A P300-based Brain Computer Interface character speller, also known as P300 speller, has been an important communication pathway, under extensive research, for people who lose motor ability, such as patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis or spinal-cord injury because a P300 speller allows human-beings…

Moritz Jesse has been awarded a Jean Monnet Chair by the European Commission. In his MIND-EU Project he will focus on a coherent way to teach Migration, Integration, and Non-Discrimination at Leiden Law School at bachelor and master level.

GLOBOX is a spatially differentiated multimedia fate, exposure and effect model. It is used for the calculation of spatially differentiated LCA characterisation factors on a global scale.

Studying the impact of urbanisation on the respiratory health of past Dutch populations (1200-1850 CE).

Did the Jochids leave their mark on the Grand Duchy, taking into account that the Lithuanian state was one of the main successor states of the Great Horde in the 16thCentury?

This thesis focuses on addressing four research problems in designing embedded streaming systems.

Bestudeer complexe veiligheidsvraagstukken, zoals terrorisme en cyberdreigingen, met een focus op real-life cases in Security Studies aan de Universiteit Leiden. Ontwikkel academische en professionele vaardigheden en bereid je voor op een master of carrière.

Publicaties die verschijnen in het kader van het onderzoeksproject Zelfredzaamheid en sociale bescherming over de levenscyclus.

Voordrachten in het kader van het onderzoeksproject Zelfredzaamheid en sociale bescherming over de levenscyclus (aug. 2017 – dec. 2023).

What holds people together and what makes them willing to fit within larger political structures? Our project examines this question in the practices of dynastic rulership in Eurasia ca. 1300-1800.

Promotor: Prof.dr. H.V.J. Linnartz

Climate change, depletion of natural resources, loss of natural and cultural landscapes, and many other (ecological) sustainability challenges urge us to (re)evaluate human interaction with the natural world. This renewed environmental consciousness has invigorated not only scientists working on effects…

In Nederland doet het CDA onder eigen naam mee bij de aankomende waterschapsverkiezingen,maar in Limburg dient de partij al vijftien jaar geen kieslijsten in en worden de belangen behartigd door negen lokale partijen. Dit om zoveel mogelijk invloed uit te kunnen oefenen bij regionale problemen, zoals…

Van gesloten overheidssystemen in het Midden-Oosten naar een uitzonderlijk open Nederlandse overheid. Bestuurskundedocent Alex Ingrams is expert op het gebied van transparantie: ‘Waarom zijn sommige landen geheimzinnig? En wat is de rol van technologie?’

Opleidingssecretaris Dirk Alkemade vertelt in het AD meer over zijn proefschrift over patriot Pieter Vreede.

Peter Pels, affiliated with the Institute of Cultural Anthropology of Leiden University, is one of the researchers. Together with Birgit Meyer (UU), he will lead the work package 'Heritage and the Question of Conversion'.

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?

Promotor: Prof.dr. M. de Jong

Carbohydrates are present on the surface of bacteria making them suitable antigen candidates for vaccine development. This thesis deals with the synthesis of two carbohydrate-based components; the capsular polisaccharide of S. aureus type 5 and teichoic acids from staphilococci and enterococci speci…

This work has described synthetic strategies towards well-defined structures resembling capsular polysaccharide (CPS) fragments, CPS mimics, teichoic acid (TA) fragments as well as a third-generation ring-closing tandem metathesis (RCM) linker to better exploit the potential of automated synthesis.

What is the optimal design of sandy solutions for sustainable climate change adaption, from an ecological, biophysical and societal point of view?

Hieronder vind je de antwoorden op een aantal veelgestelde vragen over toelating tot de klinische specialisaties van de Master Psychologie.

This thesis presents the first synthetic peptides ADP-ribosylated on serine, threonine, tyrosine, arginine and cysteine.

CrO2, a half-metal ferromagnet, has shown great promise for superconducting spintronics applications for nearly two decades.

Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) is the substrate used for the introduction of the ubiquitous and highly dynamic PTM in which either one or multiple adenosine diphosphate ribose (ADPr) moieties are covalently attached to a nucleophilic side chain of an specific amino acid in the target protein…

How are new drugs developed? This question is central to the Minor Modern Drug Discovery (MDD), which covers the entire trajectory from disease to drug molecule and vice versa. The various research groups involved offer a complementary and interdisciplinary perspective by connecting the diverse subjects…

Increasing the efficiency of gene targeting (GT) as a genome editing tool in plants has been an important goal in plant biotechnology.

Promotor: Prof.dr. E. Deprettere

Supervisor: P.J.J. Hooykaas Co-Supervisor: R. Offringa

Promotor: T. Schmidt, Co-Promotor: B.E. Snaar-Jagalska

Humanity stands at a pivotal juncture, facing the dual challenge of environmental sustainability and rapid population growth, projected to exceed 11 billion by century’s end.

Bicarbonate buffer is largely found in nature due to its ability to regulate pH variations around neutral values. As the pH changes, so does the speciation of the buffer.

Promotor: Prof.dr. G.R. de Snoo, Co-promotor: R. Heijungs

Over the past two centuries, socioeconomic development has improved material living standards but has also intensified environmental pressures, including climate change and biodiversity loss.

Vind jouw thuis bij LUC! Wij zijn gevestigd in het hart van Den Haag. Met ons eigen gebouw en internationale profiel biedt LUC een omgeving voor iedereen die op zoek is naar een interculturele ervaring en die een verantwoordelijke wereldburger wil worden.

How and to what extent the historic house (re-)constructs identity through image-making in China.

eLaw onderzoekt de rol van het recht in de informatiemaatschappij: hoe kan het recht bijdragen aan een goede werking van informatie- en communicatietechnologie, en het gebruik ervan door burgers, bedrijven en overheden?

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

Food security is challenged by a growing global population and by climate change. Drought and soil salinity are considered the most important ones that inhibit crop yield and distribution. Worryingly, climate change is predicted to increase not only their frequency and severity, but also their co-occurrence,…

This dissertation was to develop effective graphene-based nanofluidic devices by developing scalable fabrication methods and elucidating proton transport mechanisms.

Promotor: M. Ubbink, Co-Promotor: R. T. Dame

This thesis advance our understanding and the application of molecular catalysts relevant to the reduction of oxygen as well as reduction of nitrite.

This thesis explored the molecular pharmacological mechanisms of targeting CB2R via investigation of novel drug discovery concepts such as target binding kinetics, allosteric modulation and biased signaling.

Promotores: Prof.dr. P.C.W. Hogendoorn & Prof.dr. H.P. Spaink Co-promotor: Dr. B.E. Snaar-Jagalska

Cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM) is a powerful technique used to visualize the inside of cells and to study specific protein complexes. Within this thesis, I describe the use of various cryo-EM techniques to gain insight into the structural changes of the human pathogen, Vibrio cholerae, as it…

Deze eenjarige Nederlandstalige masterspecialisatie onderzoekt Nederland en zijn mondiale en koloniale context, vanaf de middeleeuwen tot nu.

Call for Papers: Yearbook for Dutch Book History 33 (2026). Deadline 1 April 2025.

This six-weeks online course delves into the research behind terrorism as it unpacks the assumptions and impacts of both terrorism and counterterrorism.

Op 10 november 2021 verdedigde Carmel van Niekerk-Jacobs het proefschrift 'Realising the right to reproduce with assistance in South Africa'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door prof.dr. J.J. Sloth-Nielsen en prof.dr. T. Liefaard.

This project uses archaeological, literary and epigraphic evidence to investigate urban development in Roman-period North Africa, compiling this in a GIS-linked database in order to analyse the development of urban settlement spatially over time.