337 search results for “global transformations and governance challenges” in the Staff website
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Rick van Well
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Simcha Jong Kon Chin
Science
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What global cities are made of
Understanding what our buildings and cities are made of is an important step in making them more sustainable. Industrial ecologist Tomer Fishman (CML) has received an ERC Starting Grant to map the construction materials used in buildings in the Global South. 'Without the data, you can't formulate po…
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Concern about provisional government deal
We are concerned about our research and teaching cuts announced in the provisional deal between the Dutch coalition parties. This will have a profound impact on our students and staff, and on teaching, research and innovation in the Netherlands.
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Caspar van den Berg
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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New research programme for urgent challenges in Africa
Leiden University and four other Dutch universities will appoint 51 PhD candidates to conduct solution-oriented research for and with the African continent.
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Leiden University seventh in global sustainability ranking
Leiden University has taken seventh place in the UI Green Metric, a global sustainability ranking for universities. Almost 1,000 universities from all over the world participate in the ranking.
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Leiden University 14th in global sustainability ranking
Leiden University has taken 14th place in the UI Green Metric, a global sustainability ranking for universities.
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Paul van Trigt
Faculty of Humanities
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Oliver Taherzadeh
Science
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Jelena Belic
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Raoel Nanhekhan
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Xiaoyang Zhong
Science
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Kiri Paramore
Faculty of Humanities
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Joachim Koops
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Matthew Hoye
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Karen Smith
Faculty of Humanities
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Yali Si
Science
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Stephen Harris
Faculty of Humanities
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Jan-Bart Gewald
Afrika-Studiecentrum
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Bernhard Rieger
Faculty of Humanities
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Remus Dame
Science
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Jos Gommans
Faculty of Humanities
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Riccardo Mancinelli
Science
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Jonathan London
Faculty of Humanities
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Jiyan Qiao
Faculty of Humanities
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Academics start campaign against government cuts
Academics from Leiden University have started a campaign against cuts at universities.
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Iprotics Wins the Venture Challenge Spring 2022
The winner of the 2022 Spring edition of the NWO Venture Challenge was announced during the Dutch Biotech Event. The innovative startup Iprotics has developed specific proteasome inhibitors that potentially treat multiple myeloma (MM) without the side-effects known from traditional proteasome inhibi…
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‘If we buy these imported products, we are co-responsible for the global decline in biodiversity’
What we buy and consume in Europe often has an impact on biodiversity somewhere else in the world. With a Horizon Europe Funding of 600.000 euros, assistant professor Laura Scherer and her team will develop models to look at the impact of global trade in non-food biomass. ‘After developing the models,…
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Student team wins Minecraft programming challenge
A programming competition in Minecraft? It really exists! And even better news: this time LIACS’ student team Mike's Angels achieved the first place! The team has been rewarded $500.
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Global Challenges: The Russia-Ukraine Conflict
Debate, Studium Generale
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Conference on the gap between government and citizens
It’s often said that citizens have lost trust in their governments. But who exactly are these ‘citizens’? And which aspects of people’s contact with government agencies work better than others? These questions will be discussed at the Crafting Resilience conference (working language is English) on…
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Peter van Bodegom
Science
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Alicia Schrikker
Faculty of Humanities
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Josien de Klerk
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Anne-Isabelle Richard
Faculty of Humanities
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Students become ‘change agents’ in Sustainability Challenge
Leiden students working to solve a sustainability problem at the request of an external party: that is the Sustainability Challenge. During a recent symposium, 28 groups of four to five students unveiled their solutions. The commisioners expressed great enthusiasm.
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Wouter Hins
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Jay Huang
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Caelesta Braun
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Jacqueline Vel
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Jelmer Schalk
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Carola van Eijk
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Jonathan Phillips
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Ahmet Serdar Günaydin
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Rik de Ruiter
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Brendan Carroll
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Thijs de Boer
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Jessie Pool
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Dimiter Toshkov
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs