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• Introduction to labor mobility in the EU: where does regulation fail?

  27th November 2023

  Important bottlenecks in the regulation of labor mobility within the EU are that the powers of national compliance bodies are limited to their own national borders, how to act against rogue intermediaries and how to tackle letterbox constructions effectively.

  

• Diana van Hout wins Tilburg University Impact Awards 2023

  13th November 2023

  Diana van Hout's research project has won this year's Tilburg University Impact Award. This was announced at the awards ceremony held on Monday 13 November in the Portraits Room.

  

• Multinationals have a responsibility to take care of people and planet throughout their production networks

  30th October 2023

  Multinationals have a duty to prevent or reduce foreseeable negative impacts on workers, communities and the environment, even if these impacts are caused by other actors in their production networks. That is the position Professor of Private Law Paul Verbruggen takes in his inaugural address at Tilburg University on Friday, November 3, 2023.

  

• Tilburg University ranks high internationally in Business, Economics, and Law

  26th October 2023

  Tilburg University’s international reputation for teaching and research have once more been confirmed with good scores, especially within the fields of Business & Economics and Law. This is evident from the results of both the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings by Subject 2024 and the Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (GRAS) 2023 by ShanghaiRanking, which were released this week.

  

• New analytical framework identifies inconsistencies in technology legislation

  23rd October 2023

  Since new technologies often develop very quickly, it is difficult for legislation to keep up. PhD researcher Mara Păun of Tilburg Law School has developed an analytical framework to identify and address these mismatches in legislation. She has been awarded a cum laude PhD based on her research.

  

• Tilburg University and The Foodbank join forces to lower barriers to food aid

  18th October 2023

  Around 180,000 people in our country receive support from the Dutch association for food banks. Although these figures illustrate that many individuals can find their way to food banks, estimates suggest that a far greater number of citizens qualify for such aid. In a collaborative effort, Tilburg University and Food Banks Netherlands are working together to lower the barriers to accessing food banks.

  

• Reshaping transparency in administrative decision-making

  17th October 2023

  The potential for strengthening transparency in government decision-making by making the resulting decisions publicly available for everyone in a machine-readable way is still largely untapped due to a combination of legal, technical, and behavioral constraints. The CITaDOG project aims to address these various constraints, focusing on "single-case" decisions.

  

• Dutch civil appellate procedure can become more efficient – from within and in small steps

  10th October 2023

  Dutch procedural law in civil appellate cases has for many years been considered costly, slow, and complicated. And consensus on how things ought to be done differently remains elusive. Endowed Professor Nadine Groeneveld-Tijssens believes slight changes from within are the best way forward to resolve the issues. Like in ecosystems, procedural law appears to move toward a natural balance.

  

• Professor Corien Prins uses Stevin Prize to stimulate science-informed policymaking

  05th October 2023

  On October 4, 2023, Professor of Law and Information Technology Corien Prins officially received the NWO Stevin Prize in The Hague. Prins wants to use the prize money to help improve the experience with and insight into science-informed government policymaking.

  

• Eight Tilburg University programs rated as best in their fields

  29th September 2023

  In the Elsevier Beste Studies 2023 ranking, that was published on Thursday, September 28, two Tilburg University Bachelor’s programs and six Master’s programs are rated as the best of their kind.

  

• Essay rector Wim van de Donk 'Beacons and movements' now available

  25th September 2023

  Tilburg Law School's Willem Witteveen Lecture, delivered this year by Rector Magnificus Wim van de Donk, is now available as an essay in the Tilburg Series in Academic Education under the title 'Beacons and Movement. About universities'.

  

• Representative democracy benefits from new combinations of deliberation and voting

  13th September 2023

  Persistent problems of representative democracy can be addressed with clever combinations of deliberation and voting, for Dutch democracy particularly: the structural complaint of citizens that they are not heard and seen and the 'stop and go' culture of governing. So argues Frank Hendriks, Professor of Comparative Governance at Tilburg University, whose book Rethinking Democratic Innovation came out recently.

