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MENA Cultures and Global Aesthetics
Aesthetic formations and cultural repertoires give meaning to our reality in ways that are never neutral. Focusing on the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and its global interlocutors, this project brings together a team of scholars from Leiden University who bring in inter-disciplinary, inter-area…
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Schadenfreude and the role in social relations
Leiden psychologist Wilco van Dijk and communication scientist Jaap Ouwerkerk of VU University Amsterdam published a book about the emotion Schadenfreude. The authors describe what the emotion Schadenfreude really is, when people experience the emotion, and what role it plays in social relations.
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Role of pupil-synchronisation in trust
Here I propose to study the relationship between autonomic pupil-synchronisation and trust, at the behavioural and neural level, and examine a targeted set of possible contextual moderators.
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Social support and quitter-identity may help smokers quit
Receiving positive support and seeing yourself as being a quitter may help smokers quit, say Eline Meijer and colleagues. The health psychologists published their study in Social Science & Medicine.
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Leiden Consortium on Individual Development (L-CID)
Why are not all children equally responsive to variations in the social environment?
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Sharing knowledge about social media in Africa
Africa is online. Leiden Africa expert Mirjam de Bruijn is fascinated by the fast development of mobile telephony and social media in Africa. She maintains a website on the topic, focusing on isolated, marginalised and conflict-ridden areas in Middle Africa.
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The importance of friendships in reducing brain responses to stress in adolescents exposed to childhood adversity: a pre-registered systematic
Up to 50% of all children and adolescents growing up worldwide are exposed to at least one form of childhood adversity (CA), which is one of the strongest predictors for later-life psychopathology.
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Social mindfulness varies across the globe
Compare human social behaviour at a country level and you will find differences. Japan has the highest score whereas the Netherlands is just above average. This is what psychologist Niels van Doesem discovered in research with an international team of 64 colleagues in 31 industrialised countries. Their…
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Report by Dutch Committee on Social Minimum
On Thursday 28 September, the Committee on Social Minimum, of which Koen Caminada is a member, presented its second report to outgoing minister for poverty policy in the Netherlands, Carola Schouten. The Committee was established by the minister at the request of the House of Representatives.
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‘For good measure’: data gaps in a big data world
Sarah Giest and Annemarie Samuels, both Assistant Professors at Leiden University, researched the quality and coverage of the data being collected for policiymakers to be used, specifically pertaining to minority groups.
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Reform of Social Legislation Speaker Series
On Friday 17 November at 15.30h Prof. Simon Deakin will give the first seminar of the Reform of Social Legislation Speaker Series
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Diversity officer Aya Ezawa on George Floyd and racism: ‘this is a time for reflection’
The death of George Floyd has led to fierce protests against police violence in the United States and beyond. What effects are we seeing in our University community? We discussed the situation with Diversity Officer Aya Ezawa.
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Probing complex problems
Issues such as climate change, the depletion of natural resources or social inequality are too complex to be addressed from a single scientific discipline or by a single country. Leiden University has the expertise to bring the resolution of these enormous problems a small step closer.
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Respiratory health and disease in the Netherlands
Studying the impact of urbanisation on the respiratory health of past Dutch populations (1200-1850 CE).
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African Studies (BA)
Africa is fascinating! In today’s globalised world, the continent plays an increasingly important role in international social and cultural developments. Would you like to explore the many sides of Africa and its impact on the rest of the world, while also learning one of its languages? Our African…
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About the programme
The Arts, Media and Society programme in its introductory year will give you a sound foundation of core knowledge about modern and contemporary art and art history. You will also start developing your academic skills. In the second and third year, you will explore the impact that art has on society…
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Extremely shy and genetically close
Investigating neurobiological endophenotypes of Social Anxiety Disorder
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Media use and brain development during adolescence
Nowadays children grow up with social media. This may influence the development of brain regions involved in social interaction. In their review article in Nature Communications, Crone and Konijn illustrate how neuroscience can contribute to a better understanding of how media and peers influence adolescents'…
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UnMiSSeD - Understanding Misinformation and Science in Societal Debates
UnMiSSeD studies the interaction between misinformation and science in societal debates using a mixed qualitative-quantitative approach.
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the Motivating Factors Driving Men and Women to Engage in Far-Right Social Movement Activism in the Present-Day United States
In the present-day United States, to what degree(s) are far-right men and women similar and/or dissimilar in their motivating factors for engaging in far-right social movement activism?
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Corinna Jentzsch
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Renetta Bos
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Mirre Stallen
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Stephanus Huijbregts
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Hannah De Mulder
Faculty of Humanities
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Armin Cuyvers
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Michaël Opgenhaffen
Faculty of Humanities
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Maarten Koese
Science
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Kiki Zanolie
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Sophy Baird
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Eva Sievers
Science
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Andrew Shield
Faculty of Humanities
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Bernard Bernards
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Michelle Achterberg
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Diana Suhardiman
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Coen Wirtz
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Alex Geert Castermans
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Luuk de Ligt
Faculty of Humanities
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Indira Huliselan
Faculty of Humanities
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Yinzhi Zhang
Faculty of Humanities
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Cristiana Strava
Faculty of Humanities
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Marlou Schrover
Faculty of Humanities
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Marret Noordewier
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Ariadne Schmidt
Faculty of Humanities
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Daan Scheepers
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Dilara Erzeybek
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Eliska Prochazkova
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Marike Knoef
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Paul van Trigt
Faculty of Humanities
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Frank Takes
Science