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Tilburg University strengthens its position in QS subject ranking
03rd March 2021In the QS rankings Tilburg University has further improved its rankings positions across the board.
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Tilburg Law School student Maurick Reuser wins 3rd prize in international Russian composition competition
25th February 2021On 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.
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New book: Contingency in International Law
23rd February 2021OUP 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’.
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New science program at Tilburg University: De Tafel van Martinus
09th February 2021On 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.
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Stevensprijs awarded to Arthur van der Linden
05th February 2021We 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.
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Bastiaan Starink appointed Endowed Professor of Labor Market, Pensions and Taxation
02nd February 2021As 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.
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Irmgard Borghouts and Charissa Freese jointly appointed to chair HRM and Social Security
01st February 2021Dr. 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).
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Deep-seated anti-institutionalism calls for unifying collective narrative
28th January 2021What 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.
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Dr. Jurgen Goossens nominated for Teacher of the Year 2021
25th January 2021The 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.
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Dissertation prizes awarded to Melissa Lewis and Camille Hébert
22nd January 2021The 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.
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Now widely available: Advanced Introduction to Legal Research Methods
18th January 2021Of 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.
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New book: Early Modern Sovereignties
07th January 2021Brill 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.
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Job opening: PhD Regulating Socio-Technical Change 2021
15th December 2020Tilburg 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.
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Prof. Conny Rijken elected member of Council of Europe expert group on human trafficking
07th December 2020On 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).
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Project ‘Revitalized Democracy’ receives €1.7 million from National Research Agenda
25th November 2020How 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’.
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New Book: EU Cartel Law and Economics
13th November 2020EU 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.
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Five promising researchers awarded a NWO Veni grant worth 250,000 euros
05th November 2020The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded a Veni grant worth up to 250,000 euros to five highly promising young scientists of Tilburg University.
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Shirley Kempeneer wins Van Poelje Best Public Administration Dissertation Award
29th October 2020Dr. 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.
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Tilburg University is back in the top 50 in Law, Business & Economics, and Psychology – THE Ranking 2021
28th October 2020Tilburg University belongs to the top 50 in the world in Law, Business & Economics, and Psychology in the Times Higher Education Ranking 2021.
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Long term interests of multinationals include socially responsible tax planning
24th September 2020How 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.
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Professor Geert Vervaeke reappointed as Tilburg Law School’s Dean for 2021-2025
14th September 2020Professor 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.
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New book: 'Partnerships for livable cities'
25th August 2020The 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.
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Antarctica more widely impacted than previously thought
15th July 2020Reporting 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.
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€ 1.3 million for research into managing Antarctic tourism
09th July 2020NWO, 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.
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Covid-19 and Climate Change: Lessons of Difference, not Similarity
11th June 2020If 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.
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Preventing youth unemployment: lessons from past crises
04th June 2020After 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?
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Digital welfare states: boundaries and opportunities
25th May 2020Public 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.
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Power of mental resilience strongly exaggerated
07th May 2020There 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.
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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.
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Tilburg University ranks #9 worldwide on Sustainable Development Goal 16: Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions
23rd April 2020In 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%).
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Dutch experiment with facial recognition: privacy risks require legislative choices
21st April 2020A 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.
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Marie Curie Individual Fellowship awarded to Anna Berti Suman to conduct research into citizen sensing for environmental justice
09th March 2020PhD 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’.
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Tilburg University enters Social Sciences and Management Top 100 in the QS World University Rankings
03rd March 2020In 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.
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INFO-LEG Research Fellowship on Information (in) Law
27th February 2020In 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.
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Alexandros Perdikes wins trade union prize with thesis on the right to strike
17th February 2020Alumnus 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.
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EU law to act against fraudulent cross-border undertakings not sufficient
14th February 2020European 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.
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Labor migration in North-Brabant: here to stay
07th February 2020The 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.
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Symposium and book presentation on the judiciary's independence
31st January 2020On 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.
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Dissertation awards 2019 for Antje Neumann and Koen van der Swaluw
16th January 2020The 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.
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Interaction needed between analog and digital administrative law
13th January 2020Is 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.
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Gani Aldashev appointed Ronald Coase Visiting Professor in Law and Economics
16th December 2019Prof. 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.
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Job opening: Three PhD Researchers Tilburg Graduate Law School
16th December 2019Tilburg Graduate Law School is looking for three ambitious PhD Researchers.
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Tilburg University involved in large multidisciplinary research into energy transition
13th December 2019The 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.
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Max van der Stoel Human Rights Award 2019 presented to Julie Fraser and Peggy ter Vrugt
13th December 2019On 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.
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Dr. Linnet Taylor new member of The Young Academy (KNAW)
11th December 2019Dr. 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).
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Contacting victims and loved ones important task of mayors in a crisis
11th December 2019Contacting 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.
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Free access to public legal information should be recognized as a universal human right
10th December 2019All 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.
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Call for Papers: The Regulation of New Technologies
03rd December 2019Tilburg 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.
