De decanen (voorzitters van de faculteitsbesturen) vormen onder voorzitterschap van de rector magnificus de Raad van Decanen (RvD).

Traditiegetrouw worden aan de Leidse rechtenfaculteit aan het begin van ieder nieuw kalenderjaar de Meijersprijzen uitgereikt voor het beste artikel van het voorafgaande jaar voor elk facultair onderzoeksprogramma.

Research.com, een toonaangevend academisch platform voor onderzoekers, heeft zojuist de 2023 Edition of Ranking of Best Scientists in the field of Law uitgebracht. Carsten Stahn hoogleraar International Criminal Law & Global Justice aan het Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies in Leiden staat…

Martin Sievert, universitair docent Publiek Management aan het Instituut Bestuurskunde heeft de 'Best Young Researcher Paper Award 2023' van de Permanente Studiegroep Publiek Personeelsbeleid ontvangen.

This thesis describes a study from both a theoreticaL and an experimental point of view.

A new publication on changes in the relationship between news and their public in Chile

Galaxies in the local Universe fall into two main categories of spirals and ellipticals. In this Thesis, we explore the structural evolution of galaxies into this bimodal distribution.

Fungal infections pose a significant threat to individuals with compromised immune systems and despite advancements in diagnosis and treatment, they continue to jeopardize patient’s health.

In this thesis, we use low-frequency and high-frequency radio observations to address the following questions regarding quasars: is the radio loud/quiet quasar dichotomy real?

Promotor: G.J. Kramer Co-Promotor: E.G.M. Kleijn

Bacterial chemosensory arrays are protein assemblies that are the key structural and functional component for motile bacteria to sense their internal or environmental chemical signals.

Systems are called real-time systems, if the correctness of the system does not only depend on the correctness of the system output but also on whether the output is delivered on time.

This dissertation presents the results of the importance of creativity for ICT-students of Dutch universities of applied sciences (in Dutch: hogescholen), and the functioning of training courses that aim to promote creative abilities is highlighted.

PNEC-pro is a user-friendly screening tool for professionals dealing with the assessment of surface water quality. The tool calculates local, watertype specific no-effect concentrations (PNEC) of copper, lead, nickel and zinc based on biotic ligand models (BLMs).

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…

Monoacylglycerol lipase (MAGL) is the principal enzyme responsible for hydrolysis of the endocannabinoid 2-arachidonoylglycerol (2-AG). MAGL inhibition provides several potential therapeutic opportunities, including anti-nociceptive, anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer activity.

This thesis presents insights from our study of various correlated electron systems with a scanning tunneling microscope (STM). In ordinary metals, electron-electron interactions exist, but get substantially screened due to the sheer number of electrons.

Promotor: M. Danhof, Co-promotor: E.C.M. de Lange

Over the last decades, aviation safety has improved strongly. As a downside, airline pilots do not have as many opportunities to develop through experience the competencies that they need in critical situations.

The experiments described in this thesis employ local lentiviral knockdowns in brain areas of female zebra finches followed by behavioural assays consisting of preference and Go/Nogo tasks.

Klinische psychologie richt zich vooral op de toepassing van wetenschappelijke psychologische kennis op assessment, preventie en behandeling van psychopathologie.

The demand for neodymium-iron-boron (NdFeB) magnets is rapidly growing, while the neodymium supply chain is under pressure. Recycling can alleviate these issues. This thesis investigates the potential for deploying novel magnet recycling technologies and their environmental consequences.

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

This thesis deals with properties of Jacobians of genus two curves that cover elliptic curves.

Promotor: Prof.dr.ir. E. Deprettere

Combinatorial games are games for two competing players, moving in a turn-by-turn fashion, in which there is no chance nor hidden information⁠. Chess, checkers and the simpler tic tac toe are well-known examples of this class of games, as well as game of go⁠.

Stars like the sun are born in large molecular clouds existing from gas and dust. During the formation process, the chemical composition of the material can be altered drastically by the changing physical conditions.

Astronomical observations of cold regions in the universe show a rich inventory of ices. Part of these ices may end up on planets like our own, but in that journey they will be exposed to considerable amounts of radiation.

Promotor: J.P. Abrahams, Co-promotor: T. Grüne

A modern ship design process is subject to a wide variety of constraints such as safety constraints, regulations, and physical constraints.

Promotor: C.J. ten Cate

Why do black holes emit thermal radiation? And how does a closed quantum system thermalize?

Promotor: Koen Kuijken Co-promotor: Henk Hoekstra

The field of exoplanet research is rapidly advancing through the development of new technology, observing techniques, and post-processing methods.

Promotor: P.D. Grünwald

LCA has become an important method to study environmental impacts of human activities. Still, there are several methodological issues in LCA that can adversely affect the results reliability.

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

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. B.R. Katzy, Prof.dr. H.J. van den Herik, Prof.dr. G.H. Baltes (University of Applied Sciences Konstanz)

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?

Heterogeneous catalysis is one of the fundamental processes of modern life, being common in industrial refinery and hydrogen vehicles, all the way to the living cell. The dissociation of H2 on Cu(111) is an important benchmark system for studying heterogeneous catalysis, with a large and varied amount…

A key step in the synthesis of oligosaccharides and glycoconjugates is the formation of the glycosidic bond.

In ieder geval zes mensen zijn de zomer goed gestart, want zij hebben ieder een Meijers-beurs binnengesleept. De komende jaren mogen die onderzoekers zich fulltime toeleggen op hun promotieonderzoeken. Maak kennis met deze nieuwe promovendi!

Op 14 september werd bekend gemaakt dat Wim Voermans met zijn boek 'Onze Constitutie' de Prinsjesboekenprijs heeft gewonnen. Deze prijs wordt jaarlijks tijdens het Prinsjesfestival uitgereikt aan het beste politieke boek van het afgelopen parlementaire jaar.

De Irispenning voor Excellente Wetenschapscommunicatie is dit jaar gewonnen door Hoogleraar Wetenschapscommunicatie Ionica Smeets.

Op de dag van de dies begint rector magnificus Carel Stolker aan zijn tweede termijn. Hoe blikt hij terug op de eerste vier jaar en welke plannen heeft hij? Dat vragen burgemeester Lenferink, bestuurskundestudent Mikal Tseggai, hoogleraar Eveline Crone en diverse andere collega’s aan hem.

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

Een jaar lang staat Leiden in het teken van Azië met talloze Aziatische evenementen, conferenties, tentoonstellingen en concerten. Aanleiding is de nieuwe Asian Library van de Universiteit Leiden. Kom lezen, kijken, luisteren, proeven of dansen zoals ze dat doen in Bollywood of Indonesië.

Vandaag bereikte het Instituut en de Sectie Nederlandse Geschiedenis het droevige bericht dat onze oud-collega dr. Jan de Jongste op 9 februari 2023 in zijn woonplaats Oegstgeest is overleden. Jan was van 1 januari 1964 tot aan zijn pensioen op 1 februari 2001 verbonden aan het Instituut voor Geschiedenis…