News Social and Behavioral Sciences
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Royal honor awarded to Professor of Care and Well-being Henk Garretsen of Tranzo
25th May 2022On May 24, 2022, Professor of Care and Wellbeing Henk Garretsen received a royal honor for his dedication and contribution to science and society. On behalf of the King, Mayor Elly Blanksma of Helmond conferred on him membership of the Order of Orange-Nassau in the grade of Officer. Professor Garretsen received the honor in the Auditorium of Tilburg University.
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University Medal awarded to Klaas Sijtsma
19th May 2022On Friday, May 19, 2022, Professor Klaas Sijtsma was awarded the University Medal at his farewell for his extraordinary services to the university.
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New book: How can organizations contribute to a more sustainable future?
16th May 2022Hunger, inequality, climate change… Today’s world faces many great challenges on individual, organizational and societal level. What role can organizations play in the solutions and how can new forms of organizing contribute? Organizational scientists Jörg Raab Federica Angeli and Ashley Metz wrote a new book on organizing for Sustainable Development.
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Third edition Atlas of European Values available
12th May 2022Do Europeans have shared values? Are those values subject to change? And if so, in what direction? The third edition of the 'Atlas of European Values' attempts to answer these questions.
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Serious Games and Digital Twins
21st April 2022By playing a serious game, policy makers learn how to spatially plan the North Sea in the coming decades. This is one of the examples of serious gaming that endowed professor of Playful Organizations & Learning Systems Igor Mayer uses to teach organizations to make good, long-term policy decisions.
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Call for papers: ENGAGE.EU early-stage researchers & young scholars conference in Sofia, Bulgaria
13th April 2022Deadline call for papers has been extended to Friday 13 May!
Are you a junior researcher and interested in sharing your work with international peers? On June 23 and 24 The University of National and World Economy in Sofia, Bulgaria will host the first ENGAGE.EU conference. -
NWO-Veni grants for four promising Tilburg researchers
11th April 2022The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded four young promising scientists from Tilburg University a Veni grant worth up to 280,000 euros. The grant provides the laureates with the opportunity to further elaborate their own ideas during a period of three years.
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Top positions for Tilburg University in QS World University rankings by subject 2022
06th April 2022In the 2022 QS World University Rankings by Subject, Tilburg University achieves worldwide top positions in several of its core subject areas.
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TEP talkshow on character education
10th March 2022On March 15 a talk show took place on the Tilburg Educational Profile TEP, particularly on character education.
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Mini-symposium 50 years of Psychology on March 31
18th February 2022Psychology in Tilburg celebrates its 50th anniversary! We would like to celebrate this wonderful milestone with (former) staff, students, and alumni with a mini symposium on Thursday, March 31.
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Pressure to be happy puts psychological well-being at risk
18th February 2022The societal pressure to pursue happiness ironically seems to have adverse effects on people's psychological well-being. Especially in countries that score high on the World Happiness Index (WHI), is shown in research by Egon Dejonckheere.
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Research in the spotlight on world cancer day
04th February 2022Within Tilburg University, many researchers are studying the psychosocial consequences of cancer and the information needs of patients. On World Cancer Day (February 4), we put a number of these studies in the spotlight.
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Tilburg University to award three honorary doctorates during dies natalis
04th February 2022Three American scientists will receive honorary doctorates from Tilburg University on June 16, 2022, during its dies natalis. Mary E. Barth (Professor of Accounting at Stanford University) and Christine Moorman (Professor of Marketing at Duke University) will both receive an honorary doctorate from the Tilburg School of Economics and Management. Prof. James Gross (Professor of Psychology at Stanford University) receives an honorary doctorate from the Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences. The honorary doctorates are conferred upon them because of their exceptional academic achievements.
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Alicia Göckel did a six-month internship at the UN in New York - "A dream came true!"
21st January 2022From July to December 2021, Alicia Göckel, a student of Global Management of Social Issues (GSMI), did an internship at the United Nations in New York. A dream she had had since her early teens came true. She considers herself lucky thatTilburg Bachelor’s programs have a 'mobility window', which allowed her to do this internship without study delay. 'I honestly have nothing negative to say, it has been such a great experience for me!'
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New publication: Online Academic Education: What to Keep and What to Drop?
13th January 2022The fourth volume in Tilburg Series in Academic Education has been published, entitled: 'Online Academic Education: What to Keep and What to Drop?' This issue examines the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic for education within our university.