3,904 zoekresultaten voor “arts in the spotlight” in de Publieke website
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Liberal Arts and Sciences: Global Challenges (BA/BSc) - Leiden University College
Bij Leiden University College (LUC) in Den Haag staan ‘Global Challenges’ centraal. Global Challenges zijn de grote, maatschappelijke uitdagingen van de 21ste eeuw waar we gezamenlijk een oplossing voor moeten vinden, zoals klimaatverandering, armoede, ongelijkheid, vrede en recht. Onze opleiding is…
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Establishing State Responsibility in the Absence of Effective Government
Op 16 juni 2020 verdedigde Andrea Varga haar proefschrift 'Establishing State Responsibility in the Absence of Effective Government'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door promotoren prof. dr. N.J. Schrijver en prof. dr. F. Baetens (University of Oslo).
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Monsters in the Deep: Using simulations to understand the excess baryonic mass in the centres of high-mass, early-type galaxies
This thesis aims to enhance our understanding of galaxies by testing theoretical models of galaxy formation against observations, particularly in the cases of extreme systems which have been found to have an excess of baryonic mass in their central regions, in the form of either supermassive black holes…
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Network analysis methods for smart inspection in the transport domain
Transport inspectorates are looking for novel methods to identify dangerous behavior, ultimately to reduce risks associated to the movements of people and goods. We explore a data-driven approach to arrive at smart inspections of vehicles.
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Hunting for new physics in the primordial Universe
This thesis contributes to studying primordial cosmology theories and their detectability in future observations.
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LUC 101: Q&A met een student van Liberal Arts & Sciences!
Studievoorlichting, LUC 101 | Studievoorlichting
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Precision modeling of breast cancer in the CRISPR era
The molecular mechanisms that instigate a healthy cell to become malignant are fueled by (epi)genetic alterations in so-called driver genes.
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Probing new physics in the laboratory and in space
The Standard Model (SM) of particle physics fails to explain several observed phenomena and is incomplete. In order to resolve this problem, one may extend the SM by adding new particles.
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Human-wildlife Interactions in the Western Terai of Nepal
Large carnivores and humans, along with their livestock, have co-existed for thousands of years. However, human population growth and an increase in economic activities are modifying the landscape for large carnivores and their prey.
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Tail Regeneration in the Tokay Gecko (Gekko gecko)
Regeneration is the ability of an organism to restore damaged or lost tissue with a functional replacement, and without scarring. Many lizards can regenerate their tails.
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Giant galactic outflows and shocks in the Cosmic Web
The radio sky harbours both galactic and extragalactic sources of arcminute- to degree-scale emission of various physical origins. To discover extragalactic diffuse emission in the Cosmic Web beyond galaxy clusters, one must image low–surface brightness structures amidst a sea of brighter compact fore-…
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Harmful Tax Competition in the East African Community
Op 13 januari 2022 verdedigde Pie Habimana het proefschrift 'Harmful Tax Competition in the East African Community'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door prof.dr. H. Vording en prof.dr. S.C.W. Douma (UvA).
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Fire and grazers in the West African savanna
Promotores: H.A. Udo de Haes, H.H.T. Prins, Co-promotor: H.H. de Iongh
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Alumni in nieuwe (online) spotlight
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BRASILIAE. Indigenous Knowledge in the Making of Science: Historia Naturalis Brasiliae (1648).
Investigating the intercultural connections that shaped practices of knowledge production in colonial Dutch Brazil.
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Spatiotemporal building stock modeling for residential decarbonization in the Netherlands
Decarbonizing the building stock is critical for realizing the climate-neutral target for the Netherlands.
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BIAS: Mitigating Diversity Biases in the Labor Market
Het project onderzoekt het gebruik van kunstmatige intelligentie op de arbeidsmarkt en hoe vooroordelen bij het aannemen en promoten van processen op basis van persoonlijke kenmerken mogelijk worden gereproduceerd met op AI gebaseerde systemen.
