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Autism and loneliness at school: ‘I always have to stifle my feelings’
Echoing corridors, chaotic lessons and the obligatory chit-chat in the playground: for pupils with autism, an average day at school is exhausting. As a result, many of them feel lonely. Elijah, an expert from personal experience, says: ‘In the breaks, I’d sit on my own in a room.’
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Forensic speech recognition: emerging scientific field in Leiden
On 4 June 2018, students of the Forensic Speech Science master’s course visited the Netherlands Forensic Institute (NFI) in The Hague. They were presented with practical examples, such as speech research with voice recordings of suspects. Forensic phonetics is a young, rapidly developing discipline…
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Ten Leiden researchers awarded a Veni grant
Ten Leiden researchers will receive funding of up to 280,000 euros from the Dutch Research Council (NWO). They will use this grant to develop their research ideas in the coming three years.
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Creating a sustainable university: ‘You need breathing space for activist work’
More papers, more grants, more students: constant growth is still the gold standard at universities. Neuroscientists Anne Urai and Claire Kelly argue that this mentality obstructs us in resolving such complex societal problems as the climate crisis. Their alternative? The university as a doughnut.
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Psychologist Bart Verkuil strikes a blow against burnout
Burnout is on the increase. It is caused by group pressure, being ‘on’ all the time and asking too much of ourselves. Clinical psychologist Bart Verkuil advises lowering our expectations.
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Not only full professors: the entire examining committee can now wear academic dress
Permission was recently given for all members of the examining committee and co-supervisors at PhD ceremonies to wear academic dress, even if they’re not full professors. How historic is this change?
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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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Twenty years of MIRD: four alumni speak up
Big celebration upcoming weekend: MIRD's 20th anniversary is on the cards. Four alumni from different periods tell what this unique two-year master's in International Relations and Diplomacy has brought them.
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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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Catalin Popa’s Leiden experience: “Archaeology needs to contribute to society.”
Originally from Romania, Catalin Popa has been working at our Faculty as a Postdoc for two years now. He is a landscape archaeologist with a deep interest in the role of archaeology in society. “We should also produce a message for non-academics. One that is shaped for people that don’t have the time…
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Symposium 'Ethics and Moral Hazard in the Banking Union'
On the 10th November 2016, The Hazelhoff Centre for Financial Law organised a symposium on “Ethics and Moral Hazard in the Banking Union” in the historic Academy Building of Leiden University.
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Plenty of online alternatives for prospective students with questions
Chats with students, webinars or online experiences. Fortunately, in these times of social distancing with prospective students currently unable to visit Leiden University, there are plenty of online ways to find out what it’s like to study at Leiden University. What are they?
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How mathematician Hendrik Lenstra completed an unfinished artwork by Escher
Twenty years onwards, in a review of an Escher exhibition in Italy, Nature Physics writes about it again: Leiden mathematicians helping Escher out. A reconstruction of how emeritus professor Hendrik Lenstra tracked down a 44-year-old problem.
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Ten Leiden researchers awarded ERC Starting Grants
Ten scientists from Leiden University will receive a Starting Grant from the European Research Council. This will allow them to launch their own project, form their own research team and implement their best ideas.
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Poor countries recycle far more of our plastic than we thought. But it's not enough.
Countries that import plastic waste recycle an average of at least 63 percent of it. This is surprising, as we previously believed that the vast majority was incinerated or ended up as litter. This was discovered by PhD candidate Kai Li and his colleagues from the Institute of Environmental Sciences in…
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Age checks need to respect children's rights
A variety of age checks are required, both in order to protect children and to ensure that they can participate online, a new study funded by the European Commission finds. The article on the study, co-authored by Simone van der Hof, Professor of Law and Digital Technologies at eLaw, was published in…
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Career College: Working as a Data Scientist
Career and apply for jobs
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Consensus and ideology in expert communities: The case of economics
Seminar
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Leiden University Nationalism Network
Lecture, Leiden University Nationalism Network
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Archaeozoology is essential to modern environmental management
Lecture
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LIBC Colloquium
Lecture
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Seminar: POPNET Connects with with Naja Hulvej Rod
Lecture
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Computational modeling of pharmacokinetics and tumor dynamics to guide anti-cancer treatment
PhD defence
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Gender and International Criminal Law
Conference, Seminar
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CPP Colloquium: A Tale of Two Crises. Or, Where is the Political Philosophy of the Biodiversity Crisis?
Lecture
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Political Economy of Vaccine Diplomacy: Explaining Varying Strategies of China, India, and Russia’s COVID-19 Vaccine Diplomacy
Lecture, Lunch Research Seminar
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Understanding Continuity and Change in US Counterterrorism Policy Through Policymaker Profiles
PhD defence
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Church and Politics, Humanity and Resistance: The Case of the Bethel Church Asylum in The Hague
Lecture
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Optimal population turnover for cultural evolution depend on network size, density and learnability
Lecture
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Plant occurrence in space and time: the importance of land use, habitat structure, and pollination mode
PhD defence
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Preferences and Beliefs in Behavior and the Brain
PhD defence
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Webcam eye tracking: yay or nay?
Lecture, LACG Meetings
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Interdisciplinary aspirations and disciplinary archives: Losing and finding John M. Weatherby’s Soo language data
Lecture, This Time for Africa! Series
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Challenging Native Speakerism in Language Ideologies: Insights on German from the perspective of French speakers
Lecture, LUCL Sociolinguistics Series 2022/2023
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CMGI Brown Bag Seminar
Lecture, CMGI Brown Bag Seminar
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‘New’ dialect grammar across borders: Brabantish hyperdialectisms at the interface of sociolinguistic enregisterment and focus marking
Lecture, Com(parative) Syn(tax) Series
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Learning to perceive: Psychological and neural processes underlying placebo and nocebo effects on cutaneous sensations
PhD defence
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Quantitative Pharmacology Approaches to Inform Treatment Strategies Against Tuberculosis
PhD defence
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Do societal promises influence patent value? An analysis of inventions in artificial intelligence
CWTS Seminar
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Administrative burden in universities: Key dimensions, potential drivers, and implications for university-based research
CWTS Seminar
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Van Marum Colloquium: Proton-coupled electron transfer at interfaces: the importance of non-ideal isotherms
Lecture
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The neurocognitive correlates of pausing in L2 speaking and writing
Lecture, LUCL Colloquium - Lunch Series '23/'24
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Career College: Working as a Consultant
Career and apply for jobs
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Labour Regulation of International Aviation: A Crawl-Walk-Run Approach in International Law
PhD defence
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Chair of UN Studies in Peace and Justice
From 1 August 2018, Alanna O'Malley was appointed as Chair of United Nations Studies in Peace and Justice, focusing on the ‘lesser-known actors’ of the UN: women, the youth, the agents of informal diplomatic networks within the UN and actors from the Global South. This Special Chair has been created…
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Publications
This is a list of scientific publications by students and staff of the Media Technology MSc programme.
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SRS seminar series
Seminar series
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Small Grants Past Research Projects
The LUCDH foster the development of new digital research by awarding a number of Small Grants each year. These are our past awardees.
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Birth of a Pelagic Empire: Japanese Whaling and Early Territorial Expansions in the Pacific
Lecture