Promotor: Prof.dr. A.P. IJzerman, Co-Promotor: L.H. Heitman

Ontdek de MSc The Politics of Artificial Intelligence aan Universiteit Leiden: analyseer wie AI ontwerpt, bestuurt en profiteert, terwijl je politicologische kern­theorieën inzet op regulering, ethiek en mondiale impact.

Congres/symposium

Tijdens deze studie volg je colleges, oefen je met wiskundige afleidingen en voer je experimenten uit. Hierdoor bouw je een stevige basis in verschillende vakgebieden, zoals natuurkunde en wiskunde.

Promotor: P.M. Brakefield

Van onderwijs tot een verrijkende ervaring

The extensive use of electronic communication channels and other devices has opened new possibilities for collecting data on human behavior. This information is sometimes openly accessible, but largely part of administrative registration systems that are not open to the broader public. The data provides…

In samenwerking met Rijksmuseum Boerhaave, naar aanleiding van de tijdelijke tentoonstelling 'Dichter bij het zwarte gat', te zien t/m 5 januari 2025.

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Hieronder vind je een overzicht van alle PRE-Classes die door de verschillende opleidingen van de Universiteit Leiden worden verzorgd. Bij elk onderdeel kun je een inhoudelijke beschrijving vinden en meer specifieke informatie over de eisen die aan deelname aan de betreffende Class verbonden zijn.

We have examined sequences from the ligand-binding domain of the nicotinic acetyl choline receptor (nAChR) in 148 vertebrate species. We are in interested in this receptor because the α-neurotoxins of many venomous snakes binds to this receptor in its location at the neuromuscular junction in all ve…

In this dissertation non-parametric Bayesian methods are used in the application of robotic vision.

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.

Het belangrijkste doel van dit onderzoek is om de steden van het Romeinse Nabije Oosten in de keizertijd in kaart te brengen, met een focus op locatie, stadsgrootte en stedelijke kenmerken, om de vorm van het stedelijke systeem en de niveaus van integratie te bestuderen.

Did the Jochids leave their mark on the Grand Duchy, taking into account that the Lithuanian state was one of the main successor states of the Great Horde in the 16thCentury?

World Teachers Festival 2024 - Celebrating and exploring language, culture, diversity and criticality in teaching and learning

In this thesis, we will utilize embryonic zebrafish tumour models to understand the interaction between engrafted human cancer cells and macrophages from the host, test drug administration modalities and anti-cancer efficacies of newly-developed PDT and PACT compounds, and test a light-triggered liposomal…

Bij Cambridge University Press (CUP) verscheen onlangs van Ingrid Leijten het boek Core Socio-Economic Rights and the European Court of Human Rights. Het boek maakt onderdeel uit van de serie Cambridge Studies in European Law and Policy en heeft als onderwerp de bescherming van sociaaleconomische rechten…

De onderzoeksgroep Corporate Governance en Strategie onderzoekt hoe, met wie en voor wie een onderneming waarde creëert/vastlegt, met als doel de praktijk en beleidsmakers te informeren over kwesties rondom bestuur. De onderzoeksgroep focust zich op het duale karakter van de onderneming. Namelijk als…

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Welke rol spelen ouder-kind interacties bij het ontstaan, in stand houden en de behandeling van depressieve klachten van jongeren?

Mensenrechten zijn lang het unieke domein van staten geweest. Dat is veranderd met de globalisering en de opkomst van multinationale ondernemingen. De zorg voor fundamentele arbeidsrechten binnen mondiale toeleveringsketens vormt een probleem.

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‘Re-mediating the Early Book: Pasts and Futures’ is a European Commission-funded MSCA Doctoral Network that will support 13 PhD researchers undertaking projects on late medieval and early modern books. These PhD researchers will be spread across the following institutions: University of Galway (3 positions),…

On Thursday the 8th of June and Friday the 9th of June, the University of Groningen will be organising an interdisciplinary conference called ‘Facets of Feeling’. Through relevant historical case studies, we will analyse the universality of emotions and test the proposed theory. Additionally, we will…

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…

This pioneering project will answer this question by examining migrants through the eyes of the courts between 1600 and 1900. It aims to reveal patterns of continuity and change in: 1. Treatment of migrants by criminal courts; 2. Violence and conflicts between migrants and native born.

