A single self-assembled semiconductor quantum dot in a high-finesse optical microcavity - the subject of this thesis - is an interesting quantum-mechanical system for future quantum applications. For instance, this system allows trapping of an extra electron and thus can serve as a spin quantum memory,…

This project, South American population history revisited: multidisciplinary perspectives on the Upper Amazon (SAPPHIRE), investigates population dynamics in western South America on the basis of traces in the geographical, genetic, archaeological, ethnological, and linguistic record.

Using the principles of Industrial Ecology in Environmental Policy making in two cases: transition to a hydrogen economy and chlorinated compounds.

This thesis focuses on addressing four research problems in designing embedded streaming systems.

Lezing, Faculty Lecture

De EU landen worstelen met de toename van migranten en asielzoekers. Tijdens de onlangs gehouden EU top zijn afspraken gemaakt over betere controle van de buitengrenzen van de Europese Unie en vindt meer overleg plaats met landen waar migranten vandaan komen.

Op woensdag 14 april 2021 heeft Fatma Capkurt op uitnodiging van de Vereniging voor Bestuursrecht (VAR) een essay gepresenteerd over de Toeslagenaffaire. Dit essay is in het maartnummer van het Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Bestuursrecht verschenen (zie NTB 2021/62). In dit nummer hebben verschillende…

Lezing

Honderden nieuwe studenten van de Universiteit Leiden woonden de opening van het academisch jaar 2015-2016 bij. Ze kwamen uit alle hoeken van de wereld naar Leiden voor de start van een nieuwe studie. Portretten van nieuwkomers.

Governance and Global Affairs, Institute of Security and Global Affairs

Op 3 juni 2016, werd het Symposium on International Investment Law as a Field for Scholarly Research georganiseerd door Uppsala University, samen met het Nordic Network on Investment Law en het Swedish Institute of International Law.

Did the Jochids leave their mark on the Grand Duchy, taking into account that the Lithuanian state was one of the main successor states of the Great Horde in the 16thCentury?

In Duitsland, Amerika en zelfs in Vietnam: overal ter wereld werd de Leidse ontdekking gedeeld van de geboorte van twee planeten. Astronoom Sebastiaan Haffert wist met zijn team voor het eerst meerdere planeten in wording vast te leggen en publiceerde zijn bevindingen in Nature Astronomy. Een unieke…

The NWO-funded Vidi project “American foreign policy and liberalism” challenges the idea that the United States has created and sustained a “liberal international order” since World War II. It instead explores the ways in which illiberal ideologies – such as those underpinning racial hierarchy at home…

Olie- en gasconcern Shell, scheepsbouwer Damen Shipyards, autoconcern Volkswagen, woongigant Ikea, modemerk Zara: het is slechts een greep uit het toenemende aantal bedrijven dat Rusland (deels) de rug toekeert. ‘Als Ikea of Zara beslist om hun winkels in Rusland te sluiten, heeft dat gevolgen voor…

In surface science there is great effort to move from studying simple, flat model surfaces in vacuum to investigating more complex model catalysts in gas environments (in situ). This thesis gives three examples of such studies using microscopy and spectroscopy.

This thesis investigates how galaxies form and what diversifies the evolutionary histories of galaxies.

This research delves into the unique cultural approach of the Tenggerese people, an Indigenous community in East Java, Indonesia, regarding elderly care. It focuses on their traditional practices of bakti (‘filial piety’) and sayan (‘mutual aid’), deeply ingrained in the community's lifestyle and va…

We are very excited to announce our Sustainability Series for 2023-2024. Each month an interactive workshop will be organised that discusses a specific theme of sustainability. Interested about sustainability? Do not hesitate to sign up to our events !

Geen tijd te verliezen met het natuurherstel. Om die reden en om te laten zien dat de Europese Commissie geen boeman is en ook een geen vijand kwam Frans Timmermans afgelopen dinsdag in de Tweede Kamer om met BBB-leider Caroline van der Plas te praten over het stikstofbeleid. Van der Plas wil graag…

What would be the environmental performance of the Carbon4PUR technology at industrial scale in the future?

