Leiden University Courses

De-Mystifying Mindfulness

95 reviews

But, what actually is mindfulness? Is it really good for you? Can anyone learn it? How can you recognize charlatans? Would you want to live in a mindful society, and would it smell like sandalwood? What does it feel like to be mindful? Are you mindful al…

• Coursera
• 43 hours worth of material, 9 weeks long
• 23rd Jan, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

• Best of All Time

Miracles of Human Language: An Introduction to Linguistics

89 reviews

There is no human society, no matter how small or how isolated, which does not employ a language that is rich and diverse. This course introduces you to linguistics, featuring interviews with well-known linguists and with speakers of many different langu…

• Coursera
• 23 hours worth of material, 6 weeks long
• 9th Jan, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

• Best of All Time

EU policy and implementation: making Europe work!

51 reviews

In this course, we learn how the European Union prepares and decides on policy, and how policy is transferred to member states and implemented by various authorities, including regional and local governments.

• Coursera
• 55 hours worth of material, 6 weeks long
• 12th Dec, 2022
• Free Online Course (Audit)

• Best of All Time

Security & Safety Challenges in a Globalized World

14 reviews

Security and safety challenges rank among the most pressing issues of modern times. Challenges such as, cyber-crime, terrorism, and environmental disasters impact the lives of millions across the globe. These issues also rank high on the agenda of politi…

• Coursera
• 11 hours worth of material, 6 weeks long
• 16th Jan, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Terrorism and Counterterrorism: Comparing Theory and Practice

25 reviews

First it focuses on the essence of terrorism as an instrument to achieve certain goals, in addition to an exploration of this phenomenon and the difficulties in defining it. The second part provides an overview of the state of the art in (counter) terro…

• Coursera
• 20 hours worth of material, 6 weeks long
• 2nd Jan, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

• Best of All Time

The Cosmopolitan Medieval Arabic World

343 ratings at Coursera

In this course we will focus on the fascinating history of the Arabic Medieval World. We will take you on a journey through the Middle Ages starting off in eighth-century Baghdad. Along the old pilgrim trails we will go to places like Mecca, Jerusalem an…

• Coursera
• 25 hours worth of material, 6 weeks long
• 23rd Jan, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

International Law in Action: the Arbitration of International Disputes

15 reviews

‘The Arbitration of International Disputes’ is the third course of Leiden University’s series on International Law in Action. The first course covered generalities on the international courts and tribunals in The Hague, while the second course provided…

• Coursera
• 11 hours worth of material, 4 weeks long
• 9th Jan, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Evolution Today

163 ratings at Coursera

In this course you will learn how evolution works. You will develop an understanding of evolutionary processes and their formative power. You will see how evolution has shaped biodiversity, and continuously influences our daily life. Evolution impacts hu…

• Coursera
• 20 hours worth of material, 6 weeks long
• 16th Jan, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Political Economy of Institutions and Development

310 ratings at Coursera

This course is part of the SDG initiative addressing the UN Sustainable Development Goals, specifically for the following SDGs [1, 8, 10 and 16]. We hope you will join in our efforts to reach the SDG’s in small but measurable and actionable ways, cooper…

• Coursera
• 22 hours worth of material, 11 weeks long
• 16th Jan, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Population Health: Panel Management Next Level

How can you, as a healthcare professional, identify patients that share the same risk of an adverse event? How do you transform your healthcare practice in such a way that you are not only able to provide proactive care but you are also able to improve t…

• Coursera
• 25 hours worth of material, 4 weeks long
• 16th Jan, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

The Rooseveltian Century

52 ratings at Coursera

This course uses the lives, ideals and achievements of Theodore, Franklin, and Eleanor Roosevelt to create the idea of a Rooseveltian century. It is about doing research, analyzing primary sources, and connecting all this information with a coherent and…

• Coursera
• 16 hours worth of material, 5 weeks long
• 16th Jan, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Introduction to Comparative Indo-European Linguistics

33 ratings at Coursera

Build your knowledge of Indo-European languages, how they changed through time, and how to reconstruct ancient languages. Every language belongs to a language family; a group of languages that are genetically related to each other. Indo-European is the n…

• Coursera
• 18 hours worth of material, 8 weeks long
• 23rd Jan, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Population Health: Health & Health Behaviour

29 ratings at Coursera

In this introduction course on Health and Health Behaviour you will learn about the fundamentals of health psychology. What role does our behaviour, or cognitions and emotions, and our environment play in our health status? We’ll start with unraveling…

• Coursera
• 27 hours worth of material, 4 weeks long
• 16th Jan, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Population Health: Governance

22 ratings at Coursera

How can we organise care in such a way that we optimize experience, quality and costs? What type of governance is needed? And how should healthcare organisations collaborate? These are central questions in this course. In answering them, we depart from…

• Coursera
• 13 hours worth of material, 4 weeks long
• 16th Jan, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Population Health: Predictive Analytics

22 ratings at Coursera

Predictive analytics has a longstanding tradition in medicine. Developing better prediction models is a critical step in the pursuit of improved health care: we need these tools to guide our decision-making on preventive measures, and individualized trea…

• Coursera
• 17 hours worth of material, 4 weeks long
• 23rd Jan, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)