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• Nine Tilburg researchers receive NWO Open Competition SGW XS grant

  06th February 2023

  We congratulate Emel Öztürk, Boris van Leeuwen, David Schindler, Arjen van Lin, Sara van den Bossche, Elisabeth Huis in 't Veld, Sara Pabian, Ioana Pop and Gaëtan Mertens with this award.

  

• Sometimes patients want a warm blanket instead of innovative medical technology

  03rd February 2023

  An interview with Patrick Vriens, vascular surgeon, who delivers his inaugural speech on Feb. 3. Vriens was appointed endowed professor of "Quality of Life in the Medical Setting" in the Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology at Tilburg University last year.

  

• ERC Consolidator Grant for further development of new research methods for the social sciences

  01st February 2023

  Joris Mulder (Department of Methodology and Statistics) is the recipient of a Consolidator Grant awarded by the European Research Council (ERC). With this two million euro project, Joris will improve and further develop innovative research methods for challenging research problems for nonlinear social science.

  

• Patrick Vriens: achieving sensible care with better soft skills doctors and smart apps

  27th January 2023

  Sensible care means giving the right care to the right patient at the right time. That can lead to very different decisions for different people in the same situation. It is important that doctors talk to their patients and make the decision together. In doing so, quality of life is the guiding principle and expectation management is the key to the conversation. Endowed Professor and surgeon Patrick Vriens elaborates on this topic in his inaugural speech on Feb. 3.
  

  

• The Consoling Power of Music: The Role of Emotions and Musical Aspects

  17th January 2023

  Music and emotions are inextricably linked to one another. Music's ability to evoke emotion in listeners, is one of the reasons why people turn to music to improve their mood or express what they are feeling. Even though music is able to console, little systematic research has considered how music can offer consolation. This dissertation investigates music's consoling properties and considers related behavior, such as crying over music.

  

• New research into effectiveness of reintegration policy for long-term sick workers

  03rd January 2023

  Professor of Labor Expertise Roland Blonk has received a ZonMW grant for research into the effectiveness of reintegration policies in the second track, for long-term sick employees.

  

• In Memoriam Amy Stuart

  16th December 2022

  It is with great sadness that we share the unexpected news that Amy Stuart, student in the Dutch Bachelor Psychology, passed away on Monday December 5th.

  

• Presentation inspiration guide 'Goed op weg'

  02nd December 2022

  The fluctuating labor market requires opportunities for safe and smooth transitions between jobs and sectors. This prompted Tilburg University, AWVN and ABU to create the inspiration guide 'Goed op weg', a publication with recommendations, lessons and experiences to help people smoothly cross over to other work.

  

• Unilever Research Award 2022 for research on effects of social media use on wellbeing

  30th November 2022

  Social psychologist Roxy Yuyao Zhang has won one of the 2022 Unilever Research Awards for her master’s thesis about reciprocal relationship between social media use and wellbeing before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

  

• 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).

  

• Top positions in 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.

  

• 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.

  

• 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.

  

• Covenant multi-year cooperation in education and research on family firms

  12th September 2022

  On September 2, Brabantse Familiebedrijven Genootschap (BFBG) and Tilburg Institute for Family Business (TiFB, Tilburg University) signed a covenant establishing a long-term cooperation. The aim of the collaboration is to safeguard and strengthen the continuity of family firms in and outside Noord-Brabant.

  

• 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.