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Using data science in the fight against crime
28th November 2019What 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.
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Cats must stay indoors to protect wildlife, says European law
27th November 2019Free-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.
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Smart cities need socially smart intermediaries
26th November 2019Smart 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.
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1 Million for research into transparent blockchain applications in government
26th November 2019Researchers 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.
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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.
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André van Rijs chosen national government laywer of the year by JuristenRijk
18th November 2019JuristenRijk, the Dutch association for lawyers working at national government authorities, has chosen Tilburg Law School's André van Rijs as most appealing lawyer at national governement level in the field of legal council. Van Rijs works at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment in The Hague, is a legal advisor and teaches social and labor law at Tilburg Law School.
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The Institute for the History of International Law @ Tilburg organizes a series of E-Lectures
15th November 2019In the academic year 2019-2020, the I-HILT institute will continue its series of e-lectures on a wide range of legal historical topics. Please feel welcome to attend any of them in real life. Alternatively, you can watch the recording afterwards on our website.
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Can conflict-related sexual violence and human trafficking be prevented?
12th November 2019In 2003, as a young legal scholar, Dr. Anne-Marie de Brouwer, currently a Research Fellow at Tilburg University, visited Tanzania and Rwanda. There she studied the workings of the International Tribunal that held those responsible for the Tutsi genocide to account and she observed the local Gacaca tribunals.
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Student Information Event - Master's program Data Science and Entrepreneurship
07th November 2019Join our student information event. With our Master's program Data Science & Entrepreneurship starting in September - together with our Pre-Master's program in February and September - we'd like to give you the opportunity during this event to learn more about the program on November, 26.
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Report: Prevention of criminal interference in Dutch amateur football
04th November 2019Prevention of criminal interference in football clubs starts with a decision in the boardroom. Amateur football clubs are well aware of that and do take measures, exploratory research by Tilburg University has shown. However, prevention of criminal interference is not yet structurally embedded in amateur football.
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Dr. Jan Cremers appointed in management board European Labour Authority
17th October 2019The European Parliament has appointed Dr. Jan Cremers of Tilburg Law School as a member of the management board and independent expert of the new European Labour Authority (ELA). The installation of the ELA took place in Brussels on October 16th and 17th, 2019.
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Referendum has added value in local democracy
17th October 2019The national referendum is under threat in Dutch democracy. But when referendums are held in municipalities, they are successful most of the time. That is one of the conclusions in Koen van der Krieken's dissertation which he will defend on Friday October 18th. According to Van der Krieken local practice shows that referendums actually do have added value in a representative democracy such as the Dutch one.
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Dr. Mario Braakman appointed as Endowed Professor of Transcultural Forensic Psychiatry
10th October 2019Tilburg University has appointed Dr. Mario Braakman as Endowed Professor of Transcultural Forensic Psychiatry, effective October 1, 2019. Braakman will focus on making behavioral experts’ reports in the justice system more culture-sensitive and improving the psychiatric care for detainees and persons with a migration background who are detained under a hospital order.
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5th European Privacy Law Scholars Conference (PLSC Europe)
03rd October 2019The 5th European Privacy Law Scholars Conference (PLSC Europe), organized by the Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology, & Society (TILT), will be held Thursday 09 April 2020, at the University of Tilburg, the Netherlands.
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SmartUrbi research nears completion
20th September 2019Over the past 2,5 years, a research consortium of over 20 organizations in six countries studied and discussed the work of ‘smart urban intermediaries’. Mark van Ostaijen (research in Amsterdam) en Merlijn van Hulst (overall project leader) represented the Tilburg Institute of Governance / TLS department Public Law & Governance in this SmartUrbI research.
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Book launch: Portraits of Injustice
16th September 2019In order to show the impact of international crimes on victims, the International Victimology Institute Tilburg (INTERVICT) of Tilburg University will present the photo book 'Portraits of Injustice: Forced marriage and related sexual violence under the Khmer Rouge' on September 24th, 2019. The photo book portrays twelve victims of forced marriage under the Khmer Rouge in words and pictures.
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Funding from NWO for research on ostracism, economies-of-scale and reducing greenhouse gas emissions
27th August 2019Three professors of Tilburg University have been awarded research funding from NWO Domain Social Sciences and Humanities: Ilja van Beest for research on ostracism, Dick den Hertog for research on economies-of-scale and Jonathan Verschuuren for research on reducing greenhouse emissions.
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Apply now for the EUCOTAX Wintercourse project
04th July 2019Over more than 25 years, our best students participate in this prestigious collaboration with several foreign students. Goal of the project is to make an international tax law comparison about a societal and tax relevant problem.
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Symposium on mayors and the rule of law well-attended
02nd July 2019Wim van de Donk, the King’s Commissioner in Brabant, is very concerned about the credibility of the the rule of law in our country. He voiced his concern on Friday, June 21, at the well-attended symposium ‘De burgemeester: vriend of vijand van de rechtsstaat?’ (‘Mayors, friends or enemies of the rule of law?’), organized by Niels Karsten (Public Law & Governance).
