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Forgotten Lineages explores the paths through which generations of formally enslaved and their descendants gradually forgot their past of enslavement under Dutch and British imperial rule and became local subjects in Sri Lanka and South Africa. It explores why and how forgetting rather than memory became…

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

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.

The International Course on Water Use and Management in Cagayan Valley The Philippines (2011-2015)

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 report investigates the different approaches in the authorization process of GMOs for commercial use in the European Union and the United States of America. Three main aspects are considered and analyzed as potential causes of differences in the authorization process of GMOs for commercial use.…

Afrika heeft een bevolking van 1,5 miljard mensen. In 2050 zal dit aantal naar verwachting stijgen tot 2,5 miljard. De impact van het continent op de wereldeconomie en samenlevingen, maar ook op het milieu, zal daardoor enorm toenemen.

Social Information Processing in Children with and without Hearing Loss

Binnen het onderzoeksprogramma ‘Institutions, Decisions and Collective Behaviour’ richt het onderzoekscluster ‘Politics in the Netherlands’ zich op de Nederlandse politiek. De onderzoekers bestuderen de opzet en het functioneren van de politieke instituties en kijken naar de attitudes en het gedrag…

Hoe beinvloedt economisch verval de democratische waarden en verhoudingen tussen groepen in Africa?

In Afrika wonen 1,5 miljard mensen. Over 30 jaar zijn dat er 2,5 miljard. De impact van het continent op de wereldeconomie, maar bijvoorbeeld ook op het milieu, zal daardoor enorm toenemen. Onderzoekers van het Afrika-Studiecentrum Leiden (ASCL) zijn zich er al decennia van bewust dat Afrika een cruciale…

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.

Description of 20th century changes in the Dutch flora: Description and interpretation (1999 - 2005)

This project investigates the rich linguistic history of the crucial language groups in East Africa and includes a search for words that indicate earlier lost languages. These outcomes, combined with recent archaeological and genetic research, will contribute to a new understanding of East Africa’s…

The expedition commanded by Nicolas Baudin to Tenerife, Mauritius, Australia, Timor and South Africa in 1800-1804 is fully researched in regard to ornithology.

In the early universe, the dynamics of the Higgs field can give rise to many interesting phenomena.

The high velocity tail of the total velocity distribution of stars provides essential insight into fundamental properties of the Galaxy.

In this work the reconstruction of a tau neutrino signal in the KM3NeT detector is discussed.

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

Promotor: A. Achúcarro, Co-promotor: A. Boyarsky

De komst van nieuwe wereldmarktspelers als India, Brazilië, China, Turkije en de Golfstaten geeft Afrikanen meer keuze met wie ze samen willen werken, en onder welke voorwaarden. Tegelijkertijd kiezen Afrikaanse multinationals ervoor met regionale partners te werken en oude politieke idealen te voorzien…

De masterspecialisatie Global Conflict in the Modern Era van de Universiteit Leiden, betrekt je bij het wetenschappelijk debat over internationale conflicten in het heden en het recente verleden.

Special Issue in: Visual Anthropology, Volume 29, Issue 3, 2016

Corruption, integrity (or a lack thereof…) and public values are near omnipresent elements in public administration and politics of all times. Cases of corrupt public officials and politicians continuously emerge. Strangely enough, however, it often remains unknown what actually occurred, how something…

Tijdens deze opleiding verbreed je jouw kennis van informatica en specialiseer je je in ICT in het publieke domein. Je ontwikkelt je bedrijf en organisatie skills die je nodig hebt als moderne IT professional.

One of the key discoveries in exoplanet research over the past decade is the abundance of small planets in our Milky Way. Despite their high numbers, our understanding of their atmospheres remains limited, and it is unknown if they possess atmospheres at all.

An account of the total of material flows going in, out and through Amsterdam.

This interdisciplinary study focuses on (trans)national ethnic and popular networks, combining historical-ethnographic and computational methods to understand the ‘workings’ of networked conflict interfering in the increasingly violent conflict in the Sahel (Africa) and beyond. The project focuses on…

The European Council and the European Commission have a similar role in agenda setting. Both place issues on the EU agenda. However, these institutions have distinct designs. They have different political attributes (the European Council has considerably more political authority) and information-processing…

De onderzoekers van het departement ‘World Archaeology’ van de Faculteit Archeologie richten zich in hun onderzoek op verschillende periodes en regio’s: van de oorsprong van de mens tot aan de Middeleeuwen en de moderne tijd, en van Azië tot Zuid-Amerika.

Deze systematische review van 68 Engelstalige artikelen onderzoekt de rol van gewoonterechten in het milieubeheer in Afrika bezuiden de Sahara.

Promotor: I. A. G. Snellen, Co-promotor: M. A. Kenworthy

The researchers examine the Council of the European Union's voting behaviour between 2010 and 2021 and the impact of different independent variables.

Studievoorlichting

Op 3 september 2019 verdedigde Ilektra Antonaki haar proefschrift 'Privatisations and golden shares: Bridging the gap between the State and the market in the area of free movement of capital in the EU'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door promotor prof.dr. S.C.G. Van den Bogaert.

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

GLOBALINT is een baanbrekend onderzoek naar inlichtingendiensten in het ‘mondiale Zuiden’. De centrale vraag is ‘hoe beïnvloeden (on)democratische verschuivingen in politiek bestuur de inlichtingendiensten in de context van gewelddadig conflict?’

This thesis describes the genetic and prokaryotic diversity of giant barrel sponges.

A remarkable population of short period transiting rocky exoplanets with equilibrium temperatures on the order of 2,000 K has recently been discovered.

A recent study on reintroduced tigers in Panna Tiger Reserve in India reveals that risks from tigers increased more because of human behaviour and people's livestock husbandry practices.

Chinese materia medica (CMM), comprising a diverse array of natural substances from plants, animals, and minerals, has been integral to Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) throughout history. This study investigates the dynamic evolution of CMM, noting shifts in species for improved therapeutic effects…

This thesis aims to enhance our understanding of galaxies by testing theoretical models of galaxy formation against observations, particularly in the cases of extreme systems which have been found to have an excess of baryonic mass in their central regions, in the form of either supermassive black holes…

Op 1 april 2020 verdedigde Marc Broekema zijn proefschrift 'Cognitive Bias in the Judgment of Business Valuations and Valuators'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door promotor prof. dr. J.I. van der Rest.

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

Are you planning to conduct clinical research in the Netherlands? In this online course, you are introduced to legislation and procedures on clinical research in the Netherlands. It will help you prepare and submit your research file efficiently. The first three themes ‘The Dutch Review System’ , ‘The…

There is concern about the threat that nanoplastics (NPs) may pose to both wildlife and humans. This thesis explores the mechanisms of toxicity of polystyrene nanoparticles (PS-NPs) in chicken embryo.

Het World Teachers Programme (WTP) is een tweetalig profiel binnen de lerarenopleiding waarbij tweetalig en internationaal onderwijs centraal staan.

Promotores: Prof.dr. J. Schaye & Prof.dr. C. Steidel (California Institute of Technology)