The Synergy Award aims to connect PhD students with academic and non-academic professionals to explore the practical dimensions of their research. Four candidates will be invited to pitch their compelling impact ideas to a jury at Synergy 2021. Each pitch will also be broadcast to a live audience during…

The KNIR seminar 'Reasoning to Believe' will concentrate on early modern sermons, a genre of tremendous impact on European culture not just in the period of the Reformation but throughout. We will lecture on the practice of sermons in the period 1200-1650 throughout and beyond Europe, concentrating…

On Friday, 29 October 2021 (15.15-17.00), this year’s lecture will be delivered by Prof. Howard Louthan, (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA) at the Faculty Club of Leiden University. It will be titled ‘Revisiting a Renaissance Classic: Theuerdank, Maximilian I (1486-1519) and the Discovery of…

Het Utrecht Centre for Medieval Studies nodigt PhD's en andere early-career-onderzoekers uit om hun onderzoek te presenteren op de landelijke Mediëvistendag 2023. Deadline voor abstracts: 30 september.

The Medieval Academy of America (MAA) is excited to announce the launch of a new Summer Research Program for early PhD or early PhD-track students. The 2022 Summer Research Program will convene over Zoom, over the course of six weeks in July and August. The Summer Research Program will culminate with…

From 5 to 15 April 2024, a course on graffiti in Italy between the seventh and sixteenth centuries will take place at the Dutch Royal Institute in Rome (KNIR). Applicants are encouraged to apply before February 4, 2024.

The ERC project ‘Healthscaping Urban Europe’ will hold a concluding plenary event on 30 September, where three experts will explore the history of premodern public health and especially reflect on possible future directions within this research field. All are welcome to join in person in the Doelenzaal.…

This symposium (May 22) will explore topics such as the loss of and damage done to medieval manuscripts in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries through an interdisciplinary set of papers. Speakers will highlight projects aimed at identifying and rehabilitating damaged manuscripts and archives, and…

It is time for the fifth lecture in the series Manuscript Mondays. We shall have two speakers. Jesse Keskiaho (University of Helsinki, Finland) will start with a talk about the soul. In the second talk Evina Steinova will tell us more about the medieval encyclopaedia. The talks will be followed by a…

A series of workshops at Leiden University and the University of Hamburg will act as a forum in which international legal scholars whose research adopts a behavioural approach can present their works-in-progress and gain feedback from a broad range of peers, including scholars in economics and cognitive…

On April 14 we will celebrate the launch of our Faculty action plan ‘diversity and inclusivity’ with a symposium. We will present the action plan and our colleague Professor Tomas Brage will be keynote speaker. He is the Director of Education at the Physics Institute of Lund University in Sweden and…

Bij pubers die jarenlang zijn buitengesloten door klasgenoten wordt een alarmsysteem in de hersenen sterker geactiveerd op het moment dat ze opnieuw worden buitengesloten. Deze jongeren zijn waarschijnlijk extra gevoelig voor nare sociale ervaringen zoals uitsluiting. Promotie Geert-Jan Will op 4 ju…

As Leiden Law students, we are now in the digital age, 'where we believe law and technology should go together.' After all, for us, it is important to look beyond trodden paths of established legal knowledge. The books on law and case law surely will not be sufficient for the lawyer of the future. That…

Due to the COVID19 crisis (especially the impossibility to meet in person), the course "Foundations of Research-2" could not take place as scheduled. However, a second opportunity to participate in this course in October will be offered. The course is aimed at PhD students who are about halfway…

On Friday 23 September 2016 the Leiden Complex Networks Network day, the LCN2 day, will take place in Leiden.

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Catherina Wilson is op 1 oktober 2012 aan ons Instituut begonnen met een promotieonderzoek.

Vijf vragen over het evenement ‘Duitsland na de verkiezingen: gevolgen voor het buitenlands beleid en de Europese veiligheid’, beantwoord door een van de deskundigen, Joachim Koops. Kom langs op de Spaanse Trappen in Wijnhaven op vrijdag 15 oktober of doe online mee (link onderaan).

On 27 May 2021 (15.15-18.00), the Utrecht Centre for Medieval Studies will host its annual colloquium via Zoom. This colloquium will consist of a general lecture by Mauro Bonazzi and paper presentations by Bart van Hees, Nike Stam, and Irene O'Daly.

In April, Al-Babtain visiting professor Maribel Fierro will teach four masterclasses at Leiden University on "Culture and society in the medieval Islamic west: The process of Islamization". These masterclasses will take place online and are open to all students. Registration deadline: 28 March 2021.