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Winners of the Tilburg University Challenge for student entrepreneurship
17th November 2020The teams of Roomie, K.I.S.S. and Dmyzer won the Tilburg University Challenge and here are their reactions!
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New Book: EU Cartel Law and Economics
13th November 2020EU Cartel Law and Economics is the first book-length assessment of cartels from an integrated law and economics perspective. This perspective allows for a more insightful evaluation of the wide variety of practices at the intersection between collusive restrictions of competition and pro-competitive agreements between firms.
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November 5 - World Digital Preservation Day 2020
05th November 2020Today is World Digital Preservation Day (WDPD). The aim of this day is to create greater awareness of digital preservation. It is celebrated on the first Thursday of November every year. This year’s theme is ‘Digits: for Good’.
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Five promising researchers awarded a NWO Veni grant worth 250,000 euros
05th November 2020The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded a Veni grant worth up to 250,000 euros to five highly promising young scientists of Tilburg University.
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Tilburg University participates in The European University Initiative
04th November 2020Today the kick-off of 'The European University Initiative' takes place. Representatives of 41 European universities meet digitally to discuss better collaboration. Demi Schaap of the student group Front and William Harris Duke of student group SAM will also discuss student involvement at universities with other student representatives from European universities.
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Professor Lex Meijdam appointed as interim Dean Tilburg School of Social & Behavioral Sciences
30th October 2020Interim Dean Tilburg School of Social & Behavior appointed: Professor Lex Meijdam
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Shirley Kempeneer wins Van Poelje Best Public Administration Dissertation Award
29th October 2020Dr. Shirley Kempeneer has won the 2019 Van Poelje Best Public Administration Dissertation Award for her dissertation Breaking the Bank. On Thursday, October 29, 2020, President of the Executive Board and soon-to-be-installed Rector Magnificus of Tilburg University Professor Wim van de Donk presented the award to her.
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Tilburg University is back in the top 50 in Law, Business & Economics, and Psychology – THE Ranking 2021
28th October 2020Tilburg University belongs to the top 50 in the world in Law, Business & Economics, and Psychology in the Times Higher Education Ranking 2021.
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Connie de Vos: Recognition for sign language as a result of the corona pandemic
27th October 2020On October 13, the Senate passed a bill for the recognition of Sign Language of the Netherlands as an official language. The corona crisis speeded up this process by making press conferences accessible to deaf people by means of a sign interpreter.
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Addressing 'Green paradox' of Green Deal - Tilburg University researchers suggest to rethink EU Emission Trading System
20th October 2020The Europe's Economic Policy Journal "Economic Policy" has featured the results of the work of the Tilburg University professor Reyer Gerlagh (Tilburg Sustainability Center), PhD researcher Roweno Heijmans (Tilburg Sustainability Center) and Professsor Knut Einar Rosendahl from the Norwegian University of Life Sciences. Their research suggested that the anticipated Green Deal policies that are intended to reduce carbon emissions could instead lead to increased EU emissions.
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Transparency can inhibit workers from making their best efforts
07th October 2020Although enlightened corporate management may seem like a good idea at first glance, new research suggests that when it comes to two features with which it is associated – high transparency and a strong group identity combining them may not work out as hoped. According to a paper co-authored by Ruidi Shang of Tilburg University in the current issue of 'The Accounting Review', employees with strong group identity may not perform best when group transparency is high. Indeed, the most able of them are more likely to perform at their peak when transparency is low.
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Academic entrepreneurship at the heart of Tilburg University’s history
01st October 2020On October 9, 2020, Sylvester Eijffinger, Professor in Financial Economics, will say farewell to Tilburg University after more than 33 years. Throughout these years, Professor Eijffinger was deeply involved in the University as well as being, to many a journalist, the beacon that shed light on economic processes. In his farewell address, he will look back on these three decades and he will share his thoughts on the developments in research, education, and valorization he observed in this period. He believes Tilburg University is defined by academic entrepreneurship – a distinctness it owes to founding father Martinus Cobbenhagen, an academic entrepreneur before the term existed.
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Long term interests of multinationals include socially responsible tax planning
24th September 2020How can multinationals opt for socially responsible tax governance while upholding shareholders value? As long as managers act in the best long term interests of the corporation, they do not breach their fiduciary duty, argues law scholar Ave-Geidi Jallai in her PhD thesis.
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Research on the impact of Covid-19 measures on migrant workers
23rd September 2020The Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences (TSB) is going to conduct research in collaboration with Radboud University Nijmegen into the impact of the corona measures on the work, careers, and well-being of migrant workers from Central and Eastern Europe working in food production chains. The research project is funded by the Gak Institute.
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Tilburg’s Economics graduates most popular among employers
23rd September 2020Anyone taking a Master's degree in Economics at Tilburg University can count on great interest from employers. This is the conclusion of a survey conducted by the Magnet.me career platform among users of the site.
