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• Farewell speech 'Peace and Justice' Ernst Hirsch Ballin available

  16th May 2022

  On Friday May 13th Prof. Ernst Hirsch Ballin delivered his farewell speech 'Peace and Justice'. It is now available online.

  

• University medal and royal honor for Ernst Hirsch Ballin

  13th May 2022

  On Friday, May 13, 2022, university professor Dr. Ernst Hirsch Ballin received the university medal for his many years of outstanding service to the university during his farewell from Tilburg University. In addition, the Mayor of Tilburg presented Professor Hirsch Ballin with the insigna of the royal honor conferred upon him: he was appointed a Commander in the Order of Orange-Nassau.

  

• Big role possible for employers in keeping people in work

  12th May 2022

  Employers can contribute in various ways to job security for their staff. Large organizations in the (semi-)public sector in particular already do so, mainly for economic reasons: they see their HR department as a strategic partner, have a social plan and collaborate with other organizations in the region.

  

• Collaboration in networks welfare sector does not get off the ground enough

  09th May 2022

  Networks that operate within the implementation of the Wmo 2015 (Social Support Act) succeed in connecting important organizations. At the same time, they have limited success in creating an integrated offer.

  

• Valedictory address Prof. Ernst Hirsch Ballin on peace and justice

  09th May 2022

  On Friday, May 13, University Professor Prof. Ernst Hirsch Ballin will take his leave of Tilburg University with the valedictory address 'Peace and Justice'. In it he addresses an issue that has become dramatically topical since the Russian war of aggression: can the law bring about peace?
  

  

• Tilburg University partner in Gravitation research program 'The Algorithmic Society’

  02nd May 2022

  Minister Robbert Dijkgraaf of Education, Culture and Science has awarded 21.3 million euros under NWO's Gravitation program to the project 'The Algorithmic Society' of a consortium of five universities led by the University of Amsterdam. Tilburg Law School is a co-applicant and bears responsibility for one of the three areas of research in the project, the judiciary.

  

• ERC Advanced grant for research on improving the domestic prosecution of international crimes

  26th April 2022

  The European Research Council of the EU has awarded an ERC Advanced research grant of 2,3 million euros to Prof. of Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Elies van Sliedregt of Tilburg University. She will develop parameters for a coordinated system of global justice at the domestic level.
  

  

• Call for papers: ENGAGE.EU early-stage researchers & young scholars conference in Sofia, Bulgaria

  13th April 2022

  Deadline 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.

  

• Inaugural lecture Bastiaan Starink: Tax reforms essential for labor market and pensions

  13th April 2022

  Read the augural address (in Dutch) of Prof. Bastiaan Starink. In which he states that it is essential to look at the symbiosis between the labor market, the pension system, and the tax system, because taxation creates the preconditions for all of them.

  

• Veni grant awarded to Marie-Catherine Petersmann

  11th April 2022

  The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded four young promising scientists from Tilburg University a Veni grant worth up to 280,000 euros, and Marie-Catherine Petersman of Public Law & Govenance is one of them. Her research project concerns 'anthropocene legalities’.

  

• Top positions for Tilburg University in QS World University rankings by subject 2022

  06th April 2022

  In the 2022 QS World University Rankings by Subject, Tilburg University achieves worldwide top positions in several of its core subject areas.

  

• Tax reforms essential for labor market and pensions

  04th April 2022

  Major changes and revisions are on the agenda for the labor market, the pension system, and the tax system--including the benefits system--in the coming years. It is essential to look at the symbiosis between these three policy dossiers, because taxation creates the preconditions for all of them.

  

• Esther Keymolen appointed Professor of Digital Technology Regulation

  01st April 2022

  Tilburg University has appointed Dr. Esther Keymolen Professor of Digital Regulation as of 1 April 2022. With her research Dr. Keymolen will contribute to a conceptual recalibration of key concepts such as responsibility and trustworthiness in the legal domain.

  

• ERC Consolidator grant of 1.9 million to analyze legal concept of economic sovereignty

  17th March 2022

  European Research Council has decieded to fund the CaPANES-project wih 1.9 million EUR. This project is led by Prof. Dave De ruysscher of Tilburg Law School, who previously, in 2016, obtained an ERC Starting Grant.

  

• Tilburg University appoints Dave De ruysscher as Professor of Legal History

  15th March 2022

  Tilburg University has appointed Dr. Dave De ruysscher as Professor of Legal History. De ruysscher has been working on the legal-historical development of commercial law, in particular relating to custom, mercantile insolvency and company law.
  

  

• Opinion: Integrity is condition for good local governance

  14th March 2022

  Integrity is not a prominent theme in the local elections. That's remarkable, since questions of integrity have a large impact on the decreasing trust of citizens in the government, argue Philip Eijlander and Rosanne Franken of Tilburg Law School in Eindhovens Dagblad.

  

• TEP talkshow on character education

  10th March 2022

  On March 15 a talk show took place on the Tilburg Educational Profile TEP, particularly on character education.

  

• March 15: TEP talkshow on character education

  10th March 2022

  On March 15 from 4:00-4:50 p.m., a talk show will be organized on the Tilburg Educational Profile TEP, particularly on character education. Special guest (among others is) dr. Ammar Maleki (Assistant Professor TLS).

  

• Tilburg University and PwC continue collaboration in Tilburg Institute for Family Business

  08th March 2022

  Tilburg University and PwC continue their collaboration as part of the Tilburg Institute for Family Business and will work together in education and research on broad themes concerning family-owned businesses. The contract was signed on February 23, 2022. In the next five years, the institute will continue to build on the solid foundation laid over the past five years.

  

• EU funds research project BOLSTER to improve understanding of marginalized communities in the climate transition

  02nd March 2022

  There is a mismatch between the understanding of marginalized communities, participatory governance and policy plans to achieve a just climate transition. This can lead to social and political opposition. The BOLSTER project, led by Tilburg Law School, aims to understand how marginalized communities are affected.

  

• Call for papers - Constitutional law and the algorithmic state

  28th February 2022

  The European Yearbook of Constitutional Law is pleased to announce a call for submissions for its fifth volume (2023) on Constitutional law and the algorithmic state. The deadline for proposals is June 1, 2022.
  