  

• Inaugural address Pieter Huisman: 'Regulation of behavior in education requires caution'

  12th September 2023

  The protection of the social safety and integrity of pupils and students is a basic condition for the right to education to come to fruition, but its regulation by the Dutch government and its elaboration in all kinds of codes and rules requires caution. In the first instance, it is up to the educational institutions themselves to discuss appropriate and inappropriate behavior with each other, based on the shared values and foundations of the institution.

  

• Dr. Phillip Paiement appointed Professor of Law and Governance in the Anthropocene

  30th August 2023

  Tilburg University has appointed dr. Phillip Paiement of Tilburg Law School to Professor of Law and Governance in the Anthropocene, effective September 1st, 2023. Phillip Paiement’s research is devoted to transnational strategic litigation in climate change, biodiversity conservation, large-scale land transfers and pollution from extractives industries.

  

• 'International rules on trade restrictions for security reasons need to be renegotiated'

  16th August 2023

  In the past decade, a rising number of trade measures in the interest of national security have increased insecurity in the global economy. Part of the problem is that the existing security exceptions in international trade and investment law are either drafted too broadly or too narrowly. This is argued by Olga Hrynkiv in her PhD thesis.

  

• Veni grants for nine promising Tilburg researchers

  03rd August 2023

  NWO has awarded Veni funding of up to 280,000 euros to nine promising researchers from Tilburg University. This will allow the laureates to further develop their own research ideas over the next three years.

  

• Call for papers from "Constitutionalizing in the Anthropocene" (CitA) Research Group

  27th July 2023

  Constitutionalizing in the Anthropocene (CitA), is a collaborative research project based at Tilburg Law School's Department of Public Law and Governance, exploring the manifold ways that law is (or could be) challenged by the ‘Anthropocene. CitA is an open and purposefully critical space of inquiry aiming to grapple with the legal and normative complexities and controversies that arise whenever legal questions are asked about the Anthropocene.

  

• Open Letter on the Greece Boat Disaster: Questions of International Law

  11th July 2023

  In an open letter addressed to Greek and EU authorities, 300 academics turn their attention to the migrant shipwreck of 14 June 2023 off the coast of Pylos, Greece, resulting in the loss of an estimated 650 lives. They emphasize that Greece did not only have the right but also the duty to intervene, assist and rescue those on board. Dr. Mariana Gkliati, Assistant Professor of Migration and Asylum Law at Tilburg University is one of the initiators of this letter.

  

• Sectoral data protection measures needed for digital transformation in agriculture

  11th July 2023

  The digital transformation of agriculture in Europe is being hindered by challenges related to access and control of agricultural data. New sector-specific rights and rules over ag-data could however improve competition and innovation, argues PhD candidate Can Atik. He will defend his thesis on 11 July 2023 at Tilburg University.

  

• In Memoriam Liz Nabankema

  05th July 2023

  On Monday we received the sad news that our Global Law Bachelor student Liz Nabankema passed away suddenly, by a natural cause of death, at the age of 33.

  

• Two Vidi grants for Johan Wolswinkel and Tineke Snijders

  29th June 2023

  The NWO has awarded two Vidi grants to Tilburg Scientists. Professor of Administrative Law, Market and Data Johan Wolswinkel of Tilburg Law School receives a grant for his research: Decision-making in times of open government: from "rule transparency" to "case transparency". And Dr. Tineke Snijders of the Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences receives a Vidi for her research: Listening with your eyes in the developing brain.

  

• Call: ENGAGE EU Science Communication workshop for prae docs and PhD students

  21st June 2023

  ENGAGE EU, the European university engaged in societal change, organizes a three-day science communication conference from September 25-27 at Vienna University in Austria. Learn all about communicating Science for Impact, register before July 15!

