Indonesische verkiezingen zijn meer dan godsdienststrijd en het kopen van stemmen, betoogt hoogleraar David Henley.

Publicaties die verschijnen in het kader van het onderzoeksproject Zelfredzaamheid en sociale bescherming over de levenscyclus.

Vijf Leidse wetenschappers zijn benoemd tot lid van de Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (KNAW). Ze worden op 16 september geïnstalleerd.

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Voordrachten in het kader van het onderzoeksproject Zelfredzaamheid en sociale bescherming over de levenscyclus (aug. 2017 – dec. 2023).

De afgelopen tien jaar is ‘crisis’ de natuurlijke toestand van Europa geworden. De bankencrisis ging via de Eurocrisis naadloos over in de huidige vluchtelingencrisis. Waar men vroeger dacht dat Europese samenwerking automatisch steeds verder zou gaan (‘even closer union’), zetten mensen nu vaker vraagtekens…

In de periode 1977–2020 is de koopkracht van de Nederlandse bevolking per saldo met 58 procent toegenomen. De grootste vooruitgang vond plaats in de jaren 1999–2009 (22 procent). Dit blijkt uit onderzoek van de Universiteit Leiden en het CBS.

De beweging van deeltjes in het heelal beschrijven. Dat is wat een groep astronomen van de Sterrewacht in Leiden doen aan de hand van simulaties. Hoogleraren Joop Schaye en Koen Kuijken spreken over de nieuwste ‘FLAMINGO-simulatie’ in de Volkskrant en Trouw.

Wat betekent belastinghervorming in de VS? Hoe groot is de invloed van belastingontwijkende multinationals op belastingconcurrentie in ontwikkelde en ontwikkelingslanden? En wat zijn de problemen met belastinguitgaven? Op 7 november vindt een GLOBTAXGOV-T20-seminar plaats op de Campus Den Haag van de…

Leidse natuurkundigen ontvingen vier prijzen tijdens het grote jaarlijkse Nederlandse natuurkundecongres in Veldhoven dat dit jaar online plaatsvond.

We have examined sequences from the ligand-binding domain of the nicotinic acetyl choline receptor (nAChR) in 148 vertebrate species. We are in interested in this receptor because the α-neurotoxins of many venomous snakes binds to this receptor in its location at the neuromuscular junction in all ve…

Security is key to survival for any living organism: life is full of perils and threats, both physically, environmentally, and societally. Security challenges such as terrorism, natural disasters, and cybercrime rank among the most pressing issues of our time, affecting the security and safety of millions…

Evaluating the environmental consequences of diet changes in the European Union.

Development of an aggregated impact indicator to measure decoupling.

Kunst en vrije tijd, Kunst en vrije tijd

Computational thinking, programming, and algorithms form the basic of many of the things that are shaping our world, the way we work, interact, organize ourselves, and even spend our free time with social networks, streaming media, and games. And this transformation is far from being complete, it is…

SEAtrans: an interdisciplinary research project that aims at studying the dynamics and processes of transitions in society-nature interactions in Southeast Asian societies.

Course Program 2023-2024

Integrating life cycle assessment (LCA) with life cycle costing (LCC) offers the opportunity to simultaneously analyze the environmental and economic aspects of product alternatives, for the integration of which a unified computational has been proposed by Heijungs et al. (2013) [1]. The project aims…

What are the environmental trade-offs for SMEs considering moving from monoculture aquaculture practice towards IMTA? What are the environmental trade-offs comparing IMTA species with their conventional monoculture alternatives?

The Dutch atlas with pesticides concentrations in surface waters have been overhauled. This new, free accessible, website is in line with the European Framework Directive on Water (In Dutch: KRW).

In deze masterspecialisatie volg je naast de Nederlandstalige kerncursus en scriptieseminar een aantal Engelstalige vakken en keuzeseminars. In het programma is naast de politiekwetenschappelijke inhoud ook aandacht voor onderzoeksvaardigheden.

Accumulation of metals in economy and environment and its associated risks, within the Netherlands and the EU.

What are the behaviours of plant traits throughout various points in the growing season in a radiative transfer model framework and how well can this knowledge be integrated through data assimilation to provide priors for robust local and global vegetation products and analysis?

Do e-waste workers display enhanced effects of adverse health effects due to informal e-waste processing in Nigeria? Is there a difference between the health outcomes of the exposed and the control groups? Are there difference in health effects within and between job groups (collectors, dismantlers,…

Leidse moleculair-celbiologen in de onderzoeksgroep van Annemarie Meijer hebben nieuwe genen ontdekt die specifiek tot expressie komen tijdens de vroege ontwikkeling van macrofagen in de zebravis, waaronder een signaaleiwit dat essentieel is voor de migratie van macrofagen tijdens de immuunreactie op…

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

This work describes the use of click-to-release chemistry to get spatiotemporal control over immunocytokine activity. Until now, immunocytokines (cytokines coupled to a tumor-targeting-moiety) remained active throughout the body, being able to bind their respective receptors, causing mild to severe…

Promotor: F.P. Israel, Co-Promoter: R. Meijerink

Promotores: H. Schiessel, G.T. Barkema

Promotor: Prof.dr. M. Danhof

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

Carbohydrates, or sugars, are the most diverse and most abundant biomolecules known. However, the isolation of carbohydrate samples in sufficient amounts and purity is often impractical or even impossible, so the chemical synthesis of glycosides becomes relevant. The glycosylation reaction, in which…

The largest genus within the Phyllanthaceae family is a group called Phyllanthus L. Recent studies have shown, that Phyllanthus is paraphyletic with the genera Glochidion, Breynia and Synostemon nested within it.

Prostate cancer (PCa) is one of the most prevalent cancer in males.

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

Where does the urge to collect come from? What are the explicit or underlying reasons for gathering large amount of objects?

Graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) are used as a current carrying substrate in investigation of current-induced forces in a low-temperature STM (chapter 2).

Promotor: R. Gill, Co-promotor: P. Massart

Promotor: D. Bouwmeester, Co-promotor: D. Kraft

Promotor: Jan van der Greef; Co-promotors: Mei Wang; Eduard van Wijk

This dissertation focused on computational methods based on first principles calculations using the Density Functional Theory (DFT) framework. Emphasis was laid on affordable methods that can provide a tradeoff between computational expense and accuracy.

Carbon dioxide capture and utilization technologies are necessary to create a truly circular economy. The electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide to formate is an appealing carbon utilization method as it can be performed at room temperature and pressure, it only requires two electrons, and it has…

Promotor: Prof.dr. J.M. van Ruitenbeek, Prof.dr. R.M. Tromp

This thesis is about augmented reality (AR). AR is commonly considered a technology that integrates virtual images into a user’s view of the real world.