Onderzoeken hoe gegevens afkomstig van draagbare technologieën kunnen worden gebruikt om effectieve gedragsveranderingen te identificeren die hopelijk zullen leiden tot gezondheidsverbeteringen.

Promotores: W.J.G.M. Peijnenburg, G.R. de Snoo, Co-promotor: M.G. Vijver

Freshwater biodiversity has been threatened by eutrophication due to excessive nutrients in the environment. Releasing the freshwater species from such pressures requires efforts from industry and manufacturers to avoid emissions to vulnerable and high-risk regions.

Glycosidases are important enzymes in the turnover of polysaccharides and glycoconjugates, and are involved in a range of human pathologies including genetic disorders such as Gaucher and Pompe disease, but also in various cancers.

On dinsdag 26 september heeft Jessica Hill haar proefschrift ‘On the road to adulthood. Delinquency and desistance in Dutch emerging adults’ verdedigd. Promotor is Professor Arjan Blokland.

Promotor: H.V.J. Linnartz

Feedback van medestudenten op schrijfwerk is net zo leerzaam als die van docenten.

We consider the propagation of electrical signals through nerve fibres.

This thesis investigates how non-genetic factors, such as inflammation and concomitant medication, impact hepatic drug metabolism and subsequent drug metabolizing phenotype predictions.

In Den Haag Zuidwest groeit een generatie op met weinig speelruimte. Onderzoekers van de Health Campus Den Haag volgen wat de wijkaanpak BRUIS doet en betekent voor kinderen en jongeren in de wijk.

Leiden University College The Hague's campus is right next to The Hague Central Station.

Majorana fermions in superconductors are the subgap quasiparticle excitations that are their own antiparticles.

Promotores: Prof.dr. B.R. Katzy, Prof.dr. K. Sailer (Munich University)

Let A be a commutative algebraic group over a field K, and let G be a finitely generated subgroup of the K-rational points of A. The purpose of this thesis is to study the degrees of the Kummer extensions relative to A,K and G.

The role of material production as a driver of environmental impacts is increasing, which calls for a better understanding of global material flows. This thesis explores the role of in-use stocks of products, buildings and infrastructure as a key driver of global material demand and discusses the implications…

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.

“Temminck’s Order” is the scientific biography of Coenraad Jacob Temminck (1778–1850), a Dutch naturalist and the first director of ’s Rijks Museum van Natuurlijke Historie in Leiden.

Artificial photosynthesis has recognised potential to produce green and sustainable fuels from earth-abundant resources such as water, carbon dioxide (CO2), and sunlight.

Op 19 februari 2020 verdedigde Richard Jiang zijn proefschrift '‘Greening’ the WTO Ban on China’s Export Duties'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door promotor prof.dr. M.C.E.J. Bronckers.

From 16 to 18 August, 30 participants from 18 different countries gathered online to participate in the Online Summer Programme: Preventing, Detecting and Responding to Violent Extremism, organised by Leiden University’s Centre for Professional Learning (CPL) together with the International Centre for…

Announcement of a new publication by Janneke Verheijen, lecturer at the Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology.

Op 9 juni 2020 verdedigde Maral Darouei haar proefschrift 'Managing a sustainable career in the contemporary world of work: Personal choices and contextual challenges'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door promotor prof.dr. J.I. van der Rest.

Bernard Bernards onderzoekt beperkingen op innovatie door te focussen op cognitieve onzekerheid als toestand die innovatief werkgedrag kan beïnvloeden.

Hoewel de meerwaarde van stages in het bedrijfsleven in eerder onderzoek wordt onderschreven, is er nog niet veel bekend over hoe het leren van docenten tijdens hun stage plaatsvindt en hoe zij hun leerervaringen uit stages gebruiken voor hun nderwijs. Om een meer diepgaand inzicht te verkrijgen in…

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The goal of this thesis is to understand how interfacial parameters, such as the addition of organic additives, bulk pH or metal cations of the electrolyte, affect the relevant electrocatalytic reactions, i.e. electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction or hydrogen evolution reaction.

Promotor: Prof.dr. G.R. de Snoo, Prof.dr. G.A. Persoon, Co-promotor: H.H. de Iongh

The thesis describes experimental steps towards reduction of friction on the macroscopic scale by scenarios of thermo- and superlubricity well-known on the nanoscale.

Promotor: Prof.dr. G.J. Kroes

In the first part, we introduce a new condition, called toric-additivity, on a family of abelian varieties degenerating to a semi-abelian scheme over a normal crossing divisor.

What is the current relevance of the ethics of counterterrorism and what is the added value of ethics support within the practice of counterterrorism?

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…

Promotor: M.T.M. Koper, Co-promotor: J.B.F. Juurlink

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

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

Het Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society (LUCAS) is wereldwijd een van de weinige onderzoeksinstituten waar wetenschappers op het gebied van literatuur, beeldende kunst, architectuur, design en mediastudies samenkomen om onderzoek te doen naar de culturele productie van de westerse wereld,…

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.

Rector magnificus Hester Bijl ontving vrijdag 12 december een eredoctoraat van de University of Birmingham vanwege haar inzet voor onderwijsinnovatie, studentenwelzijn en cultuurverandering binnen de academie.

Hoe meer we leren over een (neuro-)psychologische of lichamelijke aandoening en de hieraan gerelateerde gedragsfactoren, hoe beter we deze niet alleen kunnen signaleren, maar ook behandelen. Het is dus belangrijk dat recente inzichten over (neuro-)psychologische problemen en daaraan gerelateerde gedragsfactoren…

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The power of personalized nutrition lies in being able to conduct clinical research on healthy people while capturing metabolic markers sensitive to the impact of environmental and metabolic stressors (e.g. diet, changing sex hormones and the menstrual cycle).

This PhD thesis concerns the topic of arithmetic geometry. We address three different questions and each of the questions in some way is about counting how big some set is or can be.

Promotor: Carel J. ten Cate, Co-Promotor: Hans W. Slabbekoorn

Fundamental understanding of molecular reactions on metal surfaces is important for improving heterogeneous catalysis.

Van de patiënten met multipele sclerose (MS) krijgt 34-65% vroeg of laat te maken met cognitieve problemen.

Plastics have become an integral part of modern society due to their versatility and durability.

We found that, next to the effectiveness of the intervention, it’s also very likely that the intervention is cost-effective compared to attention only.

The studies described in this thesis deal with glycosidases, in particular alpha-galactosidases.

The overall objectives of my thesis are to investigate the dynamics of the sorghum root microbiome and to explore the beneficial effects of the root microbiome on sorghum growth and stress tolerance.