunt over Christmas dinner 02 November 2023In this ‘Educatips’ column, Psychology lecturers share their most important insights about teaching. This month: Zsuzsika Sjoerds and Sebo Uithol teac...
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Minister Dijkgraaf comes to Leiden University to discuss the impact of the Israel-Hamas war 31 October 2023Minister Robbert Dijkgraaf (Education, Culture and Science) spoke with lecturers and students from Leiden University at Campus The Hague on 27 October...
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Dive into the origins of the International Labour Organisation and the League of Nations 30 October 2023The Leiden interdisciplinary research programme Global Transformations and Governance Challenges (GTGC) and the Embassy of Ireland are jointly organis...
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‘Dear Aunt Olga’ exhibition on the ties between Suriname and the Netherlands 27 October 2023The Surinamese-Dutch language, Parbo Beer and, of course, football. The ‘Dear Aunt Olga’ (‘Lieve tante Olga’) exhibition focuses on the shared Surinam...
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Statement from the Executive board: taking care of one another 24 October 2023The world is currently beset by many problems. The armed conflict and continuing violence in Israel and the Palestinian territories is resulting in nu...
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Social Science Matters: Freedom of choice or group pressure? 24 October 2023Dutch politician Caroline van der Plas recently said: ‘Populist sentiments matter’. As the elections approach, we focus on how people decide who or wh...
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Safety at the university: always take your LU-Card with you to work or lectures 24 October 2023We are living in turbulent times. Various conflicts in other parts of the world at times give rise to feelings of anxiety, unrest and anger in our cou...
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Results of latest Caring Universities survey available 19 October 2023The Caring Universities consortium conducts a survey every year on the state of students’ mental health. Following previous surveys in 2020 and 2021, ...
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Child rights activist Graça Machel to speak in Leiden on intergenerational justice 17 October 2023Mozambican politician and child rights activist Graça Machel will speak about her work at Leiden University on 27 October. In 2021, Machel was awarded...
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Lingling Weng aims to improve clinical practice with placebo and nocebo effects 17 October 2023The placebo effect was completely new to her when Lingling Weng began the PhD project in Leiden. She is now a postdoc in China. 'It would be great to ...
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Expanding space for social sciences and humanities in discussions about global health in Africa 17 October 2023The Leiden University Network for Health in Africa (LUNHA) aims to shift the focus of global health to be more about justice, fairness, and inclusion....