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Risks and potential benefits of adoptively transferred virus-specific T cells
PhD defence
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Material Continuities, Renewals and Cultural Transformation
This subproject, carried out by post-doctoral researcher Dr. O. Nieuwenhuyse, investigates changes and continuities in the functional, social and symbolic uses of the material culture, c. 6800-5800 BC. A contextually oriented approach is adopted, which pays attention to the local socio-economic and…
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Learning behind bars
In dit unieke uitwisselingsinitiatief volgen studenten van de Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid samen met gedetineerde personen een vak, binnen de muren van de gevangenis.
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The Impact of Digital Educational Resources on Teachers and Teaching in Rural China
What are the impacts of digital educational resources on rural teachers and their teaching in China?
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Programme standards
The Programme Standards project sets out guidelines on how to structure the education offered at the Faculty of Humanities. The project aims to distribute the teaching effort in a transparent way and to organise the programmes so that the best possible teaching can be provided in an efficient manner,…
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European Union Regulation on Insolvency Proceedings: An Introductory Analysis (Fourth Edition)
This book, written by two representatives of Leiden Law School, describes the framework of the European Insolvency Regulation (recast) (‘EIR Recast’), in force since June 2017.
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Data Visualization Challenge
Wouter Eekhout, our data magician, came in 3d place in the #LinksSDGs - Natural language processing and data visualization challenge.
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For whom
The Center for Legal Entrepreneurship and Innovation believes it is important that lecturers, students and researchers are informed about the impact of technological developments in the legal industry in terms of the relevance of education, for academic research and the labor market perspective of students.…
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Political legitimacy in Chinese history : the case of the Northern Wei Dynasty (386-535)
Liu Puning defended his thesis on 25 April 2018.
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Related Party Transactions and Corporate Groups: When Eastern Europe Meets the West
On 1 April 2020, Ivan Romashchenko defended his thesis 'Related Party Transactions and Corporate Groups: When Eastern Europe Meets the West'. The doctoral research was supervised by Prof. S.M. Bartman en Prof. A. Radwan (Kaunas, Lithuania).
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e-SIDES
e-SIDES (ethical and societal impact of data sciences) is a Coordination & Support Action (CSA) part of the Horizon 2020 programme.
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The Rome Statute as Evidence of Customary International Law
On 9 April 2019, Yudan Tan defended her thesis 'The Rome Statute as Evidence of Customary International Law'. The doctoral research was supervised by Prof. dr. W.A. Schabas.
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Cautious communicators: Strategic communication of European Union commissioners in regulatory decision-making
Müller, Braun & Fraussen examine the conditions under which commissioners appear in the news and which communication strategies they pursue.
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Data Breaches and Effective Crisis Communication: A Comparative Analysis of Corporate Reputational Crises
Online data breaches are recurrent and damaging cyber incidents fors organizations worldwide. This study examines how organizations can effectively mitigate reputational damages in the aftermath of data breaches by hacking, through situational crisis communication strategies.
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Foreign investment in Africa
English The purpose of this research is to identify and examine the challenges faced by African States in the field of foreign investment with a view to contribute not only to the academic debate, but also to foster awareness and develop the capacities of these States with regard to the drafting, negotiation…
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The Derivational Timing of Ellipsis
This volume explores the nature of ellipsis, the core phenomenon that results in various types of omission in sentences.
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Litigating the Rights of the Child
This book examines the impact of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) on national and international jurisprudence, since its adoption in 1989.
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Life on a Strip
Joanna Krenz defended her thesis on 15 May 2018.
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Off the wall: characterisation and exploitation of a cell wall deficient life style in filamentous actinomycetes
Almost all bacteria are enveloped by a cell wall that provides cellular protection.
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Rationally designed peptide based functional biomaterials
Promoter: J.G.E.M.Fraaije, Co-promotor: A. Kros
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The Uses of Justice in Global Perspective, 1600–1900
The Uses of Justice in Global Perspective, 1600–1900 presents a new perspective on the uses of justice between 1600 and 1900 and confronts prevailing Eurocentric historiography in its examination of how people of this period made use of the law.
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The social brain in adolescence
What is the neural basis of social decision-making across childhood, adolescence and adulthood and what are the developmental patterns in terms of behavior and brain activation?
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Interaccion Colonial en un Pueblo de Indios Encomendados
El Chorro de Maita, Cuba
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The Story of Constitutions: Discovering the We in Us
Today, 189 out of 193 officially recognised nation-states have a written constitution, and 75% of these have been ratified since 1975. How did this worldwide diffusion of constitutions come about?
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The iconography of Avalokiteśvara in Java
Sofia Sundström defended her thesis on 5 March 2020.
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Nature and human interactions
It is well-known that humans have significantly transformed ecosystems since their adoption of agriculture. However, in a deeper past, prehistoric hunter-gatherers may already have altered and modified their niche in ways that had major impacts on ecosystems.
