This thesis attempts to interrogate post-1991-2015 political development in Ethiopia, focusing on the political discourses espoused by the government and opposition, using the discourse analysis method and securitization theory.

The Department of Historical Studies at Central European University (Vienna, Austria) is pleased to announce its call for applications for the 2025/2026 academic year. The deadline is February 1, 2025.

Wie door vroegnegentiende-eeuws Leiden wil zwerven en alles over de panden van toen en hun eigenaars wil weten, kan de sleutelstad nu vinden op www.hisgis.nl. Het oudste kadaster van de binnenstad van Leiden, stammend uit 1832, is vandaag ontsloten als eerste stad in het project HisGIS Nederlandse s…

The findings in this thesis improve the understanding of 1) the relationship between exposure characteristics and toxicity of ENPs, 2) the joint toxic action of ENP mixtures and the comparison to metal salt mixtures, 3) how NOM affects the individual and joint toxicity of ENPs, 4) the extent of trophic…

How can mega sand nourishments, such as the Sand Motor, be designed and managed for optimal ecosystem services provision ?

Promotor: Prof.dr. M. Danhof, Co-Promotor: J. de Jongh

Promotor: Prof.dr. E.F. Smets, Co-Promotor: L.W. Chatrou

The idea of citizens and public professionals collaborating to provide public services has widely spread in several countries around the globe. Co-production is often presented as the go-to solution for challenges like a legitimacy crisis of both the government and the market, and financial concerns.…

The aim of this project was to estimate emissions from lead products-in-use for the past, the present and the future and assess the development of toxicological risks associated with these products.

This thesis examines the link between simple molecules and the underlying structure and chemistry within protoplanetary disks - the birthplaces of planets.

In meta-analysis, heterogeneity often exists between studies. In such cases, it is essential to investigate the sources of heterogeneity and understand the relationship between effect size and study characteristics (i.e., moderators).

This thesis examines the impacts and challenges of water use of electric power system. This thesis found that there are large differences in water use of electricity technologies, with hydropower and thermal power being two large water users.

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…

The main subject of this thesis is the design and synthesis of paramagnetic molecules for protein studies with NMR and EPR spectroscopy.

In astronomy, the interpration of observations and measurements plays a crucial role: we rely purely and fundamentally on the information that reaches us as observers. And 80% of all matter in the universe is undetectable directly.

Promotor: E.F. Smets Co-promotor: J. Geml

Human vocal communication and music perception represent advanced cognitive skills, seemingly innate and universal. These faculties encompass a range of perceptual and cognitive abilities. Cross-species research sheds light on the origins of musicality by investigating whether these traits are shared…

A dense region of a gaseous and dusty cloud collapses to form a protostar surrounded by a disk and an envelope. This thesis uses both observations and models to study physical and chemical conditions of these protostellar systems which are likely where planets start to form.

The application of nanomaterials in industrial processes and consumer products provides many societal benefits, but can also lead to the release of nanomaterials into the environment. The work in this dissertation aims to provide insights into the potential environmental impacts that may follow from…

Op 21 juni gaf Ingrid Leijten een lezing bij het Centre for Human Rights van de Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (CHREN) in Duitsland. Bij het interdisciplinaire CHREN hoort een Masterprogramma in Human Rights waar studenten uit de hele wereld aan deelnemen.

Het Tyndall Centre for Climate Change research (University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK) organiseerde van 6 tot april een conferentie over uitdaging rond klimaatverandering.

Nederlanders met een Chinese achtergrond ervaren regelmatig druk van de Chinese overheid. Dat concluderen onderzoekers van het Leiden Asia Centre. In Trouw vertellt onderzoeksleider en hoogleraar Frank Pieke er meer over.

Historica en oud-promovenda Larissa Schulte Nordholt vertelt in het radioprogramma OVT op NPO Radio 1 over haar proefschrift ‘Africanising African History’. Haar proefschrift laat de hobbelige ontstaansgeschiedenis van een boekenserie die de Afrikaanse geschiedenis vastlegt zien.

Hoogleraar Ariadne Schmidt en universitair hoofddocent Alicia Schrikker deden de afgelopen maanden samen met studenten onderzoek naar de geschiedenis van de Leidse Transvaalwijk. Het Leidsch Dagblad wijdt een serie aan de uitkomsten hiervan.

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria pose a major health threat. Addressing this challenge requires among others the development of new antibacterial compounds. The research described in this thesis focuses on discovering novel antibiotics from soil bacteria, specifically Streptomyces and Paenibacillus.Despite…

Op 18 september 2019 verdedigde Huw Llewellyn zijn proefschrift 'An Institutional Perspective on the United Nations Criminal Tribunals: Governance, Independence and Impartiality'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door promotoren prof.dr. N.M. Blokker en prof.dr. L.J. van den Herik.

Lezing, Roundtable discussion

In this course, you will explore the organs involved in our food digestion and discover the common causes of abdominal and pelvic pain. The latest graphics and animations will give you new insights and understandings of this part of the body.

The focus of this thesis is how stars like our Sun and planets like Jupiter, Saturn, and Earth are formed.

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,…

One of the key limitations of the direct imaging of exoplanets at small angular separations are quasi-static speckles that originate from evolving non-common path aberrations (NCPA) to which the primary adaptive optics system is inherently blind. The main focus of this thesis is the development and…

Pharmaceutical companies, governments and the general public have become increasingly aware that animal models used in drug testing lack vital aspects to serve as an accurate representation of human biology. As models of the human body should become more physiologically relevant, animal models no longer…

Advanced sensing techniques require graphene with high quality and well-controlled surface chemistry.

This thesis addresses the problem of designing performance and energy efficient embedded streaming systems, that is, systems which process a stream of input data coming from the environment and generate a stream of output data going into the environment.

Fate and toxicity of copper nanoparticles was related to the water chemistry of the environment and pristine size.

Lezing

Congres/symposium

This thesis focuses on the role of chemokine receptors CXCR3 and CCR2 in the inflammatory process and infection control using the zebrafish model.

This thesis focuses on the synthesis, characterization and performance towards CO2 electroreduction of mono and bi-metallic particles based on p-block metals

Software development is a complex process. It is important that software products become stable and maintainable assets.

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

Promotor: P.J.J. Hooykaas, Co-Promotores: P.B.F. Ouwerkerk, M. Wang

Promotores: C.A.J. Knibbe; J.N. van den Anker, Co-promotores: H.P.A. van Dongen; B. van Ramshorst

Salicylic acid (SA) is a plant hormone, which is involved in the defense responses to pathogens and to abiotic stress, and in the regulation of plant growth and development.

Self-assembly offers a promising route to create complex structures and materials using simple building blocks. Through, colloidal self-assembly, we can understand the governing principles of the self-assembly process and unlock its potential in diverse applications in materials science, photonics and…

Promotor: W.T. de Groot

Nucleoid associated proteins maintain the architecture of the bacterial chromosome and regulate gene expression, hinting that their role as transcription factors may involve local three-dimensional chromosome re-modelling.

The ultimate aim of this project (initiated by the European Law Institute) is to design a framework that will enable the further development of coherent and functional rules for business rescue in Europe.

In de podcast Historische BoekenCast van Historisch Nieuwsblad bespreekt Manon van der Heijden het boek New York in brand van de Amerikaanse historicus Jill Lepore.

Hoe zag de betrokkenheid van het Britse koningshuis bij de slavernij eruit? Op deze vraag probeert alumnus Camilla de Koning een antwoord te vinden. NOS.nl besteedde aandacht aan dit onderzoek.