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André van Rijs chosen national government laywer of the year by JuristenRijk
18th November 2019JuristenRijk, the Dutch association for lawyers working at national government authorities, has chosen Tilburg Law School's André van Rijs as most appealing lawyer at national governement level in the field of legal council. Van Rijs works at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment in The Hague, is a legal advisor and teaches social and labor law at Tilburg Law School.
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The Institute for the History of International Law @ Tilburg organizes a series of E-Lectures
15th November 2019In the academic year 2019-2020, the I-HILT institute will continue its series of e-lectures on a wide range of legal historical topics. Please feel welcome to attend any of them in real life. Alternatively, you can watch the recording afterwards on our website.
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Can conflict-related sexual violence and human trafficking be prevented?
12th November 2019In 2003, as a young legal scholar, Dr. Anne-Marie de Brouwer, currently a Research Fellow at Tilburg University, visited Tanzania and Rwanda. There she studied the workings of the International Tribunal that held those responsible for the Tutsi genocide to account and she observed the local Gacaca tribunals.
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Job opening: Lecturer / Coordinator LTMS 1,0 FTE
12th November 2019The Department of Law, Technology, Markets, and Society (LTMS), home of TiLT and TiLEC has a vacancy for a Lecturer / Coordinator. We are looking for someone who can make a vital contribution to the quality of teaching and learning, and support the teaching staff with several tasks closely related to TiLT’s educational activities.
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Student Information Event - Master's program Data Science and Entrepreneurship
07th November 2019Join our student information event. With our Master's program Data Science & Entrepreneurship starting in September - together with our Pre-Master's program in February and September - we'd like to give you the opportunity during this event to learn more about the program on November, 26.
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Report: Prevention of criminal interference in Dutch amateur football
04th November 2019Prevention of criminal interference in football clubs starts with a decision in the boardroom. Amateur football clubs are well aware of that and do take measures, exploratory research by Tilburg University has shown. However, prevention of criminal interference is not yet structurally embedded in amateur football.
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TILT's 25th Anniversary Year: Events in November
28th October 2019TILT's anniversary events in November will revolve around "Hacking the Electorate" and is organized by Emre Bayamlioglu, Tom Chokrevski and Esther Keymolen.
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BILETA 2020 Call for Papers
28th October 2019BILETA's annual conference 2020, entitled Regulating Transitions in Technology and Law, will take place in Tilburg on 7-8 April 2020, hosted by the Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology, and Society (TILT), part of the department on Law, Technology, Markets and Society (LTMS).
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Dr. Jan Cremers appointed in management board European Labour Authority
17th October 2019The European Parliament has appointed Dr. Jan Cremers of Tilburg Law School as a member of the management board and independent expert of the new European Labour Authority (ELA). The installation of the ELA took place in Brussels on October 16th and 17th, 2019.
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Referendum has added value in local democracy
17th October 2019The national referendum is under threat in Dutch democracy. But when referendums are held in municipalities, they are successful most of the time. That is one of the conclusions in Koen van der Krieken's dissertation which he will defend on Friday October 18th. According to Van der Krieken local practice shows that referendums actually do have added value in a representative democracy such as the Dutch one.
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Dr. Mario Braakman appointed as Endowed Professor of Transcultural Forensic Psychiatry
10th October 2019Tilburg University has appointed Dr. Mario Braakman as Endowed Professor of Transcultural Forensic Psychiatry, effective October 1, 2019. Braakman will focus on making behavioral experts’ reports in the justice system more culture-sensitive and improving the psychiatric care for detainees and persons with a migration background who are detained under a hospital order.
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5th European Privacy Law Scholars Conference (PLSC Europe)
03rd October 2019The 5th European Privacy Law Scholars Conference (PLSC Europe), organized by the Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology, & Society (TILT), will be held Thursday 09 April 2020, at the University of Tilburg, the Netherlands.
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TILT's 25th Anniversary Year: Events in October
01st October 2019TILT's anniversary events in October will revolve around "Climate Change" and is organized by Anna Berti Suman and Leonie Reins.
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SmartUrbi research nears completion
20th September 2019Over the past 2,5 years, a research consortium of over 20 organizations in six countries studied and discussed the work of ‘smart urban intermediaries’. Mark van Ostaijen (research in Amsterdam) en Merlijn van Hulst (overall project leader) represented the Tilburg Institute of Governance / TLS department Public Law & Governance in this SmartUrbI research.
