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.

Students Practicing Citizen Journalism

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.

The coursework within the Science Communication and Society (SCS) specialisation prepares students for internships and a career in communication about science and health.

Per 1 september volgt Pablo Pandocchi Thirza van 't Rood op als student-lid van het Instituutsbestuur het komend academisch jaar. Het IB is verantwoordelijk voor alle zaken die het instituut aangaan, van onderwijs tot onderzoek op het gebied van antropologie en sociologie. Tweedejaars student CADS Pablo…

Graduation MIRD Class of 2024: 'The world is better off with students like this'

The basic program comprises a total of twelve courses organized by the Research School, that have been purpose-developed for training and support of PhD students and Research MA students who specialize in Medieval Studies (history, art history, and literary history, in particular).

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…

Computational thinking, programming, and algorithms form the basic of many of the things that are shaping our world, the way we work, interact, organize ourselves, and even spend our free time with social networks, streaming media, and games. And this transformation is far from being complete, it is…

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

This dissertation presents the results of the importance of creativity for ICT-students of Dutch universities of applied sciences (in Dutch: hogescholen), and the functioning of training courses that aim to promote creative abilities is highlighted.

The research group Science Communication and Society aims to understand how science communication works to improve the interaction between science and society. Central themes are ‘Bridging the gap between experts and the general public’ and ‘Evaluating Science Communication’.

Leiden University’s Academic Challenge

Learning a programming language is challenging. Even one of the first –but crucial– concepts to learn, variables, is hard to grasp. Variables can represent different roles and functions within a code and need to be named appropriately to support code comprehension and debugging.

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…

On the 7th and 8th of November, Radboud University and Utrecht University are jointly organising a masterclass for (Re)MA students and PhD candidates on the life and times of those lay people dependent on monasteries.

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…

The specialisation Science Communication and Society (SCS) concerns science communication in a broad sense. The program focuses on the link between science and society and covers knowledge and skills in the field of science communication.

Teaching the Future: AI-Enhanced Education for Student Engagement and Ethical Learning.

This multidisciplinary minor provides students with knowledge on how and why humans became the way they are. The minor focuses on the evolution of the species Homo sapiens from other hominin lineages and animal ancestors, and on the various factors shaping this process. Not only is human evolution of…

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

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…

We verwelkomen gastwetenschappers wier onderzoek aansluit bij onze uiteenlopende expertisegebieden. De tekst gaat verder in het Engels.

Tijdens het najaarssemester (september-december) biedt het NIMAR een Engelstalige minor die zich richt op de studie van Marokko vanuit sociaalwetenschappelijk en geesteswetenschappelijk perspectief. Het semester onderwijst etnografische onderzoeksvaardigheden in een Marokkaanse omgeving.

To get an idea of the science communication products and research that is possible, a few examples of student projects of recent years are shown below.

Kunst en vrije tijd, Kunst en vrije tijd

In-use stocks of products can be considered as intermediaries between human needs and the physical world.

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