  

• New program TILT and TIAS for professionals: Cyber Security & Governance

  20th June 2023

  In today's digital age, organizations are dealing with a serious lack of skilled cybersecurity professionals, while the threat of cyber attacks looms large. Recognizing this critical issue, TILT- Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology and Society - has partnered with TIAS School for Business and Society to develop an Advanced Program in Cyber Security & Governance aimed at professionals.

  

• Tilburg University presents honorary doctorate to Supreme Court President Dineke de Groot

  14th June 2023

  Professor Dineke de Groot, President of Supreme Court of the Netherlands, will receive an honorary doctorate during Tilburg University’s dies natalis on November 16, 2023.

  

• Layered form of regulation can improve digital markets

  12th June 2023

  When do monopolies of digital platforms like those of Google, Meta and Amazon become too strong, and how do you give new entrants to the market a chance? Jasper van den Boom of the Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology and Society (TILT) developed a new, layered form of regulation to better regulate digital markets. He will defend his doctoral dissertation on June 14, 2023 at Tilburg University.

  

• Farewell address Marc Loth: On our legal duty to past and future generations

  12th June 2023

  Future generations increasingly demand a tightening of climate policy and older generations seek remedies for historical injustices. Do these generations have a point and can they obtain redress in civil courts? According to Professor Marc Loth they can, although it is difficult where past generations are concerned.

  

• Highest award in Dutch scientific community granted to Prof. Corien Prins

  07th June 2023

  Professor of Law and Informatization Corien Prins of Tilburg University, the Dutch Research Council (NWO) today announced, is to receive the Stevin Prize, the highest science award in the Netherlands, for her contributions to both the development of law and information technology and to policymaking in this area.

  

• H.J. Hofstra Medal of Wolters Kluwer awarded to Inge van Vijfeijken

  24th May 2023

  On Friday, May 12, at The Hague's Carlton Ambassadors Hotel, Professor of Tax Law Inge van Vijfeijken was awarded the prestigious H.J. Hofstra medal for her impressive track record as a tax scholar. The jury found that she had "generously and convincingly met the criteria of the oeuvre award."

  

• Technological innovation in the workplace should profit from expanding works council's information rights

  23rd May 2023

  The main provisions in the Works Councils Act that oversee technological innovation in the workplace do not function -- at least in nursing home care -- or hardly at all. That's according to legal scholar Robbert Coenmans' doctoral research. He makes several recommendations for making technological innovation succeed in the workplace.

  

• Saskia Lavrijssen member of SSH Roundtable Law and Public Administration NWO

  22nd May 2023

  At the invitation of the Dutch Research Council (NWO), Saskia Lavrijssen joined its Roundtable Law and Public Administration for the domain of Social Sciences and Humanties (SSH). The roundtable advises NWO on research policy.

  

• “Positive engagement with politics can strengthen the academic community”

  09th May 2023

  At a time when the value of scientific expertise is being challenged in society, a positive engagement with politics can strengthen the academic community. That’s what Professor of International Data Governance Linnet Taylor will argue in her inaugural address on May 12th, 2023.

  

• Erik-Jan Broers ends up in the last four in the national Teacher of the Year 2023 election

  25th April 2023

  What an achievement! Erik-Jan Broers has made it to the final four in the national final of the Teacher of the Year election. Sadly not a first place, but absolutely a big achievement to be proud of.

  

• Elies van Sliedregt elected as member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences

  25th April 2023

  Elies van Sliedregt, Professor of Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure at Tilburg University, is one of the eighteen new members elected by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW). This was announced by the KNAW on Tuesday, April 25, 2023.

  

• New European Unified Patent Court: a great improvement for the Netherlands

  17th April 2023

  On June 1, 2023, the new European Patent Court or Unified Patent Court (UPC) will open its doors. This event is important not only for the legal community but for all citizens of the European Union, states Prof. Willem Hoyng in the farewell speech he will deliver at Tilburg University on Friday, April 21, 2023.
  