  

  

• Contact with peers helps victims to reinvent themselves

  17th February 2022

  Social support is of great importance to victims of crime, for example, but exactly how that support works was still unclear. With support from the Dutch Victim Support Network (Slachtofferhulp Nederland), Pien van de Ven therefore investigated the role of both support from the social environment and from fellow-sufferers in dealing with a victim experience.

  

• Webinar - Heart for Afghanistan: Latest developments in property and insolvency law

  10th February 2022

  In cooperation with Tilburg University, Norton Rose Fulbright is organizing a series of webinars to raise money for UNICEF. The first webinar, given by Reinout Wibier, will discuss recent developments in property and insolvency law.

  

• Book launch Event - International Law in Europe, 700-1200 by Jenny Benham

  09th February 2022

  The Centre for Medieval Studies at Cardiff University has organised an online book launch event to showcase Jenny Benham’s new book International Law in Europe, 700-1200, which provides a fascinating opportunity to explore international law during the medieval age.

  

• European Research Council awards TILT researchers grant to develop safer mental health apps

  08th February 2022

  The European Research Council has awarded a so-called Proof of Concept Grant worth 150,000 euros to Prof. Linnet Taylor and Dr. Tineke Broer in order to develop a new rating system for app safety.

  

• Trouwborst in National Geographic: Polish border wall against environmental law

  01st February 2022

  “One way or another, building a fence or wall along the (Polish-Belarusian) border without making it permeable to protected wildlife would seem to be against the law,” ArieTrouwborst says in the National Geographic magazine. He and other scientists fear the fence to stop migrants will be a environmental disaster.

  

• Lack of solidarity EU Member States in times of crisis undermines European Union's founding values

  24th January 2022

  Unless the EU’s asylum policies will be reformed to meet the requirements of solidarity between Member States, we will see a perpetuation of recurrent crises, and in the longer term potential disintegration due to the erosion of the EU’s common values.

  

• New publication: Online Academic Education: What to Keep and What to Drop?

  13th January 2022

  The 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.

  

• Tilburg scientists express wishes and advice to new cabinet

  10th January 2022

  The government's policy should be bolder, faster and with more vision, especially when it comes to climate, Tilburg University scientists state.

  

• European ERC Starting Grant for Phillip Paiement

  10th January 2022

  The EU's European Research Council has awarded four ERC Starting Grants of 1.5 million euros for promising research talent to researchers at Tilburg University. Phillip Paiement (dept. Global Law and Governance) receives the grant for an explanatory model for better transnational legal collaboration in climate change challenges.

  

• 1.6 million for interdisciplinary project ‘Conflict in Transformations’

  10th January 2022

  Urban Europe has awarded a grant of 1.2 million euros for the interdisciplinary research proposal ‘Conflict in Transformations’, which will be topped up by the research consortium partners with 0.4 million euros. The project studies whether and how political and legal institutions suppress or actively use conflict for transformation towards more sustainable cities.

  

• Deepfakes may in time disrupt society

  05th January 2022

  Deepfakes potentially have a very large impact on society, social structures and the rule of law. This is evident from research published today by the Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology, and Society (TILT), commissioned by the WODC, a knowledge institute linked to the Dutch Ministry of Justice and Security.

  

• Vote for Irmgard Borghouts for the You Go Girl Award 2021 for expert women in media

  03rd January 2022

  Labor market expert Irmgard Borghouts has been nominated for the You Go Girl Award 2021. The award is for expert women who raise their profile in the media.

  

• Tilburg University appoints Ingrid Leijten as professor of Dutch and European Constitutional Law

  20th December 2021

  Tilburg University has appointed Dr. Ingrid Leijten as Professor of Dutch and European Constitutional Law at Tilburg Law School as of 1 January 2022.

  

• Tilburg University to launch multidisciplinary expertise center on support for EU policy

  16th December 2021

  Tilburg University will set up a Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence for European Values (CoEV) to more fully understand popular support for EU policy. Research, educational, and public events will be developed regarding six political domains, such as the new green deal, the digital society, and protecting democracy.

  

• Max van der Stoel Human Rights Award awarded to Yousra Benfquih (University of Antwerp) and Katie Pentney (Leiden University )

  10th December 2021

  The Max van der Stoel Human Rights Awards 2021, coordinated by the Netherlands Network for Human Rights Research (NNHRR) and Tilburg Law School, have been presented to Yousra Benfquih of the University of Antwerp) and Katie Pentney of Leiden University.

  

• Alumna Eva Mulder gives lecture at InScience Film Festival on Tour at Cinecitta

  09th December 2021

  On Saturday, December 11, Tilburg Law School alumna Dr. Eva Mulder will introduce the film Hysterical Girl in Tilburg and talk about her research into the reactions of the social environment to victims of sexual violence.

  

• Nicola Jägers: Human rights are often used for political gain and must be protected

  06th December 2021

  Human rights are a weapon against the power of governments and need to be protected, Professor of International Human Rights Nicola Jägers explains in this interview on the occasion of the International Human Rights Day December 10. On this day Tilburg University presents the Max van der Stoel Award for the 25th year.

  

• Prof. Hans Gribnau winner of Jaap van den Berge Literature Prize of Stichting NLFiscaal

  03rd December 2021

  Tax Law Professor Hans Gribnau has been awarded the Jaap van den Berge Literature Prize. This prize, initiated by the Stichting NLFiscaal, is yearly awarded to an author who has contributed significantly to the legal development of tax law.

  

• PhD Defense Mr. R. Jansen - Legal Privilege and transnational evidence-taking

  03rd December 2021

  A comparative study on taking of documents abroad during litigation, the possibilities to shop for evidence and the various rules on legal privilege.

  

• VIA AUGUSTA proposal ‘Leveraging the potential of a System-of-Systems approach to infrastructure management’ granted by NWO/NGinfra

  02nd December 2021

  Wendy van der Valk, together with Henk Akkermans and Carol Ou (TiSEM), Saskia Lavrijssen and Martijn Groenleer (TLS) have been awarded a grant by NWO/NGInfra for their VIA AUGUSTA project proposal. It is aimed at working towards an integrated vision on how to equip the Dutch infrastructure of the future.

