News A selection of news from Leiden University. News Leiden workshop on post-consumer textile 'waste’ in the Netherlands (and beyond) 23 April 2024 On Thursday 30 May, Leiden University hosts a workshop to foster collaborations to improve the governance of European textile waste export. Different ... Two researchers receive Rubicon grant for research abroad 22 April 2024 Uncovering ageing processes in the brain and research on the use of the word ‘that’. Thanks to a Rubicon Grant, two Leiden researchers who were recent... Buzzing decline: Dutch landscape is losing insect-pollinated plants 22 April 2024 The Netherlands is losing plant species that rely on pollination by insects. Leiden environmental scientist Kaixuan Pan demonstrates this after analys... Military pilot and political scientist Jorik ter Veer: ‘I work with the invisible heroes of society’ 17 April 2024 Not your typical student life but training that demands sheer hard work: that was the choice Jorik ter Veer (now 45) made when he signed up for the Ro... Erwin Muller appointed Vice-Rector of Organisational Development 17 April 2024 Leiden University’s Executive Board has appointed Erwin Muller as Vice Rector of Organisational Development. In this role, he will help further profes... ‘Scientists should be careful when interpreting results of AI models’ 16 April 2024 Anthropologist Rodrigo Ochigame studies how AI is changing the practice of scientific research. From astrophysics to mathematics to climate science, t... Leiden’s poo can help rid patients of resistant gut bacteria 16 April 2024 Transferring poo from healthy donors to the intestines of chronically ill people has beneficial effects on these recipients’ gut bacteria, also in the... Calling on universities and funders: make research information open 16 April 2024 Crucial information about research, funding or how university rankings are created is often not freely accessible. The Barcelona Declaration on Open R... Reportage: training anxious children should help prevent disorders and depression 16 April 2024 Scared to read aloud, put your hand up, answer a question or make a mistake at all: many primary school children suffer from anxiety and their numbers... How a local shaman can help fight climate change 11 April 2024 Who knows more about environmental governance: a professor of natural resource governance or a local shaman in the remote uplands of Myanmar? ‘To tack... All news items