  

• The role of government lawyers in shaping the relationship between government and law

  13th April 2023

  Government lawyers play a role in shaping the relationship between law and government. As that relationship is frequently strained – recent examples include the Dutch childcare benefit scandal, the Integrated Approach to Nitrogen ruling, and the Urgenda rulings –Wubbo Wierenga explored precisely how government lawyers fulfill their role and why.

  

• Prof. Randall Lesaffer reviews To the Uttermost Parts of the Earth. Legal Imagination and International Power

  13th April 2023

  In the latest edition of The American Journal of International Law, Prof. Randall Lesaffer reviews Prof. Martti Koskenniemi’s work To the Uttermost Parts of the Earth. Legal Imagination and International Power, 1300-1870 (Cambridge University Press 2021)

  

• “More constitutional awareness is important for public trust”

  06th April 2023

  How can fundamental rights contribute to public trust in government? How can we strengthen our constitutional structures so that they can meet the challenges of our times? Sound awareness of the relationship between freedom, fundamental rights, and the law is important for our trust in and the trustworthiness of the government.

  

• Memoirs Cyrille Fijnaut, tireless fighter against organized crime and for disseminating knowledge

  31st March 2023

  When he retired from the university, Emeritus Professor of Criminology and Criminal Law Cyrille Fijnaut already announced that he still had lots of work to do, that is, lots of books to sort and archives to clear away, approximately seventy of the latter, spread over four rooms in his home. The idea was that this clean-up would generate publications. The first promise has been kept: his memoirs have recently been published by Prometheus.

  

• Rector Magnificus Wim van de Donk on ‘markers and movements’ of universities: a sneak preview

  30th March 2023

  On Thursday, April 13, 2023, Rector Magnificus Wim van de Donk will deliver the Willem Witteveen Lecture, dedicated to the memory of Professor Willem Witteveen of Tilburg Law School who died in MH17. Even though he is busy preparing his lecture, he is happy to offer a glimpse of what he has in store for us.

  

• “Aim to catch bigger fish under international criminal law"

  27th March 2023

  Although all eyes are on the International Criminal Court for prosecuting such international crimes as war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide – a recent and notable case in point being the warrant issued for Russian president Putin’s arrest – the future of international criminal law lies in national law.

  

• Erik-Jan Broers one of the finalists in national Teacher of the Year 2023 election

  23rd March 2023

  Erik-Jan Broers is a finalist of the national Teacher of the Year 2023 election. On Monday 24 April, he will be one of the four finalists to deliver a mini-lecture in the Stadsschouwburg Utrecht. A five-member jury will use this lecture to decide whether he walks away with the national title.

  

• Tilburg University maintains its top positions in QS World University rankings by subject 2023

  22nd March 2023

  As 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.

  

• Yael Diamant appointed as Professor of Financial Networks and European Property Law

  20th March 2023

  Tilburg University has appointed Yael Diamant as Professor of Financial Networks and European Property Law at Tilburg Law School, effective April 1, 2023. Her research will focus primarily on the interface of property law and financial regulatory law.

  

• Traditional sorghum beer key to conflict settlement in rural Uganda

  13th March 2023

  In rural Uganda, both clan councils and government institutions play an important role in settling local disputes. This leads to tensions around the issue of sovereignty: who ultimately decides on things? These tensions often revolve around the use of locally brewed beer in clan councils. But the two kinds of authorities also need each other to maintain their sovereignty in the district. That’s what Danse de Bondt concludes in her dissertation which she will defend at Tilburg University on Friday 17 March 2023.

  

• Hofstrapenning 2023 awarded to Inge van Vijfeijken

  03rd March 2023

  On 12 May 2023 Prof. I.J.F.A. (Inge) van Vijfeijken will receive the prestigious Hofstrapenning. The prize will be awarded for the fourteenth time this year.

