238 search results for “interventions” in the Student website
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Network of student well-being officers create connections
It’s an important theme at the University and beyond: student well-being. Even before coronavirus, research showed that loneliness and the pressure to succeed were causing particular problems for students, and these problems have only increased since the pandemic. Work is underway to improve the sit…
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GP in the Bible Belt: does God play a role in consultations?
Jaïr van Rhenen studied Medicine in Leiden and is now a GP in the largely religious Veenendaal. Before this, he worked as a tropical medicine doctor in Lesotho. ‘If you have the prospect of an afterlife, you often respond differently to illness.’
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An app to help children overcome anxiety
Anke Klein and her team have devised a fun and useful app to help anxious children. In the app, children can upload a video of themselves showing, for example, something that went well for them and share their success with parents, granny or grandad. Developmental psychologist Klein talks about the…
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How democratic is our kingdom? New ministry chair for Leiden political scientist
When we talk about the Kingdom of the Netherlands, it is not just about the Netherlands. On the contrary: our Kingdom consists of no less than four countries, three of which are Caribbean islands. This structure is complex, to say the least. Although all countries are officially equivalent, in practice…
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How to address sensitive subjects in class?
The war between Russia and Ukraine, the conflict in Gaza or the global rise of the far-right: topics that stir up emotions but are also regularly discussed in classes at Political Science. Moreover, with a diverse group of students, there is a great diversity of life experiences, backgrounds and opinions.…
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Volgens hoogleraar Sarah Wolff zijn EU-migratiedeals een slechte oplossing voor een niet bestaand probleem
Nu in heel Europa rechtse partijen hoog scoren in de peilingen is de verwachting dat de discussie omtrent migratie flink opgeschud gaat worden. Desondanks maant hoogleraar Sarah Wolff tot kalmte.
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Neem niet gelijk alles aan wat er in een wetenschappelijk tijdschrift staat, leren studenten in deze nieuwe lesmodule
In de rubriek ‘Onderwijsheden’ delen Psychologiedocenten hun belangrijkste inzichten over college geven. Deze maand: Anouk van der Weiden ontwikkelde met een team collega’s en studenten een lespakket kritisch lezen, toepassen en schrijven. ‘Studenten denken: wie ben ík om kritiek te geven op een gepubliceerd…
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Once more Erasmus grants awarded for international cooperation
This year, eleven exchange projects from Leiden University received an Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility education grant. The total award of almost €510.000 enables 98 students and staff members to go on exchange.
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Forecasting Finlandization: How will Xi’s China seek to revise East Asia’s regional order?
Lecture
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What’s up, Dyonisia & Chaeremon? Prof. Jakub Urbanik on Law-Application in the Roman Egypt and P. Oxy. II 237
Lecture
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ASCL Seminar: Animals in Africa - Human-animal relationships through the lenses of decoloniality and ubuntu
Lecture
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Delivering Meaningful Justice to Indigenous Victims of International Crimes
Conference
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How to Work for Peace: A Dialogue with Dionysius Mintoff, the ‘Father of Peace’
Debate, Fireside Peace Chats
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ASCL Seminar: Seeing Development Approaches and Narratives from the African Periphery, 1979-2023
Lecture
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POSTPONED - Gastro-Politics & Gastro-Ethics of Diversity: Negotiating Islam in an Entangled World
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Prioritizing Global Responsibilities: The Ethics of Global Priority-setting
Lecture
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Lecture by Prof. Taylor: Dementia at the Ragged Edges of Family and the State
Lecture
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Space for Academic Dialogue: on the concept of genocide, the right to protest and academic boycotts
Debate
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Student for a Day - MSc Crisis and Security Management, spec. Governance of Violence
Study information
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Student for a Day - MSc Crisis and Security Management, spec. Governance of Violence
Study information
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Social Science Matters: Out-of-home placement
...What does seem clear, though, is that there is a great deal of room for improvement in the process of out-of-home placement. The FSW's social and behavioural scientists give their views.
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Willem van der Does sheds new light on the at times pitch-black history of psychiatry
Piercing through the skull with an ice pick, administering electric shocks without an anaesthetic, or applying leeches to the uterus: these may seem like medieval methods of torture, but they are in fact therapies used in medicine. Willem van der Does writes about all of them in his new book. ‘Physicians…
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New professor Elise Dusseldorp: ‘The longer you’re in research, the more humble you become’
Elise Dusseldorp has been appointed Professor in the Methodology and Statistics of Psychological Research. In the same way that she spends her spare time rambling through the forest, as a professor she sifts through colleagues’ research data. ‘I often come across information that doesn’t appear in the…
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Newsletter Student Support FSW April 2022
This Student Support FSW newsletter tells you all about the services provided by the FSW POPcorner, Career Service, and Community Engagement Service. You can read about upcoming activities and vacancies, and pick up tips on study skills, personal and professional development, student well-being, study…
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Sources and Strategies in Translating the Canonical Readings of the Qur’an: A case study of Sūrat al-ʾAnʿām
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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ASCL Seminar: Girls’ Education, Neoliberal Subjectivity, and Sacrifice in Niger
Lecture
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What Do We Mean When We Say “Academic Freedom”?
Lecture, LUCIS Keynotes
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CareerCollege Working at an NGO
Career and apply for jobs
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Roundtable: 2024 Elections Pakistan, Indonesia and India
Roundtable | SSEALS
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Student for a Day - MSc Crisis and Security Management, spec. Governance of Violence (Rescheduled - 18 November)
Study information
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26 Research and Education Grants in 2020 for the Institute of Security and Global Affairs
Whilst 2020 has been an unusual and taxing year for colleagues at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA), the Institute nevertheless can look back on an impressive range of successful grant applications during the previous year. This impressive result was achieved on top of excellent results…
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Michiel Westenberg advocates prevention for social anxiety: ‘Why wait until the damage has been done?’
Shyness is perfectly normal, Michiel Westenberg stated in his farewell lecture. But that doesn’t mean that social anxiety shouldn’t be identified and addressed in good time. ‘Serious shyness has strong genetic roots; you don’t just get over it.’
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Project presentations of 3 grand winning research projects within Social Citizenship & Migration
Conference, Presentation
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Turkey’s Centennial: Democracy, Diplomacy, Security
Lecture, Panel Discussion
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Inclusivity with Law: What does it mean to look at diversity and inclusion from a legal perspective?
Conference, D&I Symposium
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OverActing | Theatre Festival Leiden
Festival
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LUC Major Choice Declaration Deadline
Study information, Major Choice Event
- FSW Career Days: 21-23 November 2022