Sinds april 2019 heeft de Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen er een nieuwe locatie bij voor haar onderzoek. Het Levelgebouw (direct naast Leiden Centraal) ontvangt proefpersonen in 3 gloednieuwe laboratoria. Psycholoog Mariska Kret vertelt enthousiast over de nieuwe mogelijkheden voor haar onderzoe…

Like a mixture of oil and water, lipid membranes separate into two liquid phases.

DNA carries various forms of information. Out of these forms of information the most well-known is classical genetic information.

Het Leiden Advocacy Project on Plastic (LAPP) is een pro bono initiatief aangaande juridische vraagstukken omtrent plastic. LAPP is opgericht om het toenemende probleem van plasticvervuiling aan te pakken en onderzoek te doen naar juridische kwesties gerelateerd hieraan. Studenten werken hierbij als…

Can we distinguish the effects of pesticides from other abiotic and biotic factors that occur in the field? And how do these factors interact with pesticides?

Op 9 juni 2020 verdedigde Maral Darouei haar proefschrift 'Managing a sustainable career in the contemporary world of work: Personal choices and contextual challenges'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door promotor prof.dr. J.I. van der Rest.

The research presented in this thesis makes use of small molecules (as H2 , D2 and O2 ) on well-defined single crystal surfaces (flat Pt(111), flat Cu(211) and curved Pt(111)) to elucidate the role of surface structure and degrees of freedom in the reactant in specific surface reactions.

Promotor: P.M. Brakefield

What is the best way to combine the environmental and economic data and how can we create an operational system to do so, thereby supporting the delivery of data to the Data centres on Products and Resources?

The dissertation describes TEM experiments on heterogeneous catalysts.

Promotor: J.G.E.M. Fraaije, Co-Promotor: A. Kros

Does a mid-season fire impact invertebrate populations?

In this thesis we study bistable reaction-diffusion equations on lattice domains.

Machine Learning is becoming a more and more substantial technology for industry.

The main topic of this PhD thesis is the Arakelov ray class group of a number field, an algebraic object that contains both the ideal class group structure and the unit group structure.

Collected Cases on EU Labour Law (eerste druk) is onlangs verschenen bij Eleven International Publishing.

Promotor: M.T.M. Koper, Co-Promotor: L.B.F. Juurlink

Promotores: R. Cramer, A.K. Lenstra, Co-Promotor: B.M.M. de Weger

What impact does a mid-season wildfire have on grassland invertebrates?

Promotor: Prof.dr. P. Stevenhagen, Jan-Hendrik Evertse, Co-promotor: Pascal Autissier

Promotor: H.V.J. Linnartz

We consider the propagation of electrical signals through nerve fibres.

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‘Heel interessant’, vinden twee bachelorstudenten van de verhalen van Liesbeth van Vliet en Niki Antypa tijdens de Psychology Science Day. Toefje op de taart zijn de posterpresentaties over de bachelorsscripties, bewonderd en becommentarieerd door wetenschappers en medestudenten. Ook docenten en postdocs…

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are the most abundant class of organic compounds in space. The PAH field evolves from the constant interaction between experimentalists, theorists, modellers and observers. While laboratory research and quantum chemical calculations together set up the molecular…

Promotor: A. Achúcarro, Co-Promotor: J.W. van Holten

This Thesis focuses on the design and synthesis of ADP-ribosylated compounds that can be applied in biological studies.

Feedback van medestudenten op schrijfwerk is net zo leerzaam als die van docenten.

My PhD research is devoted to studies of the conjectural cluster-algebraic symmetry in the theory of topological string, which is the simplest, however already non-trivial sector in the theory of string.

This thesis describes the role of pollution, specifically neonicotinoid insecticides, as an actor of the ongoing biodiversity decline.

With the emergence of online social networks (OSNs), the way people create and share information has changed, which becomes faster and broader than traditional social media.

Essays schrijven, beursaanvragen aanscherpen of een nieuwe cursus samenstellen: ChatGPT helpt studenten en onderzoekers erbij. Wat dat betekent voor de wetenschap, was onderwerp van gesprek tijdens de vierde Psychology Connected.

Op 21 november 2018 verdedigde Lieke Kools haar proefschrift 'Essays on wealth, health, and data collection'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door promotoren prof. dr. K.P. Goudswaard en prof. dr. C.L.J. Caminada.

Promotor: Prof.dr. M.L. van Hecke, Co-Promotor: V. Vitelli

Shape and biological function are tightly connected. Physical descriptions are used to connect the shape of a biological system with its function.

This thesis deals with properties of Jacobians of genus two curves that cover elliptic curves.

In this thesis, topics relating to the optimization of high-throughput pipelines used for imaging are discussed. In particular, different levels of implementation, i.e., conceptual, software, and hardware, are discussed and the thesis outlines how advances on each level need to be made to make gains…

Geesteswetenschappen, Centre for the Arts in Society

Diamanto Fragkiadaki is de eerste studente die de nieuwe masterspecialisatie School Psychology heeft afgerond. Ze begon een jaar geleden aan de masteropleiding en ontving op woensdag 20 september haar diploma.

Natural vanilla flavor is one of the most important in the world. However, the cost of this flavor is expensive. Production of this flavor by alternative methods, could reduce the cost.

Bas Rietjens en zijn collega's onderzochten de oorlog tussen Rusland en Oekraïne en onderzochten deze veelvoud aan facetten en hun onderlinge verbanden.

Op 20 januari 2022 verdedigde Marco Stam het proefschrift 'Essays on Welfare Benefits, Employment, and Crime'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door prof.dr. M.G. Knoef.

Promotores: H.W. Lenstra, B. Erez, Co-promotor: L. Taelman

Promotor: A. Doelman, Co-promotor: M.F.E. de Jeu

In this thesis it is posed that the central object of preference discovery is a co-creative process in which the Other can be represented by a machine. It explores efficient methods to enhance introverted intuition using extraverted intuition's communication lines.

Was de progressieve koloniale bestuursambtenaar de voorloper van de post-koloniale ontwikkelingswerker?

Na het klimaat snijden psychologen opnieuw een groot thema aan: oorlog en vrede. Of, misschien meer: samenwerking en conflict. Want hoe welwillend we ons ook opstellen na elkaar, in relaties ligt wrijving altijd op de loer. Onderzoekers Angelo Romano en Tom Roth bieden verklaringen en praktische adv…

In this thesis we study products of linear error correcting codes.

An algorithm is discussed to compute the exponential representation of principal units in a finite extension field F of the p-adic rationals.