  

• Dutch Human Rights Ambassador Bahia Tahzib-Lie calls for dialogue in education

  02nd December 2021

  On International Human Rights Day on December 10th, the Dutch Human Rights Ambassador, Bahia Tahzib-Lie, will call for an intergenerational dialogue on human rights with young people at the center. She will deliver the Max van der Stoel Human Rights Lecture at Tilburg University.

  

• Outgoing Professor Ernst Hirsch Ballin: ‘We must continue to speak out against injustice’

  30th November 2021

  Professor of constitutional and administrative law and former minister, Ernst Hirsch Ballin bids farewell to the university and looks back on his work, in which human rights were central.

  

• Customization required in tackling criminal families

  22nd November 2021

  The 'hard' approach towards criminal families of repression, disruption and repossession is still too little aligned with the 'soft' approach of prevention, assistance, training, social work and health care. This is the conclusion of researchers from EMMA - Experts in Media and Society, and Tilburg University in the book 'Intervening in criminal families'.

  

• Reactions to Climate Change Summit COP26: Too little, too late, small steps only

  17th November 2021

  Will the climate change deal of COP26 get us anywhere? Tilburg researchers agree that the results do not match the urgency of the problems, that are getting bigger and bigger. After examining the small print, they have discovered a few bright spots: procedures have been agreed to keep countries more focused. However, the Dutch government and the EU need to make every effort, and soon, too. The problem of climate change can only be solved collectively.

  

• Keuzegids Universiteiten 2022: Three Tilburg University Bachelor’s programs rank # 1

  11th November 2021

  The Keuzegids Universiteiten 2022 shows that students have ranked three Tilburg University Bachelor’s programs as the best in their field. In the annual Keuzegids Universiteiten, all academic Bachelor’s programs are compared, largely based on student satisfaction measured through the National Student Survey (NSE).

  

• Christoph Van der Elst presents at the Virtual European Corporate Governance Conference

  08th November 2021

  Christoph Van der Elst presents at the Virtual European Corporate Governance Conference under the Slovenian Presidency of the European Council, which will be held on 9 November.

  

• Tilburg University best Dutch university for Law, more top positions in international rankings

  03rd November 2021

  Within several disciplines, Tilburg University scores very well in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Ranking 2022 by subject. With a 20th position worldwide in the THE subject ranking for Law, Tilburg University is among the world leaders in this field.

  

• Cremers and Houwerzijl report: subcontracting not properly regulated in EU

  28th October 2021

  In a recently published report, professors Cremers and Houwerzijl argue that European regulations on subcontracting are not well defined.

  

• Just published: Book on social protection in the platform economy

  28th October 2021

  Labor lawyers Mijke Houwerzijl, Saskia Montebovi and Nuna Zekic compiled the book 'Platformisation, algorithmisation and social protection', in which an adequate social protection 4.0 is outlined.

  

• Forced ‘brain reading’ in criminal law not prohibited under the European Human Rights Convention

  25th October 2021

  The European Convention on Human Rights does not exclude the coercive use of neurotechnological ‘brain reading’ in criminal law, according to PhD research conducted by neurolaw expert Sjors Ligthart.

  

• Human rights as benchmarks of artificial intelligence

  21st October 2021

  In the Working Paper 'Human rights as benchmarks of artificial intelligence' Ernst Hirsch Ballin examines how human administrative intelligence needs to develop in order to handle artificial intelligence according to the standards of a democratic community governed by the rule of law.

  

• Tilburg University best Dutch university in law in Times Higher Education

  14th October 2021

  Tilburg University rose from the 28th to the 20th position in the subject of Law in the Times Higher Education Ranking and is now the best university in this field in the Netherlands.

  

• New 'Explanation of the Dutch Constitution' presented to Prime Minister Rutte

  14th October 2021

  On 13 October, Tilburg University law scholars presented a new almost 1400-page ‘Uitleg van de Grondwet’ (Explanation of the Constitution) to Prime Minister Mark Rutte. The book is a completely revised edition of previously published commentaries on the Constitution since 1987.

  

• European Standards+Innovation 2021 Award for law researcher Irene Kamara

  12th October 2021

  Irene Kamara, researcher of the Tilburg Law School, won the European Standards+Innovation Award for her innovative work which created impact.

  

• Research methods between legal doctrine and data science

  07th October 2021

  Large-scale case law research is becoming increasingly attractive with the digital availability of case law. At the same time, this development warrants more attention to the methodological justification of case law analysis. A new book edited by Paul Verbruggen collects important methodological lessons for this type of research.

  

• Adventurous children's book about taxes (in Dutch)

  07th October 2021

  Frank Elsweijer has written a Dutch children's book in which children learn about taxes in an adventurous way. A book for adults as well, as both text and drawings contain references to the adult world of taxation.

  

• Tilburg University appoints Linnet Taylor as Professor of International Data Governance

  04th October 2021

  Tilburg University has appointed Dr. Linnet Taylor as Professor of International Data Governance effective October 1, 2021. Her research focuses on digital data, representation and democracy, with particular attention to transnational governance issues.

  

• Tilburg University appoints Elies van Sliedregt as Professor of Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure

  28th September 2021

  Tilburg University has appointed Dr. Elies van Sliedregt as Professor of Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure effective November 1, 2021. As part of this chair, Van Sliedregt, currently working as a Professor at the University of Leeds, will focus on organized crime, corruption and the adjudication of international crimes.

  

• New book: The Cambridge Companion to Hugo Grotius

  22nd September 2021

  Cambridge University Press has recently published the new volume ‘The Cambridge Companion to Hugo Grotius’, edited by our professor Randall Lesaffer together with Janne Nijman.

  

• Budget Memorandum: “Major crises require major investments and long-term policy”

  20th September 2021

  Traditionally, a few things have leaked out about the upcoming Budget Memorandum. Tilburg scientists Wim Dubbink, Toine Spapens, Quita Muis, Inge Sieben, and Tim Reeskens were critical about the plans. The gist: what we need is the guts to continue investing heavily to address the major crises: climate change, criminal undermining, housing shortage, and social divide.

  

• University medals awarded to Marc Groenhuijsen and Jaap Paauwe

  13th September 2021

  Because of their special merits for the university and the city, outgoing Professors Marc Groenhuijsen en Jaap Paauwe received the University Medal.

