Stellar feedback is a crucial ingredient in the evolution of galaxies.

Promotor: Prof.dr. A. Achucarro

There is no heritage without emotional sharing and clashing. This article explores the involvement of divergent emotions in heritage making by discussing the debate series of Imagine IC and the Reinwardt Academy and zooming in on the commemoration of slavery and imagery of ‘Black Pete’ in the Netherlands.…

The Vallesian, 11.1-9 Ma, was a special time in the Vallès-Penedes basin near Barcelona, where a biodiversity hotspot existed. Europe had a subtropical climate, with rhinos, forest giraffes, lions, hyenas, flying squirrels and primates.

Which traits and/or trade-offs determine benefits of being deciduous or evergreen?

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.…

Promotor: J. A. Bouwstra

In the early universe, the dynamics of the Higgs field can give rise to many interesting phenomena.

Op 5 juni 2018 verdedigde Emile Beenakker zijn proefschrift getiteld ‘The implementation of international law in the national legal order: A legislative perspective’. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door promotor professor W.J.M. Voermans.

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

A recent study on reintroduced tigers in Panna Tiger Reserve in India reveals that risks from tigers increased more because of human behaviour and people's livestock husbandry practices.

The European Council and the European Commission have a similar role in agenda setting. Both place issues on the EU agenda. However, these institutions have distinct designs. They have different political attributes (the European Council has considerably more political authority) and information-processing…

Dit artikel verkent het complexe onderwerp vuurwapengeweld en benadrukt het belang van het opnemen van niet-dodelijke incidenten van vuurwapengeweld.

Promotor: Prof.dr. G.R. de Snoo, Prof.dr. G.A. Persoon, Co-promotor: H.H. de Iongh

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.

This thesis combines field and laboratory studies to address some of the most pressing questions in the field of microplastic research.

Promotores: P. Stevenhagen, L. van Geemen (Università degli studi di Milano), Co-Supervisor: Ronald M. van Luijk

This thesis describes the genetic and prokaryotic diversity of giant barrel sponges.

Sound is everywhere in the marine environment and hearing is therefore a very important for stimuli for fish. They use sound for orientation and communication, during migration, aggregation and spawning, but also for detection of prey and predators.

This course explains the functions of each international court and tribunal in The Hague. On the basis of cases and interviews with judges and lawyers, this course explores the role of these courts and tribunals and their potential to contribute to global justice.

What are the flows of C&DW (e.g. bricks, concrete, gypsum and wood) in the case study countries ? How to define the specification for each material to be quantified? What indicators should be used to identify the pattern of each C&DW management system? How to interpret the MFA results in relation…

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

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.

Promotor: Prof.dr. A.G.G.M. Tielens

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

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

Dit onderzoek richt zich op een historisch-sociale analyse van een geselecteerd corpus van romans uit de moderne Turkse literatuur die het thema delen van de migratie van Anatolische steden en dorpen naar Istanbul en de strijd van immigranten in deze stad tegen verschillende uitsluitingsmechanismen.

The experiences of ethnic ‘Other’ females have – until recently – been widely overlooked in the study of sport. There continues to be a need to produce critical scholarship about ethnic 'Other' girls and women in sport and physical culture, in order to represent their complex, multifarious and dynamic…

Promotor: T. H. Oosterkamp

In dit artikel presenteren Andrea Bartolucci en Michele Magni een evidence-based onderzoek naar de spontane opname van slachtoffers en de verdeling van patiënten in de onmiddellijke nasleep van de Manchester Arena Bombing.

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Dit proefschrift omvat vier deelstudies waarin de ‘pedagogische vakkennis’ (pedagogical content knowledge ofwel PCK) van bètadocenten wordt onderzocht.

What is movements and corridors of the Bornean pygmy elephant in Sebuku forest? What is the nature of human-elephant conflict in Nunukan District in time and space? What are the diets of the Bornean elephants related to crop raiding?

Dark matter is one of the biggest mysteries of the Universe. Its properties cannot be explained with the known laws of physics and elementary particles.

Timo Slootweg, associate professor at he department Philosophy of Law, published a chapter about Paul Scholten in

Het The Hague Program for Cyber Norms, een onderzoeksprogramma van het Institute of Security and Global Affairs, heeft zijn eerste beleidsnota gepubliceerd. Hierin onderzoeken Dennis Broeders, Sergei Boeke en Ilina Georgieva de rol van inlichtingendiensten in cyberspace en de (on)mogelijkheden van adequate…

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.

Governance and Global Affairs, Instituut Bestuurskunde

Promotoren: Prof.dr. G.R. de Snoo en Dr. R. Heijungs

Promotor: J.M. Memelink

Rechtsgeleerdheid

This study has been carried out in the community of Sukamiskin, a kelurahan (‘village’) in Bandung, the Capital of West Java Province, located in the Sunda Region of Indonesia.

Op 27 september promoveert Josephine Hartmann op haar proefschrift: A blessing in disguise?! Discretion in the context of EU decision-making, national transposition and legitimacy regarding EU directives.

Marine sponges are important members of reef ecosystems, as they play ecological roles that are essential for the health of the reef.

What are trait-trait relationships in wetlands? To what extent the so-called leaf economics traits deviate from terrestrial ecosystems? How traits specific to wetland plant relate to plant strategies? What’s the relationship between wetland plant traits to the ecosystem functioning (e.g. productivity,…

Welke factoren (mens-dimensie en carnivoor-gerelateerd) zijn bepalend voor de menselijke tolerantie ten opzichte van grote carnivoren en voor de overlevingskansen van grote carnivoren in bossen met meervoudig gebruik?

Do e-waste workers display enhanced effects of adverse health effects due to informal e-waste processing in Nigeria? Is there a difference between the health outcomes of the exposed and the control groups? Are there difference in health effects within and between job groups (collectors, dismantlers,…

Promotor: Christoph U. Keller, Co-promotores: Matthew A. Kenworthy, Frans Snik

Promotor: Prof.dr. L.J. Slikkerveer