This thesis contains results on the arithmetic and geometry of del Pezzo surfaces of degree 1.In Chapter 1 we give the necessary background, assuming the reader is familiar with algebraic geometry.

Aan de opleidingen van het Centre for Professional Learning op het gebied van Terrorisme, Recht en Veiligheid zijn verschillende (research) fellows verbonden. De fellows geven advies over de inhoud van het curriculum en de verbinding tussen wetenschap en praktijk.

Op vrijdag 22 maart hield het onderzoeksprogramma ‘Effective Protection of Fundamental Rights’ (effectieve bescherming van fundamentele rechten) hun jaarlijkse Toogdag in het Gravensteen. Het thema van de Toogdag was ‘Het concept van rechtvaardigheid in oorlogstijd: de situaties in Gaza, Zuid-Soedan…

De Computers, Privacy and Data Protection Conference (CPDP) is 's werelds toonaangevende multidisciplinaire evenement op het gebied van privacy en gegevensbescherming. CPDP brengt experts samen om de allernieuwste juridische, regelgevende, academische en technologische ontwikkelingen op dit gebied te…

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.

The Graduate School at the University of Notre Dame accepts up to two, funded (tuition scholarship + full stipend) PhD students per year in Liturgical Studies. The program integrates three sub-disciplines: Liturgical History; Liturgical Theology; Ritual Studies. Deadline: 2 January 2023.

In this thesis population pharmacokinetic and physiologically-based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) approaches were applied to investigate the influence of glomerular filtration (GF) and active tubular secretion (ATS) on renal clearance in children.

Even though more than 4000 extra-solar planets are known today, only a small fraction of these has been captured in an image. To better understand the planet formation mechanisms in solar-like environments we started the Young Suns Exoplanet Survey (YSES).

Global Environmental Extensions Multi-Regional Input-Output (EE-MRIO) analysis is often used to analyze how changes in global and national demand for products lead to socioeconomic and environmental impacts at the national level.

Promotor: T. H. Oosterkamp

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Promotor: S.M. Verduyn Lunel, Co-promotor: O. van Gaans

This thesis considers multi-prover commitment schemes whose security is based on restrictions on the communication between the provers.

Outflows are crucially important for the gas budget and evolution of luminous star-forming galaxies and AGNs, with observed mass outflow rates of the same order as the star formation rate. Greater star formation and black hole growth lead to more intense feedback and outflows, resulting in self-regulated…

Promotor: Jan van der Greef; Co-promotors: Mei Wang; Eduard van Wijk

This thesis utilises the exceptional sensitivity and resolution of LOFAR to explore the low-frequency Universe, while simultaneously advancing the telescope's capabilities to enable new scientific discovery.

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The Gennadius Library of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens announces the summer session focused on the study of Medieval Greek, from June 26 to July 27, 2023. The Library invites applications for a month-long Summer Session for Medieval Greek at the Intermediate to Advanced Level. The…

The Utrecht-based VIDI project Lettercraft in Early Medieval Europe, AD 481-751 is working on a new database of Merovingian epistolary communication. We are looking for enthusiastic (R)MA students who would like to join us this Fall as research apprentices for the first phase of data entry and analysis.…

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…

In 2025 vieren we dat de Universiteit Leiden al 450 jaar de tijd vooruit is. Bij Studium Generale grijpen we het lustrum aan om de Leidse Universiteitshoogleraren en interdisciplinair onderzoek in de schijnwerpers te zetten. Op iedere avond vertellen twee wetenschappers uit verschillende vakgebieden…

Op 4 november verdedigde duaal promovenda Hester Diderich-Lolkes de Beer haar proefschrift 'Detection of child maltreatment based on parental characteristics at the hospital Emergency Department’.

Professor Ken Meier is een van de meest vooraanstaande bestuurskundigen van de wereld. Meier is professor Public Management bij Cardiff School of Business (Wales), professor Bureaucracy and Democracy bij Leiden Universiteit, onderzoeker bij Danish Centre for Social Sciences Research (Kopenhagen, Denemarken)…

Big celebration upcoming weekend: MIRD's 20th anniversary is on the cards. Four alumni from different periods tell what this unique two-year master's in International Relations and Diplomacy has brought them.

Join us in Canterbury and online on the 13th and 14th June for the eleventh annual MEMS Festival at the University of Kent. We welcome papers on a range of topics within medieval and early modern studies for this interdisciplinary conference. Deadline for abstracts, 4th of April.

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The application of nanomaterials in industrial processes and consumer products provides many societal benefits, but can also lead to the release of nanomaterials into the environment. The work in this dissertation aims to provide insights into the potential environmental impacts that may follow from…

Timo Slootweg, associate professor at he department Philosophy of Law, published a chapter about Paul Scholten in

The Moving Humanities Conference will be held at the University of Groningen on October 31st and November 1st. Organised by Radboud University and the University of Groningen, this conference brings together master’s students, PhD candidates, and scholars from various fields within the humanities.…

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…

Leiden University and the University of Warsaw organize a two-day conference on medieval fragmentology, with a special focus on the so-called N-Psalter. The conference will take place in the Regional Archive in Alkmaar. ReMA students can obtain 1-2 ECTS by attending the conference and completing an…

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The mission of our group is understanding how science communication works to improve the interaction between science and society. We believe better science communication can improve our society and engage many different groups with science, also improving science.

Breeding for resistance becomes more and more important because we want to reduce the use of pesticides. A fast and cheap alternative can be to make use of morphological or chemical markers.

Announcement of a new publication by Janneke Verheijen, lecturer at the Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology.

Artificial intelligence algorithms govern in subtle, yet fundamental ways, the way we live and are transforming our societies. The promise of efficient, low‐cost or ‘neutral’ solutions harnessing the potential of big data has led public bodies to adopt algorithmic systems in the provision of public…

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Researchers from the Department of Economics - Kees Goudswaard, Koen Caminada, Marike Knoef, Pierre Koning and Olaf van Vliet - have been awarded a grant of one million euros by Instituut Gak to investigate self-sufficiency and social protection.

On 30 October 2020, Dr Mark Noort successfully defended his PhD investigation at the London School of Economics and political science (LSE) into

This thesis investigates the interplay between high-redshift quasars and the intergalactic medium (IGM) during the Epoch of Reionization (EoR). It combines new observations, systematic measurements, and forward modeling to constrain the physical state of hydrogen in the early Universe.

Ben jij geinteresseerd om Bede Sheppard, Human Rights Watch’s Deputy Director of the Children’s Rights Department te ontmoeten? Bede zal donderdag 26 mei voor het #WatchOurSchools evenement in het Auditorium van Anna van Bueren zijn, en wij geven hierbij onze studenten de kans om hem van tevoren te…

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…

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ISGA in Den Haag biedt bachelor- en masteropleidingen, minoren en onderzoek in security studies, cybersecurity, terrorisme, diplomatie en actuele veiligheidsvraagstukken. Focuspunten: bachelor, master, minoren, onderzoek, security studies, cybersecurity, terrorisme, diplomatie, veiligheidsvraagst…

In this thesis, single-cell approaches were applied to characterize the impact of aging on the immunological B cell landscape in different models of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, with the goal to identify and study new B cell-associated biomarkers and therapeutic targets to halt atherosclerosis…

In dit webdossier vind je een overzicht van de Erasmus+ projecten van de Universiteit Leiden.

Principles of Environmental Sciences provides a comprehensive picture of the principles, concepts and methods that are applicable to problems originating from the interaction between the living and non-living environment and mankind. Both the analysis of such problems and the way solutions to environmental…