  

• Four teachers received grants from NWO for their PhD research

  06th September 2021

  As of September, four teachers will start their PhD research at Tilburg University with a grant from NWO. This Doctoral Grant for Teachers offers teachers support in writing a dissertation. With this grant they can gain research experience to improve the quality of education and strengthen the connection between universities and schools.

  

• The Rule of Law: universal in theory, but confusing and difficult to promote in practice

  06th September 2021

  The Rule of Law is purportedly a universal value that has been guiding international interventions in the legal systems of countries around the world since the mid 1990s. However, for those whose job it is to actually do the work of promoting the rule of law, it is something with many meanings, difficult to understand, and very hard to ‘develop’ anywhere.

  

• Tilburg University appoints Omar Salah as Professor of Global Finance & Restructuring Law

  01st September 2021

  Tilburg University has appointed Dr Omar Salah as Professor of Global Finance & Restructuring Law for a period of five years, effective 1 September 2021. His chair is embedded in the Department of Private, Business and Labour Law at Tilburg Law School.

  

• Paul van Seters editor book about renowned sociologist Philip Selznick

  26th August 2021

  Professor Paul van Seters has just published "The Anthem Companion to Philip Selznick," a volume on this renowned American sociologist. Van Seters elaborates here.

  

• "Intercultural psychiatry must put an end to problematic treatment of migrants in forensic hospitals"

  06th July 2021

  The diagnostics and treatment of people with a migrant background who end up in criminal law and are struggling with mental disorders leave much to be desired. It is high time for interculturalisation of forensic psychiatry.

  

• Labor market transition: towards more value and more work

  01st July 2021

  The Netherlands has an inclusion deficit - or rather a surplus of untapped talent. Some 1 to 2 million people want to and can work in some way, but do not manage to get sustainable and paid work. Therefore, a labor market transition must be initiated, which requires four systemic steps. One of these is that the broad value of work and participation in work must become the starting point.

  

• Mini lecture Prof. Lokke Moerel: Who knows you better, you or Google?

  22nd June 2021

  By means of Artificial Intelligence big internet companies may know us better than we do ourselves. It is partly up to us to make sure that they cannot manipulate us as well.

  

• Smart speakers potentially affect users’ autonomy in daily life

  15th June 2021

  Because of the voice-interaction, smart speakers such as Alexa or Google Assistant are potentially highly persuasive, can influence and manipulate users and affect their autonomy and control in their daily lives.

  

• Worldwide research: regulatory responses to COVID-19

  31st May 2021

  Researchers of Dutch Open University (Tom Herrenberg, Ronald Janse, Mirjam van Schaik) are cooperating with researchers from Tilburg University (Maurice Adams) and University of Amsterdam (Samantha Daniels) to draw up an inventory of Dutch legal responses in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.

  

• EU member share responsibility for socio-economic situation people on the move in migration deals

  11th May 2021

  Rich western countries that make deals with less wealthy neighboring countries to prevent refugees and migrants from reaching their borders can still be responsible for the socio-economic rights of those persons. That is what Annick Pijnenburg concludes in the PhD dissertation that she will defend on May 19th.

  

• The City in Constitutional Law: theme of latest volume European Yearbook of Constitutional Law

  06th May 2021

  Unrelenting urbanization means that most people are, or soon will be, living in cities and that city administrations become, in many respects, their quintessential governing units. This development has been analyzed from a constitutional law point of view in the latest volume of the European Yearbook of Constitutional Law.

  

• Rise of constitutional oversight by the EU puts pressure on autonomy of Member States

  05th May 2021

  The European Union is becoming more and more involved with the organisation of public authority in the Member States, to the extent that this can be referred to as the rise of constitutional oversight by the EU.

  

• KNAW honors 6 proposals from pilot fund ‘Science Communication: Appreciated!’

  22nd April 2021

  Six submissions from Tilburg University to the KNAW pilot fund 'Science Communication by Scientists: Appreciated!’ have been awarded. TiSEM, TSB and TLS each have been awarded two proposals. 'Appreciated!' is meant for ongoing science communication projects being carried out by teams of scientists. Each team receives €10,000 and should consist of at least three scientists.

  

• Global Law Bachelor students win Comparative Law in Action Competition

  15th April 2021

  Tilburg Law School’s Global Law Team has won the IE Univeristy Comparative Law in Action Competition overall as well as the best group oralist award.

  

• Congratulations to our Tax Moot Court Team

  14th April 2021

  Our Tax Moot Court Team won some wonderful awards at the International and European Tax Moot Court Competition. This event took place online between March 29 and April 2 and was organized by the Institute of Tax Law of KU Leuven and the IBFD in cooperation with Deloitte.

  

• Podcast BBC with Arie Trouwborst: On how to coax cats to harm wildlife less

  01st April 2021

  Cats are blamed for killing an estimated 100million prey in the UK each year. Miranda Krestovnikoff of BBC Radio 4 looks at the research to see how they might be coaxed to harm wildlife less. Environmental law researcher Arie Trouwborst is on the show.

  

• Too many legal obstacles to address human rights abuses at mega-sporting events

  01st April 2021

  Virtually every international mega-sporting event comes with human rights abuses. But to hold all contributing actors responsible, parallel proceedings under various legal systems need to be initiated which is highly inefficient and allows for those responsible to escape their responsibility.

  

• Universities in the Netherlands present alternative Student Cabinet

  29th March 2021

  Not a coalition agreement to last for four years, but a long-term plan, based on scientific knowledge. The universities in the Netherlands have presented an alternative coalition agreement – right after the Dutch parliamentary elections and at the start of the formation of a new Cabinet. Fourteen students form the first Dutch Student Cabinet and each represent a Minister’s portfolio with a suitable plan for the future of the Netherlands.

  

• MEGAMIND project for innovative energy transition receives grant from NWO

  10th March 2021

  Innovative energy transition research receives a grant from the Dutch Research Council NWO. Ten researchers will link artificial intelligence research to innovation in legislation and regulation to accelerate the energy transition. Among the ten researchers are Saskia Lavrijssen, Merel Noorman and Leonie Reins from the Tilburg Law School.

