Studievoorlichting

The high velocity tail of the total velocity distribution of stars provides essential insight into fundamental properties of the Galaxy.

Promotor: W. Jaffe, Co-promotor: K. Meisenheimer

This article 'Shaping the European External Action Service and its post-Lisbon crisis management structures: an assessment of the EU High Representatives’ political leadership' assesses the role, influence and core aspects of the EU High Representatives’ (HR/VPs) “political leadership” in the context…

The Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics states that a measurement collapses a wavefunction onto an eigenstate of the corresponding measurement operator.

Promotor: Prof.dr. E. Bouwman, Co-Promotor: S. Bonnet

We explored how to morphologically classify well-resolved jetted radio-loud active galactic nuclei (RLAGN) in the LOw Frequency Array (LOFAR) Two-metre Sky Survey (LoTSS) using machine learning.

In this thesis the combinatorial use of bioorthogonal labelling and Electron Microscopy (EM)-based imaging techniques is explored to enable observations of specific molecular targets in their ultrastructural context within the cell.

The focus of the described research in this thesis is on the oxidative stress response (Nrf2 pathway). The aim of the research presented in this thesis is to obtain more information concerning microRNAs which are involved in the Nrf2 pathway, to determine and evaluate the application of microRNAs for…

Fokelien Kootstra verdedigde haar proefschrift op 23 april 2019

Accumulation of metals in economy and environment and its associated risks, within the Netherlands and the EU.

Promotor: Carel J. ten Cate, Co-Promotor: Hans W. Slabbekoorn

In some condensed matter systems, such as the surface of a 3D topological insulator, the electrons are effectively massless and we must necessarily use the massless Dirac equation to describe them.

Hoe kan de methode om de gecombineerde effecten van metaal-gebaseerde chemische stoffetn te bepalen worden verbeterd?

Op 19 september 2019 verdedigde Lynette Janssen zijn proefschrift 'EU Bank Resolution Framework: A comparative study on the relation with national private law'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door promotoren prof.mr. W.A.K. Rank en prof.mr. M. Haentjens.

In this thesis, we have studied the potential of the zebrafish larval model in studying the ECS, as a complementary model to the existing rodent models.

There is an increasing amount of attention on EU and its Member States contributions to implementation of two landmark agreements: the Paris Climate Agreement and the UN Agenda 2030 with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Absent from the current literature is an analysis of the political effect of…

Promotor: J.W.M. Frenken

Artful Mathematics: The Heritage of M. C. Escher

This thesis consists of two subjects, that are both a consequence of radiation pressure.

Promotor: Prof.dr. J.A. Bouwstra, Co-promotor: A. El Ghalbzouri

High-angular-resolution observations of the circumstellar material have uncovered numerous and very diverse substructures in protoplanetary discs, raising the question of whether they are caused by forming planets or other mechanisms.

Welke kansen en bedreigingen vloeien voort uit de institutionele en normatieve diversiteit op het terrein van de rechten van de mens voor de effectieve bescherming van die rechten in een wereld die gekenmerkt wordt door pluralisme?

Promotores: Prof.dr. J. Schaye & Prof.dr. C. Steidel (California Institute of Technology)

During my PhD research, I studied the photon statistics of light emitted by a microcavity that contains a single quantum dot (QD) on resonance.

Cardiovascular diseases are among the most frequent causes of death in the world. The main underlying pathology of cardiovascular diseases is the development of atherosclerosis in the medium and large-sized arteries.

Op 9 juni 2020 verdedigde Maral Darouei haar proefschrift 'Managing a sustainable career in the contemporary world of work: Personal choices and contextual challenges'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door promotor prof.dr. J.I. van der Rest.

What is the current relevance of the ethics of counterterrorism and what is the added value of ethics support within the practice of counterterrorism?

Promotor: Jelle S. Kaastra Co-promotor: Jelle de Plaa

Glucocorticoids (GCs) are widely prescribed as anti-inflammatory drugs due to their well-established immunosuppressive effects.

Promotor: J. Zaanen, Co-Promotor: V. Juricic

This initiative is intended to support generative research collaborations between and among scholars located in different geographical regions who wish to pursue focused, joint projects in any area of the study of religion.

Organic molecules in interstellar space are important as they influence the structure of galaxies and star formations. Studying catalytic processes in space allows us to understand how molecular species are formed and chemically evolved in the interstellar medium and solar system objects.

Is er sprake van een tanende legitimiteit van het recht en bestuur in een veellagige rechtsorde en welke betekenis heeft (afnemende) legitimiteit voor de effectiviteit van het recht?

Op 5 september 2019 verdedigde Jennifer Doekhie haar proefschrift 'Dimensions of desistance: A qualitative longitudinal analysis of different dimensions of the desistance process among long-term prisoners in the Netherlands'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door promotor prof.dr. P. Nieuwbeerta.

Promotor: Prof.dr. M. Franx, Co-Promotor: Rychard Bouwens

Diverse types of exoplanets such as gas giants on close-in orbits (hot Jupiters) and young massive giants on wide orbits (super Jupiters), with no analogs in the Solar System, pose challenges but also opportunities to our understanding of planet formation and evolution.

Where does the urge to collect come from? What are the explicit or underlying reasons for gathering large amount of objects?

In dit artikel leveren Bert Fraussen en Valérie Pattyn een theoretische bijdrage aan de bestaande literatuur over beleidsadvies door zich te laten inspireren door de nichetheorie.

Dit onderzoek probeert een begrip van misfit te creëren, conceptuele kennis te vergroten, bestaande kennis te benadrukken en nieuwe onderzoeksrichtingen te schetsen.

Dit artikel geeft een overzicht van de literatuur over de effecten van multilevel governance (MLG) op de beleidsreacties van regeringen op Covid-19.

Dit artikel geeft antwoord op de vraag: Hoe kunnen we de ontwikkeling van eco-labels gestructureerder en transparanter maken?

Matthew Hoye pleit voor een regulerend analytisch perspectief om de sancties tegen Afghanistan te bekijken.

Although nanoparticles are extensively used in various applications like consumer products and have most probably entered the environment, little is known about the effects of these particles on living organisms.

Op 18 juni 2019 verdedigde Neta Palkovitz Menashy haar proefschrift 'Regulating a Revolution: Small Satellites and the Law of Outer Space'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door promotoren prof. dr. P.M.J. Mendes de Leon en prof. dr. G. Molier.

This interdisciplinary study focuses on (trans)national ethnic and popular networks, combining historical-ethnographic and computational methods to understand the ‘workings’ of networked conflict interfering in the increasingly violent conflict in the Sahel (Africa) and beyond. The project focuses on…

Promotor: Prof.dr. J.N. Kok, Co-Promotor: W.A. Kosters

Parkinson's disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disease in the world. One of its symptoms is the loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta.

Description of The Regional Network on the Synergy between the Convention on Biological Diversity and the UN Convention to Combat Desertification.

Forgotten Lineages explores the paths through which generations of formally enslaved and their descendants gradually forgot their past of enslavement under Dutch and British imperial rule and became local subjects in Sri Lanka and South Africa. It explores why and how forgetting rather than memory became…