2,986 zoekresultaten voor “africa in the world” in de Publieke website
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Unlocking the chemistry of the heavens
Linnartz
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Litigating the Rights of the Child
Dit boek onderzoekt de impact van het VN-Verdrag inzake de Rechten van het Kind (IVRK) op nationale en internationale rechtspraak, sinds de aanname van dit verdrag in 1989. Het boek verschaft inzicht in de functies, uitdagingen en beperkingen van het IVRK in nationale, regionale en internationale juridische…
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Dimiter Toshkov wint World Data Visualization Prijs
De World Data Visualization Prijs 2019 is uitgereikt aan Dimiter Toshkov, UHD bij Bestuurskunde. Hij ontving de prijs voor de weergave van zijn onderzoek naar kleine staten en good governance. De prijs is een goede manier om mensen bewust te maken van het belang van goede data visualisatie.
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Changing the Nature of the Beast
Op de eerste dag van jouw nieuwe baan heb je zweethanden, ben je nerveus en onzeker, maar een paar maanden later zijn die gevoelens al weer verdwenen. Je hebt jouw nieuw rol eigen gemaakt en je bent nu onderdeel van de organisatie. Het proces dat daar naar toe leidt heet
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The deadliest sin of the financial crisis
Op 11 mei 2016 ontving het Hazelhoff Centre for Financial Law Robert Pickel voor de elfde Hazelhoff Guest Lecture, getiteld ‘The Deadliest Sin of the Financial Crisis’.
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Cfp: The Fantastic and the Supernatural in the Medieval Germanic Traditions (deadline extended)
The deadline for the conference "The Fantastic and the Supernatural in the Medieval Germanic Traditions" has been extended to June 30.
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Leiden tweede Nederlandse universiteit in QS World University Ranking
De Universiteit Leiden is één plaats gestegen in de jaarlijkse QS World University Ranking en bezet nu de 74e plaats. Dat blijkt uit de lijst die onderwijsadviesbureau QS 10 september publiceerde. Leiden is de tweede Nederlandse universiteit in de ranking.
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Learning class-imbalanced problems from the perspective of data intrinsic characteristics
The class-imbalance problem is a challenging classification task and is frequently encountered in real-world applications. Various techniques have been developed to improve the imbalanced classification performance theoretically and practically.
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An Institutional Perspective on the United Nations Criminal Tribunals: Governance, Independence and Impartiality
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.
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Boek recensie Anchrit Wille in the Economist
Anchrit Wille, universitair hoofddocent aan het Instituut voor Openbaar Bestuur van de Universiteit Leiden, schreef samen met Mark Bovens, hoogleraar Bestuurskunde aan de Universiteit van Utrecht, het boek
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Masterclass: Religious Imagination in the Late Medieval Low Countries
On January 19, a masterclass on the theme of religious imagination will take place in the Lorentz Center in Leiden. This masterclass for MA and PhD students will focus on the religious imagination as a spiritual skill in the late medieval Low Countries, and the role of religious texts, images, and objects…
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The origins of friction and the growth of graphene, investigated at the atomic scale
Promotor: J.W.M. Frenken
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CfP: Waterways and Literary Channels of the Premodern World (Ghent University, 4-5 April 2024)
On 4 and 5 April 2024, the conference "Waterways and Literary Channels of the Premodern World" will take place at Ghent University. The conference is organized within the framework of the Scientific Research Network "Literatures without Borders". Proposals for 20-minute papers, round-table contributions…
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The impact of defense hormones on the interaction between plants and the soil microbial community
The soil ecosystem consists of the largest reservoir of biodiversity on Earth.
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Hybrid conference on animation in the Middle Ages
From 16 to 19 September 2021 a hybrid conference will take place on animation in the Middle Ages. This conference is a cooperation between the University of Bergen (Norway) and the A. Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw, Branch Campus in Bialystok (Poland).
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Dyslipidemia at the crossroad of the skin barrier and the arterial wall
The research described in this thesis shows that hypercholesterolemia, a well-established risk factor for atherosclerosis, can impact skin lipid pool and barrier function already at young age. In the field of atherosclerosis, we showed that the small peptide Lyp-1 can be used as a targeting molecule…
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Adapting to Improve: The Odyssey of the Operational Mentoring and Liaison Teams of the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Belgium
Promotie
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Grootse plannen voor de wereld? Meld je aan voor One Young World The Hague!
Wil jij helpen van de wereld een mooiere plek te maken? En wil je in contact komen met de jonge wereldleider van vandaag en morgen? Meld je dan aan voor de One Young World Summit in Den Haag! De Universiteit Leiden sponsort twee studenten om met deze top mee te doen. Lees hieronder hoe je meedoet.
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The shell evolution of the Hydrocenidae of Malaysian Borneo
The thesis is about the study of shell evolution of the Hydrocenidae of the genus Georissa. This thesis started with a general overview on the evolutionary process of animals due to ecological changes.
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Boek: The Politics of Cybersecurity in the Middle East
Vijf vragen aan James Shires, universitair docent bij ISGA, over zijn nieuwe boek: The Politics of Cybersecurity in the Middle East. Het boek is nu te bestellen.
