Wacht niet tot je afgestudeerd bent, maak nu al impact! Ontdek je potentie om betekenisvolle ideeën te ontwikkelen met mondiale impact tijdens de minor Entrepreneurship for Society. Deze minor leert je hoe je je ideeën kunt verwezenlijken.

Van een dienst die interculturele contacten stimuleert op de werkvloer, tot therapie met huisdieren tegen stress. Een tafellamp die helpt tegen neerslachtigheid en een website met informatie over de rechten van gebruikers van het internet. Zo divers waren de projecten die studenten afgelopen donderdag…

Interactive exploration of large volumes of data is increasingly common, as data scientists attempt to extract interesting information from large opaque data sets. This scenario presents a difficult challenge for traditional database systems, as (1) nothing is known about the query workload in advance,…

In design optimization problems, engineers typically handcraft design representations based on personal expertise, which leaves a fingerprint of the user experience in the optimization data. Thus, learning this notion of experience as transferrable design features has potential to improve the performance…

A New Technology-Based Firm (NTBF) is a significant enabler of job creation and a driver of the economy through stimulating innovation.

Discover the master program Health, Ageing and Scoiety at Leiden University and contribute to a future proof health care system. Read more.

Cytotoxic T-cells (CTLs) are involved in the clearance of viruses and killing of tumor cells.

D1.2 reports on the findings of an analysis of framework conditions relevant in the context of the data economy from a legal, a socio-economic and a technological perspective. The analysis is a key foundation for the creation of an initial, heuristic model of the European data economy. The deliverable…

How can we broaden youth participation in STEM Learning

Glucocorticoids are potent anti-inflammatory drugs widely used clinically to treat various inflammatory and immune conditions. However, two main clinical problems limit their use. GCs trigger severe side effects and they induce acquired glucocorticoid resistance, especially during chronic systemic treatment…

Metals surfaces form a group of effective catalysts for the reaction of small molecules such as hydrogen (H2).

Announcement of the publication of Vamping the Stage: Female Voices of Asian Modernities, the first book-length study of women, modernity, and popular music in Asia (University of Hawai'i Press, 2017).

This thesis manuscript explores the use of video games as tools for conceptual exploration and academic research.

In today's volatile market environments, companies must be able to continuously innovate. In this context, innovation does not only refer to the development of new products or business models but often also affects the entire organization, which has to transform its structures, processes, and ways of…

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…

Exploring linkages between energy and material use and implications for sustainable development.

De onderzoeksgroep Corporate Governance en Strategie onderzoekt hoe, met wie en voor wie een onderneming waarde creëert/vastlegt, met als doel de praktijk en beleidsmakers te informeren over kwesties rondom bestuur. De onderzoeksgroep focust zich op het duale karakter van de onderneming. Namelijk als…

This conference investigates the specific role of mobility and materiality in the creation of (trans)regional sacred landscapes and cityscapes, taking a longue durée perspective. In particular, our aim is to address the role of mobility of objects, texts, and persons in the creation of sacred topographies.…

Verandering bereik je niet door de hele dag met je neus in de boeken te zitten. Studenten van de minor Innovation, Co-Creation and Global Impact zijn start-ups begonnen om maatschappelijke problemen te tackelen. En jij kunt ze steunen.

On 18-20 November the Huizinga Institute organizes an online double Masterclass: ‘From Creation to Destruction: Shedding Light on the Lives of Medieval Manuscripts (c.1300 – 1550)’.

Description of The Regional Network on the Synergy between the Convention on Biological Diversity and the UN Convention to Combat Desertification.

What are the behaviours of plant traits throughout various points in the growing season in a radiative transfer model framework and how well can this knowledge be integrated through data assimilation to provide priors for robust local and global vegetation products and analysis?

What are the environmental trade-offs for SMEs considering moving from monoculture aquaculture practice towards IMTA? What are the environmental trade-offs comparing IMTA species with their conventional monoculture alternatives?

Development of scenarios for 2050 detailed in an IO framework

Afgelopen week werd bekend dat Juliëtte Roding (LUCAS) en Odile Parsis (Université de Lille, Institut de recherches historiques du Septentrion) van de Frans-Nederlandse Academie een Van Gogh-grant hebben ontvangen voor het multidisciplinaire onderzoek: 'North(s) in Memory: Heritage, Museum dynamics…

Sander Blok heeft de derde editie gewonnen van de jaarlijkse LION Image Award. Hij maakte een kleurrijke afbeelding van gouden nanodeeltjes met een lage-energie elektronenmicroscoop.

Wiskunde en Natuurwetenschappen, Centrum voor Milieuwetenschappen Leiden (CML)

De onderzoeksgroep Organizational & Entrepreneurial Behavior onderzoekt het gedrag van individuen en groepen die in organisaties werken, organisaties starten, of organisaties leiden, met als doel om organisatorische praktijken te informeren. Door zich te concentreren op het gedrag van (groepen) werknemers,…

Sociale Wetenschappen, Psychologie, Methodologie en Statistiek

Joris Gerritse (23 jaar), student aan de opleiding Geschiedenis bij Universiteit Leiden heeft met zijn bachelorscriptie 'Macht en daadkracht tijdens de Noordse oorlog. De politiek achter een Nederlands gezantschap naar Denemarken (1655 - 1658)', de Elsevier/Johan de Witt-scriptieaanmoedigingsprijs gewonnen…

At the faculty of Governance and Global Affairs we are proud to celebrate social entrepreneurship, which is why we decided to introduce you to an amazing project by two of our students: Kimberly Schoenmaker and Caroline Flohr. Ambitious, driven and incredibly conscious of the corporate responsibility…

De YAL laat zich horen over beleidskwesties.