  

• In Memoriam student Claudia van Lieshout

  08th March 2021

  It is with a heavy heart that we share the very sad news that one of our Bachelor of Data Science students, Claudia van Lieshout, passed away in her sleep last week.

  

• Tilburg University strengthens its position in QS subject ranking

  03rd March 2021

  In the QS rankings Tilburg University has further improved its rankings positions across the board.

  

• Tilburg Law School student Maurick Reuser wins 3rd prize in international Russian composition competition

  25th February 2021

  On February 22nd, Tilburg University student, pianist and composer Maurick Reuser won the 3rd prize in the Russian international composition competition The Time of the Guitar.

  

• New book: Contingency in International Law

  23rd February 2021

  OUP has recently published the new volume ‘Contingency in International Law. On the Possibility of Different Legal Histories’, edited by Ingo Venzke and Kevin Jon Heller, including a chapter by our own Ana Delic titled ‘Contingencies in The Rise of European and Latin American Private International Law, 1850 to 1950’.

  

• New science program at Tilburg University: De Tafel van Martinus

  09th February 2021

  On Tuesday, February 23, the first edition will take place of ‘De Tafel van Martinus’: a talk show on Tilburg University’s academic research. Tilburg researchers join for an interview, teach a mini-lecture, or present their opinion in a column. These presentations will be alternated with reports in which a video reporter explores the impact of research on society.

  

• Stevensprijs awarded to Arthur van der Linden

  05th February 2021

  We are proud to announce that the Stevensprijs 2020, an encouragement prize for young authors who describe complicated tax issues in a simple and clear way, has been awarded to our colleague Arthur van der Linden.

  

• Bastiaan Starink appointed Endowed Professor of Labor Market, Pensions and Taxation

  02nd February 2021

  As of February 1, 2021, Bastiaan Starink is Endowed Professor of Labor Market, Pensions and Taxation at Tilburg Law School. The remit of his chair concerns the reform of the collective second pillar of the pension system and the evolving labor market in the Netherlands.

  

• Irmgard Borghouts and Charissa Freese jointly appointed to chair HRM and Social Security

  01st February 2021

  Dr. Charissa Freese and Dr. Irmgard Borghouts-van de Pas will be jointly appointed to the new endowed chair 'HRM and Social Security' as of February 1, 2021. They will each work from their own disciplines and in close collaboration to give substance to the chair established by Instituut Gak.The double chair will be established at the Tilburg School of Social and Behavorial Sciences (TSB) and Tilburg Law School (TLS).

  

• Deep-seated anti-institutionalism calls for unifying collective narrative

  28th January 2021

  What is the background of the violence, who are these troublemakers? And what can the government and politicians do about it to stem the discontent? An interdisciplinary analysis with sociologist Peter Achterberg, public administration experts Pieter Tops and Niels Karsten, Juliette Schaafsma, humanities, and social psychologist Florian van Leeuwen.

  

• Dr. Jurgen Goossens nominated for Teacher of the Year 2021

  25th January 2021

  The Tilburg University Executive Board nominates Dr. Jurgen Goossens for this year's ISO Best Teacher of the Year election. Read more about the election and about Jurgen.

  

• Dissertation prizes awarded to Melissa Lewis and Camille Hébert

  22nd January 2021

  The Tilburg University prizes for the best dissertations defended in 2019 have been awarded to Melissa Lewis of Tilburg Law School and Camille Hébert of the Tilburg School of Economics and Management.

  

• Now widely available: Advanced Introduction to Legal Research Methods

  18th January 2021

  Of interest to any law student and law scholar, the new Advanced Introduction to Legal Research Methods by Prof. Ernst Hirsch Ballin discusses the theoretical and methodological foundations of law and legal development.

  

• New book: Early Modern Sovereignties

  07th January 2021

  Brill has recently published the volume ''Early Modern Sovereignties. Theory and Practice of a Burgeoning Concept in the Netherlands'', edited by our own professor Randall Lesaffer together with Erik de Bom and Werner Thomas.

  

• Job opening: PhD Regulating Socio-Technical Change 2021

  15th December 2020

  Tilburg Graduate Law School is looking for an ambitious PhD researcher for the signature plan Regulating Socio-Technical Change. This is one of four PhD vacancies at Tilburg Law School.

  

• Prof. Conny Rijken elected member of Council of Europe expert group on human trafficking

  07th December 2020

  On December 4, 2020, the Committee of the Parties to the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings elected Tilburg Law School Professor Conny Rijken as a member of the Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA).

  

• Project ‘Revitalized Democracy’ receives €1.7 million from National Research Agenda

  25th November 2020

  How can ‘hybrid democratic innovation’, which combines forms of deliberation (e.g. citizens' assemblies) and voting (e.g. corrective referendums), strengthen our representative democracy? That is the key question underlying the project ‘Revitalized Democracy for Resilient Societies’.

  

• New Book: EU Cartel Law and Economics

  13th November 2020

  EU Cartel Law and Economics is the first book-length assessment of cartels from an integrated law and economics perspective. This perspective allows for a more insightful evaluation of the wide variety of practices at the intersection between collusive restrictions of competition and pro-competitive agreements between firms.

  

• Five promising researchers awarded a NWO Veni grant worth 250,000 euros

  05th November 2020

  The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded a Veni grant worth up to 250,000 euros to five highly promising young scientists of Tilburg University.

  

• Shirley Kempeneer wins Van Poelje Best Public Administration Dissertation Award

  29th October 2020

  Dr. Shirley Kempeneer has won the 2019 Van Poelje Best Public Administration Dissertation Award for her dissertation Breaking the Bank. On Thursday, October 29, 2020, President of the Executive Board and soon-to-be-installed Rector Magnificus of Tilburg University Professor Wim van de Donk presented the award to her.

  

• Tilburg University is back in the top 50 in Law, Business & Economics, and Psychology – THE Ranking 2021

  28th October 2020

  Tilburg University belongs to the top 50 in the world in Law, Business & Economics, and Psychology in the Times Higher Education Ranking 2021.

  

• research project LONGA VIA

  16th October 2020

  Brenda Espinosa (LTMS) and Tom Aben (TiSEM) were given the chance to present preliminary findings of the LONGA VIA research project at the Directors Knowledge and Innovation meeting of the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management.