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The Modern Transformation of Korean Political Thinking: Revisiting the Political Ideas of the Late Nineteenth-Century Reformists
Choong-Yeol Kim defended his thesis on 14 November 2019
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Things Change: Black Material Culture and the Development of a Consumer Society in South Africa, 1800-2020
This book is the first systematic analysis of the changes in the use of goods and services by households of Black South Africans since the early nineteenth century.
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From closed museum spaces to inclusive cultural meeting points
As museums face more scrutiny and are being demanded to decolonize, there are opportunities for Dominican museums to adopt a critical perspective and turn their collections and exhibitions into connections to our cultural past, present, and future.
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Study of utilization of combined hormonal contraceptives in Europe
Combined hormonal contraceptives (CHC) are associated with an increased risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE). In 2013, a review was published by the European Medicines Agency (EMA). In this review, the authors concluded that the risk of VTE varies by the type of progesterone in the CHC. Subsequently,…
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Too Close for Comfort: Cyber Terrorism and Information Security across National Policies and International Diplomacy
In this article for Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, the authors analyse the evolution and interplay of national policies and international diplomacy on cyber terrorism within and across the UNSC’s permanent five members and the UN process on cyber norms (GGE and OEWG).
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Systemic Accountability of the European Border and Coast Guard
On 11 November 2021, Mariana Gkliati defended the thesis 'Systemic Accountability of the European Border and Coast Guard'. The doctoral research was supervised by Prof. P. Rodrigues and Prof. L. Besselink (UvA).
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Application of technology
Our courses embrace developments in technology. Our teachers adapt technological innovations to their discipline, and we keep our teaching up to date on rapid developments in the digital world.
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Historicising Art and Literature
Historicising Art and Literature is one of the six research themes of the LUCAS Modern and Contemporary cluster.
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Pots, Farmers and Foragers
Pottery traditions and social interaction in the earliest Neolithic of the Lower Rhine Area
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The promise of bureaucratic reputation approaches for the EU regulatory state
Reputation literature has provided crucial insights about the evolution of the US regulatory state. Daniel Carpenter’s influential account painstakingly demonstrates the relevance of reputation to bureaucratic ‘power’ and to early institutional state-building in the US context. We argue that adopting…
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Probing Gravity at Cosmic Scales
The theoretical explanation of cosmic acceleration is nowadays one of the biggest puzzles in cosmology.
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Software and Business
The mission of Software and AI in Business (SA&B)connects the domains of science, business, and policy. Scientific research we focus on at Leiden in areas such as artificial intelligence promises to reshape our societies for the better. Translating science into positive societal impact however requires…
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Quantitative uncertainty in LCI
Overall dispersion in LCA as result of inherent uncertainties, spread and unrepresentativeness.
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Yiatrosofia yia ton Anthropo: Indigenous Knowledge of Medicinal, Aromatic and Cosmetic (MAC) Plants in the Utilisation of the Plural Medical
Promotor: Prof.dr. L.J. Slikkerveer
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Etruscan religion
Research in the field of Etruscology at the Faculty of Archaeology of Leiden University (UL; the Netherlands) aims at exploring the history of the religious and ideological mentality of the Etruscans by studying archaeological, epigraphical and ancient written sources.
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The recording industry and ‘regional’ culture in Indonesia : the case of Minangkabau
This book explores chronologically, for the first time, the representation and redefinition of Indonesia’s regional cultures through recording media, from the introduction of the gramophone record through the current video compact disc (VCD) era, taking as case study the Minangkabau ethnic group.
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Transnational networks and domestic agencies
This dissertation studies how domestic regulatory agencies and the officials representing them are influenced by and deal with the increasingly complex transnational environments in which they have come to operate. Based on (social) network analysis it demonstrates how decisions of domestic agencies…
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Qualifying standpoints: Stance adverbs as a presentational device for managing the burden of proof
The aim of this study is to specify the strategic function of stance adverbs when qualifying a standpoint in an argumentative discussion.
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A Priori Truth in the Natural World : A Non-referentialist Response to Benacerraf's Dilemma
The main question addressed in this thesis is how we can best conceive the contrast between a priori and empirical truths.
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Lone Actor Terrorist Attack Planning and Preparation: A Data‐Driven Analysis
This article provides an in‐depth assessment of lone actor terrorists’ attack planning and preparation.
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Press freedom, law and politics in Indonesia
Press freedom in Indonesia is still under pressure, despite the demise of Soeharto’s regime in 1998
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Towards Open and Reproducible Terrorism Studies: Current Trends and Next Steps
In recent years, the use of primary data in terrorism research has increased. In order to maximise the benefits of this trend, we want to encourage terrorism scholars to implement open science practices more systematically. This article therefore presents different avenues towards open and reproducible…
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Latino-Punic and its Linguistic Environment
This thesis attempts to describe the entire corpus of Latino-Punic inscriptions, found in Tripolitania.
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(Non)recognition of legal identity in aspirant states: evidence from Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Transnistria
Ramesh Ganohariti will examine legal identity in three post-Soviet aspirant states and outline four common scenarios in this article.