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Professor Kim Putters receives Comenius Prize 2024 for vision of Broad Prosperity
08th April 2024On Saturday, April 6, the Comenius Prize 2024 was presented to Prof. Kim Putters in the Great Church in Naarden. The jury praised the President of the Dutch Social and Economic Council (SER) and University Professor of Broad Prosperity for his clear views of society. Kim Putters emphasizes the importance of the perspectives of individuals and argues in favor of a broader view of wellbeing, in which social, economic, and environmental factors are balanced.
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Blog: Building a Tilburg that works
05th April 2024On Wednesday evening, March 20, a lecture and panel discussion on broad prosperity and the labor market took place in the council chamber of Tilburg City Hall. This was the third meeting within the Tilburg 2050 series on the future of the city.
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Retrospect: National Inspiration Day Regio Deals 'From assignment to doing'
22nd March 2024The National Inspiration Day Regio Deals 'From assignment to doing' was mainly about meeting each other, exchanging experiences and getting ideas. The program included lectures by Otto Raspe and Martijn Groenleer.
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Different disciplines meet during matchmaking event
19th March 2024On March 7, the Digital Sciences for Society strategic program, in collaboration with TAISIG and the university-wide Academic Collaborative Centers, organized a matchmaking event. Researchers from the various Schools explored opportunities for research collaboration at the intersection of the digital sciences, social sciences, and humanities.
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Loss of ecosystems incurs higher costs than previously estimated
07th March 2024Across the globe, animal and plant species along with their habitats are disappearing. With this loss, we also lose the 'services' they provide, such as water filtration or crop pollination. An international research team, including Sjak Smulders from Tilburg University, has proposed a new calculation approach to capture these future 'benefits' of nature. The research has been published in the prestigious scientific journal Science.
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Thinking and eating together at the Academic Collaborative Center for Climate and Energy's 'diner pensant'
19th February 2024During the diner pensant of the Academic Collaborative Center for Climate and Energy on Tuesday, February 6, a question-and-answer session was held in a relaxed and inspiring manner between all collaborative center partners and their administrators, full professors involved, the Executive Board, and the School Deans of Tilburg University.
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Start of the DIGIQUITY4HEALTH project on healthier food choices in a digital environment
05th February 2024The DIGIQUITY4HEALTH project has officially started and was presented during the launch symposium From Bricks to Clicks on January 23 at Mindlabs. What opportunities and challenges exist if you want to encourage healthier food choices in a digital environment? And how do you ensure that by offering healthier options online, everyone can adopt a healthier lifestyle?
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“Moderate population growth best for maintaining broad prosperity"
01st February 2024The Government Committee on Demographic Developments 2050 has issued a recommendation to the government and the House of Representatives on demographic developments, in particular aging and migration, until at least 2050, held against the light of broad prosperity. Tilburg University's Academic Collaborative Centers contributed to this advice through working visits to Brainport Eindhoven and Parkstad Limburg.
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Video: Prosperity or Wellbeing – Dies Natalis 2023
28th November 2023The theme of Tilburg University's 96th Dies Natalis was 'Experiencing Broad Prosperity'. At the end of the ceremony, Prof dr. Antoinette de Bont and Prof. Dr. Lex Meijdam gave the presentation "Prosperity or wellbeing: why broader is better." Watch the video of their presentation.
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Retrospect: '(Be)sturen op Brede Welvaart'
08th November 2023On Monday, November 6, more than 200 visitors attended a day program on ‘(Be)sturen op Brede Welvaart’ (‘Governance and Management for Broad Prosperity’) at Tilburg University. This day is part of ‘Broad Prosperity Week, the Next Step’, a Week that is all about converting the thinking about Broad Prosperity into action on Broad Prosperity in North Brabant.
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Prosperity or wellbeing: What makes us happy? - Dies Natalis November 16
08th November 2023If you are not very rich, but healthy and happy, you will probably score highly on ‘broad prosperity’. Antoinette de Bont and Lex Meijdam have a dialogue on the subject and share with us their personal stories of happiness in life, about wellbeing and prosperity at the Dies Natalis on November 16. A sneak peek. Do you want to 'experience' the theme of broad prosperity? Join our Dies Natalis celebration!
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Tilburg University and local businesses join forces for sustainable logistics: ‘Collaboration is in the Brabant DNA’
03rd November 2023There are few places in Europe where logistical activity is as strongly developed as in the region of Central Brabant. Over the coming years, the logistics sector in Brabant aims to lead the way in transitioning towards a sustainable future, where robust economic growth goes hand in hand with broad prosperity in the region. To shape this future, Tilburg University and local entrepreneurs have jointly established the Tilburg Initiative for Future Logistics (TIFL).
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Omroep Brabant and Tilburg University host podcasts on election topics
26th October 2023There is a lot at stake in the upcoming elections. That is why Omroep Brabant, with the help of Tilburg scientists and experts from the field, is making three podcasts around the most important election themes. Students and employees are welcome to attend the recordings!
