Het schema hieronder geeft het curriculum weer van het eenjarige fulltime programma van de master Health, Ageing and Society in collegejaar 2024-2025.

De masteropleiding Health, Ageing and Society leidt haar studenten op tot academische professionals op het gebied van gezondheid, ouderen en samenleving. Studenten voelen zich na afronding van de opleiding betrokken bij de maatschappij en zijn in staat om een bijdrage te leveren aan oplossingen voor…

Utilizing the polymeric platform of polypept(o)ides, this thesis describes synthesis and investigation of novel triblock copolymers to obtain carrier systems with multiple compartments for efficient siRNA delivery. Although the individual microstructure of nanoparticles differs depending on the polymeric…

Molecular materials have been a subject of interest in fundamental research and applications for decades, and have been studied as bulk crystals, (thin) films and as individual molecules, due to the large variety in their properties. This dissertation explores pentacene crystals near the two-dimensional…

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Cardiovascular disease is the number one cause of death worldwide. The most important risk factor for developing this disease is high cholesterol levels in the blood.

The coursework within the Science Communication and Society (SCS) specialisation prepares students for internships and a career in communication about science and health.

A novel mathematical model describes spatial-temporal drug distribution within one or more brain units, which are cubic representations of a piece of brain tissue with brain capillaries at the edges.

Early time-resolved experiments by Frauenfelder on the ensemble of the kinetic rebinding of CO to myoglobin molecules resulted in a stretched exponential relaxa-tion due to a very large spread of the reaction rates of individual molecules.

The prevalence of obesity (BMI >40 kg/m2) has increased rapidly over the recent years, not only in adults, but also in children and adolescents.

Promotor: P. T. de Zeeuw, Co-promotor: N. Neumayer; G. van de Ven

This book explores the spiritual potential of faith, mysticism and transcendence in answer to the dangers of a mythologised state and the sacro-sanctification of (liberal) democracy and its rule of law.

De onstuitbare opmars van de N.V. Zuid-Korea

In Het monotheïstisch dilemma: theologie van het terrorisme (2010) gaat het om de relatie tussen religie en geweld.

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.

Cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM) is a powerful technique used to visualize the inside of cells and to study specific protein complexes. Within this thesis, I describe the use of various cryo-EM techniques to gain insight into the structural changes of the human pathogen, Vibrio cholerae, as it…

In this thesis, mathematical modeling and simulation was applied as a tool to inform quantitative decision making in oncology drug discovery and development.

In the thesis the dynamics of strategies is studied from two perspectives.In the first part of the thesis strategies are considered to be opinions present in a community.

Plants produce an astonishing variety of secondary metabolites (SMs) which are thought to play vital roles in the fitness of plants through ecological interactions.

The last decades it is increasingly recognized that acute as well as chronic postoperative pain is an important problem. Treatment and prevention of postoperative pain is a challenge, especially in special patient populations where there is only limited guidance on how to optimally use opioids.

1. To what extent do metallic NPs added to soil extractions change the activity, abundance, or community composition of microbes? 2. How do the effects of metallic NPs on soil microbes differ from the effects of the ions shedding from corresponding NPs?

Op 23 februari 2022 verdedigde Cale Davis het proefschrift 'Prosecutorial Discretion in International Criminal Justice'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door prof.dr. C. Stahn en dr. J.C. Powderly.

In human cells, a meter-long DNA is condensed inside a micrometer-sized cell nucleus. Simultaneously, the genetic code must remain accessible for its replication and transcription to functional proteins.

Forgotten Lineages explores the paths through which generations of formally enslaved and their descendants gradually forgot their past of enslavement under Dutch and British imperial rule and became local subjects in Sri Lanka and South Africa. It explores why and how forgetting rather than memory became…

Religious Studies at Leiden University allows you to study a broad spectrum of religions and their manifestations.

GLOBOX is a spatially differentiated multimedia fate, exposure and effect model. It is used for the calculation of spatially differentiated LCA characterisation factors on a global scale.

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Hybrid zones occur where two species meet and produce offspring (hybrids). Typically, hybrids show a considerable reduction in fitness. In this thesis two hybrid zones are treated.

Het Instituut voor Geschiedenis feliciteert Manon van der Heijden met het verkrijgen van een VICI-subsidie voor het onderzoek 'Crime and Gender 1600-1900: a comparative perspective.'

In this special edition of Information Polity there is a focus on the transparency challenges of using algorithms in government in decision-making procedures at the macro-, meso-, and micro-levels.

A neurocognitive investigation of the development of social performance monitoring in youth growing up in stressful versus non-stressful environments

What is the mechanism of action preceding a physiological effects induced by metallic nanoparticles?

De kwaliteit van de zorg voor onze ouderen kunnen we verbeteren. Met oog voor de biologische, sociale en management aspecten biedt deze master belangrijke inzichten voor verbeteringen. De master Health, Ageing and Society zet je aan het denken, zet je aan het werk en geeft richting aan je carrière.

Investigating the contribution of interpreters, informants, hunters and guides in the making of colonial scientific knowledge.

De onderzoeksgroep Organizational & Entrepreneurial Behavior onderzoekt het gedrag van individuen en groepen die in organisaties werken, organisaties starten, of organisaties leiden, met als doel om organisatorische praktijken te informeren. Door zich te concentreren op het gedrag van (groepen) werknemers,…

Samuel Jong behaalt de masterscriptieprijs 2016 van het Instituut Politieke Wetenschap. Met ‘Bridging the Gap: Do Ideological Differences Determine Whether Center-Right Parties Cooperate with the Radical Right?’, rondde Jong zijn master Political Science af. Zijn bevindingen, zijn naar het oordeel van…

De winnende research masterthese 2015/2016 is van Tessa Slim: “Developing a comprehensive picture of the factors related to children’s attitude towards technology”.

Wiskunde en Natuurwetenschappen, Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS)

Wiskunde en Natuurwetenschappen

Het Instituut voor Politieke Wetenschap van de Universiteit Leiden nodigt onderzoekers uit een onderzoeksvoorstel in te dienen in het kader van het Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship Programme.

Wilco van Dijk is uitgekozen voor een 'NIAS Individual Fellowship' van de KNAW, waarmee onderzoekers 5 tot 10 maanden kunnen werken aan een project naar keuze. Als NIBUD-professor psychologische determinanten van economisch keuzegedrag zal Van Dijk zich wijden aan de impact van financiële schaarste…

Development of an aggregated impact indicator to measure decoupling.

Students Practicing Citizen Journalism

What is the population size/structure and distribution of tiger and leopard inside the Bardia National Park (BNP) compared with the population outside? What is the movement and home range and conflict pattern in time and space of tigers and leopards inside the BNP compared with outside? What constitutes…

The Economics and Governance specialisation of the Master in Public Administration teaches you to formulate problem-solving approaches to concrete policy issues found at the intersection between economics and public administration. This specialisation is a unique joint offering of the Department of…

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).

How to bring together different footprints into an integrated family and what are the synergies? What are the roles of inventory analysis and characterization in measuring individual footprints and how these affect a footprint family? How to benchmark environmental footprints against related planetary…

De tijd vooruit, dat zijn we al 450 jaar. Ons lustrum in 2025 is een moment om als oudste universiteit die al eeuwenlang de blik op de samenleving van de toekomst richt, even achterom te kijken. Om onze impact met onderzoek en onderwijs te vieren. En om koers te zetten naar de volgende decennia.