Participants in this course will learn to support student teachers and new colleagues in their professional development as teachers, with particular emphasis on the context of bilingual or international education, as in the ICLON World Teachers Programme (WTP).

Indo-European is the name of the language family to which English belongs, along with many sub-families such as Germanic languages and Romance languages. In this course, you will delve into the structure and origins of these branches, the oldest languages belonging to the language family, linguistic…

In this thesis, we present new laboratory data of interstellar dust analogues.

This thesis is a collection of theoretical works aiming at adjusting quantum algorithms to the hardware of quantum computers.

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.

Op donderdag 16 november 2017 heeft Lalin Kovudhikulrungsri haar proefschrift ‘The Right to Travel by Air of Persons with Disabilities’ verdedigd. Haar promotoren zijn Prof.dr. P.M.J. Mendes De Leon en Prof.mr.dr. A.C. Hendriks.

In het hoger onderwijs zijn open leermaterialen beschikbaar die iedereen mag gebruiken, maar ze worden niet zo veel gebruikt.

The progressive loss and degeneration of dopaminergic neurons is a major pathological hallmark of Parkinson's disease (PD). The onset and progression of PD can be triggered by multiple risk factors, for instance, genetic mutation, environmental exposure, and aging.

Deepfakes zijn video’s die gemanipuleerd zijn om twee personen te verwisselen. Ze kunnen moeilijk te onderscheiden zijn van de originele video’s. In onze studie laten we zien dat mensen die meer complotdenken en mensen die meer gebruikmaken van social media beter zijn in het herkennen van deepfakes.

How can mega sand nourishments, such as the Sand Motor, be designed and managed for optimal ecosystem services provision ?

Promotor: S.M. Verduyn Lunel, Co-Promotor: O.W. van Gaans

Eduard Fosch-Villaronga, universitair hoofddocent bij eLaw, heeft bijgedragen aan 'Cyber–Physical–Human Systems', een boek waarin de nieuwste ontwikkelingen in interacties tussen cyberfysische systemen en mensen worden onderzocht.

Promotie

Het belangrijkste doel van dit onderzoek was het bevorderen van de aspecten van de symbol sense die studenten in staat stellen algebraïsche formules te doorzien en niet-standaard algebra problemen aan te pakken.

To limit the effects of climate change, global average temperature since pre-industrial measurements are to be kept well below 2 °C preferably even at 1.5 °C.

Promotor: Prof.dr. D. Bouwmeester, Co-Promotor: M.J.A. de Dood

Promotie

Following the Big Bang, structure in the Universe started collapsing under the force of gravity. This resulted in the formation of the first stars, galaxies and clusters of galaxies.

The Summer School History of the Book, organized by the Allard Pierson Museum, introduces a new course in English: Introduction to the Archaeology of the Book, taught by Prof. Malcolm Walsby (2-6 September 2024).

It is an established fact that the Standard Model has to be extended to explain the so-called Beyond the Standard Model (BSM) phenomena: dark matter, matter-antimatter asymmetry of the Universe and neutrino flavour oscillations.

This thesis describes the Multi-site All-Sky CAmeRA (MASCARA), which consists of two small robotic telescope designed to detect exoplanets around the brightest stars in the sky.

This thesis covers various applications of topology in condensed matter physics and quantum information.

This thesis aims to demonstrate how the achromatic nature and design flexibility of liquid-crystal optics can be used to improve high-contrast imaging instruments to facilitate detailed exoplanet characterization.

This thesis describes the development and validation of new high-contrast imaging techniques, with the ultimate goal of enabling the next generation of instruments for ELT-class telescopes to directly image Earth-like extra-solar planets orbiting around nearby stars.

This thesis takes steps toward understanding the interaction between gas-phase and solid-state molecules in star- and planet-forming regions.

The Dutch atlas with pesticides concentrations in surface waters have been overhauled. This new, free accessible, website is in line with the European Framework Directive on Water (In Dutch: KRW).

In this PLC, philosophy teachers work together to diversify the Dutch philosophy curriculum. International experts will share their knowledge in online lectures.

Op vrijdag 22 april werd tijdens de jaarvergadering van de Vereniging voor Rechtsvergelijking in Utrecht de vijfde druk van het door Jeroen Chorus, Ewoud Hondius en Wim Voermans geredigeerde boek ‘Introduction to Dutch Law’ aangeboden aan mr. Geert Corstens, oud-president van de Hoge Raad.

Promotor: Prof.dr. P.G.L Klinkhamer, Co-promotor: K. Vrieling

Using the principles of Industrial Ecology in Environmental Policy making in two cases: transition to a hydrogen economy and chlorinated compounds.

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

Promotie

Rusland is een grootmacht en een opkomende economie waarin Nederland een grote investeerder is. De Universiteit Leiden doet al 100 jaar onderzoek naar de Slavische wereld. Hoogleraar Jos Schaeken: ‘Als er internationaal iets besloten moet worden doet Rusland mee.’

Lezing, Studium Generale

Complex Organic Molecules (COMs) have been detected in objects across different stages of stellar evolution.

Lezing

Security is key to survival for any living organism: life is full of perils and threats, both physically, environmentally, and societally. Security challenges such as terrorism, natural disasters, and cybercrime rank among the most pressing issues of our time, affecting the security and safety of millions…

Jelena Prokic, universitair docent en onderzoeker bij het Leiden University Centre for Digital Humanities, gaat studenten voorbereiden op de uitdagingen en mogelijkheden van de digitale wereld. In september starten zes cursussen over onder meer statistiek en het digitaal doorzoeken van teksten. Daarvan…

Police killed Eric Garner 9 years ago (‘I can’t breathe’) when he resisted a search. Now everyone will consent to stops and searches. Law Professor and author Josephine Ross looks to feminism: what police call consent, feminists would call submission. During the lecture on Wednesday 31 May, Josephine…

From 29 – 31 May, second-year students of the Advanced MSc in International Relations and Diplomacy (MIRD) took part in the programme's annual visit to Geneva, Switzerland. Students participated in various institutional visits, and got to hear first-hand from practitioners and experts on a variety of…

In de videoreeks ‘University of the Netherlands’ geeft een wetenschapper een Engelstalig college over zijn of haar expertise. Cultuurhistoricus Simon Willmetts bespreekt in de nieuwste aflevering hoe inlichtingendiensten te werk gaan en wat er is veranderd sinds 9/11.

Alumni-activiteit, Lunch webinar

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