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Addressing 'Green paradox' of Green Deal - Tilburg University researchers suggest to rethink EU Emission Trading System
20th October 2020The Europe's Economic Policy Journal "Economic Policy" has featured the results of the work of the Tilburg University professor Reyer Gerlagh (Tilburg Sustainability Center), PhD researcher Roweno Heijmans (Tilburg Sustainability Center) and Professsor Knut Einar Rosendahl from the Norwegian University of Life Sciences. Their research suggested that the anticipated Green Deal policies that are intended to reduce carbon emissions could instead lead to increased EU emissions.
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Nobel Peace Prize for World Food Programme
09th October 2020Today it was announced that the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has won this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. Tilburg University’s Zero Hunger Lab is very pleased about this recognition. It has worked together with the WFP for years.
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Transparency can inhibit workers from making their best efforts
07th October 2020Although enlightened corporate management may seem like a good idea at first glance, new research suggests that when it comes to two features with which it is associated – high transparency and a strong group identity combining them may not work out as hoped. According to a paper co-authored by Ruidi Shang of Tilburg University in the current issue of 'The Accounting Review', employees with strong group identity may not perform best when group transparency is high. Indeed, the most able of them are more likely to perform at their peak when transparency is low.
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Academic entrepreneurship at the heart of Tilburg University’s history
01st October 2020On October 9, 2020, Sylvester Eijffinger, Professor in Financial Economics, will say farewell to Tilburg University after more than 33 years. Throughout these years, Professor Eijffinger was deeply involved in the University as well as being, to many a journalist, the beacon that shed light on economic processes. In his farewell address, he will look back on these three decades and he will share his thoughts on the developments in research, education, and valorization he observed in this period. He believes Tilburg University is defined by academic entrepreneurship – a distinctness it owes to founding father Martinus Cobbenhagen, an academic entrepreneur before the term existed.
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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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Research on the impact of Covid-19 measures on migrant workers
23rd September 2020The Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences (TSB) is going to conduct research in collaboration with Radboud University Nijmegen into the impact of the corona measures on the work, careers, and well-being of migrant workers from Central and Eastern Europe working in food production chains. The research project is funded by the Gak Institute.
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Tilburg’s Economics graduates most popular among employers
23rd September 2020Anyone taking a Master's degree in Economics at Tilburg University can count on great interest from employers. This is the conclusion of a survey conducted by the Magnet.me career platform among users of the site.
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Debate Series on Sustainable & Just Free Markets with Nobel Prize Winners Joseph Stiglitz & Mohammad Yunus
21st September 2020On September 21, researchers from four Dutch universities, including Tilburg University, will start an international consultation that will investigate the options for a sustainable and just free market in Europe. Central part of the consultation is a series of live casts on “The Future of Capitalism” with internationally renowned economists, including Nobel Prize winners Joseph Stiglitz and Mohammad Yunus. The series is organized in collaboration with Dutch debating center Pakhuis de Zwijger. Under the leadership of former Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende, ideas from the consultation will be bundled in a report that will be published in 2021.
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Kick-off Tilburg University Young Academy 21 September
15th September 2020The new platform of and for young Tilburg researchers, the Tilburg University Young Academy, will be launched op 21 September.
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E-book on strategic logistical collaboration
15th September 2020For three years, many researchers and students from Tilburg University, together with companies in the transport sector, have focused on the question of how it is possible that horizontal collaboration does not get off the ground, while the contribution to the improvement of profitability and sustainability seems so obvious. Recently, the e-book Compose: strategische logistieke samenwerking [Compose: Strategic logistical collaboration] has been published with the most important findings from the research conducted as part of the Compose project.
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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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'The New Common': Presentation book on social consequences of corona
11th September 2020The New Common' by 50 Tilburg scientists will be presented in Tilburg on September 19. What are the consequences of the corona crisis for society and how can we work together to deal with them? The book and the debate focus on these questions.
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No increase in mental problems after the COVID-19 outbreak in the Netherlands, except among specific groups such as job seekers
10th September 2020The prevalence of Dutch adults with mild to severe anxiety and depression symptoms during COVID-19 outbreak in March 2020 was similar to the prevalence in November 2019 (about 17%). However, specific groups such as job seekers and students more often had anxiety and depression symptoms than employed adults.
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No significant returns on sustainable investments in times of crisis
10th September 2020Sustainable investments are seen worldwide as a “vaccine” against poor stock performance in times of crisis. Research by Philip Joos and Jurian Hendrikse (Tilburg University) shows that this is not the case. Traditional measures such traditional yardsticks as liquidity and innovation-based assets are better indicators of crisis period stock price resilience.
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University buildings part of European Heritage Day on September 12 and 13
08th September 2020National European Heritage Day 2020 pays special tribute this year to ‘monuments of learning’, buildings where classes were taught in the past and sometimes into the present, including some Tilburg University buildings. The university owns four listed buildings.
