Promotor: Prof.dr. T. Hankemeier, Co-promotores: Heiko van der Linden, Paul Vulto

This thesis applies data mining in commercial settings in the telecommunications industry.

In this article, Tokdemir & Klein examine the strategic actions of governments against domestic terrorist groups and domestic terrorist groups’ reactions to such actions.

We report new computational and experimental evidence of an efficient and astrochemically relevant formation route to formaldehyde (H2CO). This simplest carbonylic compound is central to the formation of complex organics in cold interstellar clouds and is generally regarded to be formed by the hydrogenation…

This thesis investigates Søren Kierkegaard’s place in Martin Heidegger’s first Freiburg period lecture courses.

In this research project characteristics of effective instructional development were identified that are appealing to medical teachers and relevant for medical education.

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

This work provides a typologically oriented description of clause linkage strategies in Ket, a highly endangered language spoken in Central Siberia. It is now the only surviving member of the Yeniseian language family with the last remaining speakers residing in the north of Russia’s Krasnoyarsk pro…

On the 29th of June, Martin Kohlberger successfully defended a doctoral thesis and graduated. The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Martin on this achievement!

In this article, Annemiek de Looze and Eefje Cuppen, investigated empericallly if and how social conflict leads to institutional change.

This dissertation focuses on teacher professional learning and collaboration in secondary schools.

LUCIR aims to bundle together, strengthen and disseminate existing research in the field of international relations.

What are the mechanisms involved in the reconciliation of value conflicts and which interventions are capable of resolving such disputes?

A new research line is the development of liquid biopsy fingerprints to predict early Alzheimer’s disease (AD) stage in human in readily accessible body fluids in human (in collaboration with: Dr. Geert-Jan Groeneveld, CHDR; Prof. Elga de Vries, Free University Medical Center; and others).

Provides a cutting-edge comparative political economy analysis of welfare and inequality across ten East Asian countries.

Jinhua Wu defended his thesis on 5 January 2021

In theory, states can gain security by acquiring internal arms or external allies. Yet the empirical literature offers mixed findings: some studies find arms and allies to be substitutes, while others find them to be complements. Political scientists Matthew Digiuseppe (Leiden University) and Paul Poast…

The reintegration of high profile ex-offenders frequently receives great political and public attention. While this attention, more often than not in the form of negative sentiments, may be understandable from a moral perspective, it raises several important questions: how do such offenders reintegrate…

In this thesis, we have studied the potential of the zebrafish larval model in studying the ECS, as a complementary model to the existing rodent models.

The Historia Naturalis Brasiliae Reconsidered

This article provides a behavioral perspective that examines responsibility attribution to the national government (upward) and policy implementers (downward) as a function of performance relative to decision-makers' aspiration levels. The study proposes that perceived accountability increases the propensity…

Promotores: W. Th. F. den Hollander, M.O. Heydenreich

The Covid-19 'infodemic' and conflict resolution by internet platforms.

This article discusses the impact of symbolic gender representation on the willingness of citizens to coproduce.

This thesis studied in depth the energy use and CO2 emissions of the industrial sector in China.

In this article in International Affairs, Saskia Postema and Jan Melissen examine Chinese celebrities' UN-affiliated Weibo activism in the context of China's increasing engagement in the United Nations, which coincides with a shrinking domestic public sphere under Xi Jinping's leadership.

The Astronomy Research specialisation consists of 120 European Credit Transfer System (EC) points and includes a wide selection of Astronomy electives and two research projects.

The Mathematics and Algebra, Geometry and Number Theory specialisation programme consists of 120 European Credit Transfer System (EC) points and includes a research project (40 EC), advanced courses (min 60 EC) and electives (maximum 20 EC). 30 EC are to be taken from the Dutch national Mastermath p…

The master’s specialisation Theoretical Physics consists of 120 European Credit Transfer System (EC) points and includes electives (60 EC) and two research programmes (30 EC each).

The two-year Artificial Intelligence programme (120 EC) includes mandatory core courses and electives, as well as a Master's Thesis Research Project.

The Applied Mathematics Programme consists of 120 European Credit Transfer System (EC) points. The programme consists of advanced courses (min 60 EC), a research project (40 EC) and electives (max 20 EC).

The Astronomy and Cosmology specialisation consists of 120 European Credit Transfer System (EC) points and offers advanced Astronomy and Physics courses and two research projects.

Within this minor program, not only can you enhance your proficiency in French, but also delve into the recent history and culture the Francophone world, from Canada to the Maghreb and the Caribbean.

The two-year Data Science: Computer Science programme consists of 120 European Credit Transfer System (EC) points and includes courses and electives as well as a Master's Thesis Research Project.

The two-year Bioinformatics programme (120 EC) includes mandatory core courses and electives, as well as a Master's Thesis Research Project.

Most courses do not have any admission requirements. À la carte courses, for instance, can be attended regardless of your former education. However, pre-university education level knowledge is desirable.

The two-year Foundations of Computing programme (120 EC) includes mandatory core courses and electives, as well as a Master's Thesis Research Project.

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The specialisation consists of 120 European Credit Transfer System (EC) points and consists of an Biology component (60 - 80 EC) and a science communication component (40 - 60 EC).

Did you know that after succesful completion of the minor American Studies, you can apply for the master’s programme North American Studies? Find out more below.

The specialisation consists of 120 European Credit Transfer System (EC) points and includes mandatory courses and electives (60 EC) and two research projects (60 EC).