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Perspectives on broad prosperity: ESB launches podcast series with Tilburg University professors
11th October 2023How prosperous is the Netherlands? Will the next generation fare better or worse? In a 14-part podcast series, economic journal ESB invites researchers from Tilburg University to join thought-provoking conversations with policymakers, politicians and academics from other universities. The series kicks off with professor Kim Putters.
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Tilburg University puts strategic focus on Broad Prosperity
06th October 2023There can only be broad prosperity if it is actively stimulated, and that is why Tilburg University has embedded this aspiration as a strategic focus in its Broad Prosperity program. This strategic framework helps the university to contribute to the societal transitions that are necessary for a sustainable, inclusive, and just society. The program is being implemented in close collaboration with the government, businesses, citizen representation groups, other knowledge institutions, and civic organizations and networks.
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Wim van de Donk on connecting and collaborating: “Using other muscles than the ones we normally use”
04th October 2023This era of transitions requires ways of connecting and collaborating that go beyond the boundaries of disciplines and organizations. By pursuing such avenues, Tilburg University seeks to increase its contribution to society.
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The Government Committee on Demographic Developments makes working visits with academic collaborative centers
29th September 2023The Government Committee on Demographic Developments 2050, together with the Academic Collaborative Centers of the Program for Broad Prosperity of Tilburg University and other experts in the region, paid working visits to Brainport Eindhoven and City Region Parkstad Limburg. The purpose of the working visits was to identify societal issues in the region and assess them in the context of broad prosperity.
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Collaborating on Digital Health and Mental Wellbeing
20th June 2023The kick-off symposium for the University-wide Academic Collaborative Center for Digital Health and Mental Wellbeing, which took place on the 13th of June, brought societal partners and researchers from Tilburg University together. Saar Hommes (post-doctoral researcher at the Center) provides an update on what happened that afternoon.
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Students debate about how private and public can strengthen each other in the job market
11th April 2023On 15 March, second-year Bachelor’s students in Bestuurskunde (Public Administration) from Tilburg University debated with professionals and organisations on shaping the employment agency of the future.
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Grant for digital self-management platform for people with severe mental illness
22nd March 2023Researchers from Tilburg University and partners received a grant for the development of a digital self-management platform for people with severe mental illness. The goal is to give this vulnerable group more control over their own mental health and thus reduce the pressure on mental health care.
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Tilburg University to collaborate intensively in the region for Broad Prosperity
14th March 2023The government has pledged € 12.5 million as part of a regional deal to invest in central Brabant for improving the quality of the living and working environment of both residents and entrepreneurs. The money is intended to give a major boost to Broad Prosperity in our region.
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Otto Raspe appointed as Professor of Practice of Broad Prosperity and the Regional Economy
01st March 2023On March 1, 2023, Tilburg University appointed Dr. Otto Raspe as Professor of Practice at the Academic Collaborative Center of Broad Prosperity. Raspe has been appointed for 0.1 FTE, his teaching and research remit being Broad Prosperity and the Regional Economy.
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Tilburg University joins the Netherlands Energy Research Alliance
02nd February 2023Tilburg 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.
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Tilburg University and stakeholders unite to tackle climate crisis
31st January 2023The 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.
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“This clearly shows what we’re good at.”
12th January 2023Academic Collaborative Centers are a union between the university and social practice, an innovation the university is fully committed to and in which the Academic Collaborative Center Broad Prosperity plays a key role as a meeting place, just like the open space at the heart of the Warande forest park.
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Tilburg University invests €8 million in Widespread Prosperity
18th July 2022Current, complex developments such as the climate crisis, rising demand for care, labor market shortages, growing inequality, and digitalization require new solutions. Over the next five years, Tilburg University will release approximately 8 million euros to enable interdisciplinary collaboration and address these issues together with partners. In doing so, the university is fulfilling its task and ambition to be of social significance and contribute to greater welfare, a better labor market, and a social energy transition, all components Widespread Prosperity. The connection between science and practice is thus further reinforced in collaboration with partners from government, education, and industry.
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Dr. Kim Putters appointed as University Professor of Broad Prosperity at Tilburg University
28th June 2022Dr. Kim Putters, president of the Social and Economic Council of the Netherlands (SER), has been appointed as University Professor of ‘Broad Prosperity’ at Tilburg University for one day a week, effective September 16, 2022.
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Joks Janssen appointed Professor of Practice 'Broad Prosperity in the Region'
11th January 2021Tilburg University has appointed Dr. Joks Janssen, MSc, as Professor of Practice for ‘Broad Prosperity in the Region’, effective January 1, 2021. Janssen works for knowledge institution Het PON & Telos as a senior advisor and researcher in the field of sustainable regional development.
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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.
