Press releases Tilburg University
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Tilburg University appoints Martin Salm as Professor of Health Economics and Applied Microeconomics
01st November 2023Tilburg University has appointed Martin Salm as full professor of Health Economics and Applied Microeconomics. He takes up this post on 1 November 2023. His research mainly focuses on economic incentives in the healthcare sector, for example exploring how patients respond to health insurance deductibles.
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Multinationals have a responsibility to take care of people and planet throughout their production networks
30th October 2023Multinationals have a duty to prevent or reduce foreseeable negative impacts on workers, communities and the environment, even if these impacts are caused by other actors in their production networks. That is the position Professor of Private Law Paul Verbruggen takes in his inaugural address at Tilburg University on Friday, November 3, 2023.
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Comics as sites of religion
26th October 2023The comic book medium is in the spotlight, thriving both on the Web and in book form, as "seventh art" and as entertainment. Less well known is its multifaceted relationship with religion. Sociologist of religion Kees de Groot, who previously revealed the Catholic background of Tintin, provides a systematic overview of this in an entertaining volume entitled Comics, Culture and Religion. Faith Imagined.