  

• Announcement: TLS lunch seminars fall 2020

  02nd October 2020

  We kindly invite you to attend the lunch seminars.

  

• Registration of ancillary activities

  25th September 2020

  Register and update your ancillary activities.

  

• Senior University Teaching Qualification (SUTQ)

  25th September 2020

  This qualification is a recognition of advanced teaching skills.

  

• Open Press page for Tilburg University

  25th September 2020

  At this site you can link for free to all the Open Access materials that we produce for you.

  

• Round table sessions Corona survey

  25th September 2020

  Did you fill out the Corona survey and would you like to think with us?

  

• Leading others training

  25th September 2020

  The program gives our leaders the opportunity to practice their leadership skills.

  

• Long term interests of multinationals include socially responsible tax planning

  24th September 2020

  How can multinationals opt for socially responsible tax governance while upholding shareholders value? As long as managers act in the best long term interests of the corporation, they do not breach their fiduciary duty, argues law scholar Ave-Geidi Jallai in her PhD thesis.

  

• Professor Geert Vervaeke reappointed as Tilburg Law School’s Dean for 2021-2025

  14th September 2020

  Professor Geert Vervaeke has been reappointed for a four-year period as the Dean of Tilburg Law School. The Executive Board has decided this, having heard the TLS School Board. Vervaeke has filled this role since April 1, 2017.

  

• Training Cross-Cultural Competences and Intercultural Communication

  11th September 2020

  The training and The Culture Map are useful because they help you recognize and understand the dynamics of situations.

  

• Purchasing a New Online System for Course Evaluations

  11th September 2020

  One single system for the entire university will replace the current in-house developed applications for course evaluation at all the Schools.

  

• Senior University Teaching Qualification for Prof. Johan Wolswinkel

  11th September 2020

  The SUTQ committee was impressed by the work he has done.

  

• What connects us as law scholars? September 24 2020, online conference -on behalf of Vanessa Mak member of the working group Rechtswetenschap

  04th September 2020

  The Working Group on 'Rechtswetenschap' organizes a debate on the future of legal research on September 24.

  

• AVG voor studentenonderzoek

  04th September 2020

  Research with personal data by students also has to comply with the GDPR.

  

• Magister: Looking ahead to 2020-2021

  28th August 2020

  Indeed, Magister JFT is proud to announce that the candidate board is completed!
  

  

• Antarctica more widely impacted than previously thought

  28th August 2020

  Reporting in the journal Nature, a research team including Tilburg University show where human activities have been conducted and uncover two main concerns: wilderness in Antarctica is decreasing due to an increasing 'human footprint' and biodiversity is under pressure because species mainly depend on areas that are strongly influenced by humans. However, much opportunity exists to take swift action.

  

• New book: 'Partnerships for livable cities'

  25th August 2020

  The book 'Partnerships for Livable Cities', edited by Dr. Cor van Montfort (Tilburg University and VU Amsterdam) and Dr. Ank Michels (Utrecht University) has just been published. In this volume, scholars from around the world discuss various innovative forms of collaboration between public and private actors that contribute to making our cities more livable.

  

• New colleague: Michiel Besters

  12th August 2020

  Since April 1 I am the Head of the Research Support Team (RST) at TLS. In this position, I will be working on research related policies, such as incentives, the signature plans and the research visitation. Also I act as the secretary of the JOB and the ECR and manage the RST.

  

• New colleague: Gaby Coenen

  03rd August 2020

  Hello everybody, my name is Gaby Coenen. As of June 15, I started my new job within the PLG support staff, as coordinator operations (coordinator bedrijfsvoering).

  

• International Conference: ‘The evolution of transnational private rule-makers: Understanding drivers and dynamics'

  20th July 2020

  The goal of this conference is to explore how organisational forms, procedural rules, informal decision-making processes of private standard-setting organisations as well as outcomes of standard-setting have changed over time as a response to pressures and demands from within and outside these organisations.

  

• Antarctica more widely impacted than previously thought

  15th July 2020

  Reporting in the journal Nature, a research team including Tilburg University show where human activities have been conducted in Antarctica and uncover two main concerns: wilderness in Antarctica is decreasing due to an increasing 'human footprint' and biodiversity is under pressure because species mainly depend on areas that are strongly influenced by humans. However, much opportunity exists to take swift action.

  

• (Summer) message from the dean

  10th July 2020

  The spring semester is coming to an end, and we are ready for the summer break. In this message, I want to take the opportunity to address you briefly.

  

• € 1.3 million for a research into managing Antarctic tourism led by Prof. Kees Bastmeijer

  09th July 2020

  In recent years Antarctic tourism has risen sharply – in terms of both visitor numbers and types of activities – and it is expected to continue to grow. Many of the 29 countries that work together in preserving Antarctica are concerned that the 1991 Environmental Protocol and other regulatory instruments insufficiently protect the environment, safety, and science.

  

• € 1.3 million for research into managing Antarctic tourism

  09th July 2020

  NWO, the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, has approved a research proposal within the Netherlands Polar Programme submitted by Professor of Nature Conservation and Water Law Kees Bastmeijer of Tilburg Law School.

  

• Taking holidays

  09th July 2020

  We realize that there are limited possibilities to go out at the moment. However, we would like to encourage you to take holidays when your work allows it.

  

• Covid-19 and Climate Change: Lessons of Difference, not Similarity

  11th June 2020

  If mass collective action is the only way to respond meaningfully to climate change, then the current pandemic is giving us a taste of how bitter that pill is likely to be, and for whom more than others. That is what international law scholar Dr. Mike Leach (Tilburg Law School) states in this blog.

  

• Preventing youth unemployment: lessons from past crises

  04th June 2020

  After summer a new generation of school leavers will flow into the labour market. This labour market has been shaken up severely due to the corona crisis. How can we offer youth a good perspective and prevent youth unemployment?

  

• Digital welfare states: boundaries and opportunities

  25th May 2020

  Public authorities are increasingly using new technologies to perform public services. The latest ideas concern healthcare apps to prevent the further spread of the coronavirus. What are the options, and what rights should they respect? Employment and social policies expert Sonja Bekker argues for universal guidelines for digital welfare states, enabling them to benefit from new technologies in a responsible manner.

