News Tilburg University
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Sustainable & Social impact with the Bigger Picture
28th January 2022I am Freek van Litsenburg, a 23-year-old masters’ student at the Tilburg University and also the founder of the sustainable fashion brand ‘Bigger Picture Clothing’. With this start-up, I aim to disrupt the fashion industry. We do this by creating a 100% transparent supply chain, from the clothing we produce sustainably and ethically in Portugal, all the way up to the water facilities we build in Ethiopia & Tanzania.
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Alicia Göckel did a six-month internship at the UN in New York - "A dream came true!"
21st January 2022From July to December 2021, Alicia Göckel, a student of Global Management of Social Issues (GSMI), did an internship at the United Nations in New York. A dream she had had since her early teens came true. She considers herself lucky thatTilburg Bachelor’s programs have a 'mobility window', which allowed her to do this internship without study delay. 'I honestly have nothing negative to say, it has been such a great experience for me!'
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Netspar research: the new Dutch pension system delivers what it promises
18th January 2022The Tilburg University researchers examined the income effects at both the time of transition to this new scheme and in the longer run. The conclusion is that the new pension system does what it promises. The chance of higher pensions is much greater than the risk of a lower pension.
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New publication: Online Academic Education: What to Keep and What to Drop?
13th January 2022The fourth volume in Tilburg Series in Academic Education has been published, entitled: 'Online Academic Education: What to Keep and What to Drop?' This issue examines the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic for education within our university.
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25th anniversary Centerdata: Interview with Arie Kapteyn and Marcel Das
13th January 2022Centerdata was launched twenty-five years ago. Since 1997, this independent non-profit research institute, established on the Tilburg University campus, has provided input for answers to research questions in the field of the Humanities and Social Sciences. There is a strong connection between Centerdata and Tilburg University. Time for an interview with founder Arie Kapteyn and curent director Marcel Das on Centerdata then and now.
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Presentation new university strategy ‘Weaving Minds and Characters: strategy towards 2027’
11th January 2022During the (digital) New Year's meeting the new Strategic Plan 'Weaving Minds and Characters: strategy towards 2027' was presented. Rector Magnificus Wim van de Donk, Vice Rector Magnificus Jantine Schuit and the deans explained the vision document.
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Tilburg scientists express wishes and advice to new cabinet
10th January 2022The government's policy should be bolder, faster and with more vision, especially when it comes to climate, Tilburg University scientists state.
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Four major European grants for Tilburg researchers
10th January 2022Prestigious grants from the European Research Council for four researchers at Tilburg University.
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European ERC Starting Grant for Phillip Paiement
10th January 2022The EU's European Research Council has awarded four ERC Starting Grants of 1.5 million euros for promising research talent to researchers at Tilburg University. Phillip Paiement (dept. Global Law and Governance) receives the grant for an explanatory model for better transnational legal collaboration in climate change challenges.
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1.6 million for interdisciplinary project ‘Conflict in Transformations’
10th January 2022Urban Europe has awarded a grant of 1.2 million euros for the interdisciplinary research proposal ‘Conflict in Transformations’, which will be topped up by the research consortium partners with 0.4 million euros. The project studies whether and how political and legal institutions suppress or actively use conflict for transformation towards more sustainable cities.
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Vote for Irmgard Borghouts for the You Go Girl Award 2021 for expert women in media
03rd January 2022Labor market expert Irmgard Borghouts has been nominated for the You Go Girl Award 2021. The award is for expert women who raise their profile in the media.
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Students Committed to Sustainable and Responsible Entrepreneurship
23rd December 2021Tilburg University encourages student entrepreneurship and sustainable entrepreneurship. These aspects came together in the second Tilburg University Challenge with the theme: social responsibility. Two teams took home the three cash prizes. How are things now with the socially responsible clothing brand Bigger Picture Clothing and AnDa, the healthy drink produced from residual waste? Tilburg University Magazine talked to winner of the Business Ready Award and Audience Award, Freek van Litsenburg (23) and with Anouk van Anrooij (24) and Daniel Gelsing (23) who won the Ideation Award.
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Students Committed to Sustainable and Responsible Entrepreneurship
23rd December 2021Tilburg University encourages student entrepreneurship and sustainable entrepreneurship. These aspects came together in the second Tilburg University Challenge with the theme: social responsibility. Two teams took home the three cash prizes. How are things now with the socially responsible clothing brand Bigger Picture Clothing and AnDa, the healthy drink produced from residual waste? Tilburg University Magazine talked to winner of the Business Ready Award and Audience Award, Freek van Litsenburg (23) and with Anouk van Anrooij (24) and Daniel Gelsing (23) who won the Ideation Award.
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Statement suspended promotion
20th December 2021An opinion was published on the Univers website about a recent defense of a PhD thesis where the doctorate was not awarded. This opinion and this exceptional event have raised many questions.
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Society needs messengers of peace
20th December 2021Christmas thought of theologian Jos Moons
