1,547 search results for “life cycle assessment” in the Public website
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Archaeologist argues for circular economy during Carnegie Peacebuilding Conversations
Maikel Kuijpers was invited to join a session on material rights, resource use, and craftsmanship during the Carnegie Peacebuilding Conversations held in The Hague’s Peace Palace in September. Organised by Major Alliance the session brought together a diverse panel to discuss “The Universal Declaration…
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Vertebrate genome sequencing using nanopore technology
An international team from the Netherlands, France, Norway and Austria demonstrate how new sequencing technologies can be used to efficiently generate the genome, DNA, sequence of an endangered animal, the European Eel.
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Giant penis plant is blooming at Hortus botanicus
The ‘Amorphophallus titanum’ at the Hortus botanicus Leiden is blooming. This Titan Arum, also known as the ‘giant penis plant’, last flowered in 2009.
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Having rights is better than equal treatment
Mohamed Tleis was born in Lebanon and studied there up to and including university. It was not an easy path because Tleis has to cope with a number of limitations: he has problems with both hearing and vision.
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New vegetation models can improve climate change predictions
A new study in Nature Plants has explored the most important organising principles that control vegetation behaviour. The insights from this study can be used to improve predictions on climate change. Leiden scientists Peter van Bodegom and Nadia Soudzilovskaia participated in the study.
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Learn about the Circular Economy of Metals
On 22 January 2018, the Massive Open Online Course ’A Circular Economy of Metals: Towards a Sustainable Societal Metabolism’ kicks off. This course is developed and taught by associate professor Ester van der Voet.
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Hester BijlCollege van Bestuur
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Véronique OngenaeScience
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Gijs van der MarelScience
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Peter ten DijkeFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Sjaak NeefjesScience
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James HardwickFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Manfred WuhrerFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Eline SlagboomFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Patrick RensenFaculteit Geneeskunde
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H LambFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Maarten VermeerFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Marie-José GoumansFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Gerard Jan BlauwFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Johan JukemaFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Suzanne CannegieterFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Karsten WentinkFaculteit Archeologie
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Jan van LithFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Pancras HogendoornFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Johanna MeijerFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Hein PutterFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Diederik PomstraArchaeological Sciences
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Pedro Rodrigues dos Santos RussoScience
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Mark OverhandLeiden Institute of Chemistry
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A rock star in a Petri dish
Featuring the world’s first neural synthesizer, artist Guy Ben-Ary and his collaborators will perform at the TodaysArt Festival in The Hague on 21 September. For this performance, he collaborated with the lab of Erik Danen to transform neural stem cells into neural networks on a chip.
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Thousands of new students start an old-style EL CID
Smiling faces, a mass dance and a bit of awkwardness: after two ‘corona editions’ of EL CID, the Leiden introduction week is back with a vengeance this year. A total of 3,412 first-year students from Leiden University and University of Applied Sciences Leiden, accompanied by 486 mentors, started EL…
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Join a study association: ‘It expands your worldview’
A discount on textbooks is always welcome. But for these students joining a study association has meant much more than that alone.
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Pubs, the beach and study spots: students get to know The Hague
Almost a thousand students started HOPweek in The Hague on Monday morning. During this introduction week students get to know the city, the university and each other.
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Energy
What is Leiden University doing to reduce energy consumption and move away from fossil energy? Where can you find information about energy? And what changes can you make yourself?
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Economics and Governance (MSc)
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, specifically focusing on welfare states and markets. This specialisation…
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Erasmus+ for Traineeships
Bachelor, Master
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Cognition in the digital environment laboratory
To develop a new generation of brain science (and train scientists) focused on explaining complex real-world behavioural patterns.
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Training
As a PhD candidate, you are expected to follow certain courses and training programmes in the context of your training as a researcher. The courses and training programmes will help you conduct your research, write your dissertation, develop your career, and gain self-insight. The LACDR PhD training…
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Microscopy Unit
The Microscopy Unit houses, maintains and coordinates most of the microscopy equipment of the IBL. The available equipment ranges from conventional light and fluorescence microscopes, to confocal laser scanning and electron microscopes. In addition, infrastructure is available for histology, including…
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Overview awarded projects
Here you can find an overview of the Erasmus+ projects undertaken by Leiden University since 2015.
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Erasmus+ for Studies
Bachelor, Master
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Erasmus+ for Teaching Assignments
PhD, Staff
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Arnold TukkerScience
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Listening, asking questions and soaking up the atmosphere at the Bachelor’s Open Day
So many interesting programmes, but which one suits me best? It was the Bachelor’s Open Day in Leiden and The Hague on Saturday 12 October. Among the many things to do in The Hague, prospective students could find out more about three new bachelor’s programmes: Science for Sustainable Societies, Cybersecurity…
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Three students nominated for an ECHO Award: ‘I want to make the world a better place’
A more inclusive and diverse society is what Talisha Schilder, Hawra Nissi and Chiraz Hassoumi spend many hours a week working towards. Their hard work led them to being nominated for the ECHO Award.
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Confidence is the byword for Director of Research Lotte van Dillen
Lotte van Dillen has every confidence in the Executive Board of new-style Institute Psychology. ‘If we work on the basis of everyone’s good intentions, we’re going to do great.’ If you lack confidence, you’re not the kind of person to jump on your bike and go off to Sicily. Want to find out more about…
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‘I can’t spend all day giving tutorials now the kids are at home’
Lecturers had a week to convert their courses to online teaching. An enormous challenge because remote teaching definitely wasn’t commonplace at Leiden University, and some lecturers have to share their ‘lecture hall’ with their children or partners. Alexander Pleijter, a lecturer in Journalism and…
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Sustainability in populist times
Flying is cheaper than driving a car, but a disaster for the environment. Yet few politicians dare to levy excise duty on kerosene. This is only one example from a world where emotions and yelling are burying facts, and in which scientists lose connection with society.
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Let the sun shine in Leiden!
The Leiden Observatory is starting a crowdfunding campaign to raise enough money to construct a new telescope.