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…

All crested and marbled newts (the genus Triturus) suffer from an unusual genetic abnormality, called a balanced lethal system, that kills exactly half of their offspring. How can a trait so disadvantageous have survived millions of years of natural selection?

In this thesis, a system pharmacology approach, integrating metabolomics, pharmacology and chemical biology, was applied to understand and modulate the endocannabinoid system across different model systems (cells, zebrafish, mice and humans).

Scott Waitukaitus is namens LION genomineerd als Discoverer of the Year 2017. Breng snel je stem uit!

Streptomyces bacteria are a valuable source of natural products, many of which are used in the clinic or in biotechnology.

Stem voor de Ontdekker van het jaar 2017! Wie van deze onderzoekers verdient volgens jou een prijs voor zijn of haar werk? Vanaf nu kan je stemmen!

Suzan Verberne is nominated by the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS) to be granted the C.J. Kok Public Award, also known as the award for the ‘Discoverer of the Year’.

Pectin is a plant cell wall polysaccharide made of mainly D-galacturonic acid (GA) subunits. The potency of the filamentous fungus Aspergillus niger to naturally secrete high amounts of pectinases to degrade pectin has been utilized for the industrial production of pectinases.

The expedition commanded by Nicolas Baudin to Tenerife, Mauritius, Australia, Timor and South Africa in 1800-1804 is fully researched in regard to ornithology.

Het boek 'The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child' is het resultaat van de conferentie – ’25 Years CRC’ – die in november 2014 in Leiden werd gehouden.

Dr. Joris Larik, universitair docent vergelijkend, EU- en internationaal recht bij LUC The Hague, is coauteur van het rapport 'UN 2.0: Ten Innovations for Global Governance 75 Years beyond San Francisco'.

Trui Steen, universitair hoofddocent bij het Instituut Bestuurskunde, heeft donderdag 27 november 2014 de NIG Supervisor of the Year Award 2014 gewonnen.

The solar system was formed approximately 4.56 billion years ago. Despite the numerous theories that have been developed over the years, the formation and evolution of the solar system still remain unclear.

De tweejarige masteropleiding Philosophy of the Arts van de Universiteit Leiden biedt de mogelijkheid om je te specialiseren in conceptuele en methodologische kwesties in de geesteswetenschappen.

Subproject of the ERC project 'Challenging the Liberal World Order from Within: The Invisible History of the United Nations and the Global South'.

De redactie van Biophysical Journal heeft een publicatie van Daniela Kraft uitgeroepen tot Paper of the Year 2017. De prijs wordt uitgereikt ter erkenning van buitengewone bijdragen van jonge onderzoekers.

Subproject of the ERC project 'Challenging the Liberal World Order from Within: The Invisible History of the United Nations and the Global South'.

In de categorie bestuursrecht is Paul Adriaanse, samen met acht andere kandidaten, genomineerd voor de landelijke verkiezing van de Magna Charta Lawyer of the year. Het publiek kiest wie de advocaat van het jaar gaat worden.

The energy system is at the heart of two of the greatest challenges of the 21st century: decreasing CO2 emissions to meet the ambitions of the Paris agreement while fulfilling the growing energy demand associated with the economic aspirations of a growing world population.

Tin electrodeposition applications have rapidly evolved in the past 25 years.

According to the amyloid cascade hypothesis, accumulation of beta-amyloid (Aβ) peptides initiates the pathological cascade in Alzheimer's disease (AD).

Over the past years it has been discovered that the population of extra-solar planets is large and diverse.

In this thesis we use state-of-the-art observations and simulations to provide the best constraints to date on the HVS ejection rate and constraints on the stellar content and dynamics at the GC, including the progenitor binary populations and their star formation history.

Glucocorticoids (GCs) are widely prescribed as anti-inflammatory drugs due to their well-established immunosuppressive effects.

This dissertation investigates the energy and material related impacts of the transition towards a low-carbon heating system in the Netherlands, in the context of its 2050 climate and circular economy policy goals.

Promotor: G.P. van Wezel, Co-Promotor: E. Vijgenboom

The thesis is about the study of shell evolution of the Hydrocenidae of the genus Georissa. This thesis started with a general overview on the evolutionary process of animals due to ecological changes.

Dit boek onderzoekt de impact van het VN-Verdrag inzake de Rechten van het Kind (IVRK) op nationale en internationale rechtspraak, sinds de aanname van dit verdrag in 1989. Het boek verschaft inzicht in de functies, uitdagingen en beperkingen van het IVRK in nationale, regionale en internationale juridische…

This thesis presents pioneering work on the panchromatic emission of some of the most luminous galaxies in the early Universe: star forming galaxies and active galactic nuclei.

High-angular-resolution observations of the circumstellar material have uncovered numerous and very diverse substructures in protoplanetary discs, raising the question of whether they are caused by forming planets or other mechanisms.

Promotor: S.J. Edixhoven, L.D.J. Taelman

Promotor: W. Jaffe, Co-promotor: K. Meisenheimer

Promotor: Johan Kuiper, Co-promotor: Saskia C.A. de Jager

Hoe zetten belangenorganisaties in Nederland strategisch procederen in om politieke, maatschappelijke of juridische veranderingen te realiseren, en hoe verhoudt deze strategie zich tot andere klassieke vormen van beleidsbeïnvloeding?

The haplolepideous mosses (Dicranidae) comprise about 4000 species distributed over a wide range of habitats, with great gametophytic and sporophytic morphological variation. Their monophyly is well supported by the results of several molecular phylogenetic studies, which shed light on their relationships…

Promotor: P. T. de Zeeuw, Co-promotor: N. Neumayer; G. van de Ven

Trigonostemon Blume is a plant genus in the family Euphorbiaceae comprising 59 species.

Promotor: Prof.dr. W.T.F. den Hollander

Subproject of the ERC project 'Challenging the Liberal World Order from Within: The Invisible History of the United Nations and the Global South'.

Elk jaar nodigt het Netherlands Institute of Governance (NIG, de Nederlands-Vlaamse onderzoeksschool voor Bestuurskunde en Politicologie) promovendi van alle universiteiten in Nederland en Vlaanderen uit om hun promotor(en) voor te dragen voor de NIG Supervisor of the Year Award. De reden voor de award…

Dissochaeta Blume (Melastomataceae, tribe Dissochaeteae) is well-known as a scrambling plant genus found in Southeast Asia, where it is an inhabitant of the tropical rainforests or evergreen forests.

Op 11 mei 2016 ontving het Hazelhoff Centre for Financial Law Robert Pickel voor de elfde Hazelhoff Guest Lecture, getiteld ‘The Deadliest Sin of the Financial Crisis’.

Promotor: Prof.dr. W.J.G.M. Peijnenburg

Op 11 november 2021 verdedigde Mariana Gkliati het proefschrift 'Systemic Accountability of the European Border and Coast Guard'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door promotoren prof.dr. P. Rodrigues en prof.dr. L. Besselink (UvA).

Het jaar 2017 was het Leiden Asia Year. Leiden heeft al eeuwenlang banden met en kennis over het continent, en het afgelopen jaar werden daar de spotlights op gezet.

Promotor: Prof.dr. M.T.M. Koper, Co-Promotor: F. Calle-Vallejo

De Leidse Sterrewacht gaat deelnemen aan de activiteiten van het International Year of Light (IYL). Het jaar 2015 is door de Verenigde Naties uitgeroepen tot het International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies. IYL 2015 zal aan de wereld laten zien hoe belangrijk licht en optische technologie…