  

• Study on open government in the Netherlands: On how open data both open and close

  03rd March 2023

  Government openness and transparency in the form of communicating data can sometimes overshoot the mark. However, if we see sharing data as an act of distribution between government and citizens rather than as an act of communication, it becomes clearer what good governance means.

  

• Tilburg University appoints Arie Trouwborst as professor of Nature Conservation Law

  02nd March 2023

  Tilburg University has appointed Dr. Arie Trouwborst as full professor of Nature Conservation Law as of 1 March 2023. His research and education will focus on the role of international, European and national law regarding the conservation, sustainable use and restoration of ecosystems and populations of wild fauna and flora.

  

• Bart van der Sloot receives KNAW Early Career Award

  13th February 2023

  Dr. Bart van der Sloot, Associate Professor of Privacy and Big Data at Tilburg Law School, has received the Early Career Award from the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW). Van der Sloot considers the award "a recognition of my work and of the fact that I am on the right track. I am very honored and extremely proud.”

  

• Tilburg University joins the Netherlands Energy Research Alliance

  02nd February 2023

  Tilburg University has joined NERA, the Netherlands Energy Research Alliance, to strengthen cooperation with other universities and knowledge institutions in the field of energy research. This cooperation fits into Tilburg University's broader strategy to stimulate research on climate change and energy issues from the social sciences and humanities.

  

• Prof. Elies van Sliedregt appointed to Advisory Committee on Public International Law

  31st January 2023

  The Dutch government has appointed Tilburg University professor of Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Elies van Sliedregt as a member of the Advisory Committee on Public International Law (CAVV) effective February 1, 2023. The CAVV is an independent body which advises the government, the House of Representatives and the Senate of the Netherlands on international law issues.

  

• Tilburg University and stakeholders unite to tackle climate crisis

  31st January 2023

  The Academic Collaborative Center on Climate and Energy has officially kicked off on January 30. In this Collaborative Center Tilburg University enters into a long-term partnership with societal partners to address the climate crisis. The collaboration focuses on social, rather than technical, innovation as a driver of progress and change in the energy transition.

  

• Supervision of energy derivatives trading is too opaque

  16th January 2023

  Market participants in the trading of energy derivatives are often unaware of the exchange of their business-sensitive information by and amongst national and European national regulatory authorities. This is one of the most striking findings of Liebrich Hiemstra, who will receive her PhD on Friday, Jan. 20, 2023.

  

• 'Autonomy of cities in the past deserves renewed attention’

  12th January 2023

  The legal capacity, legal personality, and autonomy of medieval and early modern cities merit new research – research that may also alter our view of cities today. That is what Professor of Legal History Dave De ruysscher will contend in his inaugural lecture on Friday, January 20, 2023.

  

• On corporate human rights and environmental harm in armed conflict

  02nd January 2023

  With support from the Netherlands Network of Human Rights Research (NNHRR), the Department of Public Law and Governance organized a symposium on the involvement of business actors in human rights and environmental harm in situations of armed conflict and the barriers victims encounter in seeking effective redress.

  

• Migrant workers dare not make a case when labor law problems arise

  22nd December 2022

  Labor migrants especially in the lowest income groups have more frequent labor disputes than the Dutch working population, but do not dare to file formal cases about them for fear of being fired. Those are the main conclusions in the recently published report, which Tilburg University researchers Anna Sobczyk-Turek and Jan Cremers collaborated on for the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment.

  

• Hilco Kivits appointed as Managing Director of Tilburg Law School

  19th December 2022

  Hilco Kivits will be the new Managing Director of Tilburg Law School as of February 1, 2023. He succeeds Anja Opdebeeck, who was obliged to stop some time ago for health reasons.

  

• Use of data in the utilities sector needs better regulation

  19th December 2022

  The growing availability of data presents opportunities for utilities infrastructure managers, consumers and businesses, but it also comes with regulatory challenges. Tilburg University PhD candidate Brenda Espinosa Apráez investigated these regulatory challenges in close cooperation with five Dutch infrastructure operators.

