Press releases Tilburg University
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Lack of solidarity EU Member States in times of crisis undermines European Union's founding values
24th January 2022Unless the EU’s asylum policies will be reformed to meet the requirements of solidarity between Member States, we will see a perpetuation of recurrent crises, and in the longer term potential disintegration due to the erosion of the EU’s common values.
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Gesture educational robots promote learning and performance children in second language class
20th January 2022PhD candidate Jan de Wit of the Tilburg School of Humanities and Digital Sciences found in his research that interaction between children and social robots with their sign language leads to better learning performance when learning a second language.
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Deepfakes may in time disrupt society
05th January 2022Deepfakes potentially have a very large impact on society, social structures and the rule of law. This is evident from research published today by the Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology, and Society (TILT), commissioned by the WODC, a knowledge institute linked to the Dutch Ministry of Justice and Security.
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Tilburg University appoints Ingrid Leijten as professor of Dutch and European Constitutional Law
20th December 2021Tilburg University has appointed Dr. Ingrid Leijten as Professor of Dutch and European Constitutional Law at Tilburg Law School as of 1 January 2022.
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Prof. Jos van Hillegersberg appointed as Academic Director of Jheronimus Academy of Data Science
16th December 2021The Executive Boards of Tilburg University and Eindhoven University of Technology have appointed Prof. Jos van Hillegersberg as academic director and professor of Jheronimus Academy of Data Science (JADS) as of March 1, 2022. This is a new position.
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Social responsibility central theme of winners Tilburg University Challenge 2021
10th December 2021The Tilburg University Challenge 2021 has awarded all three prizes for the best business plan proposed by student teams to socially responsible ideas. During a livestream event on December 9th the Ideation Award went to Anouk van Anrooij and Daniel Gelsing for their healthy and fruity drink that is also sustainable. The Business Ready Award and the Audience Award went to Freek van Litsenburg, who, with Bigger Picture Clothing, sells clothing that is both sustainable in production and has a large social impact.
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Dutch Human Rights Ambassador Bahia Tahzib-Lie calls for dialogue in education
02nd December 2021On International Human Rights Day on December 10th, the Dutch Human Rights Ambassador, Bahia Tahzib-Lie, will call for an intergenerational dialogue on human rights with young people at the center. She will deliver the Max van der Stoel Human Rights Lecture at Tilburg University.
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Student Mick van der Spoel wins Philips AI thesis award for brain tumor research
25th November 2021On November 29, student Mick van der Spoel receives the Philips Data Science and Artificial Intelligence in Health Care thesis award for his brain tumor research.
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Catholic evangelization can renew by focusing more on serving people
22nd November 2021For evangelization in times of secularization, it is of great importance to choose a new path that serves people with needs, says Professor Jan Loffeld, who will deliver his oration on this subject on Friday, November 26.
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Delay laws on firearms purchases save lives
22nd November 2021Legislation that enforces a ‘cooling off’ period between purchasing and acquiring a firearm reduces impulse purchases. It also limits the number of homicides, especially in the domestic sphere. This is demonstrated by behavioral economist David Schindler of Tilburg University on the basis of a quantitative study in various U.S. States. The publication will appear in the renowned scientific journal Review of Economics and Statistics.
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Buskers earn more on Sundays
22nd November 2021For hundreds of years, buskers (street musicians) have been earning money performing in busy public areas. Now, the first-ever large-scale study has explored which factors determine listeners’ giving behavior. A field study of 80,471 consumers and 72 buskers, conducted by the Tilburg researcher Samuel Stäbler and Kim Katharina Mierisch (a consultant at Simon-Kucher & Partners), yields surprising results.
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The red energy performance label increasingly hurts home sales
15th November 2021The energy efficiency of one's own home is becoming increasingly important, even when selling. A study by the universities of Tilburg and Maastricht shows that non-energy rated homes (energy perfomance label red; F and G) homes are being sold at a growing price discount. The researchers analyzed NVM data from more than 450,000 housing transactions since 2018 and found a price discount that, for a single-family home, rose to more than 30,000 euros in 2021.
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Bullying also has long-term negative consequences
12th November 2021Bullying causes long-term anxiety, a less positive view of people in young adults who were bullied both online and offline during adolescence, shows a study that Tilburg University also participated in.
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New EU research project BEAMER aims to improve patients' therapy adherence
11th November 2021Failure to adhere to therapy (non-adherence) is associated with negative, sometimes dangerous, patient outcomes and significant healthcare costs. Therefore the International Initiative for Innovative Medicines (IMI) of which Tiburg University makes part, supported by the EU, announced today the launch of a project investigating the factors that influence patients' adherence to therapy.
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Management accounting research at turning point: improving the interface with practice
08th November 2021Management accounting research is currently facing strong headwinds. It is criticized for having marginal practical relevance at best, both generally and for controllers and CFOs in particular, because management accounting researchers are insufficiently alive to the realities of management accounting. In his inaugural speech ‘When boundaries become barriers: management accounting at a turning point!’ Professor Bart Dierynck will consider what can be done to overcome the barrier between theory and practice and how as Professor of Management Accounting he can contribute to the effort.
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Online self-treatment therapy for traumatized refugees enhances resilience
01st November 2021Digital self-help therapy, developed by PhD candidate Selam Kidane proves to support refugees in Africa more than livelihood support.
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Forced ‘brain reading’ in criminal law not prohibited under the European Human Rights Convention
25th October 2021The European Convention on Human Rights does not exclude the coercive use of neurotechnological ‘brain reading’ in criminal law, according to PhD research conducted by neurolaw expert Sjors Ligthart.
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New 'Explanation of the Dutch Constitution' presented to Prime Minister Rutte
14th October 2021On 13 October, Tilburg University law scholars presented a new almost 1400-page ‘Uitleg van de Grondwet’ (Explanation of the Constitution) to Prime Minister Mark Rutte. The book is a completely revised edition of previously published commentaries on the Constitution since 1987.
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Online daters: check your language and spelling, good language makes attractive
13th October 2021Language use, both mistakes and fine writing affect the attractiveness of an online dating profile, Tess van der Zanden concludes in her dissertation.
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Extroverted and conscientious employees most 'burdened' by working from home
12th October 2021Prolonged working from home during the corona pandemic has led to less productivity and less happiness at work among employees who score high on the personality traits extroversion and conscientiousness. People who scored low on these characteristics actually improved their work performance over the same period.