Promotor: G.A. van der Marel, Co-promotor: D.C. Codée

Promotor: Prof.dr. J.G.E.M. Fraaije, Co-promotor: A. Kros

Op 13 januari 2022 verdedigde Pie Habimana het proefschrift 'Harmful Tax Competition in the East African Community'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door prof.dr. H. Vording en prof.dr. S.C.W. Douma (UvA).

Schistosomiasis is an acute and chronic disease caused by blood dwelling parasitic trematodes of the genus Schistosoma, and it is classified as the second most socioeconomically devastating parasitic disease, second only to malaria.

Promotores: T. Hankemeier; R. Berger, Co-promotor: R.J. Vreeken

Promotor: P.D. Grünwald

This PhD research sets out to unravel and explain the socio-structural and cultural impacts of oil-industrialization on the local Bakhtiari community in general and the industrial laborers it provided in specific.

For each living organism health is ensured by correct functioning of its cells. Cells therefore have elaborate methods for regulation of their proteins.

Op 21 oktober 2021 verdedigde Frederik Behre het proefschrift 'A European Ministry of Finance?'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door promotor prof.dr. S.C.G. Van den Bogaert.

Promotor: J. Zaanen

Antibiotic resistance, caused by widespread use of antibiotics, leads to bacterial infections that are difficult, if not impossible, to treat and is a major worldwide health concern.

Immunotherapies for cancer are an emerging class of therapeutic strategies which aim to treat cancer via augmentation of the immune system.

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

Aspergillus niger is an important industrial producer of organic acids and enzymes producing large amounts of spent fungal biomass.

This thesis aims to investigate the effect of tripartite interaction between microbial inoculants, the plant, and herbivore insects on the rhizosphere microbiome and volatilome. We investigated the rhizosphere microbiome and volatilome of tomato plants exposed to insect herbivory and/or inoculated with…

Almost three years after receiving her honorary doctorate, Dr Graça Machel returned to Leiden University. Over the course of two days she spoke with students, researchers, and other interested persons, about human rights – particularly those of women and children – in a world in which these are continually…

Jeugdrecht is volop in ontwikkeling en speelt een rol bij tal van maatschappelijke kwesties, zoals kindermishandeling, jeugdzorg en jeugdcriminaliteit.

This thesis attempts to interrogate post-1991-2015 political development in Ethiopia, focusing on the political discourses espoused by the government and opposition, using the discourse analysis method and securitization theory.

Het doel van dit project is het monitoren van levensdelicten in de Dutch Caribbean.

Het Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA) biedt onderwijsprogramma’s aan op bachelor- en masterniveau. Tevens zijn er minoren, wordt er online onderwijs aangeboden en is er onderwijs voor professionals.

Het onderwijsaanbod van de Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs in Den Haag sluit nauw aan op de thema’s die de stad kenmerken als Internationale Stad van vrede, veiligheid en recht en als centrum van het Nederlandse openbaar bestuur en international governance.

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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’.

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Poëzie vertalen is notoir moeilijk. Poëzie zo vertalen dat het humoristische karakter van een gedicht overeind blijft, is nog veel lastiger, terwijl juist grapjes kinderen kunnen aanzetten om meer te lezen, constateert promovenda Alice Morta.

The ultimate goal of cosmologists is to find a cosmological model able to explain the current observational data.

Op 16 juni 2020 verdedigde Andrea Varga haar proefschrift 'Establishing State Responsibility in the Absence of Effective Government'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door promotoren prof. dr. N.J. Schrijver en prof. dr. F. Baetens (University of Oslo).

Promotor: Prof.dr. H.P. Spaink, Co-promotor: Prof.dr. A.H. Meijer

Creating information portals for support of European environmental policy.

Atherosclerosis is the most important underlying process that drives cardiovascular disease, and is characterized by an accumulation of cholesterol which triggers an inflammatory response in the vessel wall.

To limit the effects of climate change, global average temperature since pre-industrial measurements are to be kept well below 2 °C preferably even at 1.5 °C.

β-Lactamases are enzymes that can break down β-lactam substrates, such as antibiotics, preventing the use of these antibiotics for the treatment of various infectious diseases. However, some compounds, β-lactamase inhibitors, can block these enzymes allowing for possible treatments using a combination…

Plant exudates appeared long time ago in the history line of life in the early Devonian. They are typical saps produced by specialized cells.

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.

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,…

Op 23 februari 2022 verdedigde Cale Davis het proefschrift 'Prosecutorial Discretion in International Criminal Justice'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door prof.dr. C. Stahn en dr. J.C. Powderly.

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De Landelijke Werkgroep Kind en Ouder in de Strafrechtsketen (KOS) heeft als doel de zichtbaarheid en behandeling van ouders en kinderen in de Nederlandse strafrechtsketen te verbeteren door een combinatie van centralisatie, advies en onderzoek.

Internationaal geadopteerde kinderen gebruiken niet meer medicijnen dan hun niet-geadopteerde leeftijdgenoten.

De universiteit streeft ernaar dat alle studenten in hun opleiding kennismaken met duurzaamheidsthema’s en -vraagstukken, die zoveel mogelijk aansluiten bij de inhoud van hun opleiding.

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An assessment approach that tailors to children’s instructional needs

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