  

• Report: How to protect personal data when anonymization can no longer be guaranteed?

  13th December 2022

  What is a dataset today without personal data need not be tomorrow. With the wider availability of open data and new technologies, data can easily be combined so that it does become traceable to individuals. The Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology and Society (TILT) investigated how European legislation can respond to these unstoppable developments.

  

• Professor Ingrid Leijten joins The Young Academy

  13th December 2022

  Tilburg Law School constitutional law professor Ingrid Leijten is one of ten new members to join The Young Academy in 2023. Leijten plans to commit herself to the communication of scientific findings to raise awareness of how a constitutional state functions.

  

• Dr Ammar Maleki’s research group GAMAAN wins MRS President’s Medal 2022

  09th December 2022

  Assistant professor Dr. Ammar Maleki’s research group GAMAAN has won the President’s Medal 2022 of Market Research Society (MRS) in the UK for their innovative commitment to discovering what Iranians really think.

  

• "Have political government communication tested by judge"

  06th December 2022

  The Dutch government campaign for a European Constitution in 2005 was unconstitutional, at least according to a new legal review framework that Tjebbe Geldof developed in his doctoral research on political government communication. Because parliament has repeatedly failed to effectively control government communication, citizens should be able to raise their objections to it with an independent judge, he argues.

  

• Bart van der Sloot receives Academy Early Career Award KNAW

  30th November 2022

  Dr. Bart van der Sloot, associate professor of privacy and big data at Tilburg Law School, receives an Academy Early Career Award from the KNAW. Van der Sloot is one of twelve young researchers from all fields of science to be awarded, with 15,000 euros and a work of art.

  

• Keuzegids Universiteiten 2023: Two top-rated programs and six Bachelor’s programs rank # 1

  24th November 2022

  In the Keuzegids Universiteiten 2023, published today, two Bachelor’s programs at Tilburg University are awarded the quality label of "top program," while students have ranked six 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).

  

• Paul Frissen in farewell address: accept imperfection of world and society

  23rd November 2022

  When the political desire for perfectibility aims for cohesion in the world through state intervention, that desire becomes a dangerous thing, Professor of Public Administration Paul Frissen will contend in his farewell address on November 25, 2022. We would do better to see and acknowledge the fallibility of the world, and a little more modesty and a little less superiority thinking could help us with that.

  

• Tilburg University remains best Dutch university for Law according to THE World University Rankings 2023 by subject

  26th October 2022

  Tilburg University has confirmed its international reputation for teaching and research within the fields of Business & Economics, Law and Psychology with top-50 positions worldwide in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2023 by subject. With a 21st position worldwide in the THE subject ranking for Law, Tilburg University is among the world leaders in this field.

  

• Pieter Huisman reappointed to Education Council

  24th October 2022

  Prof. Pieter Huisman, professor of Education Law at Tilburg Law School, has been reappointed to the Education Council for four years from January 2023. The Council of Ministers has agreed to this, the Education Council announced on Oct. 21, 2022.

  

• Blog: Theatre experiments in the CONTRA Kick-Off week

  14th October 2022

  Conflict can be a good thing. That is CONTRA’s point of departure, CONTRA standing for Conflicts in Transformations. Amongst others, conflicts can make sure that different perspectives on problems can be heard and urgency for policy-making created.

  

• Research update: Signature plan Global Law and Governance in academic year 2021-2022

  14th October 2022

  Between the Summer of 2021 and October of 2022, many things have happened in the Global Law and Governance (GLG) signature plan. The number of research projects and researchers has significantly increased, just as a variety of research activities.

