News‘Greater diversity would raise the quality of research.' Leiden University Vice-Rector Simone Buitendijk took part in the first European conference on women in science, on 8 and 9 November in Brussels. 'There are two aspects to this issue: female scientists and female participation in health studies,' comments Buitendijk.
Eveline Crone, Professor of Neurocognitive Developmental Psychology, is sixth on the list of most powerful women in Teaching and Science, according to Dutch magazine Opzij. Crone is one of the youngest female professors in the Netherlands and already has many awards to her name.
Professor Christine Mummery has been appointed Board Member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, and Professor Naomi Ellemers will become a member of KNAW.
During the first semester of academic year 2011-2012 Fenna Poletiek (Cognitive Psychology) will be visiting fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics in Nijmegen: “This is the dream of all of us: time and money to do research and only research."
Eveline Crone and Beatrice de Graaf will receive the LNVH Anniversary Prize from the Dutch Network of Women Professors (LNVH) on the occasion of its ten-year anniversary. From 175 entries a jury of eminent academics selected the four most outstanding ones. The other two winners are attached to TU Delft and Maastricht University.
Eveline Crone has been selected as 2011's recipient of the 'Early Career Award' from the Society for Psychophysiological Research.
Clinical psychologist Dr Bernet Elzinga has been appointed as Professor of a personal chair at the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences. This professorship will contribute both nationally and internationally to the broader promotion of Leiden University in the field of stress and psychopathology.
‘Resting state fMRI opens up fantastic possibilities for patients suffering from dementia or those who are in a coma, who are scarcely able to carry out any activities at all. It is also a valuable tool for research into the effects of medicines and drugs.' These were the words of neuroscientist Serge Rombouts during his inaugural lecture on Friday 1 April.
Leiden University's Yearbook 2010 has just been published, entitled Reason & Emotion, the theme of the 2010 Lustrum Year.
On 21 January more than 800 university professors in academic dress marched from the Plein in The Hague past the government buildings to the Spui. A protest march against the planned government cuts in higher education. Some 100 professors from Leiden took part in the demonstration. In the afternoon more than 11,000 students demonstrated against the cabinet's proposals.
Anne Miers has won the PhD article award for her article: Peer Perceptions of Social Skills in Socially Anxious and Nonanxious Adolescents.
Cartoonist and writer Peter van Straaten and archaeologist Ian Hodder from Stanford University are to receive honorary doctorates from Leiden University. The new honorary doctorates will be conferred on 8 February 2011, the 436th anniversary of the University’s foundation.
If you ask 12-year-old deaf children what ‘surprised’ or ‘curious’ means, two-thirds of them are unable to indicate under what circumstances a person would experience such an emotion. They are equally unable to describe these emotions. Most of their hearing peers, on the other hand, are able to do so. Developmental psychologist Carolien Rieffe delivered her inaugural lecture on 1 November 2010 on emotional development.
Wouter van den Bos, developmental psychologist at Leiden University, is in the spotlight. His research into the development of the brain and social development is to be published in Psychological Science . For this achievement, on 11 November Van den Bosch was presented with the ISED award of the Institute for the Study of Education and Human Development (ISED).
Erica Bohnen (Developmental and Educational psychology) has completed her training in the Families and Schools Together (FAST) programme. She is the first certified FAST trainer in The Netherlands.
As of August 15 2010 Prof. Dr. Eveline Crone, full professor of Neurocognitive developmental psychology, joined the Programme Council for Educational Research (Programmaraad voor het Onderwijsonderzoek (PROO)).
Naomi Ellemers, Professor of Social Psychology of Organisations, is one of the four winners of the Spinoza Prize for 2010. ‘This is absolutely fantastic – something that as a researcher you hardly dare to dream of !’
By 2014 Leiden University has to have 25% more women in top jobs. This is what the University has agreed with the national Talent to the Top Taskforce.
International students who want to have a say in our programme are welcome in the International Student Platform.
During this year's Dies celebrations, Professor Susan Fiske has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate by her honorary supervisor, Professor Naomi Ellemers. The Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences has organised a symposium focusing on the work of psychologist Professor Fiske.