  

• Power of mental resilience strongly exaggerated

  07th May 2020

  There is no academic evidence to support the claim that military personnel who are mentally resilient are better protected against mental health and functioning problems than their colleagues who are less resilient. This is shown by a large meta-analysis of longitudinal studies on the subject, conducted by Tilburg University, CentERdata, and NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences in Leeuwarden.

  

• Citizen sensing can be a valuable contribution to environmental risk governance

  30th April 2020

  ‘Citizen sensing’, grassroots-driven monitoring initiatives based on sensor technology, is a phenomenon that authorities increasingly encounter when dealing with an environmental risk. Although this form of citizen science is often driven by a conflict between citizens and authorities, both parties can actually benefit. That is one of the main findings of Anna Berti Suman’s PhD research, which she will defend in a livestream on May 8, 2020, at Tilburg University.

  

• Tilburg University ranks #9 worldwide on Sustainable Development Goal 16: Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions

  23rd April 2020

  In the recently published Times Higher Education Impact rankings 2020, Tilburg University is ranked 9th worldwide on Sustainable Development Goal 16 – Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions. This ranking is based on the university’s research on law and international relations (27%), participation as advisers for government (23.2%), university governance measures (26.6%), and graduates in law and civil enforcement courses (23.2%).

  

• Dutch experiment with facial recognition: privacy risks require legislative choices

  21st April 2020

  A smart doorbell with facial recognition; registering with your face rather than with an entry ticket; and now perhaps using facial recognition to identify individuals who have been into contact with Covid-19 patients? Facial recognition has serious implications for our privacy. The legislator can limit those risks, but will need to make legislative choices for that purpose.

  

• Marie Curie Individual Fellowship awarded to Anna Berti Suman to conduct research into citizen sensing for environmental justice

  09th March 2020

  PhD candidate Anna Berti Suman of Tilburg Law School has been awarded a Marie Curie Individual Fellowship. Her research proposal, which got the highest evaluation possible, is entitled ‘SENSJUS- Citizen Sensing as a source of evidence in environmental justice litigation and as a tool for environmental mediation’.

  

• Tilburg University enters Social Sciences and Management Top 100 in the QS World University Rankings

  03rd March 2020

  In the 2020 QS World University Rankings by Subject, Tilburg University has reached the Top 100 and has strengthened its position in the broad field of Social Sciences and Management by climbing 60 places in the last two years.

  

• INFO-LEG Research Fellowship on Information (in) Law

  27th February 2020

  In 2020 Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology and Society will welcome a research fellow working in the area of information law, interested in the meaning and role of the information-related concepts in law.

  

• Alexandros Perdikes wins trade union prize with thesis on the right to strike

  17th February 2020

  Alumnus Alexandros Perdikes of Tilburg Law School has won the academic Master’s thesis prize of De Burcht, the research bureau of the Dutch trade union movement, with his Master’s thesis, entitled Solidarity Unionism and the Right to Strike.

  

• EU law to act against fraudulent cross-border undertakings not sufficient

  14th February 2020

  European company law and social policy as it stands are not sufficient to act effectively and thoroughly against non-genuine undertakings operating in a cross-border context of free provision of services. That is the conclusion of a new research report by Jan Cremers (Tilburg Law School) on company law, artificial corporate entities and social policy.

  

• Labor migration in North-Brabant: here to stay

  07th February 2020

  The presence of labor migrants forms a structural component of the Brabant labor market. That is an important finding of a report on the provincial labor market that has just been published.

  

• Symposium and book presentation on the judiciary's independence

  31st January 2020

  On February 5th Tilburg Law School and the T.M.C. Asser Institute are launching the first volume of the European Yearbook of Constitutional Law. It's subject is current threats to the judiciary’s independence, which seem to exist both in the Netherlands and beyond.

  

• Dissertation awards 2019 for Antje Neumann and Koen van der Swaluw

  16th January 2020

  The prizes for the best Dissertations of the year 2019 were awarded by Rector Magnificus prof. Klaas Sijtsma to Antje Neumann of Tilburg Law School and Koen van der Swaluw of the Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences on the 16th of January.

  

• Interaction needed between analog and digital administrative law

  13th January 2020

  Is existing administrative law adequately equipped to respond automated decision-making? According to Tilburg University Professor of Administrative Law, Market and Data Johan Wolswinkel, more interaction should take place between analog and digital administrative law.

  

• Gani Aldashev appointed Ronald Coase Visiting Professor in Law and Economics

  16th December 2019

  Prof. Gani Aldashev has been appointed Ronald Coase Visiting Professor at the Tilburg Law and Economics Center (TILEC) for the academic year 2019-20. Prof. Aldashev is a renowned authority in the field of organizational economics and economic governance, with a particular focus on developing countries.
  

  

• Job opening: Three PhD Researchers Tilburg Graduate Law School

  16th December 2019

  Tilburg Graduate Law School is looking for three ambitious PhD Researchers.

  

• Tilburg University involved in large multidisciplinary research into energy transition

  13th December 2019

  The European Commission recently presented the European Green Deal, which sets ambitious goals and measures to achieve the Paris climate goals. The switch to a sustainable CO2-neutral energy supply is an important spearhead. The Tilburg professors Martijn Groenleer and Saskia Lavrijssen are both co-applicants for two large-scale multidisciplinary research projects that aim to accelerate the energy transition, supported by NWO with a grant of more than 10 million euros per project.

  

• Max van der Stoel Human Rights Award 2019 presented to Julie Fraser and Peggy ter Vrugt

  13th December 2019

  On the occasion of UN Human Rights Day, the Max van der Stoel Human Rights Award has been presented today at Tilburg University. Julie Fraser of Utrecht University received the award for best dissertation in the field of human rights research and Peggy ter Vrugt of Maastricht University won the prize for best Master thesis in that area.
  
  

  

• Dr. Linnet Taylor new member of The Young Academy (KNAW)

  11th December 2019

  Dr. Linnet Taylor of Tilburg Law School is one of ten new members The Young Academy of the KNAW (Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences).

