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Blog Post | Co-managing International Crises or not Managing Them At All
Markus Kornprobst writes about managing international crises.
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New women’s network: ‘Sophia’
Leiden University has a new network for female academics: Sophia. Sophia strives for equal opportunities and a better working environment for female academic staff.
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Searching for the wanted and unwanted effects of innovation
How does ICT affect society? Mirjam van Reisen, professor Computing for Society at the Leiden Centre of Data Science, is intrigued by this question. We speak with her about innovation, changes in health care, and mobile human trafficking. ‘Innovation has many benefits, but it can also be very disrup…
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Peter van Bodegom on sustainable horticulture
Dutch greenhouse horticulture is a world leader when it comes to innovative capacity and sustainability, but ‘the challenges are great in terms of energy, water, environment and biodiversity,’ says Peter van Bodegom, coordinator of AgriFood at the Centre for Sustainability of the Leiden, Delft, Erasmus…
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‘Nature likes a mess’
Wouter Moerland is on a two-year secondment as ecology adviser at the Municipality of Leiden. This biology alumnus talks animatedly about his work. ‘We’re working hard to increase nature’s chances in town.’
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Growing diversity of Dutch population not immediately visible at universities
The intake of bachelor’s students from classic immigration countries whose prior education was in the Netherlands does not reflect the growing diversity in society. This is according to data from Statistics Netherlands.
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University elections: student parties introduce themselves
Better links with the job market, diversity, quality of education, student well-being and free coffee. All these are issues that the student parties taking part in the University elections will be fighting for. The candidates are keen to tell you a bit about themselves. Between 9 May and 13 May you…
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‘A logical step from medieval literature to fact-checking’
Alumnus Peter Burger – along with his colleague Alexander Pleijter – is the face of fact-checking in the Netherlands. ‘My degree led straight to this.’
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II Food Sovereignty Forum in Warsaw, Poland
Between the 30th of January and the 2nd of February 2020 around 250 people took part in the II Polish Food Sovereignty Forum.
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Rector Hester Bijl on education in times of corona: ‘We have high hopes, but we are also realistic.'
The Dutch universities as a whole are lobbying for a 'normal' academic year from the end of August, where on-campus teaching will be possible. It's a view that Leiden University shares. Rector Hester Bijl talks about what teaching will be like then. She also looks back on a year of lockdown.
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Trade union grant for psychology research into the effect of a basic income
Psychologists Fenna Poletiek and Erik de Kwaadsteniet have received a grant from the FNV trade union to research people’s attitude to work if they receive a basic income. How do they plan to find answers?
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Here’s to the next 443 years as a bastion of freedom
‘Praesidium Libertatis is a daily responsibility.’ These were the words of Rector Magnificus Carel Stolker on 8 February during the 443rd Dies Natalis of Leiden University. The University needs to pay continuous attention to open debate if it wants to remain a bastion of freedom.
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Leiden University celebrates curiosity at 449th Dies Natalis
How has evolution shaped our curiosity? And how does that curiosity ensure that we now have the technological ability to discover whether we are alone in the universe? This was all covered during the celebration of Leiden University’s 449th Dies Natalis.
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Deans celebrate ten years Honours Academy: ‘We are educating people who can make a difference’
The Honours Academy celebrates its tenth anniversary. How did the institute develop over time, and what are aspirations for the future? We speak with the current Dean and a predecessor who was there at the Academy's founding. A conversation about identity, inspiration, and impact ensues. ‘It is about…
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Leiden AI Week
Leidse AI-Week
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International Women’s Day
Event
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The influence of English on Belgian Dutch: Studying the suspects, Addressing the allegations
Lecture, LUCL Colloquium - Lunch Series '23/'24
- GTGC Economy Seminar
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Working for the EU, something for you?
Career and apply for jobs
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Alumni event South and Southeast Asian Studies
Alumni event
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Data Management Plan course for PhD's
Didactics, Career development
- Workshop: ‘Worker’s Health and Material Environment in Port Cities (1300-1700)’ (Leiden University and University Ca’ Foscari Venezia)
- Open Science Coffee: ChatGPT in science: academic (dis)honesty or better science?
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Liveable planet lunch meeting - Politics of Attention for the Environment: Small Steps and Big Leaps.
Lecture
- GTGC lunch seminar: Elina Zorina on Distinctiveness in the Parliamentary Arena
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webinar Population Health Management
Study information
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Research & Funding Opportunities
AMT’s mission includes encouraging innovative high-quality research in Leiden on Asia. On this page you will find an overview of AMT related research projects, grant possibilities, publications and vacancies.
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Monthly Reads | Project 0100
Each month we will be spotlighting material we have been reading, or that have been recommended to us that relate to AI and a particular theme.
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Career College: Working at an NGO
Career and apply for jobs
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Lancering The Hague Global Futures Hub
Conference
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Masterclass Leadership: Shakespeare & Retorica
Leadership
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CPP Colloquium: "The Normative Implications of Structurally Supported Autonomy"
Lecture
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EuroScience Open Forum Leiden
Conference, ESOF Conference
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Human Trafficking and Piracy in Early Modern East Asia: Maritime Challenges to the Ming Dynasty Economy, 1370–1565
Lecture, China Seminar
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Workshop ‘Disinformation and Human Rights in Context’
Conference
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Liveable Planet Lunch Lecture: ‘If you want to travel far, go together’: transdisciplinary collaboration for a Liveable Planet - Laurens Hessels
Lecture
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Intergenerational Justice and Human Rights in a time of Planetary Crises in Africa
Conference
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Bibliometric Data Sources and Indicators 2024
Research
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CPP/NWO Who Owes What Colloquium: 'An African perspective of Intergenerational Justice'
Lecture
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Discovering and Uncovering the Crimmigration Control Apparatus from Within
Lecture
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Prospects for law reform and democracy under Indonesia’s new president
VVI Research Meeting 2023-2024
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Technology and privacy: trust or mistrust?
Conference
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Introductie webinar cyber security
Study information
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Rethinking Crimmigration through the lens of Criminal Selectivity: The selective role of criminal law in migration control at external EU borders
VVI Research Meeting 2023-2024
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Older publications
Overview of the publications of the department of Environmental Biology (1972-2015)
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The formation of Islam: The view from below
By examining the impact of Islam on the daily life of those living under its rule, the goal of this project is to understand the striking newness of Islamic society and its debt to the diverse cultures it superseded. Questions will be the extent, character, and ambition of Muslim state competency at…
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Humans of Humanities
In the Humans of Humanities series, we will do a portrait of one of our researchers, staff members or students, every other week.
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Cosmopolis
Cosmopolis seeks to explore the transnational and cultural dimensions of intra-Eurasian encounters through Dutch sources.
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Seminars
LCN2 organizes seminars on the last Friday of each month.