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The structure of the dusty cores of active galactic nuclei
Promotor: W. Jaffe, Co-promotor: K. Meisenheimer
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Workshop 'Charitable Institutions in the Early Medieval Mediterranean'
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…
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Conversation with Dr Graça Machel: intergenerational justice from a human rights perspective
Almost three years after receiving her honorary doctorate, Dr Graça Machel returned to Leiden University. Over the course of two days she spoke with students, researchers, and other interested persons, about human rights – particularly those of women and children – in a world in which these are continually…
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The assembly history of the milky way nuclear star cluster
Promotor: P. T. de Zeeuw, Co-promotor: N. Neumayer; G. van de Ven
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Call for papers: Praying in the Vernacular (ICMS Kalamazoo 2025)
Anna Dlabačová (Leiden) and Seán Vrieland (Copenhagen) are organizing a panel session on "Praying in the Vernacular" at the 2025 ICMS in Kalamazoo (May 8-10). If you are interested in joining this panel, you are invited to submit an abstract by September 15.
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Bridging the gap between experts and the general public
How can we bridge the gap between experts and the general public?
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The role of the interleukin 12 family in atherosclerosis
Promotor: Johan Kuiper, Co-promotor: Saskia C.A. de Jager
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Galaxy formation and the structure of the Universe
Promotores: Prof.dr. J. Schaye, Prof.dr. S.D.M. White (MPA Garching)
- Course: Introduction to the Archaeology of the Book
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Contributions to the phylogeny of the haplolepideous mosses
The haplolepideous mosses (Dicranidae) comprise about 4000 species distributed over a wide range of habitats, with great gametophytic and sporophytic morphological variation. Their monophyly is well supported by the results of several molecular phylogenetic studies, which shed light on their relationships…
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The role of the tumor suppressor Lkb1 in energy homeostasis
The work in this thesis describes the fundamental role of Lkb1 as a conductor of metabolism-related processes in zebrafish larvae.
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The Metals Programme
Accumulation of metals in economy and environment and its associated risks, within the Netherlands and the EU.
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Into the ether or the state? Legibility theory and the cryptocurrency markets
In dit artikel presenteren Kellerman en Seddon een nieuw conceptueel kader waarin het concept van marktleesbaarheid centraal staat.
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The chlorine chain study
A substance flow analysis, covering about 99 % of the flows of chlorinated substances in the Netherlands.
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Dancing with the Stars
This thesis develops a method for direction dependent calibration of the ionosphere in radio interferometric data.
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From the First Galaxies to the Peak of the Star Formation History
Sobral
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Exploring the Edge
At the largest scales, two ingredients dictate the distribution of matter in the Universe. The first is dark matter, acting as an invisible scaffolding held together by gravitational forces.
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Moritz Jesse spreekt op World Conference of the Association for the Study of Nationalities in New York
Dr. Moritz Jesse, universitair hoofddocent Europees Recht bij het Europa Instituut Leiden, heeft de leden en het publiek van het panel
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The Anthropomorphic Hegemony of Subjectivity: Critical Reflections on Law and the Question of the Animal
Op 16 december 2019 verdedigde Jan-Harm de Villiers zijn proefschrift 'The Anthropomorphic Hegemony of Subjectivity: Critical Reflections on Law and the Question of the Animal'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door promotor prof.dr. P. Cliteur.
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The urge to collect
Where does the urge to collect come from? What are the explicit or underlying reasons for gathering large amount of objects?
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Through the magnifying glass
Although nanoparticles are extensively used in various applications like consumer products and have most probably entered the environment, little is known about the effects of these particles on living organisms.
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Flexing the Slot Regime
Op 16 december 2021 verdedigde Lisanne van Houten het proefschrift 'Flexing the Slot Regime'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door prof.dr. P. Mendes de Leon en prof. L. Pierallini (Luiss University Of Rome).
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The unit residue group
The unit residue group, to which the present thesis is devoted, is defined using the norm-residue symbol, which Hilbert introduced into algebraic number theory in 1897.
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Studying through the summer?
Leiden University offers a unique range of summer courses where you can broaden or deepen your knowledge or share your expertise with fellow students. The choice of academic courses is very diverse, ranging from Law, Big Data, Languages and Linguistics to Maths and Natural Sciences, Biology, Biomedical…
- My DNA and the community: what is the future?
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Invertebrates on the edge
What invertebrates live in the fields and edges? Do the populations change with landscape complexity?
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Reconstructing the past through languages of the present: The Lesser Sunda Islands
Wat kunnen de talen die vandaag gesproken worden op de Kleine Soenda-eilanden ons vertellen over de geschiedenis van de verschillende bevolkingsgroepen?
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Joris Larik op BBC World Radio over de Brexit
Joris Larik werd afgelopen vrijdag door BBC World Service radio geïnterviewd over de status van de Brexit - onderhandelingen, het probleem met de Ierse grens en de doorlopende Nederlandse voorbereidingen.
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The Heritage Arena
In Europe a number of production and communication strategies have long tried to establish local products as resources for local development. At the foot of the Alps, this scenario appears in all its contradictions, especially in relation to cheese production. The Heritage Arena focuses on the saga…
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Meet the author
Enkele keren per jaar organiseert het Europa Instituut een ‘Meet the Author’ bijeenkomst. In het kader van deze nieuwe lezingenreeks komen externe academici naar Leiden om te spreken over een recente publicatie. ‘Meet the Author’ bijeenkomsten vangen aan met een gesprek tussen een lid van het Europa…