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“Deep down I’m still an environmental lawyer who wants citizens to be heard”
16th September 2019PhD candidate Anna Berti Suman investigates the use of citizen sensing in environmental law and governance. But she also aims to design a toolkit to support citizens and policy makers using environmental data gathered by citizens.
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Book launch: Portraits of Injustice
16th September 2019In order to show the impact of international crimes on victims, the International Victimology Institute Tilburg (INTERVICT) of Tilburg University will present the photo book 'Portraits of Injustice: Forced marriage and related sexual violence under the Khmer Rouge' on September 24th, 2019. The photo book portrays twelve victims of forced marriage under the Khmer Rouge in words and pictures.
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Funding from NWO for research on ostracism, economies-of-scale and reducing greenhouse gas emissions
27th August 2019Three professors of Tilburg University have been awarded research funding from NWO Domain Social Sciences and Humanities: Ilja van Beest for research on ostracism, Dick den Hertog for research on economies-of-scale and Jonathan Verschuuren for research on reducing greenhouse emissions.
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LTMS awarded funding for 6 year research program, new vacancies
16th July 2019LTMS has received a significant research grant from the ministry of Education in the context of the Sectorplan Rechtsgeleerdheid, which provides a large stimulus to boost legal research in the Netherlands. All Dutch law schools are on board on one or two of the research themes outlined in the sectorplan. LTMS has produced a plan for the theme 'Digital Legal Studies' entitled 'From Regulating Human Behavior to Regulating Data'.
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Apply now for the EUCOTAX Wintercourse project
04th July 2019Over more than 25 years, our best students participate in this prestigious collaboration with several foreign students. Goal of the project is to make an international tax law comparison about a societal and tax relevant problem.
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Symposium on mayors and the rule of law well-attended
02nd July 2019Wim van de Donk, the King’s Commissioner in Brabant, is very concerned about the credibility of the the rule of law in our country. He voiced his concern on Friday, June 21, at the well-attended symposium ‘De burgemeester: vriend of vijand van de rechtsstaat?’ (‘Mayors, friends or enemies of the rule of law?’), organized by Niels Karsten (Public Law & Governance).
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Call for nominations for the Max van der Stoel Human Rights Award
24th June 2019The Netherlands Network for Human Rights Research (NNHRR) and Tilburg Law School are calling for Dutch and Flemish university faculties to submit nominations for the Max van der Stoel Human Rights Award.
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Lecturer Law, Technology, Markets and Society (1.0 FTE - 1 year)
21st June 2019The Department of Law, Technology, Markets and Society (LTMS) – home of TILT and TILEC has a vacancy for a Lecturer (1.0 FTE, 1 year). We are looking for someone who can make a vital contribution to the quality of teaching and learning, and support the teaching staff with several tasks closely related to TILT’s educational activities.
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TILT participates in large project on Internet of Things Dutch National Research Agenda
13th June 2019TILT (Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology and Society) participates in the INTERSECT project about the Internet of Things which was awarded over 8 million euros by NWO in the context of the Dutch National Research Agenda.
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Better reward football players like Jackie Groenen
05th June 2019Women's football is on the rise. The Dutch national team is hot. But there is still no equality with men. That must change, argues Martine Prange, Tilburg professor of Philosophy and former professional footballer in the Volkskrant on the eve of the World Cup in France.
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We need to relearn how to deal with wolves
27th May 2019Wolves have returned to the Netherlands - how do we protect them and cattle at the same time? By influencing mutual contact between humans and wolves, according to new research.
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Common approach towards wilderness protection in Antarctica urgently needed
21st May 2019Growing tourism in Antarctica is posing an increasing threat to the wilderness. In order to improve protection, the Antarctic Treaty Parties should take urgent action and find a common approach, says Dr. Antje Neumann.
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Large international conference on Regulation, Law & Technology
15th May 2019Technology is transforming society on many fronts. In recent years, we have seen the sustained move from atoms to bits, rise of social media and the sharing economy, and the rapid development of cloud computing, big data, smart devices, and robotics.
