Press releases Tilburg University
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A long and healthy life for all is social responsibility
03rd July 2023A long and healthy life in the Netherlands is strongly related to individual’s social position. Preventing health problems will only be successful when all factors of influence and the entire living environment is taken into account, says professor Ien van de Goor in her inaugural lecture on July 7.
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Guide for supervisors improves support for employees with mental health issues
27th June 2023A new, science-based approach can help supervisors support their employees with mental health issues. It involves identifying and discussing mental problems with employees and adjusting the work environment in a timely fashion to prevent absenteeism. This is shown by Suzanne van Hees in her PhD research. She will defend her PhD thesis at Tilburg University on Friday, June 30, 2023.
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Outgoing professor Van Damme: Economics serves people
20th June 2023In economics, people are the focus, not economics, Eric van Damme argued in his farewell address on June 22. However, this message, which really should be obvious, is often forgotten in economic reporting, such as when it is stated that people should do things because it is good for the economy. Van Damme argues that this is because such reporting emphasizes macroeconomic aspects in which the human being behind the numbers is hidden, leading to a distorted picture.
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Oration Taco Gosens: Quality of life in orthopaedics: Moving Care
20th June 2023Orthopaedics and psychology seem to be two opposing worlds. The separation between mental health and psychological aspects and physical health and functional aspects is very persistent in medicine, obviously also in orthopaedics. Yet this separation is not as sharp as is often thought.
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Inaugural lecture Jean-Jacques Herings: A game theoretic perspective on competition and cooperation
19th June 2023Two of the biggest success stories in the application of game theory – allocating students to schools and auctioning spectrum licenses – are based on the same fundamental principles, as Professor of Quantitative Microeconomics Jean-Jacques Herings will show in his inaugural address on Friday, June 23, 2023.
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Tilburg University presents honorary doctorate to Supreme Court President Dineke de Groot
14th June 2023Professor Dineke de Groot, President of Supreme Court of the Netherlands, will receive an honorary doctorate during Tilburg University’s dies natalis on November 16, 2023.
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Layered form of regulation can improve digital markets
12th June 2023When do monopolies of digital platforms like those of Google, Meta and Amazon become too strong, and how do you give new entrants to the market a chance? Jasper van den Boom of the Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology and Society (TILT) developed a new, layered form of regulation to better regulate digital markets. He will defend his doctoral dissertation on June 14, 2023 at Tilburg University.
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Farewell address Marc Loth: On our legal duty to past and future generations
12th June 2023Future generations increasingly demand a tightening of climate policy and older generations seek remedies for historical injustices. Do these generations have a point and can they obtain redress in civil courts? According to Professor Marc Loth they can, although it is difficult where past generations are concerned.
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Highest award in Dutch scientific community granted to Prof. Corien Prins
07th June 2023Professor of Law and Informatization Corien Prins of Tilburg University, the Dutch Research Council (NWO) today announced, is to receive the Stevin Prize, the highest science award in the Netherlands, for her contributions to both the development of law and information technology and to policymaking in this area.
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Audit quality can be improved by relatively minor interventions
05th June 2023Audit quality can be improved by giving difficult audit tasks more priority, promoting learning and innovation and a different mindset towards new technologies in auditing. This emerges from three studies by PhD student Christian Peters, which he will defend on Tuesday June 13, at Tilburg University.
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New open data resource for studying video game play and its effects on well-being
31st May 2023In the first study of its kind, researchers at the University of Oxford and Tilburg University have collaborated with game developer FuturLab to create a unique open online data resource to study the effects of playing video games on the well-being of players.
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Crisis in ethics education schools requires integrated approach to knowledge transfer, skills and practice
25th May 2023Natascha Kienstra states in her inaugural speech on June 2 that there is a crisis in ethical formation in schools. Kienstra holds the chair of Ethical Formation at the Tilburg School of Catholic Theology (TST). She believes that this formation should be integrated and accompanied by knowledge acquisition, insights, skills and attitudes.
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Technological innovation in the workplace should profit from expanding works council's information rights
23rd May 2023The main provisions in the Works Councils Act that oversee technological innovation in the workplace do not function -- at least in nursing home care -- or hardly at all. That's according to legal scholar Robbert Coenmans' doctoral research. He makes several recommendations for making technological innovation succeed in the workplace.
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Inaugural lecture: Shared decision-making as the basis for good mental health care
16th May 2023Shared decision-making in mental health care is an essential ingredient of often longer-term therapeutic treatment relationships with patients and their loved ones. Particularly in the care of people with severe mental illness, this is an extra big task, but there are many gains to be made here, says professor Koen Grootens in his inaugural lecture on May 26.
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Professor Emely de Vet new Dean University College Tilburg
11th May 2023The Executive Board has appointed Emely de Vet as Professor and Dean of University College Tilburg (UCT) within the Tilburg School of Humanities and Digital Sciences, as of Aug. 15. She succeeds Dean Alkeline van Lenning, who will retire this summer. De Vet will be in charge of the overall leadership and further development of UCT.
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“Positive engagement with politics can strengthen the academic community”
09th May 2023At a time when the value of scientific expertise is being challenged in society, a positive engagement with politics can strengthen the academic community. That’s what Professor of International Data Governance Linnet Taylor will argue in her inaugural address on May 12th, 2023.
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Subsidiarity principle as starting point for a political economy offers more respect for people and environment
01st May 2023In times of globalization, digitalization and climate change, the subsidiarity principle can be functional for good governance in a complex political economy. It could result in more dignity of individuals and protection of vulnerable people in smaller circles, argues herman Kaiser. He will receive his doctorate on May 3, 2023 at Tilburg University.
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Neurologist Dr. Guus Schoonman appointed endowed Professor 'Digital communication in clinical practice'
21st April 2023Neurologist and researcher Guus Schoonman has been appointed endowed Professor at the chair 'Digital communication in clinical practice' at the Tilburg School of Humanities and Digital Sciences, effective May 1. This chair was established in collaboration with the Elisabeth-Tweesteden Hospital (ETZ)Tilburg. Schoonman will conduct research on the role and added value of digital tools in communication between the patient and the healthcare provider.
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Broad support for generous but conditional basic income
19th April 2023There is reasonably broad support among Dutch voters for a basic income, according to new research by sociologists at Tilburg University. However, this must be subject to conditions.
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Zero Hunger Lab and Kickstart AI join in deploying AI to increase food security
18th April 2023On Tuesday, April 18, 2023, Kickstart AI and Tilburg University’s Zero Hunger Lab signed a sponsorship agreement, laying the groundwork for further research into the applications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to public domain data to better predict food insecurity and improve timely interventions.