  

• Prof. Sofia Ranchordás appointed as Full Professor of Administrative Law

  13th October 2022

  Tilburg University has appointed Prof. Sofia Ranchordás as Full Professor of Administrative Law at Tilburg Law School starting from December 1, 2022. Professor Ranchordás’ research within the chair will focus on equal treatment in the digital administrative state.

  

• Irene Kamara fellow at the Transatlantic Technology Law Forum at Stanford University

  07th October 2022

  As of October, dr. Irene Kamara is appointed Fellow at the Transatlantic Technology Law Forum at the Stanford University.

  

• Nine Tilburg University programs rated as best in their fields

  30th September 2022

  In the Elsevier Beste Studies 2022 ranking, that was published on Thursday, September 29, four Tilburg University Bachelor’s programs and five Master’s programs are rated as the best of their kind.

  

• Inclusive HR policy for immigrant workers desperately needed

  26th September 2022

  In some industries, migrant workers are performing essential functions these days. In companies' HR policies, however, this does not translate into appropriate care and attention. Dr. Jan Cremers advocates a much more active role for HR management to improve the social protection of migrant workers and prevent abuse.

  

• Kick-off meeting BOLSTER project in Tilburg: 13 partners successfully aligned

  22nd September 2022

  The BOLSTER project (Bridging Organizations and marginalised communities for Local Sustainability Transitions in EuRope) officially started in the Netherlands on 7, 8 and 9 September with a successful kick-off meeting hosted by the project coordinator, Tilburg University,

  

• National Budget: "The government must actively stop the waste of money, energy and talent"

  19th September 2022

  The Netherlands are dealing with an accumulation of crises and growing socio-economic inequality that is increasingly affecting us. It is time for radical measures, Daniël van Vuuren, Reyer Gerlagh en Irmgard Borghouts argue. In response to the presentation of next year's National Budget, they provide some recommendations for the Dutch government.

  

• Connecting HRM and social security helps solve major labor market issues

  14th September 2022

  In order to solve the major problems on the labor market, we need a new infrastructure in which finding work and moving within the labor market goes smoothly and with new securities. Both the government and employers will have to take action, but not without taking into account the interests of each other and of the (potential) employee.

  

• Nadine Groeneveld-Tijssens appointed Endowed Professor of Appellate Proceedings

  30th August 2022

  As of September 1, 2022, Nadine Groeneveld-Tijssens is Endowed Professor of Appellate Proceedings at Tilburg University. Groeneveld will research the duties, position, and working methods of courts of appeal.

  

• Information in sustainability reports of listed companies often too slight

  25th August 2022

  Listed companies in Europe are increasingly integrating sustainability into their risk governance processes, but the information they report is as yet too often perfunctory. A mix of soft law and hard law could make a difference in attempts to reduce the risk of greenwashing.
  

  

• Again top rankings for Tilburg University in Shanghai Subject Rankings

  19th July 2022

  Tilburg University has once again confirmed its international reputation in education and research. This is evident from the results of the Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (GRAS) 2022 by ShanghaiRanking, which were made public on July 19, 2022.

  

• Reconnecting interests can reduce judicialization in socio-spatial govenance

  15th July 2022

  Disconnected 'communities of fate' driven by globalization are one of the key causes of judicialization of spatial planning procedures in the Netherlands, research by Eva Wolf, Feie Herkes, and Stavros Zouridis has shown. They advise a well-chosen mix of judicialization, participation, and politicization per situation.

  

• Triple helix partnerships contribute to regional labor markets

  01st July 2022

  Triple helix partnerships in which government, education and business work together contribute in different ways to regional labor markets. This is the conclusion of researcher and lecturer Jeltje Talen of the Hanze University of Applied Sciences in Groningen, who will receive her PhD from Tilburg University on Friday 1 July 2022.

  

• Emeritus Professor Marc Groenhuijsen receives highest award in field of victimology

  30th June 2022

  During the 17th triennial International Symposium for Victimology in San Sebastián in June, Em. Prof. Marc Groenhuijsen was awarded the highest distinction in the field of victimology: the Hans van Hentig Award of the World Society of Victimology.