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Early death of massive galaxies in the distant universe
Promotor: M. Franx, Co-Promotor: I.F. Labbé
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Winds in the AGN environment: new perspectives from high-resolution X-ray spectroscopy
Promotor: J.S. Kaastra Co-promotor: E. Constantini
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FAIR-ASSESS: Fair Educational Assessment in the Age of AI
Welkom bij het project Fair Educational Assessment in the Age of AI (FAIR-ASSESS)!
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in atherosclerosis: mechanistic studies revealing a protective role in the plaque microenvironment
Atherosclerosis is the most important underlying process that drives cardiovascular disease, and is characterized by an accumulation of cholesterol which triggers an inflammatory response in the vessel wall.
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Diversity and distribution of octocorals and scleractinians in the Persian Gulf region
Promotor: E. Gittenberger, Co-promotores: B.W. Hoeksema; L.P. van Ofwegen
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Structure and substructure in the stellar halo of the Milky Way
Promotor: K.H. Kuijken
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Rituals of Birth, Circumcision, Marriage, and Death among Muslims in the Netherlands
Migration imposes special pressures on the meaning, experience and organization of lifecycle rituals. These pressures are felt most strongly by Muslim migrants to Western Europe. In this innovative study, Nathal M. Dessing examines the effects of migration on the life cycle rituals of Moroccan, Turkish…
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The dust and molecular gas in the torus of NGC 1068
An Active Galactic Nucleus (AGN) is a highly luminous region at the center of a galaxy, powered by the accretion into a supermassive black hole and emitting energy from radio waves to gamma rays, often outshining the host galaxy.
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From supernovae to galaxy clusters: observing the chemical enrichment in the hot intra-cluster medium
Promotor: Jelle S. Kaastra Co-promotor: Jelle de Plaa
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Paul Scholten. Book chapter in Great Christian Jurists in the Low Countries
Timo Slootweg, associate professor at he department Philosophy of Law, published a chapter about Paul Scholten in
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Galaxy clusters in the decameter sky
Many galaxy clusters exhibit bright diffuse radio emission that traces the underlying structure of the intracluster medium (ICM).
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Intelligence in the Global South (GLOBALINT)
GLOBALINT is een baanbrekend onderzoek naar inlichtingendiensten in het ‘mondiale Zuiden’. De centrale vraag is ‘hoe beïnvloeden (on)democratische verschuivingen in politiek bestuur de inlichtingendiensten in de context van gewelddadig conflict?’
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Regulating Competition in the Digital Network Industry
In december 2024 verscheen bij Cambridge University Press het boek Regulating Competition in the Digital Network Industry van dr. Jasper van den Boom, assistent-professor EU-mededingingsrecht aan het Europa Instituut van de Universiteit Leiden. Het boek introduceert een nieuw analytisch kader voor het…
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The Invisible History of the United Nations and the Global South - INVISIHIST
The main aim of this project is to reveal and unravel the invisible histories of the UN, transcending the dominant Western perspective to recover the historical agency of Global South actors. The research will investigate how the UN has both facilitated and limited their role in shaping global order…
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Studies of dust and gas in the interstellar medium of the Milky Way
Promotor: Prof.dr. A.G.G.M. Tielens
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Human skin equivalents for atopic dermatitis: investigating the role of filaggrin in the skin barrier
Promotor: Prof.dr. J.A. Bouwstra, Co-promotor: A. El Ghalbzouri
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Microstructural and Metabolic Alterations in the Zebrafish Brain Induced by Toll-Like Receptor 2 Deficiency
Advanced UHF MRI techniques provide powerful tools for studying the zebrafish brain, an emerging model in neurological research. In this work, various MRI and localized MRS methods are optimized and employed for UHF strength for studying the zebrafish brain.
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Tales of Orion: the interplay of gas, dust, and stars in the interstellar medium
Promotores: Prof.dr. A.G.G.M. Tielens, Prof.dr. L. Kaper (UvA)
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Layered loyalties: the Natuurkundige Commissie in the Netherlands Indies (1820-1850)
This dissertation, Layered Loyalties: The Natuurkundige Commissie in the Netherlands Indies (1820-1850), studies the Natuurkundige Commissie.
