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The limits of tolerance: before and after Brexit and the German Refugee Crisis
This study investigates how two social and political developments, in the UK and Germany, impacted on the experiences of minorities and the attitudes of majorities vis-à-vis tolerance in those two countries. The results provide a thought-provoking picture of the views of minority and majority groups…
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Brain and Development
What is the relation between brain development and social and cognitive development across childhood, adolescence and adulthood?
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General Labour History of Africa: Workers, Employers and Governments, 20th-21st Centuries
The first comprehensive and authoritative history of work and labour in Africa; a key text for all working on African Studies and Labour History worldwide.
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Framing international cooperation: citizen support for cooperation with the European Union in Eastern Europe
This article studies the influence of framing on preferences for cooperation with the EU.
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Egypt and the Augustan Cultural Revolution
This book presents an archaeological overview of the presence and development of Egyptian material culture in the context of Augustan Rome.
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Research
Here we share findings into the effectiveness of the Designing Your Life education at Leiden University. Our study indicates that DYL education has a positive effect on students’ confidence and competencies.
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Four Coptic homilies attributed to Athanasius of Alexandria
This research studies the authenticity of the texts and tries to find an accurate dating to them using other parallel texts (Sahidic and Arabic), and aims to find out how the people of this age viewed their hero, the founder of orthodoxy, Athanasius.
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From Clients to Citizens? Emerging Citizenship in Democratizing Indonesia
What is the impact of Indonesia’s democratization process on everyday state-citizen relations?
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Arithmetic of affine del Pezzo surfaces
In this thesis integral points on affine del Pezzo surfaces are studied.
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Like me or else...
Nature, nurture and neural mechanisms of social emotion regulation in childhood
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Dutch Grammar in Japanese Words
On the 12th of September, Lorenzo Nespoli successfully defended a doctoral thesis. The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Lorenzo on this achievement!
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Teaching
Research training projects in the MCBIM group - Bachelor and master students of all chemistry related studies are more than welcome to take part in our research activities. We have various research projects, all in one way or another involving transition metal ions. Daily supervision in the laboratory…
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Assessing Legislation for Libya’s Reconstruction
An assessment of Libyan legislation
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Language processing and the multilingual brain
This project looks at how the native language influences processing mechanisms of non-native language(s) as well has how it influences brain structure and functional connectivity.
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Grotius Centre contributes to ICC ASP Expert Discussion on Effectiveness and Efficiency
On 24 November 2015, Prof. Carsten Stahn participated as external expert in a special plenary session of the Assembly of States Parties on the efficiency and effectiveness of Court proceedings, chaired by the co-chairs of the Study Group on Governance of the Assembly.
- ICM 2022
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Effects of heavy fields on inflationary cosmology
Promotor: Prof.dr. A. Achucarro, Co-Promotor: J.W. van Holten
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Substances from Cradle to Grave
Materials balances have been used in the recent past for the analysis of substance oriented environmental problems and the formulation of measures for environmental policy. In this study an integrated tool, based on the materials balance principle, has been developed for the analysis of both environmental…
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Software and data for circular economy assessment
This thesis investigates how the assessment of circular economy (CE) at the macro-economic level can be facilitated and promoted.
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Peer feedback on academic writing
Feedback from fellow students on academic writing is as informative as that of teachers.
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Electrocatalytic CO2 reduction toward liquid fuels : on heterogeneous electrocatalysts and heterogenized molecular catalysts
With the energy transition toward a renewable energy supply and a CO2-neutral economy, electrification of the energy system is rising in importance, which leads to the challenge of long-term storage of renewable electricity.
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Taxation of Cross-border Inheritances and Donations
On 3 June 2021, Vassilis Dafnomilis defended his thesis 'Taxation of Cross-border Inheritances and Donations'. The doctoral research was supervised by Prof. F. Sonneveldt and Prof. S. Douma (UvA).
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Law and peace in the work of Hans Kelsen
Law and peace in the work of Hans Kelsen. A re-evaluation of Kelsen’s legal philosophy: legal pacifism as tacit meaning of his Pure Theory of Law
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Autophagy and Lc3-associated phagocytosis in host defense against Salmonella
Control of infectious diseases poses continuous challenges for human health.
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The holographic glass bead game: from superconductivity to time machines
Promotores: Prof.dr. J. Zaanen & Prof.dr. K.E. Schalm
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Exploring the magnetic, turbulent Milky Way through radio waves
Promotor: Prof.dr. H. J. A. Röttgering, Co-Promotor: Dr. M. Haverkorn
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Protective interventions by local elites in early Islamic Egypt
On 13 September 2023 Eline Scheerlinck successfully defended a doctoral thesis and graduated.
