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Op 8 en 9 juli 2022 was de Leidse rechtenfaculteit gastvrouw van het tweede congres van de onderzoeksgroep Conflictoplossende Instituties (COI).

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

Op 9 april 2019 verdedigde Yudan Tan haar proefschrift 'The Rome Statute as Evidence of Customary International Law'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door promotor prof. dr. W.A. Schabas.

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…

In this Yearbook you will find some fascinating examples of what was done in 2021, not only by ourselves, but also by our international colleagues.

Promotor: A. Kros

Promotores: P.G.L. Klinkhamer, P.M. Brakefield, Co-Promotor: M. Bruinsma

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One of the most important puzzles in modern astrophysics is the nature of dark matter.

Bet v1, the major allergen in birch pollen, is one of the main causes of allergies such as asthma and rhino-conjunctivitis. It is the main cause of birch pollen allergy in humans.

Sinds de United Nations Group of Governmental Experts on the Developments in the Field of Information and Telecommunications in the Context of International Security (UN GGE) elf aanbevelingen heeft gedaan over verantwoordelijk staatsgedrag omtrent cyberspace is er een discussie gaande over internationale…

Kunst en vrije tijd, Kunst en vrije tijd

Multicellular giant algae Chara species have been widely used in physiological studies for decades.

Indigenous Latin American artifacts have attracted the interest of Europeans since the earliest moment of contact between Europeans and the Indigenous peoples of the Americas. The ERC-funded BECACO project uses an innovative multidisciplinary framework to investigate the provenance of ethnographic and…

This afternoon workshop on 26 November (15.00-17.00) hosted by Radboud University aims to explore the role of charitable institutions in the social history of the late antique and early medieval Mediterranean. Programme: 15:00-15:30 Joost Snaterse (Radboud University) Welcome and introduction; 15:30-16:15…

Dit artikel analyseert de transnationaliteit van terroristische organisaties, waaronder fondsenwerving, communicatie, alliantievorming en doelselectie.

In times of hardships or crisis, local people know how to deal with it using their resourcefulness. Although efforts are sometimes made by the government to help them, they are fully aware that community support is at least equally important.

Hoye stelt dat het fundamentele fundament van Hobbes' Leviathan grootmoedige staatkunde belichaamt, waarin soevereinen natuurlijke rechtvaardigheid nastreven, die zich manifesteert als eminente

Op 3 april promoveert Sebastiaan van der Lubben. Het Leiden University Centre for Linguistics feliciteert Sebastiaan!

What is the role of the rebound effect in achieving environmental savings from transport eco-innovation? Are traditional definitions of the rebound effect adequate in the context of transformative innovations and multidimensional environmental issues?

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Promotor: Prof.dr. S. Haring

Modeling and analysis of cyber-physical systems are still challenging. One reason is that cyber-physical systems involve many different parts (cyber or physical), of different nature (discrete or continuous), and in constant interaction via sensing and actuating.

The skin is our natural barrier and lipids are a key part of this barrier. In the outer skin layer, the stratum corneum (SC), lipids form a densely organized structure dependent on the composition of these lipids.

Big Science, commonly defined as conventional science made big in three dimensions, namely organizations, machines, and politics, brings a plethora of different stakeholders together, often for a long period of time. This includes policymakers, scientists, (scientific) managers as well as local “host”…

One of the major limitations in culturing complex tissues or organs is the lack of vascularization in the cultured tissue. Development of a functional capillary bed could overcome this problem.

Lezing, Research Seminar

Irene Morfini verdedigde haar proefschrift op 21 february 2019

Breeding for resistance becomes more and more important because we want to reduce the use of pesticides. A fast and cheap alternative can be to make use of morphological or chemical markers.

Dr. Luc Amkreutz (Heerlen, 1978), conservator prehistorie van het Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, is met ingang van 1 april 2022 benoemd tot bijzonder hoogleraar Public Archaeology aan de Universiteit Leiden, binnen de Faculteit der Archeologie. De leerstoel richt zich op de valorisatie van archeologische…

Promotor: J. Kuiper

De Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO) heeft een Aspasia beurs van €200.000 toegekend aan prof.dr. Joanita Vroom. Met deze beurs gaat zij een nieuwe onderzoeks- en onderwijslijn ontwikkelen die zich richt op de lange-termijn dynamiek van materiële cultuur in de oostelijke Mediterranée…

D&I Event

This thesis focused on the exploration of monolayer graphene as a membrane in direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) applications, with improvements achieved through plasma exposure or damage- free chemical functionalization.

Promotie

Lesgeven is een complex beroep. Docenten nemen veel beslissingen, bijvoorbeeld over wat ze onderwijzen, hoe ze dit gaan onderwijzen en hoe ze hun lessen kunnen aanpassen aan de behoeften van leerlingen. Dit vraagt een voortdurende ontwikkeling van nieuwe kennis en vaardigheden om expertise in alle facetten…

Acute cardiovascular clinical events such as myocardial infarction and cerebral stroke represent the major cause of death in Western societies. These pathologies are primarily resulting from atherosclerosis, a progressive condition characterized by the accumulation of lipids, immune cells, and fibrous…

Globaliseren is geglobaliseerd worden en daarbij speelt materiële cultuur een cruciale rol. Dat is de eigentijdse les van Miguel John Versluys, de nieuwe hoogleraar Klassieke en Mediterrane Archeologie. Hij leert ons die aan de hand van onderzoek naar het ontstaan en de groei van het Romeinse rijk,…

Promotores: Prof.dr. H.S. Overkleeft, Prof.dr. G.A. van der Marel

Promotores: Arjen Doelman, Jens Rademacher, Max Rietkerk

Promotores: Prof.dr. H.J.M. de Groot, Prof.dr. J. Matysik (Universitaet Leipzig)

In order to be able to develop effective medicine and treatments to prevent or cure autoimmune diseases or cancer we need to understand the mechanisms how they arise and what drives their course.Unravelling the fundamental molecular mechanisms influencing the onset and course of diseases such as allergies,…

Op 28 en 29 augustus verzorgden Dr. Ben Van Rompuy aen Dr. Armin Cuyvers een tweedaagse training aan de commissarissen van de nieuw opgerichte Oost-Afrikaanse mededingingsautoriteit.

Climate change is a challenge for both current and future generations. New biological resources have to be developed in order to meet the demand for energy as well as the demand for food.

Synthetic hydrogels that mimic the natural extracellular matrix in the biophysical and biochemical cues it provides to cells are in high demand, however the cell phenotypes as they are observed in vivo in numerous cases have yet to be attained.

Solar energy harnessed by plants and algae has great potential to be converted into biofuels for future generations.

Protoplanetary disks are the gas and dust environments where planetary systems form around young stars. Using observations from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) this thesis analyses the gaseous molecular reservoir, using multiple tracers to resolve the 3D structure of protoplanetary…

Promotores: H. Schiessel, G.T. Barkema