News Tilburg University
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The City in Constitutional Law: theme of latest volume European Yearbook of Constitutional Law
06th May 2021Unrelenting urbanization means that most people are, or soon will be, living in cities and that city administrations become, in many respects, their quintessential governing units. This development has been analyzed from a constitutional law point of view in the latest volume of the European Yearbook of Constitutional Law.
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Commemoration at the war monument of students of the university
05th May 2021Vice rector magnificus and member of the Executive Board Jantine Schuit laid a floral arrangement at the monument to commemorate 22 students of the univerisity who died in the World War II.
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PhD Valorisation Program supports 12 students to make impact with their research
03rd May 2021The Tilburg University PhD Valorisation Program stimulated 12 participants to create societal impact with their research. The program was launched half a year ago by the the Tilburg University Impact Program in cooperation with THRIVE Institute (think tank for impact). On 29th of April Vice Rector Magnificus Jantine Schuit awarded certificates to the 12 participating PhD students.
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Wietske van Zwol new Managing Director of the Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences
30th April 2021The Executive Board appoints Wietske van Zwol as Managing Director of the Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences (TSB), effective May 1, 2021. She succeeds Hans-Georg van Liempd, who now holds the position of Secretary of the University. Wietske joined Tilburg University in 2001 as a policy advisor, controller, and team leader and, for some time, has held the position of School Director ad interim.
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Economist Florian Sniekers on the state of the economy after the corona crisis
30th April 2021In the second episode of 'De Tafel van Martinus', economist Florian Sniekers shares his views on the state of the economy after the corona crisis (in Dutch)
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Tilburg University buys educational building from Fontys for temporary use
23rd April 2021Tilburg University has bought the educational building at Meerkoldreef from Fontys. This building formerly accommodated Fontys/Avans’ Law Departement (Juridische Hogeschool). This purchase will offer the university temporary extra space for teaching activities and independent study places until the new building on the campus near Warandelaan is realized.
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Tilburg Science Hub – Conduct your research differently
23rd April 2021Hannes Datta, Tobias Klein and Andrea Antonacci (TiSEM) have developed Tilburg Science Hub, an online resource that helps individual students, researchers, data scientists, and teams to carry out data- and computation-intensive projects efficiently.
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KNAW honors 6 proposals from pilot fund ‘Science Communication: Appreciated!’
22nd April 2021Six submissions from Tilburg University to the KNAW pilot fund 'Science Communication by Scientists: Appreciated!’ have been awarded. TiSEM, TSB and TLS each have been awarded two proposals. 'Appreciated!' is meant for ongoing science communication projects being carried out by teams of scientists. Each team receives €10,000 and should consist of at least three scientists.
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The New Common exceeds 10,000 downloads globally
22nd April 2021Since early April 2021, the book The New Common. How the Covid-19 Pandemic Is Transforming Society has been available for some weeks now at Springer’s, the international science publishing house. The past few weeks the book has been downloaded well over 10,000 times globally.
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Tilburg University pleased with National Growth Fund: € 276 milion for AI research
21st April 2021The National Growth Fund invests € 276 milion in research in the field of Artificial Intelligence in the coming year. For Tilburg University this offers extra opportunities tot get funding for our AI-research. Several proposals are being prepared. The new possibilities mainly focus on ethical, legal and social issues surrounding artificial intelligence, within so-called "ELSA Labs".
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Marion van den Heuvel nominated for Science Talent 2021 Award
20th April 2021Tilburg scientist Marion van den Heuvel has been nominated as the New Scientist Science Talent 2021. She receives this nomination for her innovative research into the growth and development of the baby brain in the womb and shortly afterwards. With your vote she can win this title!
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Global Law Bachelor students win Comparative Law in Action Competition
15th April 2021Tilburg Law School’s Global Law Team has won the IE Univeristy Comparative Law in Action Competition overall as well as the best group oralist award.
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Vici grant for econometrician Johan van Leeuwaarden: Balancing load in the 'cloud'
14th April 2021Prof. Johan van Leeuwaarden (dept. Econometrics & Operations Research) has been awarded an NWO Vici grant for research into algorithms in the 'cloud'. The Vici grant amounts to 1.5 million euros. He will develop new algorithms that let us find quickly a short queue in enormous data centers.
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Jaap Paauwe to receive Thomas A. Mahoney Mentoring Award
13th April 2021Jaap Paauwe, em. professor Organization and HR Management (TSB), is the first non-American to receive the Thomas A. Mahoney Mentoring Award, which is given annually to an individual who has distinguished herself/himself in the mentoring of PhD students.
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Queen Máxima pays online working visit to StudentinzetopSchool
13th April 2021Her Majesty Queen Máxima pays an online working visit to the national platform of StudentinzetopSchool on Tuesday afternoon, April 13. The platform, in which Tilburg University also participates, deploys students from higher education to lend a helping hand to pupils in their final year of secondary education and their teachers in corona times.
