Vandaag zijn de Tweede Kamerverkiezingen - hoewel de stembussen eigenlijk al twee dagen geopend waren in verband met de coronamaatregelen. Leidse onderzoekers en studenten zijn op allerlei manieren betrokken, en analyseren de campagne en mogelijke uitslagen.

Hoe verdeeld is de Nederlandse politiek? Zweven de kiezers? Wat is eigenlijk hét thema van deze verkiezingscampagne? Welke coalitie wacht ons na 15 maart 2017? We vroegen het drie politicologen van verschillende universiteiten, tijdens het forum 'Verdeelde politiek: de Tweede Kamerverkiezingen van maart…

Het Centrum voor Nederlandse Politiek en Bestuur lanceert een podcast over de achtergronden van de komende Tweede Kamerverkiezingen. In vier afleveringen zullen Leidse studenten en docenten vanuit verschillende disciplines hun licht laten schijnen op de Nederlandse politiek. Aflevering één, die vandaag…

Saniye Çelik, CPL opleider bij Universiteit Leiden (Centre for Professional Learning), betoogt in NRC dat de representativiteit van de kandidatenlijsten de legitimiteit vegroot. Een representatief en inclusief openbaar bestuur is absoluut noodzakelijk, staat ook in een pas verschenen rapport van het…

Nu het kabinet is gevallen moet Nederland opnieuw naar de stembus. De verkiezingen zullen op zijn vroegst in november plaatsvinden, zegt de Kiesraad. In de Kieswet staan termijnen voor verschillende stappen die genomen moeten worden alvorens nieuwe verkiezingen kunnen plaatsvinden. Het feit dat het…

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…

Subproject of the ERC project 'Challenging the Liberal World Order from Within: The Invisible History of the United Nations and the Global South'.

Supervisor: S.F. Portegies Zwart Co-Supervisor: A.G.A. Brown

The energy system is at the heart of two of the greatest challenges of the 21st century: decreasing CO2 emissions to meet the ambitions of the Paris agreement while fulfilling the growing energy demand associated with the economic aspirations of a growing world population.

This thesis presents pioneering work on the panchromatic emission of some of the most luminous galaxies in the early Universe: star forming galaxies and active galactic nuclei.

Subproject of the ERC project 'Challenging the Liberal World Order from Within: The Invisible History of the United Nations and the Global South'.

Nu de laatste stemmen geteld zijn, staat de uitslag van de Tweede Kamerverkiezingen 2017 vast. Een versnipperd politiek landschap, met dertien partijen die in de Tweede Kamer komen. Drie Leidse wetenschappers duiden de verkiezingsuitslag.

Dit boek onderzoekt de impact van het VN-Verdrag inzake de Rechten van het Kind (IVRK) op nationale en internationale rechtspraak, sinds de aanname van dit verdrag in 1989. Het boek verschaft inzicht in de functies, uitdagingen en beperkingen van het IVRK in nationale, regionale en internationale juridische…

Promotor: J.W.M. Frenken

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…

The soil ecosystem consists of the largest reservoir of biodiversity on Earth.

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

The thesis is about the study of shell evolution of the Hydrocenidae of the genus Georissa. This thesis started with a general overview on the evolutionary process of animals due to ecological changes.

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

This dissertation is part of a broader research project that revolves around unraveling the evolution of balanced lethal systems.

The expedition commanded by Nicolas Baudin to Tenerife, Mauritius, Australia, Timor and South Africa in 1800-1804 is fully researched in regard to ornithology.

Promotor: P. T. de Zeeuw, Co-promotor: N. Neumayer; G. van de Ven

Promotor: E.F. Smets, Co-promotor: J. Geml

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

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.

Promotor: Johan Kuiper, Co-promotor: Saskia C.A. de Jager

Studievoorlichting, On Campus Experience

The research described in this thesis shows that hypercholesterolemia, a well-established risk factor for atherosclerosis, can impact skin lipid pool and barrier function already at young age. In the field of atherosclerosis, we showed that the small peptide Lyp-1 can be used as a targeting molecule…

Studievoorlichting, On Campus Experience

Promotores: Prof.dr. J. Schaye, Prof.dr. S.D.M. White (MPA Garching)

This research focuses on the distribution of chemical elements in protoplanetary disks, the birthplaces of planets. These disks form around young stars and contain gas and dust, from which planets grow. Ice plays a crucial role in planet formation, aiding the clumping of dust particles and influencing…

The work in this thesis describes the fundamental role of Lkb1 as a conductor of metabolism-related processes in zebrafish larvae.

The haplolepideous mosses (Dicranidae) comprise about 4000 species distributed over a wide range of habitats, with great gametophytic and sporophytic morphological variation. Their monophyly is well supported by the results of several molecular phylogenetic studies, which shed light on their relationships…

Studievoorlichting, Online Experience

Studievoorlichting, Online Experience

Subproject of the ERC project 'Challenging the Liberal World Order from Within: The Invisible History of the United Nations and the Global South'.

This thesis is about augmented reality (AR). AR is commonly considered a technology that integrates virtual images into a user’s view of the real world.

How can we bridge the gap between experts and the general public?

This thesis develops a method for direction dependent calibration of the ionosphere in radio interferometric data.

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

At the largest scales, two ingredients dictate the distribution of matter in the Universe. The first is dark matter, acting as an invisible scaffolding held together by gravitational forces.

Leiden University offers a unique range of summer courses where you can broaden or deepen your knowledge or share your expertise with fellow students. The choice of academic courses is very diverse, ranging from Law, Big Data, Languages and Linguistics to Maths and Natural Sciences, Biology, Biomedical…

Op 11 mei 2016 ontving het Hazelhoff Centre for Financial Law Robert Pickel voor de elfde Hazelhoff Guest Lecture, getiteld ‘The Deadliest Sin of the Financial Crisis’.

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).

The International Course on Water Use and Management in Cagayan Valley The Philippines (2011-2015)

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.

The unit residue group, to which the present thesis is devoted, is defined using the norm-residue symbol, which Hilbert introduced into algebraic number theory in 1897.