Lezing

Cool Little Kids is een onderzoeksproject ter preventie van angstproblemen bij verlegen en teruggetrokken kinderen van 3-6 jaar die extreem verlegen of angstig zijn.

Studievoorlichting

Hoe kunnen we sociale cohesie bevorderen in een samenleving die cultureel en religieus divers is?

The conference cycle Voces. Latin Middle Ages through Key Words, co-organised by the IRHT (CNRS) and Institute of Polish Language (PAS) aims to take a closer look at Latin words that have played an important role in the medieval culture. This year's edition focuses on the concepts of FEAST, CELEBRATION…

CONSENT (Consumer sentiment regarding privacy on user generated content services in the digital economy) is a research project funded by the European Union under the 7th Framework Programme. The question central to this research is whether recent changes to consumer and commercial practices developed…

Are there significant differences among the environmental impacts resulting form the production of Asian aquaculture commodities and what are the main causes for these?

At the faculty of Governance and Global Affairs we are proud to celebrate social entrepreneurship, which is why we decided to introduce you to an amazing project by two of our students: Kimberly Schoenmaker and Caroline Flohr. Ambitious, driven and incredibly conscious of the corporate responsibility…

What is the environmental impact, the human health impact and the life cycle and production costs of the lab, pilot and commercial diffusion of nanowires and nanowire-based photovoltaic technologies?

What are the life-cycle environmental impacts and risks to human health and ecosystems of a III-V/Si PV system? How can these be expected to change when the system is deployed at industrial scale? What are the most favourable recycling scenarios?

Students Practicing Citizen Journalism

Promotor: H.S. Overkleeft, Co-promotor: M. van der Stelt

On 28 September, the Medieval Murder Maps website will be shared publicly for the first time. The makers have used fourteenth-century coroners' rolls to map the homicides in three medieval towns: London, York, and Oxford. These digital maps are interactive and come with podcasts of interesting cases,…

Between the early thirteenth and early sixteenth centuries CE, the Sultanate of Cairo affected the balances of power elites across and beyond the regions of Egypt, Syria and the Eastern Mediterranean. Modern historiography has for a long time been determined by the idea of this sultanate as a highly…

CERA (CErtification of RAw Materials) is a four-year project that will develop a standardized certification scheme ensuring environmental, social and economic sustainability in extraction, processing, trading and manufacturing of all mineral raw materials. It will guarantee traceability of certified…

As Leiden Law students, we are now in the digital age, 'where we believe law and technology should go together.' After all, for us, it is important to look beyond trodden paths of established legal knowledge. The books on law and case law surely will not be sufficient for the lawyer of the future. That…

Gezondheid is een medische aangelegenheid. Toch? De korte podcastreeks ‘Alleen/Samen Gezond’ benadert gezondheid vanuit een verrassend perspectief: dat van religie en geschiedenis. De podcast Alleen/samen gezond is onderdeel van het 'We have never been secular' onderzoeksproject van de faculteit Geesteswetenschappen…

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Promotie

How do nanoparticles bioaccumulate and biodistribute in organisms?

Promotie

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Where and how are critical materials currently used and how can this information be used to develop scenarios about their future demand.

The project

Geesteswetenschappen, Centre for Linguistics

Verklaring van de redactie van de Common Market Law Review over de Brexit-referendumcampagne:

Hoe bestudeer je de gecompliceerde verhouding die de religieuze minderheden in het Midden-Oosten door de tijd heen gehad hebben met de islamitische meerderheden? Welke rol speelt taal? Hoe reflecteren deze processen van in- en uitsluiting zich in de manier waarop mensen zich kleden?

In this thesis, we will utilize embryonic zebrafish tumour models to understand the interaction between engrafted human cancer cells and macrophages from the host, test drug administration modalities and anti-cancer efficacies of newly-developed PDT and PACT compounds, and test a light-triggered liposomal…