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Call for nominations for the Max van der Stoel Human Rights Award
24th June 2019The Netherlands Network for Human Rights Research (NNHRR) and Tilburg Law School are calling for Dutch and Flemish university faculties to submit nominations for the Max van der Stoel Human Rights Award.
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TILT participates in large project on Internet of Things Dutch National Research Agenda
13th June 2019TILT (Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology and Society) participates in the INTERSECT project about the Internet of Things which was awarded over 8 million euros by NWO in the context of the Dutch National Research Agenda.
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We need to relearn how to deal with wolves
27th May 2019Wolves have returned to the Netherlands - how do we protect them and cattle at the same time? By influencing mutual contact between humans and wolves, according to new research.
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Common approach towards wilderness protection in Antarctica urgently needed
21st May 2019Growing tourism in Antarctica is posing an increasing threat to the wilderness. In order to improve protection, the Antarctic Treaty Parties should take urgent action and find a common approach, says Dr. Antje Neumann.
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Large international conference on Regulation, Law & Technology
15th May 2019Technology is transforming society on many fronts. In recent years, we have seen the sustained move from atoms to bits, rise of social media and the sharing economy, and the rapid development of cloud computing, big data, smart devices, and robotics.
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Dutch lawmakers should strengthen citizenship education now
10th May 2019The new criteria for citizenship education in primary and secondary education proposed by the government come just at the right moment, now that the Dutch education system is at a new crossroads. This is what Professor of Education Law Paul Zoontjens argues at the ocassion of his valedictory address on 17 May 2019.
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Joint conference TLS and Law School University of Tehran about nature recovery Lake Urmia
25th April 2019Jonathan Verschuuren just returned from a very fruitful and interesting week in Iran where he was at a conference that he organized jointly with the Tehran University law school and where he did some teaching. The conference was a big success with more than a hundred participants, including many officials from various government institutions.
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Three Tilburg scientists nominated for the 2019 'New Scientist' Scientific Talent Award
25th April 2019Tilburg scientists Hannes Datta, Bart van der Sloot, and Gerine Lodder have been nominated for the 2019 'New Scientist' Scientific Talent Award.
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Dave De ruysscher (Tilburg Law School) elected as member Flemish ‘Young Academy’
21st February 2019Dave De ruysscher (Tilburg Law School, Free University of Brussels) has been elected as a member of the Flemish ‘Young Academy’. He will be inaugurated on Tuesday March 12 in the Palace of the Academies in Brussels. The Young Academy has elected eleven new members this year.
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Did a series of reforms weaken the income position of welfare recipients?
14th February 2019Successive Dutch governments have undertaken reforms in an effort to reduce the number of welfare recipients and increase their participation in the labor market. These attempts have had negative effects for some categories of workers.
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The impact of labour migration on the labor market
22nd January 2019Since the introduction of the open European labor market, the recruitment of labor migrants in the Netherlands has increased sharply. This has resulted in both positive and negative effects, Jan Cremers (Tilburg Law School) writes in an ESB article.
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Labor mobility disputes and mediation in the EU
19th January 2019Within the European Union mediation in labor mobility disputes is seen as less costly than a legal procedure, with a better learning effect and improvement of the reciprocal communication or at least less polarization. If mediation fails, the court serves as the decisive authority of last resort.
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New Department of Public Law and Governance (PLG)
11th December 2018The TLS board proudly announces that of 1 January 2019, the Departments of Politics and Public Administration, European and International Public Law and Public Law, Jurisprudence and Legal History are to merge into a new Department. The new unit will be called the Department of Public Law and Governance (PLG). The merger is a result of consultations with the members of the three departments. The Faculty Council agreed with this merger. The collaboration with TiSEM in the Tilburg Institute of Governance (TIG) will be continued and we are confident that it will be empowered.
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TILT and TILEC merge
03rd December 2018The TLS board has announces today that of 1 December 2018 TILT and TILEC form a new department under the name of LTMS (Law, Technology, Markets, and Society). Head of Department will be Professor Ronald Leenes. The merger is the result of consultations with the members of both institutes and the university.
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How to tackle labour exploitation in caretaking?
14th June 2018The editors of the Dutch journal De Groene Amsterdammer investigated abuses in healthcare. Bulgarian companies provide residential home care for the elderly in the Netherlands and Belgium. Despite serious defects in the business operations and structural underpayment of the - often unqualified - employees, they still get away with it because there is hardly any control.
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The European Labour Authority discussed
13th March 2018During an event on 27 February 2018 in Brussels, organized by The Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, a first study on the scope of a European Labour Authority was presented and discussed.
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13:30 - 15:00
PhD Defense Mr. J.A. de Boer
De vaststelling en handhaving van deugdelijkheidseisen in het onderwijs
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12:00 - 13:30
TILT seminar: Dr. Bertin Marten
A newly emerging form of regime competition: access to digital data
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PhD Defense E. Mulder MSc
The Normality of Rape? Observer Reactions to Stories of Female and Male Sexual Assault