Promotie

Hieronder vind je de antwoorden op een aantal veelgestelde vragen over toelating tot de klinische specialisaties van de Master Psychologie.

The field of exoplanet research is rapidly advancing through the development of new technology, observing techniques, and post-processing methods.

De onderzoeksgroep Cyber Security Governance bestudeert de impact van moderne technologie op governance, soevereiniteit, wetshandhaving en internationale betrekkingen, en levert toonaangevend academisch onderzoek en beleidsinzichten.

In the Schouwburgstraat, LUGO is currently redesigning the back-garden in order to increase biodiversity and make it a more beautiful space. Throughout October 2023 until March 2024, we will be making changes to the garden with our team of volunteers.

1: What is the relative importance of alfa and beta biodiversity in polar ecosystems, and how does intraspecific variation influence this? 2: How can we use remote sensing to determine functional biodiversity (within communities) in polar ecosystems? 3: Temporal and spatial scales of functional biodiversity:…

Religious Studies at Leiden University allows you to study a broad spectrum of religions and their manifestations.

Promotor: E. Bouwman, Co-promotor: S. Bonnet

Monoacylglycerol lipase (MAGL) is the principal enzyme responsible for hydrolysis of the endocannabinoid 2-arachidonoylglycerol (2-AG). MAGL inhibition provides several potential therapeutic opportunities, including anti-nociceptive, anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer activity.

Promotor: Prof.dr.ir. E. Deprettere

The experiments described in this thesis employ local lentiviral knockdowns in brain areas of female zebra finches followed by behavioural assays consisting of preference and Go/Nogo tasks.

Over the last decades, aviation safety has improved strongly. As a downside, airline pilots do not have as many opportunities to develop through experience the competencies that they need in critical situations.

Development of GHG calculator for bio-electricity and heat.

Mechanical metamaterials are man-made materials which derive their unusual properties from their structure rather than their composition.

Does a high quality prairie restoration in an urban/agricultural landscape provide invertebrates necessary for a sustainable ecosystem?

Cholesterol influences many pathways, including serving as precursor for adrenal steroidogenesis. Imbalance of cholesterol levels has been implicated in several diseases including cardiovascular diseases and its underlying pathology, atherosclerosis.

Bacterial chemosensory arrays are protein assemblies that are the key structural and functional component for motile bacteria to sense their internal or environmental chemical signals.

Op 23 februari 2022 verdedigde Cale Davis het proefschrift 'Prosecutorial Discretion in International Criminal Justice'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door prof.dr. C. Stahn en dr. J.C. Powderly.

In the thesis the dynamics of strategies is studied from two perspectives.In the first part of the thesis strategies are considered to be opinions present in a community.

In this thesis, we use low-frequency and high-frequency radio observations to address the following questions regarding quasars: is the radio loud/quiet quasar dichotomy real?

In surface science there is great effort to move from studying simple, flat model surfaces in vacuum to investigating more complex model catalysts in gas environments (in situ). This thesis gives three examples of such studies using microscopy and spectroscopy.

A new publication on changes in the relationship between news and their public in Chile

This dissertation presents the results of the importance of creativity for ICT-students of Dutch universities of applied sciences (in Dutch: hogescholen), and the functioning of training courses that aim to promote creative abilities is highlighted.

Promotor: M. Danhof, Co-promotor: E.C.M. de Lange

The origin and evolution of galaxies are closely tied to the cyclic feedback processes between stars and the interstellar medium (ISM).

A modern ship design process is subject to a wide variety of constraints such as safety constraints, regulations, and physical constraints.

Astronomical observations of cold regions in the universe show a rich inventory of ices. Part of these ices may end up on planets like our own, but in that journey they will be exposed to considerable amounts of radiation.

LCA has become an important method to study environmental impacts of human activities. Still, there are several methodological issues in LCA that can adversely affect the results reliability.

Promotor: Prof.dr. B.R. Katzy, Prof.dr. H.J. van den Herik, Prof.dr. G.H. Baltes (University of Applied Sciences Konstanz)

Promotor: P.D. Grünwald

This thesis considers multi-prover commitment schemes whose security is based on restrictions on the communication between the provers.

PhDArts co-director Dr. Janneke Wesseling’s e-book ‘De volmaakte beschouwer, De ervaring van het kunstwerk en receptie-esthetica’ was recently published. The key question of the book is: how does the work of art work?

Does the presence of Ring-necked parakeets negatively influence feeding and feeding behaviour of native bird species on artificial bird feeders and if so, what are possible solutions?

Comparing the global warming potential (GWP) of the service provided by an iRex Digital Reader to the same service provided by an office printer using a scanning LCA.

Promotores: S.J. Edixhoven, P.Parent

Artificial photosynthesis has recognised potential to produce green and sustainable fuels from earth-abundant resources such as water, carbon dioxide (CO2), and sunlight.

What performance criteria does a new technology have to fulfill in order to be added to the list of future energy options and what constraints exist in terms of broad market penetration?

Een interessante discussie die momenteel gevoerd wordt, is of teksten beter op papier of van een beeldscherm gelezen kunnen worden. Vooral in de media – maar ook op scholen – lijkt de balans op dit moment door te slaan naar papier: Een papieren tekst zou leiden tot een intensievere leesstrategie en…

Congres/symposium

What are the pressing issues of our time, and how can different disciplines come together to address them? Studium Generale and Leiden University College (LUC) present the Global Challenges series: events that bring together a researcher from LUC and an expert from another discipline to tackle a shared…

Tekenaar en schrijver Peter van Straaten overleed op 9 december op 81-jarige leeftijd. Hij was sinds 2011 eredoctor aan de Universiteit Leiden. Hoogleraar Klinische Psychologie Willem van der Does – destijds zijn erepromotor – blikt terug.

De toon van het politieke debat verhardt, ook in Nederland. Dat komt volgens hoogleraar Klinische Psychologie Willem van der Does onder meer doordat emoties in het stemhokje veel belangrijker zijn dan rationele overwegingen. ‘Je kunt niet blijven judoën als er ook een kickbokser meedoet.’

De wisselbeker voor de beste psychologiedocent is een jaar lang in bezit van Wilco van Dijk. Rob Nobel verovert nu ook de facultaire scriptieprijs. Hij schrijft in 2011 al de beste masterscriptie Psychologie; Moji Aghajani de beste scriptie in de researchmasteropleiding. Beiden ontvangen een oorkonde…

De Pieterskerk Leiden viert haar 900-jarig jubileum. Als onderdeel van het jubileumjaar organiseert de Pieterskerk Leiden i.s.m. Studium Generale een aantal lezingen.

Op 10 november 2021 verdedigde Carmel van Niekerk-Jacobs het proefschrift 'Realising the right to reproduce with assistance in South Africa'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door prof.dr. J.J. Sloth-Nielsen en prof.dr. T. Liefaard.

How do you make a technology sustainable that does not even exist yet? Well, by bringing together an interdisciplinary team of pioneering European experts right at the start and paying attention to sustainability right from the development phase.

The Economics and Governance specialisation of the Master in Public Administration teaches you to formulate problem-solving approaches to concrete policy issues found at the intersection between economics and public administration. This specialisation is a unique joint offering of the Department of…

How does the management of Elephant Marsh Fishery in Malawi relate to wider contexts of policies, theories and regions? And how can the current management system be adapted to achieve long-term sustainability of the fishery?

Description of Atlas of the surfacewater concentrations of pesticides in the Netherlands, a pilotstudy.