  

• Contacting victims and loved ones important task of mayors in a crisis

  11th December 2019

  Contacting victims or loved ones is a crucial role for mayors to play in a crisis or disaster. By talking to victims, mayors can strike a balance between collective sympathization and mourning of families in private. That is one of the conclusions of research into leadership of mayors during a crisis by Wouter Jong.

  

• Free access to public legal information should be recognized as a universal human right

  10th December 2019

  All over the world people are unjustly punished for violating laws whose existence they cannot know, because the full texts of those laws have not been adequately published or not at all, or people cannot understand the language in which they are published. Law researcher Leesi Ebenezer Mitee examined the principles of law on the duty of all governments to publish their laws. He proposes that the United Nations should formally recognize the right of people to know the law as a human right.

  

• Call for Papers: The Regulation of New Technologies

  03rd December 2019

  Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology and Society organizes the 3rd International PhD Colloquium on the Regulation of New Technologies in Tilburg, The Netherlands,11 June 2020.
  

  

• Using data science in the fight against crime

  28th November 2019

  What does data science mean for the future of our democracy? How can government agencies and businesses use data in a way that contributes to the values of our society? And what could be the role of the arts? On Thursday December 12, 2019, Peter de Kock will answer these questions in his inaugural address.

  

• Cats must stay indoors to protect wildlife, says European law

  27th November 2019

  Free-ranging domestic cats harm biodiversity by killing wild animals, disturbing them, transmitting diseases, and in other ways. Legal experts at Tilburg University analyzed the nature conservation legislation of the European Union in light of the growing scientific evidence on cats’ wildlife impacts.

  

• Smart cities need socially smart intermediaries

  26th November 2019

  Smart cities rely on the latest technologies to enhance services and transform infrastructure. However, to make technology work they also need socially ‘smart urban intermediaries’ who understand local conditions and can spark community action around specific issues.

  

• 1 Million for research into transparent blockchain applications in government

  26th November 2019

  Researchers of Tilburg Law School have been awarded 1 million euros for research into transparent and legitimate applications of blockchain technology by the Dutch government in the complex network society.

  

• Letter Trouwborst and others in Science: ‘EU Court: Science must justify future hunting’

  22nd November 2019

  ‘A greater awareness of the legal questions that require the help of scientists to answer could result in more policy-relevant research agendas and improved environmental decision-making.’ That is the conclusion of a recent letter by Arie Trouwborst and several international colleagues in Science magazine.
  

  

• André van Rijs chosen national government laywer of the year by JuristenRijk

  18th November 2019

  JuristenRijk, 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.
  

  

• The Institute for the History of International Law @ Tilburg organizes a series of E-Lectures

  15th November 2019

  In 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.

  

• Can conflict-related sexual violence and human trafficking be prevented?

  12th November 2019

  In 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.

  

• Student Information Event - Master's program Data Science and Entrepreneurship

  07th November 2019

  Join 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.
  

  

• Report: Prevention of criminal interference in Dutch amateur football

  04th November 2019

  Prevention 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.

  

• Dr. Jan Cremers appointed in management board European Labour Authority

  17th October 2019

  The 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.

  

• Referendum has added value in local democracy

  17th October 2019

  The 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.

  

• 5th European Privacy Law Scholars Conference (PLSC Europe)

  03rd October 2019

  The 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.

  

• SmartUrbi research nears completion

  20th September 2019

  Over 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.

  

• Book launch: Portraits of Injustice

  16th September 2019

  In 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.

  

• Funding from NWO for research on ostracism, economies-of-scale and reducing greenhouse gas emissions

  27th August 2019

  Three 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.

  

• Apply now for the EUCOTAX Wintercourse project

  04th July 2019

  Over 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.
  

  

• Symposium on mayors and the rule of law well-attended

  02nd July 2019

  Wim 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).

  

• Call for nominations for the Max van der Stoel Human Rights Award

  24th June 2019

  The 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.

  

• TILT participates in large project on Internet of Things Dutch National Research Agenda

  13th June 2019

  TILT (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.

  

• We need to relearn how to deal with wolves

  27th May 2019

  Wolves 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.

  

• Common approach towards wilderness protection in Antarctica urgently needed

  21st May 2019

  Growing 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.

  

• Large international conference on Regulation, Law & Technology

  15th May 2019

  Technology 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.

  

• Dutch lawmakers should strengthen citizenship education now

  10th May 2019

  The 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.

  

• Joint conference TLS and Law School University of Tehran about nature recovery Lake Urmia

  25th April 2019

  Jonathan 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.

  

• Three Tilburg scientists nominated for the 2019 'New Scientist' Scientific Talent Award

  25th April 2019

  Tilburg scientists Hannes Datta, Bart van der Sloot, and Gerine Lodder have been nominated for the 2019 'New Scientist' Scientific Talent Award.

  

• Dave De ruysscher (Tilburg Law School) elected as member Flemish ‘Young Academy’

  21st February 2019

  Dave 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.

  

• Did a series of reforms weaken the income position of welfare recipients?

  14th February 2019

  Successive 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.

  

• The impact of labour migration on the labor market

  22nd January 2019

  Since 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.

  

• Labor mobility disputes and mediation in the EU

  19th January 2019

  Within 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.

  

• New Department of Public Law and Governance (PLG)

  11th December 2018

  The 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.
  
  

  

• TILT and TILEC merge

  03rd December 2018

  The 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.

  

• How to tackle labour exploitation in caretaking?

  14th June 2018

  The 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.

  

• The European Labour Authority discussed

  13th March 2018

  During 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.

  

• 24 May '22 14:30 - 16:00

  TILT Seminar: Tellervo Ala-Lahti (LL.M.), PhD researcher at University of Helsinki

  The legal status of novel water circulation technologies in the light of environmental permitting processes
  Time: 14:30 – 16:00 hrs

• 25 May '22 10:45 - 11:45

  TILEC Seminar: Anne-Lise Sibony, UCLouvain

  Best available evidence: really? On the paradoxical use of behavioural studies in EU policy making
  10:45-11:45 hrs

• 25 May '22 16:30 - 18:00

  PhD Defense M.J.M.A. van der Put

  Kunstmatige intelligentie bij rechterlijke oordeelsvorming, theoretische analyse en praktische implementatie.