The Radboud Institute for Culture and History is looking for a researcher/PhD candidate in the project 'The Social Life of Early Medieval Normative Texts'. Deadline for applications: July 6.

It has been a long-standing mystery how complex biological structures emerge from such seemingly uncoordinated building blocks as cells and tissues, in the presence of only minimal environmental guidance.

Hieronder vind je een overzicht van de publicaties van LAPP.

In navolging op zijn keuze om terug te keren naar het onderwijs en onderzoek zal Prof.dr. Sjoerd Verduyn Lunel in de zomer van 2013 zijn werkzaamheden als hoogleraar voortzetten bij de faculteit Bètawetenschappen in Utrecht. Hij volgt daar prof.dr. Odo Diekmann op in de leerstoel voor Toegepaste Ana…

How does the medieval body of texts known as 'canon law' reflect social and moral ideas? With a combination of AI and an advanced dataset, can we reveal patterns in the transmission and alteration of these ideas over time? Join the SOLEMNE project as a research assistant to explore these questions and…

The transition to electric vehicles (EVs) reduces vehicle emissions to combat climate change. EVs raise concerns regarding the production of lithium-ion batteries and related emissions; while batteries can also provide energy storage services for the electricity system.

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.

How do you engage society to stop biodiversity loss? How do you create political and social involvement to deal with climate change? And how do you balance the economic needs of industry with the negative effects of pollution? If you find these kinds of questions interesting, then this Pre-University…

In de zomer van 2023 trokken geïnteresseerden eropuit om de luchtkwaliteit in Leiden in kaart te brengen. Met behulp van een techniek van Brits kunstenaar Robin Price maakten ze het onzichtbare zichtbaar om zo het gesprek over het belang van goede luchtkwaliteit te kunnen starten.

Seagrass is a marine flowering plant with special adaptations to coastal and marine environments, playing a crucial role in providing a wide range of ecosystem services.

Material circularity and energy efficiency are highly relevant and intertwined issues for the transition towards a carbon-neutral and circular built environment. In the Netherlands, the building sector has been rendered a priority towards a circular and low-carbon society.

Freshwater biodiversity has been threatened by eutrophication due to excessive nutrients in the environment. Releasing the freshwater species from such pressures requires efforts from industry and manufacturers to avoid emissions to vulnerable and high-risk regions.

Nanoplastics kunnen zich ophopen in harten die nog in ontwikkeling zijn. Dat blijkt uit een studie van Leidse biologen. Hun onderzoek naar kippenembryo’s werpt nieuw licht op hoe de piepkleine plastic deeltjes een gevaar vormen voor onze gezondheid.

If mankind wants to survive into the 22nd century, we will need to change the way we live drastically. The human impact on our planet is everywhere, we are changing the atmosphere, the oceans and the land, leading to global warming, climate change, loss of biodiversity and pervasive pollution. There…

Lorenza Colzato wil onderzoeken of het gebruik van probiotica en tryptofaan de sociaal-cognitieve achteruitgang die optreedt bij het ouder worden, kan vertragen. Daarvoor ontvangt Colzato samen met haar collega's in Duitsland en Spanje een JPI 'A Healthy Diet for A Healthy Life' Joint Transnational…

Promotor: Prof.dr. G.R. de Snoo, Co-promotor: R. Heijungs

Project LAWKI (Life As We Know It) van ACPA promovenda Roosje Klap (ARK) heeft een Gouden Kalf Award 2022 gewonnen in de categorie Beste Digitale Cultuurproductie.

To conclude, this thesis provides valuable methodological insights to address data gaps and improve environmental impact assessments within the circular economy, with a particular focus on product reuse and sharing practices. Through empirical analysis and innovative approaches, it aims to support informed…

A framework for prospective/ex-ante life cycle assessment (LCA) and ecological risk assessment (ERA) of emerging technologies is developed and applied to a case study of III-V/silicon photovoltaic panels.

Promotores: H.A. Udo De Haes, P.M. Brakefield

Freshwater and brackish water ecosystems are arguably the most vulnerable ecosystems on earth, due to concentrated human developments in and around them. The Pontocaspian (PC) region located at the border of Europe and Asia contains a variety of brackish water ecosystems and unique inhabitants, known…

This thesis describes the role of pollution, specifically neonicotinoid insecticides, as an actor of the ongoing biodiversity decline.

This thesis investigates reactive interfaces in surface science across three domains: heterogeneous catalysis, environmental nanoplastics, and two-dimensional materials.

Freshwater is an important resource, but at a great risk of species decline due to habitat loss, pollution and over-exploitation, and invasive alien species.

The marine shipping industry is one of the strongest emitters of nitrogen oxides (NOx), a pollutant detrimental to ecology and human health. Over the last 20 years, the pollution produced by power plants, the industry sector, and cars has been decreasing.

Anthropogenic noise negatively affects wildlife in a wide range of taxonomic groups.

This thesis addresses the challenge of sustainable urban development by analyzing the interplay between green and grey infrastructure to optimize resource use and ecosystem services.

Studying the impact of urbanisation on the respiratory health of past Dutch populations (1200-1850 CE).

This thesis aims to address offshore wind energy (OWE)-related environmental impacts.

Afgelopen jaar zijn ongeveer 2000 internationale studenten gestart met een master aan de Universiteit Leiden. Om dit mogelijk te maken bestaan er verschillende beurzen waar internationale studenten aanspraak op kunnen doen. Een van die opties is de LExS-beurs: het Leiden University Excellence Scholarship…

IoT technology poses serval opportunities to supply chains. This thesis employs grey correlation and forecasting models, system dynamics, agent-based modeling, and ex-ante LCA to investigate and quantify the opportunities and risks of IoT-enabled sustainable supply chain operations from both industrial…

On the occasion of the appearance of the monograph "Varieties of the Self.Peter Abelard and the Mental Architecture of the Paraclete" written by Babette Hellemans and published at Brill in 2023, a workshop will be organized concerning rules of observance as ‘texts of life’ in ascetic communities. The…

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