  

• Frank Hendriks appointed as member Dutch Council for Public Governance

  30th June 2022

  Professor of comparative public governance Frank Hendriks has been appointed by the Dutch Council of Ministers as a member of the Council for Public Governance as of 1 July 2022. The appointment is for a period of four years. Hendriks succeeds Prof. Caspar van den Berg, who has become a member of the Dutch Senate and has therefore had to relinquish his membership of the Council.

  

• Paul Verbruggen appointed Professor of Tort Law

  30th June 2022

  As of July 1, 2022, Dr. Paul Verbruggen of Tilburg Law School is Professor of Private Law, in particular tort law. In his new position, he will explore the interaction between civil liability and modalities of market regulation.

  

• Best master thesis and dissertation prizes awarded to TLS

  16th June 2022

  The Executive Board of Tilburg University has awarded the annual prizes for the best master and research thesis and defended dissertation each worth €4,000. Two of the awards went to law research: Master student Abdelhamid Azarkan wrote the best master thesis and Eva van Vugt PhD the best dissertation.

  

• Data Science students perform data challenge for London Metropolitan Police

  13th June 2022

  Students of the Joint Bachelor Data Science learn to connect theory to practice in three 'Data Challenge' courses.

  

• Prof. Conny Rijken new National Rapporteur on Trafficking in Human Beings and Sexual Violence against Children

  10th June 2022

  Professor of Human Trafficking and Globalisation Conny Rijken will be the new National Rapporteur on Trafficking in Human Beings and Sexual Violence against Children, starting 1 September 2022. Her appointment was announced on Friday 10 June.

  

• More action against statelessness needed within EU and Council of Europe

  07th June 2022

  Within the Council of Europe and the European Union, much remains to be done to tackle statelessness. Even though there are no obvious gaps in European law that stand in the way of preventing and solving statelessness, the legal framework is insufficiently put into concrete action.

  

• Tilburg University appoints Pieter Huisman as endowed professor of educational law

  31st May 2022

  Tilburg University has appointed Prof. Pieter Huisman as an endowed professor of education law with effect from 1 June 2022. He will mainly focus on the increasing importance of the individual right to education as reflected in concepts such as 'inclusive education' or 'Lifelong Development'.

  

• Artificial intelligence can help courts improve efficiency and quality

  25th May 2022

  In certain court cases a computer can autonomously generate draft decisions, and in almost all court cases it can offer valuable support to courts and court clerks. Yet even though artificial intelligence can improve efficiency and quality, the added value that human judges bring to the process of administering justice remains indisputable.

  

• 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.

  

• 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.

  

• 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.

  

• 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.

  

• 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.

  

• 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.

  

• 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.

  

• 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.

  

• 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.

  

• "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.

  

• 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.

  

• 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.

  

• 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.

  

• 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.

  

• 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.

  

• 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.

  

• 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.

  

• 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.

  

• 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’.

  

• 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.

  

• 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.

  

• 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.

  

• € 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.

  

• 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?

  

• 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.

  

• 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.

  

• 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.

  

• 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.
  
  

  

• 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.

  

• 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.

  

• 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.

  

• 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.

  

• 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.

  

• 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.

  

• 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.

  

• 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.

  

• 06 Dec '23 10:45 - 11:45

  TILEC Seminar: Enrico Partiti | Addressing the Flaws of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation

  10:45-11:45 hrs

• 07 Dec '23 13:00 - 17:00

  TILT & TILEC workshop on European data spaces

  13:00-17:00 hrs

• 07 Dec '23 15:30 - 17:00

  Max van der Stoel Human Rights Lecture 2023

  Event dedicated to International Human Rights Day. Keynote by Prof. Dr. Rianne Letschert. Followed by the 26th presentation of the Max van der Stoel Human Rights Award. (English)