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A Model Membrane Approach to Elucidate the Molecular Organization in the Skin Barrier
Promotor: J. A. Bouwstra
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Chitin in the fungal cell wall: towards valorization of spent biomass of Aspergillus niger
Aspergillus niger is an important industrial producer of organic acids and enzymes producing large amounts of spent fungal biomass.
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Child Sexual Abuse in the Digital Era: Rethinking Legal Frameworks and Transnational Law Enforcement Collaboration
Op 11 juni 2020 verdedigde Sabine Witting haar proefschrift 'Child Sexual Abuse in the Digital Era: Rethinking Legal Frameworks and Transnational Law Enforcement Collaboration'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door promotoren prof.mr. J.J. Sloth-Nielsen en prof.dr.mr. S. van der Hof.
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Asia and the UN
Subproject of the ERC project 'Challenging the Liberal World Order from Within: The Invisible History of the United Nations and the Global South'.
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Bijdrage Peter Rodrigues aan congresboek New dynamics in the European Integration Process – Europe post Brexit
De negende Network Europe Conference in Edinburgh werd in juni 2017 gehouden en was georganiseerd door het Europa Instituut in Zurich.
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Vrouwelijke informatici in de spotlight
Op 17 november vindt de eerste keer de Informatics Ladies' Day plaats, voor vrouwelijke scholieren die zich oriënteren op hun studiekeuze. Tijdens deze dag laten informatici zien dat Informatica zeker geen vakgebied is alleen voor mannen. Hierbij alvast een voorproefje!
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Vrouwelijke informatici in de spotlight
Op vrijdag 16 november vindt voor de tweede keer de Informatics Ladies' Day plaats, voor vrouwelijke scholieren die zich oriënteren op hun studiekeuze. Tijdens deze dag laten informatici zien dat Informatica zeker geen vakgebied is alleen voor mannen. Hierbij alvast een voorproefje!
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Plastic Spotter in de spotlight
Verschillende media berichten over plastic Spotter Campagne die op 27 november werd afgetrapt. Met Plastic Spotter wil de Universiteit Leiden plastic onderzoeken én opruimen. Leidenaren kunnen zelf meehelpen door met een speciale app het plastic te spotten.
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LHTBI+ inclusiviteit in de spotlight
Waarom is je seksualiteit of genderidentiteit relevant op je werk? Deze vraag stond centraal in de lezing van Jojanneke van der Toorn, bijzonder hoogleraar LGBT workplace inclusion aan de Universiteit Leiden, tijdens de jaarlijkse Workplace Pride Conference in Brussel op 23 juni.
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P. J. Cosijn Research Fellowship
Het P.J. Cosijn Research Fellowship is een initiatief om veelbelovende Research MA-studenten van de Universiteit Leiden met interesse in Angelsaksische studies de kans te geven onderzoek te doen naar Oudengelse taal- en letterkunde. De Cosijn Fellowships zijn onderdeel van het door ERC gefinancierde…
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Nieuw boek: Monitoring Children’s Rights in the Netherlands
Onder redactie van Ton Liefaard, Stephanie Rap and Peter Rodrigues is het boek ‘Monitoring Children’s Rights in the Netherlands. 30 Years of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child’ (Leiden University Press) verschenen.
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Engagement of citizens and public professionals in the co-production of public services
The idea of citizens and public professionals collaborating to provide public services has widely spread in several countries around the globe. Co-production is often presented as the go-to solution for challenges like a legitimacy crisis of both the government and the market, and financial concerns.…
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MYC transcription factors: masters in the regulation of jasmonate biosynthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana
Promotor: J.M. Memelink
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Spotlight op Pre-University Classes deel 1: Cryptische codes
Geheime berichten versturen, wachtwoorden veiligstellen of simpelweg een tekst onleesbaar maken? Het heeft allemaal te maken met wiskunde. Afgelopen week is het jaarlijkse PRE-Classes programma van start gegaan. De middelbare scholieren die deelnemen aan het wiskunde traject zijn straks experts op het…