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Events Tilburg University
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Current developments
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Earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria: expression of support for victims
08th February 2023It is with deep concern that we have learned of the earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria. This dreadful situation is having an enormous impact on the people in the area. In our community, too, staff, students, and alumni are affected by this tragedy. We offer them our sympathy and support.
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Ukraine: Info and support for students and staff
Tilburg University is shocked by the Russian invasion of Ukraine and sympathizes with all those affected. We can imagine that the situation has a great impact on the well-being of many students, researchers, lecturers, and other employees in our community. Tilburg University sympathizes with them and is committed to supporting all those directly or indirectly affected by these events.
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Tilburg University Magazine
With our online magazine we inform, inspire and connect our alumni and external relations. You will find fresh knowledge snacks, interviews, a walk down memory lane, and more.
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Univers
Univers is the independent, cross-media platform of Tilburg University. Univers offers a mix of news, human interest, background, interviews, opinion, culture and sports.
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Tilburg University Topics
Read about our contributions to the new common, the digital society, sustainability & society, the changing labor market, security, culture & religion and healthcare & wellbeing.
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News
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Dr. Sander Bax appointed Professor of Education and Culture
15th December 2022The Executive Board of Tilburg University has appointed Dr. Sander Bax as Professor of Education and Culture effective January 1, 2023. Bax will work on the influence of digital and global media culture on the development of culture and literature, on education in culture and literature and on educational design in general. In addition to his professorship, Bax will also serve as department chair of the Tilburg Center of the Learning Sciences at the Tilburg School of Humanities and Digital Sciences.
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Report: How to protect personal data when anonymization can no longer be guaranteed?
13th December 2022What is a dataset today without personal data need not be tomorrow. With the wider availability of open data and new technologies, data can easily be combined so that it does become traceable to individuals. The Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology and Society (TILT) investigated how European legislation can respond to these unstoppable developments.
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Professor Ingrid Leijten joins The Young Academy
13th December 2022Tilburg Law School constitutional law professor Ingrid Leijten is one of ten new members to join The Young Academy in 2023. Leijten plans to commit herself to the communication of scientific findings to raise awareness of how a constitutional state functions.
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European agreement steps up Recognition & Rewards culture change
12th December 2022On November 10, 2022, representing Tilburg University, Rector Magnificus Wim van de Donk signed the European Agreement on Reforming Research Assessment. This agreement sets a shared direction for changes in assessing research.
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Dr Ammar Maleki’s research group GAMAAN wins MRS President’s Medal 2022
09th December 2022Assistant professor Dr. Ammar Maleki’s research group GAMAAN has won the President’s Medal 2022 of Market Research Society (MRS) in the UK for their innovative commitment to discovering what Iranians really think.
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Arab peoples with different dialects understand each other shows Arab The Voice
08th December 2022Through analysis of Arab The Voice, which is shown throughout the Arab world, Mona Farrag Attwa examined how Arabs from diverse communities, with their own dialect, history, politics and culture, communicate with each other. The dialects are very different, but written Arabic is the same everywhere. Mona Farrag Attwa will receive her doctorate on December 12.
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"Have political government communication tested by judge"
06th December 2022The Dutch government campaign for a European Constitution in 2005 was unconstitutional, at least according to a new legal review framework that Tjebbe Geldof developed in his doctoral research on political government communication. Because parliament has repeatedly failed to effectively control government communication, citizens should be able to raise their objections to it with an independent judge, he argues.
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Presentation inspiration guide 'Goed op weg'
02nd December 2022The fluctuating labor market requires opportunities for safe and smooth transitions between jobs and sectors. This prompted Tilburg University, AWVN and ABU to create the inspiration guide 'Goed op weg', a publication with recommendations, lessons and experiences to help people smoothly cross over to other work.
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GoAbout pilot: share bikes and electric shared cars not extended
01st December 2022Since November 2021, students and staff of Tilburg University had been using GoAbout's shared bicycles and electric shared cars. These sustainable means of transportation were available as a pilot for the period of 1 year. It was decided not to extend this pilot. This means that the facilities will no longer be available on campus as of December 31, 2022.
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Visual online posts with brand reference only effective if creator is known to recipient
01st December 2022In recent years, the popularity of visual social media has grown rapidly. These platforms allow users to share their lives with a large online audience by posting photos. These photos regularly include a brand, such as when the person in the photo is wearing branded clothing or posing with a branded product, such as a beer on the terrace. Annemarie Nanne argues that brand recommendation is only effective if the recipient knows the sender. She will receive her doctorate on December 2.
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Bart van der Sloot receives Academy Early Career Award KNAW
30th November 2022Dr. Bart van der Sloot, associate professor of privacy and big data at Tilburg Law School, receives an Academy Early Career Award from the KNAW. Van der Sloot is one of twelve young researchers from all fields of science to be awarded, with 15,000 euros and a work of art.
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Fred Atilla wins Unilever Research Prize for research on growing negative emotions by corona on Twitter
28th November 2022Cognitive psychologist Fred Atilla has won the Unilever Research Prize 2022 for his research on how attention to and emotions about the approaching corona epidemic changed among Twitter users during the first few months of the pandemic. Physical distance from a corona hotspot was found to influence both public attention and sentiment among Twitter users. Atilla teaches machine learning in the humanities faculty. The prize of 2,500 euros with a work of art was presented November 24 in Wageningen.
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Bitlocker is activated on your private computer
28th November 2022Recently, we found out that, under certain circumstances, Bitlocker is being enabled on personal devices of employees and students. According to our data, this seems to be the case on at least one of your personal Windows devices. This could potentially cause issues in accessing your device in the future, which is why we are contacting you personally through this e-mail.
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We UNiTE to end violence against women
25th November 2022Did you know that around the world 1 in 3 women suffer violence at some point in their lives? To draw attention to this shocking and unacceptable statistic, Tilburg University supports the global Orange the World campaign between November 25, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and December 10, Human Rights Day. In that 16-day period, some of Tilburg University’s buildings, like those of hundreds of other organizations in the Netherlands, light up orange to symbolize a brighter future, free of violence.
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Keuzegids Universiteiten 2023: Two top-rated programs and six Bachelor’s programs rank # 1
24th November 2022In the Keuzegids Universiteiten 2023, published today, two Bachelor’s programs at Tilburg University are awarded the quality label of "top program," while students have ranked six Tilburg University Bachelor’s programs as the best in their field. In the annual Keuzegids Universiteiten, all academic Bachelor’s programs are compared, largely based on student satisfaction measured through the National Student Survey (NSE).
