News Tilburg University
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Challenging game helps students master complex subject matter
28th June 2024Games in education are here to stay. It helps students learn faster – and in a fun way. A case in point is the REAL game of Tilburg Law School. This game challenges students to find solutions to dealing with any problematic consequences of new technologies like commercial space travel or self-driving cars. It is their task to regulate the technology with the tools, techniques, and theories taught in class.
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David Schindler receives prestigious Role Models in Economics Award
28th June 2024David Schindler has been awarded the Role Models in Economics Award by the European Economic Association (EEA). This prestigious award recognizes economists for their outstanding contributions to the public good in the economics profession.
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Rik Frehen appointed Professor of Finance
26th June 2024Rik Frehen was recently appointed Professor of Finance at Tilburg University’s School of Economics and Management. His research aims to better understand the motives and associated risks behind investors’ choices by studying contemporary financial markets, as well as examining markets from a historical perspective.
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Joks Janssen appointed as council member in the Council for the Environment and Infrastructure
24th June 2024Joks Janssen, practice professor of 'Broad Prosperity in the Region', has been appointed as a council member of the Council for the Environment and Infrastructure. The Council is the strategic advisory body for the government and parliament on the (sustainable) development of the living environment.
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€207,000 for 13 Digital Sciences for Society Growth Projects
24th June 2024A new series of Growth Projects will be launched with funding from the Digital Sciences for Society program. In this way, Tilburg University is giving further impetus to research that contributes to digital innovation with an eye for social and societal aspects. Last year, the university already awarded a total of € 240,000 for a first series of Growth Projects.
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Support for the June 22 protest in Utrecht against budget cuts in higher education
21st June 2024The budget cuts to higher education announced in the outline agreement are a major concern for us. The consequences for knowledge development in the Netherlands and the future of young generations are enormous. The Executive Board supports staff and students who peacefully speak out against these cuts. A protest took place on June 22. Rector Magnificus and President of the Executive Board Wim van de Donk attended the protest. Read more to find out how you can further voice your concerns and what you can do if you are worried.
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Online Tool on Involuntary Care: The Client Perspective Weighing Framework
20th June 2024The Academic Collaborative Center (ACC) for Living with an Intellectual Disability (Tranzo, Tilburg University), together with the University Network for Elderly Care, developed a practical online tool: The Client Perspective Weighing Framework. Read more on this tool.
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TILEC celebrates 20 years of bringing law and economics together: “The world needs more interdisciplinary research”
20th June 2024To mark the 20th anniversary of the Tilburg Law and Economics Center, we asked TILEC director Jens Prüfer five questions about the center’s past, present and future.
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MSc Finance maintains its global top 50 position
14th June 2024Tilburg University’s Master's program in Finance is once again ranked in the top 50 of the best Finance programs in the world. This is evident from the 2024 results in the annual Masters' in Finance ranking by the Financial Times that were published today. Our university achieved a global 47th position. In terms of value for money, the program even scores a global 4th position.
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Video Games as Art: now available
12th June 2024Thanks to the library, the book Video Games as Art is now available through Open Access.
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Invitation: Willem Witteveen Symposium on the role of the Constitution in our state under the rule of law
11th June 2024Tilburg University and the Dutch Senate cordially invite you to the Willem Witteveen Symposium on July 3, 2024, in The Hague. The symposium is dedicated to the legacy of former Senator and Tilburg Professor Willem Witteveen, who, along with his wife and daughter, died when flight MH17 was shot down over Ukraine ten years ago. Professor Maurice Adams will deliver the keynote lecture (in Dutch).
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Academic Freedom and Academic Responsibility
10th June 2024The rectors of Dutch universities have collectively written an open letter published in the Dutch newspaper Trouw. In this letter, they discuss both the importance of academic freedom and the necessity of taking academic responsibility. In this item we summarize the main points of the letter.
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Prestigious Comenius Grant for Education Innovation Project by Wilco Emons
10th June 2024Dr. Wilco Emons has been awarded a Comenius Senior Fellowship by the NRO. He receives this grant for developing a new, dynamic online tool for formative assessment in Methodology and Statistics education.
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Human minds and artificial minds joining forces: MasterMinds projects show how it can be done
07th June 2024As one of the first projects within MindLabs, the MasterMinds project kicked off four years ago and is now nearing completion. The outcomes of the five subprojects were demonstrated at a symposium on June 4, showing how AI can support people in learning, complex decision-making, and gaining insights from data. Some conclusions can be directly applied in practice, while other ones provide input for further research.
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Lessons from the past about death: start now by realizing your life isn't eternal
06th June 2024Many people prefer to banish the thought of death. However, we can still learn from the Middle Ages, when many people died young and death was always near. Death and mortality are the subjects of a three-day international conference held from June 26 to 28 in Utrecht.