801 search results for “leiden empowerment food” in the Staff website
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Michael Meffert
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Food for Thought: Unhealthy Finance -Shifting Responsibilities in Society”
Lecture, Food for Thought
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Land for Food: Property contests in capitalist heartlands
VVI Research Meetings 2024-2025
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Land for Food: Property contests in capitalist heartlands
VVI Research Meetings 2023-2024
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Sustainability prize for research into the effects of a plant-based diet
Paul Behrens and his team have won the Frontiers Planet Prize of half a million euros for their research into the effects of switching to a plant-based diet.
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How the eating habits of a limited group of Americans determine sustainability
Masses of hamburgers, steaks, cheese and a lot of eggs: Americans love their animal products. But researcher Oliver Taherzadeh discovered that only a relatively small group of high-volume consumers need to modify their diet to achieve an enormous environmental gain.
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Ancient Roman cuisine was varied, international and accessible to all social classes
Banquets for the rich, porridge for the poor and a standard diet of bread, olive oil and wine. Just a few assumptions about the Roman diet.
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'Society would flourish with new farming styles’
‘The climate crisis is the greatest threat we face,’ says Leiden University environmental scientist Paul Behrens. ‘And yet, there is hope. In the near future, I think we will wonder why we didn’t make these changes earlier.’
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Techno-power in the Food Supply Chain
Lecture, Histories Connected: Work-in-Progress
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Food Security among the Orang Rimba in Jambi
PhD defence
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Akinyinka AkinyoadeAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Jan AbbinkAfrika-Studiecentrum
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18 billion animals a year: they die, but never end up on our plate
Each year a staggering 18 billion chickens, turkeys, pigs, sheep, goats, and cows either die or are killed without making it onto someone's plate. Environmental scientists Juliane Klaura, Laura Scherer, and Gerard Breeman were the first to calculate this number on a global scale. 'Reducing these numbers…
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Kaya PeerdemanFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Café University Library closed from 4-17 November
Facility, Library
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GTGC Lunch Seminar: Transformation and connections through food/waste in Dutch cities
Lecture
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transformation’: trust, participation, and new socialities around collective food procurement networks in Gdańsk
PhD defence
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Medieval MasterChefs: From Byzantine Christmas Banquets to the Leiden Food Labs
Lecture, End of Year Event
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Archaeologist Amanda Henry linked to Naturalis as Professor by Special Appointment on the Evolution of the Human Diet
Starting September 2024, Amanda Henry has started a new role as Professor by Special Appointment on the Evolution of the Human Diet at Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Leiden. She will use this position to draw closer ties between the Faculty of Archaeology and Naturalis, and explore means for public…
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LEF grant for Semiha Aydin to pilot social anxiety treatment
Semiha Aydin is one of the three first-generation researchers who received a grant from the Leiden Empowerment Fund to stimulate their scientific career.
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Towards a Muslim Futurist Movement: On the Power of Imagining, Space Building, and Community
Lecture, LUCIS Meets | Masterclass
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Zsuzsika SjoerdsFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Other facilities
To do your job well, it is important to have essential facilities at your disposal. Various facilities are available in and around the Sylvius building for you to use.
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Lecture HallEinsteinweg 57, Leiden
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SnelliusNiels Bohrweg 1, Leiden
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HuygensNiels Bohrweg 2, Leiden
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Read the three most downloaded papers by CADS researchers
Three of our researchers have been awarded a certificate for receiving enough downloads to be in the top 10% of papers in 2022
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The social roots of radicalisation: What Europe’s largest extremism study reveals
The rise of extremism in Europe has increased polarisation. The EU-funded DRIVE project, led by Tahir Abbas, Professor of Radicalisation Studies from Leiden University’s Institute of Security and Global Affairs, explores how social, structural, and individual factors contribute to radicalisation, offering…
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Leiden Research Support Network Onboarding & Networking Event
Workshop
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University LibraryWitte Singel 27, Leiden
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Reimbursement of expenses for business trips abroad
If you travel abroad for your work, you are entitled to reimbursement of expenses for lodging, meals, minor expenditure, and transport with the approval of the institute.The amount reimbursed depends on the country you travel to. If you book your business trip via UniGlobe, you do not need to advance…
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Workshop: Leiden Research Support Network Conference 2025 Preparation
Workshop
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Save the date: Leiden Research Support Network Conference 2025
Conference
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Carlotta Rigotti and Gianclaudio Malgieri on sexual violence and harassment in the metaverse
On 24 April 2024, Carlotta Rigotti and Gianclaudio presented their new report on sexual violence and harassment in the metaverse during a webinar co-organised by AUDRi, Equality Now, and VULNERA.
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Van SteenisEinsteinweg 2, Leiden
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Pieter de la CourtWassenaarseweg 52, Leiden
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Archaeology students make museum exhibition on Sugar: ‘Before this I had no idea how sugar was produced’
When following a course on archaeology of the Crusaders, five archaeology students were presented the unique opportunity to create a small exhibition at the National Museum of Antiquities. The coronavirus situation made a complex task even more challenging. ‘We had to work through the lockdown with…
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2023 Annual T.M.C. Asser lecture by Michael Fakhri
Research
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Plain of plenty: Farming practices, food production, and the agricultural potential of the Late Bronze Age (1600 – 1200 BCE) Argive Plain, Greece
PhD defence
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NSE campaign week at the faculty
On Monday we welcomed our students to the faculty with hearts, chocolate, and asking them to take the National Student Survey (NSE). A combination of Valentine’s Day and the start of the NSE campaign week – encouraging students to take the online survey.
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LEF grant for legal history research into limitation of marine liability
In July 2021 the Leiden Empowerment Fonds (LEF) awarded a research grant of €13,500 for research into the history of maritime law in early modern times.
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International Women's Day: the visibility of women in archaeology
On 8 March, International Women’s Day, equal opportunities for women worldwide, empowerment, and gender equality take centre stage. For years, the role of women in the past has been nearly invisible. Four archaeologists reflect on this inequality of focus, from hunter-gatherers in the palaeolithic to…
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Collaborations: Jessica Kiefte-De Jong (LUMC) and Paul Behrens (FWN) on Food & Sustainability - Discussion Meeting + Network Drinks
Lecture
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Please keep your desk crumb free!
Facility
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Include local communities in policymaking
Forest degradation has limited the Orang Rimba's access to forest resources. As a result, they've had to make significant cultural modifications and adaptations. Ekoningtyas Margu Wardani explains in her PhD dissertation these transformation processes among Contemporary Indonesian Hunter-Gatherers through…
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Hard chews: why mastication played a crucial role in evolution
We do it every day but barely give it a thought: chewing our food. But the ‘simple’ process of masticating food may have played a crucial role in the evolution of our jaws, facial muscles and teeth.
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Collaboration across borders: virtual learning between Leiden University College and Myanmar
Jyothi Thrivikraman set up a Virtual International Collaboration project with a university in Myanmar.
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‘Climate damage and nature loss are unfairly distributed. And so are the solutions’
In the fight for a liveable planet, we desperately need a fairer distribution of wealth and equal rights for all, argues anthropology professor Marja Spierenburg. ‘That will also generate broad-based support for sustainable development.’
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Call for Participation: Winter School Digital Visual Engagements in Anthropological Research
The ERC consolidator project "Food Citizens? Collective food procurement in European cities: solidarity and diversity, skills and scale" will organise a winter school on visual and collaborative methods in anthropological research at Leiden University’s Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development…