Young Academy Leiden
Newsletter - November 2025 |
The Young Academy Leiden started the academic year with a productive brainstorm session full of good discussions, creative ideas, and renewed energy for our ongoing projects. Read on to see what we’ve been working on!
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Events:
18 Nov 2025, 12-13 h, Gorlaeus CE0.12
Interfaculty Lunch: Writing a popular science book |
Nov 18th: Interfaculty Lunch: Writing a popular science book
Have you ever considered to make your research accessible to a broader audience by means of writing a popular science book? One of our community members, Thomas Moerland, recently did this, next to his busy job as early career researcher and assistant professor. He will tell us all about his journey during the next interfaculty lunch. There will be plenty of opportunity to ask questions about both the book, as well as the process. As always, registration + lunch are free!
Also, feel free to support the hard work of Thomas by buying a copy at the local book store.
Click here for more information & registration. |
Become part of the YAL Community!
Are you interested in meeting young academics from outside your institute or faculty? Then the YAL community is the place for you! This platform is meant to create an inspiring environment for interpersonal and professional contact where you can share the joys and challenges of working in Academia and to develop interdisciplinary research ideas and other initiatives for interfaculty contact.
If you have any questions or comments, don't hesitate to contact the YAL Community coordinators Arjan Louwen (a.j.louwen@arch.leidenuniv.nl) and Jochanan Veerbeek (j.veerbeek@fsw.leidenuniv.nl).
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Thirteen Shades of Green
Universities and university medical centers are large organizations with a considerable CO₂ footprint. At the same time, they are the places that can accelerate the climate transition through innovative research and education. Their sustainability ambitions are therefore crucial for our future. In this new report "Thirteen Shades of Green”, the Green Young Academy shows how know ledge institutions are currently addressing sustainability. In the manifesto “Think Green, Act Green”, they offer concrete advice on how universities and university medical centers can collaborate more effectively toward a climate-neutral academia by aligning their plans across four themes: education, research, governance, and operations. |
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Symposium ‘Science with emotion: the reality of research and motherhood’
4 Dec 2025 - 15:30-17:15, KNAW Het Trippenhuis, Amsterdam
During a festive ceremony, Mariska Kret will receive the Dr. Hendrik Muller Prize 2025 for her groundbreaking research on emotions in humans and other animals, particularly great apes. The award ceremony will be followed by the symposium Science with Emotion: The Reality of Research and Motherhood, in which five of her team members will share their work and discuss the challenges of combining motherhood and a career in science. Parts of this event will be in Dutch and parts in English. More information can be found here. |
The Knowledge Orchard
On 28 November 2025, Leiden University and PLNT Leiden will host “The Knowledge Orchard” - an event aimed at starting up/ enhancing interdisciplinary cooperation between academics at Leiden University, and improving collaboration between Leiden researchers and external partners in research and education. Click here for more information and registration.
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Young Academy NL
For international researchers who have just started working in the Netherlands, the Young Academy has developed 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘎𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘋𝘶𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘈𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘢: a warm welcome packed with essential information on research funding, science policy, commonly used abbreviations and more. So, whether it’s for that new colleague in your team or for all staff at university Knowledge Transfer Offices, spread the word! Download the free guide using this link.
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YAL's monthly booktips
- Van IQ naar AI - Thomas Moerland
- Thirteen shades of green - the Green Young Academy (well, not a book, but a definite must read.)
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Sara Petrollino receives a Vidi grant 🎉
 Sara's Vidi project will explore how people think and talk about space and time – two essential dimensions of human life. Focusing on communities in Ethiopia’s Omo Valley, she will investigate how language, culture, and environment shape different ways of understanding spatial and temporal relations. Congratulations to Sara, and of course to all fourteen Leiden Vidi awardees! 👏 |
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