This thesis seeks to combine two different research topics; Multi-Objective Optimization and Complex Network Analysis.

International trade has played a major role in defining the modern global economy. Trade, however, entangles the environmental pressures of economic sectors, giving the illusion of environmental improvements, while the opposite may be occurring.

Hieronder kun je een antwoord vinden op de meestgestelde vragen over de master. Wordt jouw vraag niet beantwoord? Neem gerust contact met ons op voor een gepersonaliseerd antwoord via: masterhas@lumc.nl.

In this project of the Center for Public Values & Ethics (CPVE) ongoing research is conducted on the history of advice to Dutch central government by so-called State committees from 1814 to 2014. State committees have been installed by Dutch central government since 1814 to provide expert advice, research…

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.

In this thesis, we developed new ways to use a technique called electroextraction (EE) to extract charged molecules from one liquid into another using an electric field.

Grensverleggend geschiedenis leren.

In recent decades, climate change has led to more frequent and severe drought events, causing serious consequences such as increased forest mortality and significant crop yield losses. Understanding how drought affects plants, especially economically important herbaceous species, is crucial for predicting…

In the Schouwburgstraat, LUGO is currently redesigning the back-garden in order to increase biodiversity and make it a more beautiful space. Throughout October 2023 until March 2024, we will be making changes to the garden with our team of volunteers.

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…

Leiden is een echte studentenstad. Meld je aan voor een studievereniging of studentenvereniging om van jouw studietijd een onvergetelijke tijd te maken!

Lezing, Tuesday Talks: Science Insights

Hieronder vindt u enkele van de wetenschappelijke werken die zijn gepubliceerd in het kader van het programma Conflictoplossende Instituties.

IIAS bevordert kritisch, humanistisch en collaboratief werk over, met, in en buiten Azië.

The Economics and Governance specialisation of the Master in Public Administration teaches you to formulate problem-solving approaches to concrete policy issues found at the intersection between economics and public administration. This specialisation is a unique joint offering of the Department of…

Het Leids Academisch Kunstcentrum biedt verschillende schrijfcursussen aan. Maak kennis met de wereld van verhalen verzinnen. Of kies het verhaal dat je aan de vergetelheid wil onttrekken. Leer als schrijver je eigen stem vinden en zet de eerste belangrijke stap van een idee naar een verhaal. Of maak…

BioSolar Cells is a five-year research project in which ten knowledge institutions and 45 private industries work together.

De kwaliteit van de zorg voor onze ouderen kunnen we verbeteren. Met oog voor de biologische, sociale en management aspecten biedt deze master belangrijke inzichten voor verbeteringen. De master Health, Ageing and Society zet je aan het denken, zet je aan het werk en geeft richting aan je carrière.

Studievoorlichting

Studievoorlichting

In this thesis we have discussed several parameters that affect the electrochemical conversion of enviromentaly harmful molecules such as nitrates and carbon dioxide to more valuable and less deleterious compounds, in order to cast light onto the mechanism of the reaction to achieve an efficient and…

Anthropogenic noise negatively affects wildlife in a wide range of taxonomic groups.

Promotor: M.L. van Hecke

In multi/many-core System-on-Chips (SoCs), the performance is almost linearly scaling with the number of processing elements.

Promotor: Prof.dr. A. P. IJzerman, Co-Promotor: L.H. Heitman

The deeper understanding of an organism's pathology is important for developing treatments. Over centuries of systematic research, clinical researchers have demonstrated that the more information they acquire about the cellular properties and their organisation in the tissue, the better they can understand…

Promotor: G.A. van der Marel, Co-promotor: J.D.C. Codée

At the moment, over 350.000 chemicals are registered worldwide for production and use. Their application, however, may harm human health and the environment.

The Institute of Environmental Sciences has carried out and participates in several projects that deal with the analysis of energy systems.

Despite the fact that gold nanoparticles (GNPs) are one of the most studied nanoparticles, there is still a necessity for new approaches allowing for effective protective coating to enable wider use of GNPs in biomedical applications.

The ReCiPe methodology for Life Cycle Impact Assessment (LCIA).

In the CarbonCap project, consumption oriented technological options and policy measures are identified as an addition to the present EU and world climate policy.

Galaxy intrinsic alignments induce a major astrophysical contamination to weak gravitational lensing measurements and need to be modelled and mitigated when extracting cosmological information from such measurements.

Co-ordination Action for Innovation in Life-Cycle Analysis for Sustainability: deepening, broadening and leaping forward the LCA methodology.

Taxonomy as a science has accumulated data and knowledge for more than 250 years.

This thesis focuses on protoplanetary disks: flattened structures of gas and dust around young stars in which planets are expected to form and grow.

Biological cells, the basic building blocks of all life forms, are surrounded by a lipid membrane. More than half of the membrane is occupied by membrane proteins, which can regulate the cell functionality through specific arrangements.

This thesis describes the use of a combined approach of computational and experimental techniques to gain novel insights to understand the glycosylation reaction and its reactive intermediates.

Multiple stars, that is two or more stars composing a gravitationally bound system, are common in the universe.

Promotor: K.J. Batenburg, Co-promotor: A.W. van der Vaart, B. de Smit

Promotors: Prof.dr. T.H.W. Bäck, Prof.dr. B. Sendhoff (Technische Universität Darmstadt)

The development of new environmentally sound technologies is seen as a key route towards achieving sustainability.

As leading cause of death worldwide, cancer is responsible for nearly 10 million deaths in 2020 according to World Health Organization (WHO). Cisplatin and its derivatives are commonly used chemotherapy agents for current cancer treatment in the clinics.

Promotor: J.M. van Ruitenbeek, Co-Promotor: S.J. van der Molen

Promotores: A.P. IJzerman, H.W.T. van Vlijmen

Promotores: T.H.W. Bäck, Y. Tan, Co-promotor: M.T.M. Emmerich

Streptomyces are filamentous bacteria that produce more than two-thirds of known antibiotics.

Hydrodesulfurization (HDS) is an ubiquitous part of oil refining that ensures that fuels are cleaned of impurities and environment release of pollutants such as SOx and NOx gasses are minimized.

In this thesis, we have studied the potential of the zebrafish larval model in studying the ECS, as a complementary model to the existing rodent models.