voicesofyoungacademics

Dossier

Future-proof university

Young academics reflect on urgent themes and goals for the coming years and how they want academic life at Leiden University to look like in the future.

Blogs

Marking the (late) Summer of Sustainability at YAL

The summer of 2021 arrived on the tail end of a global pandemic that has left us all reeling and trying to reassess our relationship to each other, ourselves, and the other life forms that make up our planet.

Cristiana Strava, Yamila Miguel and Noel de Miranda • September 29, 2021

Science is NOT like competitive sports

Last week, the Dutch Research Council (NWO) published a short editorial written by the chair of the executive board, professor Marcel Levi, titled “Science is like competitive sports”.

Anna van Duijvenvoorde, Lauren Fonteyn, Sarah Giest, Helen Pluut and Annemarie Samuels • July 22, 2021