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Translation
Empirical and experimental research focusing on literary, legal, medical and audiovisual translation.
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Student projects
To get an idea of the science communication products and research that is possible, a few examples of student projects of recent years are shown below.
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In the hands of a few: Disaster recovery committee networks
This study examines recovery planning committees across Japan's Tohoku region.
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Intermediality, Media Practices and Media Literacy
Intermediality, Media Practices and Media Literacy is one of the six research themes of the LUCAS Modern and Contemporary cluster.
- ICM 2023
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Children's Response to Humor in Translated Poetry
On the 12th of December, Alice Ross T. Morta successfully defended a doctoral thesis. The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Alice on this achievement!
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Zebrafish as vertebrate model of Gaucher disease
Lysosomal storage disorders (LSDs) are a group of orphan diseases characterized by lysosomal dysfunction or impaired lysosomal catabolism and affect collectively about 1 in 5000 live births.
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Eye-contact in childhood and adolescence
Effects of age and social anxiety
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A History of Alorese (Austronesian): Combining linguistics and oral history
On the 16th of February, Yunus Sulistyono successfully defended a doctoral thesis. The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Yunus on this achievement!
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Quan/Qual analysis of drugs and metabolites in biological matrices
Can we develop a generic method for Quan/Qual analysis of small molecule drugs, their metabolites and endogenous metabolites in (pre-)clinical samples?
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Music production and its role in coalition signaling during foraging contexts in a hunter-gatherer society
For the first time, a group of international and interdisciplinary researchers led by Karline Janmaat and her former MSc Student Chirag Chittar, have tested the several hypotheses on music simultaneously in a modern foraging society during their daily search for tubers – their staple food. They found…
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An archaeology of skill
Metalworking Skill and Material Specialization in Early Bronze Age Central Europe
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Testing gravity on the largest scales with kids and friends
What are the 'dark' components of the universe?
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In search of a politesse du chant - Rediscovering salon vocal performance practice through the lens of the airs sérieux in the Recueils d’airs
This dissertation examines the airs sérieux contained within the Recueils d’airs serieux et a boire de differents autheurs published by the Ballard printing house in Paris between 1695 and 1699 inclusive.
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Assessment of museum environments in Jordan
This study seeks to identify suitable local environments conditions for the objects displayed at the Jordanian museums using the proper methods in order to contribute to the stabilization of these objects.
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Evolutionary diversification and historical biogeography of Orchidaceae in Central America with emphasis on Costa Rica and Panama
In this thesis, I targeted the orchid genus Lepanthes, one of the six genera of angiosperms that surpasses 1,000 species in the Neotropics, as a study model to investigate the evolutionary processes that promoted species diversifications.
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Mission adapted: the hidden role of governors in shaping central bank operating missions in Hungary
In this article, Makszin developed a conceptual framework for the operating mission of an independent Central Bank and traced changes in the operating mission of the Hungarian National Bank over its recent 27-year history together with Sebők and Simons. This study aims to understand the dynamics of…
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LUGO’s position within Leiden University
The LUGO team is part of the Administration and Central Services department of the university, with it falling under the Strategy and Academic Affairs department. Naturally, it falls into the sustainability team of the University, which consists of two full-time employees alongside the LUGO Team. The…
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On the external relations of Purepecha
On April 26th, Kate Bellamy succesfully defended her doctoral thesis and graduated. The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Kate on this great result.
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Identification-imitation-amplification: understanding divisive influence campaigns through cyberspace
Jelena Vićić and Richard Harknett offer an analytical construct to better understand the mechanism by which cyber-enabled influence operations work
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The activation mechanisms of G protein-coupled receptors: the case of the adenosine A2B and HCA2/3 receptors
Promotor: A.P. IJzerman
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Sources
Increasingly, primary sources from the period before the emergence of digital media are being digitized. These “digital surrogates” have facilitated the work of (historical) researchers; instead of having to visit several archives, libraries and other places, the (primary) sources appear in front of…
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Twelve months old infants' evaluation of observed comforting behavior using a choice paradigm
As humans we have a tendency to judge certain actions as either right or wrong. Where does our moral sense come from? We found evidence that infants who are only one year old prefer those who comfort as opposed to ignore another who is sad.