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Anika Bexkens Professor Evidence Based Clinical Practice for Child and Adolescent Mental Health
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen

Discover plant-based food at the university during Meat- and Dairy-Free Week Announcement - 4 March 2024
Facility

Leiden archaeologists create open educational resources on agent-based modeling News - 13 June 2024
The past two years, Laura van der Knaap and Professor Karsten Lambers worked on creating open teaching materials on agent-based modeling, funded by Erasmus+ and in collaboration with Danish, Irish and Dutch partners. Programming is an important skill involved in this, which is often seen as intimidating…

Wimar Bolhuis chief economist at research-based consultancy firm Ecorys News - 11 November 2021
As chief economist, Bolhuis will conduct research on topical economic issues. Besides this position, he will remain active as a lecturer at the Department of Economics at Leiden Law School.

into Indian scriptures: ‘This is what our understanding of Hinduism is based on’ News - 26 April 2022
Professor Peter Bisschop has been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant. He will invest the 2.5 million euros in his research into puranas: ancient texts, commonly written in Sanskrit, that are up to fifteen hundred years old.

Wouter Hins: Intimidating journalists undermines democracy based on the rule of law News - 27 October 2022
Angry politicians, angry journalists: the initiative of Forum for Democracy politician Gideon van Meijeren during which he secretly filmed a reporter portraying them as a ‘sewer rat’, caused a lot of anger. Where does all this commotion come from? Wouter Hins: ‘Calling a journalist a "sewer rat" is…

Simcha Jong Kon Chin Professor of Science-based business
Science

An International Rule-Based Order and China in the Global Arena Event - 1 May 2023
Lecture

Towards a community-based heritage in the Caribbean: Challenges and practices Event - 3 April 2023
Symposium

Leaving Science: A Large-Scale, Cohort-Based, Longitudinal Approach, 2000-2022 Event - 16 February 2024
Seminar

‘Science is always the foundation for finding the best treatment, but we should broaden our scope' News - 14 August 2024
As of 1 August, Anika Bexkens has been appointed Professor of Evidence-Based Clinical Practice for Child and Adolescent Mental Health. Her research focuses on the optimal application of scientific knowledge in practice. ‘Scientists and practitioners often speak past each other.’

The Power of Evidence unravelled in new research programme News - 14 March 2023
Governments and public sector organisations consider evidence-based or evidence-informed policymaking as one of the pillars of good governance. That is to say: policies that are informed by scientific knowledge, expertise and evidence. In the research programme 'Power of Evidence', Valérie Pattyn and…

Lived Experience of VR simulation at the LUMC
Simulation training has emerged as a cornerstone of medical education providing an immersive and experiential learning environment for learning healthcare professionals. In recent years, virtual reality has introduced a groundbreaking paradigm to simulation-based training, uncovering many benefits for…