Van de studenten van de Faculteit der Geesteswetenschapen die tussen 2008 en 2012 een diploma haalden, had 71% na twee maanden een baan.

Afgewezen worden doet pijn, maar iemand moeten afwijzen evengoed. Sociaal psychologen ontdekten dat studenten op hospiteeravonden de ander ‘dehumaniseren’ om zo’n afwijzing makkelijker te maken. Dat klinkt misschien ernstig, maar volgens de onderzoekers is het ook logisch.

The main aim of this project is to reveal and unravel the invisible histories of the UN, transcending the dominant Western perspective to recover the historical agency of Global South actors. The research will investigate how the UN has both facilitated and limited their role in shaping global order…

EXIOBASE is a global, detailed Multi-regional Environmentally Extended Supply and Use / Input Output (MR EE SUT/IOT) database. It was developed by harmonizing and detailing SUT for a large number of countries, estimating emissions and resource extractions by industry, linking the country EE SUT via…

Een groep van elf studenten van het Leiden University College en de Advanced Master International Relations and Diplomacy bezochten van 11 tot 13 April 2019 Porto om een 'Hybrid Threats' simulatie bij te wonen in het kader van 70 jaar NAVO. De deelname van de Universiteit Leiden werd gefaciliteerd door…

In juli 2022 was Leiden gastheer van het ESOF-congres.

De pijnlijke geschiedenis van koloniale slavernij is lang onderbelicht gebleven. Mensen van wie de voorouders in slavernij leefden stellen nu kritische vragen over hoe we met dat verleden omgaan. Leidse onderzoekers bestuderen het koloniale en slavernijverleden en de langetermijnimpact daarvan op koloniaal…

We verwelkomen gastwetenschappers wier onderzoek aansluit bij onze uiteenlopende expertisegebieden. De tekst gaat verder in het Engels.

Orange the World 2025

Meerdere Nederlandse universiteiten hebben aangegeven de toename van buitenlandse studenten bij sommige studies te willen stoppen. Ze lopen tegen de grenzen van hun capaciteit aan. Ook in Leiden zijn we alert op dit gebied, maar ik zie vooral heel veel positieve kanten aan de instroom van internationale…

Promotores: S.J. Edixhoven, P.Parent

Hoe kunnen we op een interdisciplinaire wijze de classificatie van migranten en mensen met een beperking bestuderen en onderzoekers van deze velden samenbrengen om raakvlakken met elkaar te vinden?

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…

How do you engage society to stop biodiversity loss? How do you create political and social involvement to deal with climate change? And how do you balance the economic needs of industry with the negative effects of pollution? If you find these kinds of questions interesting, then this Pre-University…

Op 16 december 2021 verdedigde Lisanne van Houten het proefschrift 'Flexing the Slot Regime'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door prof.dr. P. Mendes de Leon en prof. L. Pierallini (Luiss University Of Rome).

Promotores: Prof.dr. E.A.L. Biessen, Prof.dr. T.J.C. van Berkel

Many galaxy clusters exhibit bright diffuse radio emission that traces the underlying structure of the intracluster medium (ICM).

Promotor: E.F. Smets, Co-promotor: J. Geml

Promotor: R.D. Gill, F. Taroni

Whilst government’s ability to design ‘context-specific’ regional innovation policy is generally assumed to depend on the region’s decision-making power, the aim of this study is to investigate how regional government matters. In order to open up the black box of policy design, the study develops a…

Clinical development of drugs for central nervous system (CNS) disorders has been particularly challenging and still suffers from high attrition rates.

Promotor: J. Schaye

Promotor: K. Kuijken, Co-Promotor: H. Hoekstra

Vancomycin is a last-resort antibiotic for the treatment of many Gram-positive bacterial infections, while remaining inactive against Gram-negative strains.

The sequence-dependence of biomolecular interactions involving nucleic acids and proteins is essential for numerous processes inside the cell. Insights into the underlying molecular mechanisms have been obtained using various biochemical and biophysical methods on two different levels — bulk and sin…

Promotor: W. Jiskoot, Co-promotor: H.A. Every

Promotor: C.J. ten Cate, Co-promotor: H.W. Slabbekoorn

The lysosomal β-glucosidase named glucocerebrosidase (GCase) is a retaining β-glucosidase that hydrolyzes the glycosphingolipid glucosylceramide (GlcCer) to ceramide and glucose at acid pH.

Promotor: Prof.dr. G.P. van Wezel

Promotor: H.P. Spaink, A.H. Meijer Co-promotor: R. Marin-Juez

Promotor: Prof.dr. H.J.A. Rottgering

Viral hemorrhagic fever (VHF) is a group of acute diseases caused by highly infectious viruses including Ebola, Lassa, Dengue viruses. Its high mortality rate poses high risk to public health, however, studies on VHF have been hampered due to the non-availability of proper models and incomplete knowledge…

Tracing the evolution of the molecular gas content in galaxies is critical for a complete understanding of galaxy formation and evolution, as it provides the direct fuel for star formation. Studies of high-redshift (z>1) molecular gas reservoirs, most commonly traced by carbon monoxide (CO), have seen…

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The field of science communication is very broad. Below is a list of organisations where SCS students can fulfill internships or where alumni have found jobs.

This thesis investigates how cell shape and collective behavior influence the dynamics and structure of biological tissues, which are crucial for understanding processes like embryonic development, tissue regeneration, and metastasis.

To study how planetary systems come into existence we study much younger systems still in formation.

Promotor: T. Hankemeier, Co-promotor: T.H. Reijmers

Promotor: C.J. ten Cate

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.

Inverse problems are problems where we want to estimate the values of certain parameters of a system given observations of the system. Such problems occur in several areas of science and engineering. Inverse problems are often ill-posed, which means that the observations of the system do not uniquely…

Promotores: H.A. Udo de Haes, H.H.T. Prins, Co-promotor: H.H. de Iongh

We consider the propagation of electrical signals through nerve fibres.

In this thesis, we study systems of electrons in which strong correlations give rise to emergent exotic physics.

Cell-based medicinal products (CBMPs), such as CAR T cells, are highly complex biopharmaceutical products offering various treatment options for serious illnesses such as cancer or autoimmune diseases.

Atoms and molecules are the basic units of matter. If we keep dividing a bar of gold or a glass of water into smaller parts, at the end we are left with a single gold atom or a water molecule.

Promotor: H.J.A. Röttgering, Co-promotor: M. Haverkorn

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

The following report discusses a survey on the topic of the Sustainable Development Goals that was distributed among researchers at Leiden University in the month of November 2021.