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Dutch lawmakers should strengthen citizenship education now
10th May 2019The new criteria for citizenship education in primary and secondary education proposed by the government come just at the right moment, now that the Dutch education system is at a new crossroads. This is what Professor of Education Law Paul Zoontjens argues at the ocassion of his valedictory address on 17 May 2019.
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TILT's 25th Anniversary Year: Events in May
02nd May 2019TILT's anniversary events in May will revolve around "Future of data protection" and is organized by Raphaël Gellert and Nadya Purtova.
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Joint conference TLS and Law School University of Tehran about nature recovery Lake Urmia
25th April 2019Jonathan Verschuuren just returned from a very fruitful and interesting week in Iran where he was at a conference that he organized jointly with the Tehran University law school and where he did some teaching. The conference was a big success with more than a hundred participants, including many officials from various government institutions.
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Three Tilburg scientists nominated for the 2019 'New Scientist' Scientific Talent Award
25th April 2019Tilburg scientists Hannes Datta, Bart van der Sloot, and Gerine Lodder have been nominated for the 2019 'New Scientist' Scientific Talent Award.
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TILT's 25th Anniversary Year: Events in April
12th April 2019TILT's anniversary events in April will revolve around "Data and Ideas for Innovation" and is organized by Martin Husovec and Maurice Schellekens.
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Dave De ruysscher (Tilburg Law School) elected as member Flemish ‘Young Academy’
21st February 2019Dave De ruysscher (Tilburg Law School, Free University of Brussels) has been elected as a member of the Flemish ‘Young Academy’. He will be inaugurated on Tuesday March 12 in the Palace of the Academies in Brussels. The Young Academy has elected eleven new members this year.
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Did a series of reforms weaken the income position of welfare recipients?
14th February 2019Successive Dutch governments have undertaken reforms in an effort to reduce the number of welfare recipients and increase their participation in the labor market. These attempts have had negative effects for some categories of workers.
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The impact of labour migration on the labor market
22nd January 2019Since the introduction of the open European labor market, the recruitment of labor migrants in the Netherlands has increased sharply. This has resulted in both positive and negative effects, Jan Cremers (Tilburg Law School) writes in an ESB article.
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Labor mobility disputes and mediation in the EU
19th January 2019Within the European Union mediation in labor mobility disputes is seen as less costly than a legal procedure, with a better learning effect and improvement of the reciprocal communication or at least less polarization. If mediation fails, the court serves as the decisive authority of last resort.
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New Department of Public Law and Governance (PLG)
11th December 2018The TLS board proudly announces that of 1 January 2019, the Departments of Politics and Public Administration, European and International Public Law and Public Law, Jurisprudence and Legal History are to merge into a new Department. The new unit will be called the Department of Public Law and Governance (PLG). The merger is a result of consultations with the members of the three departments. The Faculty Council agreed with this merger. The collaboration with TiSEM in the Tilburg Institute of Governance (TIG) will be continued and we are confident that it will be empowered.
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TILT and TILEC merge
03rd December 2018The TLS board has announces today that of 1 December 2018 TILT and TILEC form a new department under the name of LTMS (Law, Technology, Markets, and Society). Head of Department will be Professor Ronald Leenes. The merger is the result of consultations with the members of both institutes and the university.
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How to tackle labour exploitation in caretaking?
14th June 2018The editors of the Dutch journal De Groene Amsterdammer investigated abuses in healthcare. Bulgarian companies provide residential home care for the elderly in the Netherlands and Belgium. Despite serious defects in the business operations and structural underpayment of the - often unqualified - employees, they still get away with it because there is hardly any control.
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The European Labour Authority discussed
13th March 2018During an event on 27 February 2018 in Brussels, organized by The Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, a first study on the scope of a European Labour Authority was presented and discussed.
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13:30 - 14:30
PhD Defense M. Galic
Surveillance and privacy in smart cities and living labs: Conceptualising privacy for public space
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20:00 - 22:00
Film TILT 25th Anniversary: “Risk”
Every month, TILT organizes a movie screening in collaboration with Pop Up Cinema. The November film is “Risk”.
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09:30 - 10:30
Lecture by Dr. Rémy Ambühl
As part of the I-Hilt e-lectures, Dr. Rémy Ambühl will give a lecture titled 'Prisonnier de Guerre: The Birth of a New Phrase and a Special Status in the Late Middle Ages'.