A management strategy has been developed for field margins to reduce pesticide drift to non-target areas and to promote biodiversity on arable land. To this end, 3 and 6 m wide strips along the edges of winter wheat, sugar beet and potato crops have been left unsprayed with herbicides and insecticides…

Humans perceive the real world through their sensory organs: vision, taste, hearing, smell, and touch. In terms of information, we consider these different modesalso referred to as different channels of information or modals.

Promotor: H.J. van den Herik, B.R. Katzy, Co-promotor: K. Sailer

Recentelijk is een Special Issue van de European Journal of Criminology verschenen, die is samengesteld door Marieke Liem, Universitair Docent Criminologie bij het Instituut voor Strafrecht & Criminologie, en William Pridemore.

The department of Industrial Ecology is dealing with research into the development of tools for decision making on sustainable production and consumption.

Modeling and analysis of cyber-physical systems are still challenging. One reason is that cyber-physical systems involve many different parts (cyber or physical), of different nature (discrete or continuous), and in constant interaction via sensing and actuating.

Atherosclerosis is the main underlying pathology of cardiovascular disease. Atherosclerosis is caused by an immune response which is directed against (modified) lipoproteins which accumulate in the vessel wall.

The mycorrhizal symbiosis is among the most widespread species interactions on Earth⁠. This thesis focuses on orchid mycorrhiza, a unique mycorrhizal type that has caught scientists’ attention for centuries⁠.

Promotores: E. van Dijk, G.R. de Snoo. Co-promotor: H. Staats

Low-carbon (LE) technologies have a significant potential to reduce the total carbon emissions in China.

Promotores: Prof. dr. G.R. (Geert) de Snoo, Dr. E. (Ester) van der Voet

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.

Wil je een volledige academische opleiding? Dan ga je na je bachelor door met een masteropleiding. Met een masterdiploma op zak heb je meer kans op een baan op academisch niveau. Na afronding krijg je de titel Master of Arts (MA).

Promotor: R. Verpoorte, Co-promotores: Y.H.Choi, N.R. Mustafa

The chemical and structural heterogeneity of toxoid vaccines makes their analysis challenging. However, detailed insights on a molecular level can be obtained by mass spectrometry.

Promotores: Prof.dr. G. Miley & Prof.dr. J.M. van den Broek

This research delves into the unique cultural approach of the Tenggerese people, an Indigenous community in East Java, Indonesia, regarding elderly care. It focuses on their traditional practices of bakti (‘filial piety’) and sayan (‘mutual aid’), deeply ingrained in the community's lifestyle and va…

The aim of the research presented in this thesis was to develop new methods forchallenging systems in liquid-state NMR using paramagnetic effects generated by thetwo-armed probe CLaNP-5.

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

Promotor: J. van der Greef, T. Hankemeier; Co-promotor: H.A. van Wietmarschen

Promotor: Prof.dr. E. F. van Dishoeck

This thesis focuses on using liposomes in two different treatment strategies; vaccination (or immunotherapy) and delivery of a small molecule, and in two different disease models; cancer and atherosclerosis.

Plants produce an astonishing variety of secondary metabolites (SMs) which are thought to play vital roles in the fitness of plants through ecological interactions.

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.

De prehistorie van communicatiemetaforen

An interdisciplinary collection of the best international scholarship on Muslim youth.

This thesis investigates Open-world Continual Learning (OWCL), a learning paradigm designed for intelligent systems operating in non-stationary environments with persistent exposure to unknown data.

Studievoorlichting

Hydrogen-based fuels are regarded as promising candidates for decarbonizing the maritime shipping sector.

In minder dan een jaar heeft de Amerikaanse president Donald Trump meer dan de helft van de plannen uit Project 2025 doorgevoerd. Promovenda Manon Portos Minetti vertelt hier meer over op BNR.

Sterrewacht Leiden is het sterrenkundig instituut van de Faculteit der Wiskunde en Natuurwetenschappen van de Universiteit Leiden.

Jonathan Todres appointed as Rotating Honorary Chair in Enforcement of Children’s Rights 2024/2025

Debat, Paneldiscussie met publiek

Promotie

Congres/symposium, Workshop

Speculaties over buitenaards leven, een nieuwe stikstofkaart, AI als scriptiebegeleider, baanbrekende telescopen en miljoeneninvesteringen tegen antibioticaresistentie – de veelzijdigheid van deze onderwerpen laat zien dat ons publiek net zo brede interesses heeft als onze wetenschappers. Ontdek hier…

How should jurisdictions, both on the national and on the supra-national level, handle the interaction between public and private law where it regards the regulation of financial markets?

Onderwijsonderzoek

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.

Climate change is a challenge for both current and future generations. New biological resources have to be developed in order to meet the demand for energy as well as the demand for food.

This dissertation presents a new perspective on the life, work and character of the Dutch physical chemist Jacobus Henricus van ’t Hoff, first recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, and one of the most important and colourful scientists in Dutch history. The image of Van ’t Hoff that emerges from…