News Tilburg University
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‘Tilburg University has worked in Artificial Intelligence for decades’
Of the 110 billion people who have ever lived on Earth, fewer than 600 have seen the Earth from space. Fifty years after the ‘Earth rise’ photo, fifty years after the first man on the moon, SPACEBUZZ has teamed up with astronaut André Kuipers to inspire children to become ambassadors of planet Earth. By means of an innovative educational virtual reality program, children can experience an astronaut’s perspective of the Earth, the so-called ‘overview effect’. A fifteen meter long spacecraft will be stationed on the Tilburg University campus on May 23 and 24.
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Harald Benink in Nieuwsuur about ‘Hanzeliga’, with a response from the Minister of Finance
Harald Benink, Professor of Banking and Finance, was a guest on the Dutch current affairs television program Nieuwsuur.
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New book by Patrick Kenis on organizational networks
Patrick Kenis and Bart Cambré recently published the book 'Organisatienetwerken. De organisatievorm van de toekomst’.
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People with happy spouses may live longer
Research suggests that having a happy spouse leads to a longer marriage, and now study results show that it’s associated with a longer life, too. The study by social psychologist Olga Stavrova at Tilburg University was published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science.
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Large international conference on Regulation, Law & Technology
Technology is transforming society on many fronts. In recent years, we have seen the sustained move from atoms to bits, rise of social media and the sharing economy, and the rapid development of cloud computing, big data, smart devices, and robotics.
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Gerine Lodder on short list NewScientist Talent
Four Dutch and one Flemish researchers have a chance of becoming the NewScientist Talent 2019. Over the past two weeks, around 8,500 people have voted on a long list of 50 research talents, including three nominees from Tilburg University. Opinion of the jury and the voters resulted in a top five. Gerine Lodder, who works at the Developmental Psychology of TSB, is one of them. She conducts research into loneliness among youngsters.
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Tilburg University response to Van Rijn Committee advice
Today the advisory committee on higher education, the Van Rijn Committee, is presenting its recommendations on short-term and long-term funding of higher education in the Netherlands. The Association of Universities in the Netherlands (VSNU) has considered the committee report and has expressed its view in the press release below.
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“To me, character means: educating students to become resilient citizens of the world”
When Emile Aarts first became Rector Magnificus, the current Tilburg Educational Profile ‘Knowledge, Skills, and Character’ was adopted and implementation of the profile was initiated. A few years down the road, now seems a good moment to look back with the Rector and take stock. What characterizes the Tilburg Educational Profile? Where do we stand now? What, in this view, should be the next few steps? And what is his own definition of character?
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High score economics research Tilburg University
In the recently published: 'Tilburg University Top 100 of Economics Schools Research Ranking’, Tilburg University emerges as the Dutch university publishing most frequently in the most prestigious scientific journals. In the world university rankings, Tilburg University ranks in 39th place.
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Personality tests: pigeonholing or learning instrument?
Personality tests enjoy great popularity in business, human resource development (HRD), and adult education settings. However, the appeal of these tests to some is harshly criticized by others. In her dissertation 'Pigeonholing or Learning Instrument', Henriette Lundgren poses central questions about how personality tests are being used in developmental settings, and to what extent their application can be perceived as ethical.
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Interview on chatbots: “I li-ke y-ou t-oo”
Can we strike up a friendship with a chatting robot? So researchers Marjolijn Antheunis and Emmelyn Croes wondered. The answer is ‘no’, or at any rate: not just yet.
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CoRPS celebrates its tenth anniversary
On May 10, research institute CoRPS celebrates its tenth anniversary with a symposium on Psychocardiology.
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Language of Comics, BBC interview Neil Cohn
Can a sequence of images be 'read' like a series of words?
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Preliminary Program TILTing Perspectives 2019
Preliminary Program TILTing Perspectives 2019
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TILT's 25th Anniversary Year: Events in May
TILT's anniversary events in May will revolve around "Future of data protection" and is organized by Raphaël Gellert and Nadya Purtova.
