Zuid-Korea is hot and happening! Het land verovert de wereld met haar populaire cultuur: muziek, dans, mode, dramaseries, film en eten. Maar wat is de Korean Wave eigenlijk?

In een podcastaflevering van Nooit meer slapen (NPO Radio 1/VPRO) en Voorproevers (VRT) vertelt Marlisa den Hartog over haar boek 'Seks in de Renaissance', waarin ze de complexiteit onthult van seksuele opvattingen en praktijken in die tijd. Op een vervreemdende én herkenbare manier legt ze parallellen…

Zuid-Korea is hot and happening! Het land verovert de wereld met haar populaire cultuur: muziek, dans, mode, dramaseries, film en eten. Maar wat is de Korean Wave eigenlijk?

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Universitair docent Rachel Plak behandelt de fabel ‘Mensen met autisme zijn altijd mannen’.

Op de nieuwe website Athena’s Angels stellen vier vrouwelijke Leidse hoogleraren ongelijke behandeling van vrouwen in de wetenschap aan de kaak. ‘Sinds de lancering zijn onze mailboxen ontploft’, vertelt Judi Mesman, hoogleraar gezinspedagogiek en een van de initiatiefnemers.

Een vrouwenlichaam, dus een vrouw. Onzin, vindt bijzonder hoogleraar Annemie Halsema van de Socrates leerstoel. Zij stelt dat ook iemands persoonlijke identiteitsbeleving en de sociale omgeving iemands identiteit bepalen. ‘We moeten stoppen met het benoemen van iemands geslacht bij de geboorte.’

Dertig slimme basisschoolkinderen uit de Haagse Schilderswijk kwamen zaterdag naar Leiden. Ze kregen college van Judi Mesman, hoogleraar Diversiteit in opvoeding en ontwikkeling. De bedoeling: hen zelfvertrouwen geven.

Elk jaar organiseert de Universiteit Leiden op of rond Internationale Vrouwendag, 8 maart, de Annie Romein-Verschoorlezing. Dit jaar wordt de lezing verzorgd door Sylvana Simons, partijleider van BIJ1 en namens die partij Tweede Kamerlid en fractievoorzitter. Wat betekent Internationale vrouwendag voor…

Development of an aggregated impact indicator to measure decoupling.

Examining the sustainability aspects of biotechnology, especially those related to the production of ethanol from biomass.

In this project innovative technology for photovoltaics cells is developed and analysis of ecological and health related risks are explicitly accounted for.

This dissertation focuses on developing new mathematical and statistical methods to properly represent time-varying covariates and model them within the context of time-to-event analysis.

Promotor: J. Aarts

In this thesis integral points on affine del Pezzo surfaces are studied.

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

Promotores: P. Stevenhagen, E. Fouvry (Univeriste Paris Saclay)

Does a high quality prairie restoration in an urban/agricultural landscape provide invertebrates necessary for a sustainable ecosystem?

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

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

Promotoren: Prof.dr. G.R. de Snoo en Dr. R. Heijungs

What invertebrates are available to feed nestlings in an agricultural landscape of varied complexity?

This thesis describes biochemical investigations of glucocerebrosidase (GBA), the lysosomal β- glucosidase that is deficient in Gaucher disease (GD).

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

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: S.M. Verduyn Lunel

Advanced mass spectrometry of glycosphingolipids takes the central stage in this thesis. Investigations focus on characterization of glycosphingolipid metabolism in health and disease with emphasis to the detection and accurate quantitation of known and so far unknown glycosphingolipids and closely…

This dissertation consists of two parts, with the common theme

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

Promotor: Prof.dr. J.A. Bouwstra, Co-promotor: A. El Ghalbzouri

This thesis manuscript explores the use of video games as tools for conceptual exploration and academic research.

Bacteria are highly complex and diverse organisms that have adapted to survive in ecological niches ranging from the most extreme to the most heterogeneous environments.

Promotor: A.W. van der Vaart

In this dissertation, the synthesis and characterization of a series of iron complexes based on different ligand platforms are described.

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.

Promotor: Prof.dr. P.C. van Welzen

Promotores: T. Hankemeier; R. Berger, Co-promotor: R.J. Vreeken

Promotor: C. W. J. Beenakker, Yu. V. Nazarov, Co-promotor: J. Tworzydlo

Trigonostemon Blume is a plant genus in the family Euphorbiaceae comprising 59 species.

Promotor: Prof.dr. A.G.G.M. Tielens

Promotor: W. T. F. den Hollander, F. H. J. Redig

Balsaminaceae is a diverse plant family characterized by a huge floral morphological diversity.

The elementary excitations of magnets are called spin waves, and their corresponding quasi-particles are known as magnons. The rapidly growing field of Magnonics aims at using them as information carriers in a new generation of electronic devices, (almost) free of electric currents.

Promotores: J. Jonkers, K.E. de Visser

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

The transition to electric vehicles (EVs) reduces vehicle emissions to combat climate change. EVs raise concerns regarding the production of lithium-ion batteries and related emissions; while batteries can also provide energy storage services for the electricity system.