Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Understanding people’s behavior in a changing society
The world in which we live and work is changing dramatically. Keeping up with the times is far from self-evident. As TSB we want to understand how people function as individuals, in relationships, in organizations and in society. We want to enhance adaptability, mental resilience and control over health and well-being.


Education
- Build a solid career with a focus on education
- Be part of education tracks fitting for today’s students
If teaching is your passion and your strength, at TSB you can follow a career path towards a permanent position based on education. Educators at TSB help design and teach programs in digital social sciences, where students can take courses from a broad range of disciplines.

Research
- Do research that transcends your discipline
- Combine your theoretical and practical strengths
At TSB we work more and more in interdisciplinary teams that combine the strengths of all social disciplines to answer research questions. We offer the opportunity to build your own mix of fundamental research to deepen your knowledge and applied research to provide answers to society.
More about our interdisciplinary Herbert Simon Research Institute

Partners
- Co-create solutions for societal challenges
- Profit from long-term relations with societal partners
At TSB we work together with citizens, professionals, policy makers, managers and entrepreneurs to study and solve real-world challenges. Share data, meet people and craft solutions in collaborative centers that have evolved for over 20 years.
Read more on the TSB/Tranzo collaborative centers on care and wellbeing
Read more on the university's collaborative centers on widespread prosperity (TSB is in the lead of two of them)
Highlights
News and events TSB
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In memoriam Demir Pabuççu
31st March 2023It is with a heavy heart that we inform you that Demir Pabuççu, student in the bachelor Psychology, passed away unexpectedly. Demir passed away on Monday March 27th.
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Tilburg University involves people with intellectual disabilities in doing research
30th March 2023Tilburg University's Academic Collaborative Center on Living with Intellectual Disabilities (in Dutch: AWVB) has developed a training course that introduces people with intellectual disabilities to conducting scientific research. Academic lead, professor Petri Embregts: "The training is an ultimate good practice to professionalize client participation and give clients the opportunity to participate in thinking and advising on care research that is - also - about them."
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Inge Bongers appointed as Professor of Sustainable Innovation in Mental Healthcare
24th March 2023Tilburg University’s Executive Board has appointed Inge Bongers as Professor of Sustainable Innovation in Mental Healthcare at the Department of Tranzo of the Tilburg School for Social and Behavioral Sciences, effective April 1, 2023. Inge Bongers’s research remit centers around further studying sustainable innovations that contribute to maintaining and improving mental health.