News and events of Tilburg School of Economics and Management
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Four NWO grants for cutting-edge research
17th May 2023From a study that focuses on people who choose to remain childless to renewing microfinance in developing countries. Four Tilburg University researchers will have the opportunity to realize their innovative research ideas after winning a grant from the Dutch Research Council’s SGW Open Competition M. We extend our warmest congratulations to Katrijn van Deun, Katya Ivanova, Tessa van Leeuwen and Burak Uras for their successful applications.
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Call for Papers: The Value Creation, Capture & Sharing in Organizational Networks Conference
04th May 2023The Academic Collaborative Centre for Network Impact at Tilburg University is proud to organize its inaugural Research Conference on value creation, capture, and sharing in organizational networks in Tilburg on October 19-20, 2023.
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Paper Rik Pieters accepted for publication in the Journal of Consumer Psychology
20th April 2023The paper “Materialism and Life Satisfaction Relations Between and Within People Over Time: Results of a Three-Wave Longitudinal Study” by Rik Pieters together with Esther Jaspers (Massey University, NZ, and former Ph.D. student at Tilburg University), Mario Pandelaere (Virginia Tech) and L.J. Shrum (HEC) has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Consumer Psychology.
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Four Tilburg researchers receive NWO Open Competition SGW XS grant
19th April 2023The awards of round 3 of the Open Competition SGW-XS pilot programme are a fact. Four researchers from Tilburg University successfully applied for a grant. With this they can further work out a promising or innovative initiative within their research project. We congratulate Inge van de Ven, Bruno Nicenboim, Florian Sniekers en Konrad Turek with this award.
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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.
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Retailer price promotions increase waste awareness, not waste
30th March 2023Contrary to what is often assumed, retailer price promotions such as “Buy One, Get One” or quantity discounts in supermarkets do not cause more food to go to waste. In fact, such offers appear to increase consumer awareness of the risk of wasting food, which in turn spurs them on to prevent waste. Supermarkets could encourage such awareness-driven behavior by designing smart campaigns that help prevent waste.
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Tilburg University contributes to financial literacy among young people
22nd March 2023On March 20, the first day of Global Money Week, Tilburg University and Nibud (National Institute for Family Finance Information) provided a guest lecture and a knowledge session on the topic of ‘Young people & money’ at CURIO, a school for secondary vocational education (MBO). The reason is the EU-funded ANGLE project ‘A Network Game for Lifecycle Education’. This project is aimed to enhance the financial literacy among young people, enabling them to make sound financial decisions.
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Tilburg University maintains its top positions in QS World University rankings by subject 2023
22nd March 2023As in recent years, Tilburg University has achieved several top positions in the 2023 QS World University Rankings by Subject. Since the 2020 edition of the ranking, Tilburg University has ranked in the worldwide top 100 in the broad faculty area of Social Sciences & Management.
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Paper Inge Geyskens, Barbara Deleersnyder, and Marnik Dekimpe accepted in the Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science
20th March 2023The paper “Do consumers benefit from national-brand listings by hard discounters?” by Inge Geyskens, Barbara Deleersnyder, and Marnik Dekimpe, co-authored with former Tilburg Ph.D. student Didi Lin was accepted in the Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science.
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Tilburg University appoints Louis Mulotte Professor of Strategy & Organization
10th March 2023The Executive Board of Tilburg University has appointed Louis Mulotte of the Tilburg School of Economics and Management (TiSEM) as Full Professor of Strategy & Organization, effective January 1, 2023.
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Paper Arjen van Lin accepted for publication in the Journal of Consumer Research
09th March 2023The paper by Arjen van Lin, together with Aylin Aydinli (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), Marco Bertini (ESADE Business School), Erica van Herpen (Wageningen University), and Julia von Schuckmann (UPF Barcelona School of Management), titled: “Does Cash Really Mean Trash? An Empirical Investigation into the Effect of Retailer Price Promotions on Household Food Waste” has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Consumer Research.
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Two Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships awarded to Tilburg University researchers
07th March 2023The successful applicants are Etienne Lorang supervised by Professor Reyer Gerlagh), who will work at the Economics Department of the Tilburg School of Economics and Management (TiSEM), and Leena Bhattacharya (supervised by prof. dr. Arthur van Soest) , who will conduct her research at the TiSEM Econometrics and Operations Research Department. The fellowships will enable them to carry out their research projects for two years.
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EMAC Distinguished Marketing Scholar Award 2023 for Els Gijsbrechts
06th March 2023Els Gijsbrechts has won the EMAC Distinguished Marketing Scholar Award 2023. One of the highest honors that a marketing scholar can receive. The European Marketing Academy (EMAC) praises her for her innovative and leading research, substantial contributions to EMAC, and her exceptional service to the marketing community at large.
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Otto Raspe appointed as Professor of Practice of Broad Prosperity and the Regional Economy
06th March 2023On March 1, 2023, Tilburg University appointed Dr. Otto Raspe as Professor of Practice at the Academic Collaborative Center of Broad Prosperity. Raspe has been appointed for 0.1 FTE, his teaching and research remit being Broad Prosperity and the Regional Economy.
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Paper Tatiana Sokolova accepted for publication in the Journal of Consumer Research
09th February 2023The paper by Tatiana Sokolova, titled "Paper Meets Plastic: The Perceived Environmental Friendliness of Product Packaging", has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Consumer Research.
