News Tilburg University
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Culpable negligence in writing PhD-thesis
26th March 2020The Executive Board has adopted the advice of the external Scientific Integrity Committee (CWI) headed by the University of Utrecht professor Dr. Ton Hol that was set up to examine the content and the preparation process of the PhD thesis of Dr. Jonathan Malagón González. The thesis entitled Four essays on central banking in Latin America under balance of payments dominance, was defended by Dr. J. Malagón González on December 1, 2017.
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Koen Becking: 'Proud of togetherness'
20th March 2020'Employees and students are supporting each other and are united in these difficult times', says Koen Becking in an interview in Univers (Dutch), which examines the measures taken at the university to tackle the corona crisis.
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Library services during coronavirus pandemic
19th March 2020Read more about our services during the coronavirus pandemic on the university website about the coronavirus (frequently asked questions).
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In Memoriam Lorena Šutković
13th March 2020It is with great sadness that we share the unexpected news that Lorena Šutković, student in the Bachelor Psychology, passed away.
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‘Get Inspired by Economics and Business’: new magazine about research Tilburg School of Economics and Management
12th March 2020The magazine New Scientist has recently published a special edition about research at the Tilburg School of Economics and Management.
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Research project "Optimization for and with Machine Learning" receives ENW-Groot grant
12th March 2020A major research project applied for by Prof. Dr. Dick den Hertog, Prof. Dr. Etienne de Klerk, and Prof. Dr. Monique Laurent, has been awarded an ENW-Groot grant from the NWO Domain Science (Exacte en Natuurwetenschappen, ENW). These grants, totaling over EUR 47 million, are intended for consortia in which research groups collaborate in curiosity-driven, independent fundamental research.
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Third prize for Tilburg University students in Milgard School of Business Case Competition
09th March 2020Four TiSEM students won the third prize in the 9th Milgard School of Business Case Competition on Leadership & Social Responsibility in Tacoma (Seattle, USA) on Friday, February 28. In this business case competition, teams from various universities joined battle on a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) case. In total, 19 teams participate, from universities world-wide. Tilburg University was the only European participant.
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Marie Curie Individual Fellowship awarded to Anna Berti Suman to conduct research into citizen sensing for environmental justice
09th March 2020PhD candidate Anna Berti Suman of Tilburg Law School has been awarded a Marie Curie Individual Fellowship. Her research proposal, which got the highest evaluation possible, is entitled ‘SENSJUS- Citizen Sensing as a source of evidence in environmental justice litigation and as a tool for environmental mediation’.
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Join the National Meatless Week
09th March 2020March 9-15th is the National Meatless Week. Consuming less meat has a very positive impact on humans, animals and the environment alike.
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How successful are retailer-themed super saver events?
06th March 2020Els Geysbrechts fromTilburg University and Jonne Guyt from the University of Amsterdam published a new paper in the Journal of Marketing that assesses Retailer-Themed Super Saver Events and the effects they have on consumers. The study is titled "Evaluating the Effectiveness of Retailer-Themed Super Saver Events."
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Krijn Pansters: Theology and ethics essential in sustainability debate to better behavior
05th March 2020New volume edited by Krijn Pansters on ecology and theology, which are closely related because of the creation story and thus the respect for the Earth.
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WRR Report “Het betere werk” and work visit
03rd March 2020On January 15th, the WRR report “Het betere werk” was launched, for which our colleagues Sjanne Marie van den Groenendaal, Charissa Freese and Marc van Veldhoven wrote a working paper on work intensification in six occupations.
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Partnership KLM & PMC
03rd March 2020We are happy to announce that KLM is now an official partner of the People Management Center.
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Podcast Financiële Telegraaf & blog on solo-self employed and (in)security by Freese & Van den Groenendaal
03rd March 2020On February 7, a podcast was posted by ‘de Financiële Telegraaf’ in which Charissa Freese & Sjanne Marie van den Groenendaal’s chapter in the CBS/TNO book was discussed. The podcast focuses on how self-employed workers are backed into a corner, and how this is about to change.
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Inaugural Address Marianne van Woerkom
02nd March 2020On January 24th, our colleague Marianne van Woerkom delivered her inaugural address at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam. In addition to her position at the Department of Human Resource Studies at Tilburg University, Marianne has been appointed as a (part-time) professor of Positive Organization Psychology at the Departement Psychology, Education and Child Studies at Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam.
