In this course, you will develop an understanding of evolutionary processes and their formative power. You will see how evolution has shaped biodiversity, and continuously influences our daily life.

How does governing work today, and how does society handle pressing challenges in ways that are democratic, effective, fair, peaceful, and sustainable?

Evolutie is elke dag om je heen. Dat is de boodschap van de nieuwe Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) van de Universiteit Leiden en Naturalis die 19 september van start gaat.

In het kader van de zomerschool "Medieval Religon" geeft prof. Christopher M. Bellitto (Kean University) op 26 juni een keynote lezing getiteld "Politics and Religion in the Middle Ages and Today: Thoughts of an American Medievalist". Deze lezing is ook toegankelijk voor geïnteresseerden die niet deelnemen…

Today, knowledge is the most crucial element to stimulate organizational competitiveness and economic development.

Promotor: F. Arbab

Galaxies are environments where gas coalesces, cools, and is converted into stars. However, it remains unclear the exact mechanisms through which galaxies acquire, redistribute and lose their gas.

Promotie

Discover the master program population Health Management at Leiden University and contribute to a more integrated health care system. Learn more!

In this course, we will focus on the fascinating history of the Arabic Medieval World. We will take you on a journey through the Middle Ages. All along, we will present you with historiographical debates and dilemmas and travel back and forth in time explaining to you how events of the past affected…

In today's volatile market environments, companies must be able to continuously innovate. In this context, innovation does not only refer to the development of new products or business models but often also affects the entire organization, which has to transform its structures, processes, and ways of…

Even though more than 4000 extra-solar planets are known today, only a small fraction of these has been captured in an image. To better understand the planet formation mechanisms in solar-like environments we started the Young Suns Exoplanet Survey (YSES).

Discover the master program Health, Ageing and Scoiety at Leiden University and contribute to a future proof health care system. Read more.

Review of new technical decisionsupport systems in the environmental field, and application in water management decission processes.

In de Nederlandse natuur verdwijnen plantensoorten die afhankelijk zijn van bestuiving door insecten. Milieuwetenschapper Kaixuan Pan toont dat aan na analyse van 87 jaar aan metingen van meer dan 365.000 locaties. Verschillende media in binnen- en buitenland berichtten over de studieresultaten. Hieronder…

In this project innovative technology for photovoltaics cells is developed and analysis of ecological and health related risks are explicitly accounted for.

Promotor: Prof.dr. S. Portegies Zwart

Promotor: M.T.M. Koper, Co-promotor: J.B.F. Juurlink

Promotor: J.N. Kok, Co-Promotor: A.J. Knobbe

Promotor: T. Schmidt, Co-Promotor: B.E. Snaar-Jagalska

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

Op 16 december 2021 verdedigde Lisanne van Houten het proefschrift 'Flexing the Slot Regime'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door prof.dr. P. Mendes de Leon en prof. L. Pierallini (Luiss University Of Rome).

Op 11 november 2021 verdedigde Evelien Campfens het proefschrift 'Cross-border Claims to Cultural Objects'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door prof.dr. N.J. Schrijver en prof.dr. W.J. Veraart (VU Amsterdam).

Promotores: H.S. Overkleeft, G.A. van der Marel, Co-promotor: B.I. Florea

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.

In this thesis, the research focuses on the properties of dark matter and dark matter haloes and how they connect with the galaxies we can observe in the Universe.

Promotor: Prof.dr. M. Schilthuizen

Creating a framework to assess the sustainability of fish farms which will set sustainability standards and give consumers information about the the sustainability and safety of their seafood.

Developing robust algorithms and theory for establishing cause-effect relationships from observational data that scale up to large data sets

Promotor: G.P. van Wezel, Co-promotor: Y.H. Choi

This report investigates the different approaches in the authorization process of GMOs for commercial use in the European Union and the United States of America. Three main aspects are considered and analyzed as potential causes of differences in the authorization process of GMOs for commercial use.…

What are the life-cycle environmental impacts and risks to human health and ecosystems of a III-V/Si PV system? How can these be expected to change when the system is deployed at industrial scale? What are the most favourable recycling scenarios?

Kunst en vrije tijd

Some examples of research questions include: What framework of circular strategies should local practitioners use? How should practitioners organize their monitoring of the circular economy activities in the region of interest? What are the main products that have the most circular potential in the…

De universiteit streeft ernaar dat alle studenten in hun opleiding kennismaken met duurzaamheidsthema’s en -vraagstukken, die zoveel mogelijk aansluiten bij de inhoud van hun opleiding.

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…

Het nieuwste onderzoek uit het Leids openlucht laboratorium ‘Levend Lab’ toont aan dat het insecticide thiacloprid zelfs de meest voorkomende en robuuste waterjuffersoort in ons land sterk beïnvloedt. Het onderzoek is gepubliceerd in Journal of Applied Ecology. Verschillende media besteedden aandacht…

With Ad Putter, Sjoerd Levelt and Anne-Louise Avery. Based on William Caxton’s bestselling 1481 English translation of the Middle Dutch, but expanded with new interpretations, innovative language and characterisation, this edition is an imaginative retelling of the Reynard story. With its themes…

North Sea Crossings, a new exhibition at the Bodleian Libraries, will trace the long history of Anglo-Dutch relations. Focusing on the period from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the Glorious Revolution of 1688, items from the Bodleian Libraries’ collections will illustrate the ways in which these exchanges…

Ook dit jaar is de Faculteit Geesteswetenschappen veel actief geweest op social media. Nu het einde van het jaar in zicht is delen we met jou de meest spraakmakende berichten die gedeeld zijn op Instagram, Twitter en Facebook.

Negentien Leidse recent gepromoveerde onderzoekers kregen deze herfst een Veni-subsidie van NWO toegekend, zeven daarvan zijn voor onze faculteit. Elke onderzoeker krijgt 250.000 euro voor drie jaar onderzoek. Landelijk werden161 projecten gehonoreerd.

Former PhD student of the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS) Bart Thomee has received this year’s Rising Star Award from the Multimedia group of ACM, the worldwide computer science association. Today, Thomee is a successful researcher at Yahoo Labs.

Dit najaar lanceert de Universiteit Leiden acht nieuwe MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) die gratis beschikbaar zijn voor een breed publiek. Volg op je beeldscherm colleges over de evolutietheorie, mindfulness, politieke economie, internationaal recht, muziek, cultureel erfgoed of archeologie.

Wat zijn de voordelen van een dag thuiswerken? Waren we gelukkige thuiswerkers tijdens de lockdowns? En bij wie ligt die verantwoordelijkheid voor een gezonde en gelukkige thuiswerker eigenlijk? Bij de werknemer of de werkgever?

Description of 20th century changes in the Dutch flora: Description and interpretation (1999 - 2005)

Promotores: G.R. de Snoo, B. Sinsin, Co-Promotor: H.H. de Iongh

De Cleveringaleerstoel is ingesteld door de Universiteit Leiden ter herinnering aan hoogleraar Rudolph Pabus Cleveringa en zijn moedige optreden in november 1940 tijdens de Duitse bezetting (1940-1945), en ter herdenking van de bevrijding in 1945.