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October 2022

UN youth delegate Dennis Jansen gives young people a voice in the climate debate

The goal of alumnus Dennis Jansen (24) is to make the voice of young people heard in the climate debate. In November he is going to Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt, where the Climate Change Conference is being held. 'I want to be involved in a different way in places where it’s really happening.’

Clusters of galaxies better in view with radio X-ray combination

Through the clever use of two types of telescopes, a team of researchers has produced stunning images of clusters of galaxies. This provides more information about the enormous amounts of energy released around supermassive black holes in clusters.

A more precise estimate for how long modern humans and Neanderthals co-existed

Modern humans and Neanderthals may have co-existed in France and Northern Spain for up to 2,900 years until the Neanderthals disappeared. This is what archaeologists from Leiden University and Cambridge University write in a new publication in Scientific Reports.

Cleveringa Meeting 2022:
Increasing Polarisation: Is There a Cure?

Is there a way back to start talking with each other again? That is the question we will put to professors Kutsal Yesilkagit and Dominique Moïsi at the hybrid 2022 Leiden Cleveringa Meeting. In the past, we were able to channel major conflicts of interest through the Dutch polder model. Can we fall back on that again?

News from your university

More news

► Heritage Quest project wins European Heritage Europa Nostra Award

► Mark Klaassen on the Dublin claim on Voice of America News

► Dutch people should stop ‘politely’ switching to English
► Debate on World Cup Qatar: Boycott it or seize opportunity for attention?

► Retrospective 75th anniversary African Studies Centre Leiden

► Afraid of the dark? Anke Klein: 'Let your child have a say in finding a solution'
► How quantum mechanics threatens our digital lives – and makes them safer

► Mariëlle Bruning: ‘Give priority in youth care to children with a child protection order'

► Education and Child Studies and Child Law to continue successful interdisciplinary collaboration

► LUMC enters international collaboration to strengthen the development of Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products

► More news

Events

► Tech Talk: ATMPs (LUMC)
19 October | Oegstgeest

► Symposium NK and T cell diversity
20 October | Leiden
► SAILS Conference on Law and AI
21 October | Leiden & Online

► Neuroevolution, Trajectories and Landscapes

2 November | Online | Lecture

► Navigating Narratives in Cyberspace

8 & 9 November | The Hague | Conference on International Cyber Security

► Conference of Medical Delta theme Technology; THE gamechanger for health
15 November | Leiden
► Museum Talk with Geert-Jan Janse
16 November | Leiden & Online
► How uniform is the application of Articles 101 and 102 TFEU across the EU?
16 November | Online | Conference on Talk on Regulation

► Russian Information Warfare: Assault on Democracies in the Cyber Wild West

24 November | Online

► All events

Podcasts, Blogs & Books

► A life with Bipolar Disorder | podcast

► Safety First: Forced Mobilization and the Right to Seek Asylum | blog

► The People Factor in High Tech Business; To Be Resilient and Thrive - book by Elsbeth TeBrake

► Atlas of our Brain - book by Lara Wierenga & Dirma Janse

Life Long Learning

► Introduction to Comparative Indo-European Linguistics (MOOC)

► All Leiden MOOCs (MOOC: Massive Open Online Course)

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