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Tilburg University ranks #9 worldwide on Sustainable Development Goal 16: Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions
23rd April 2020In the recently published Times Higher Education Impact rankings 2020, Tilburg University is ranked 9th worldwide on Sustainable Development Goal 16 – Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions. This ranking is based on the university’s research on law and international relations (27%), participation as advisers for government (23.2%), university governance measures (26.6%), and graduates in law and civil enforcement courses (23.2%).
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Dutch experiment with facial recognition: privacy risks require legislative choices
21st April 2020A smart doorbell with facial recognition; registering with your face rather than with an entry ticket; and now perhaps using facial recognition to identify individuals who have been into contact with Covid-19 patients? Facial recognition has serious implications for our privacy. The legislator can limit those risks, but will need to make legislative choices for that purpose.
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Low-income earners suffer most from the COVID-19 crisis
20th April 2020Working from home on full pay is not an option for all employees hit by the coronavirus crisis. To analyse changes in work arrangements during the pandemic, a team of economists from Tilburg University, the University of Bonn en IZA surveyed around 5,500 individuals in the Netherlands from March 20-31. The results show that high-skilled workers spend more time in the home office, while less-skilled workers are more likely to work reduced hours or lose their jobs.
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Unique Livestream: Digital PhD Defense Chris Hartgerink
17th April 2020Today Chris Hartgerink will receive his PhD with the first full digital promotion, at least at Tilburg University. Chris works at the Department of Methodology and Statistics at the Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences (TSB). His defense will be livestreamed today 1.30 p.m. on YouTube: tiu.nu/livephddefense.
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Ten Tilburg University researchers receive NWO grant for research into corona crisis issues
16th April 2020The Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) developed the call ‘Corona: fast-track data’ to collect data that can only be conducted now, during the COVID-19 crisis, and specifically research into issues that arise in society during the crisis. As many as ten scientists from Tilburg University have been granted within this call.
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Which Businesses Will Covid-19 Disrupt and Why?
03rd April 2020An Assessment Based on Firm-Level Data, by Stephan Hollander (Tilburg University), Laurence van Lent (Frankfurt School of Finance & Management), Tarek Alexander Hassan (Boston University) and Ahmed Tahoun (London Business School)
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Media shows bias when covering corporate misconduct
02nd April 2020News media do not report corporate misconduct – such as environmental offences, corruption, or the violation of social standards – consistently and independently. Instead, the media are often influenced by their own interests, such as advertising revenues. That is the result of a new study by Dr. Samuel Stäbler, Assistant Professor of Marketing at Tilburg University (Netherlands), and Dr. Marc Fischer, Professor of Marketing at the University of Cologne (Germany).
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Our scientists share their knowledge about the coronacrisis and its consequences
31st March 2020Our scientists analyze the developments of the corona crisis and interpret the consequences. On this page we bring together their contributions to the public debate.
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How well can we predict life trajectories?
30th March 2020With enough data, computer power and skilled data scientists, one would think that predicting life trajectories in a well-defined context, for example predicting the GPA of children, should not be too difficult. A recent study, authored by a large, international team of researchers in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, comes to a sobering conclusion.
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Culpable negligence in writing PhD-thesis
26th March 2020The Executive Board has adopted the advice of the external Scientific Integrity Committee (CWI) headed by the University of Utrecht professor Dr. Ton Hol that was set up to examine the content and the preparation process of the PhD thesis of Dr. Jonathan Malagón González. The thesis entitled Four essays on central banking in Latin America under balance of payments dominance, was defended by Dr. J. Malagón González on December 1, 2017.
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How Does Self-Esteem Influence Consumer Behavior?
26th March 2020Products can make people feel great about themselves. Enjoying an exquisite glass of wine in a fancy bar or walking down the street in a new stylish outfit sure sound like great ways to give your ego a little boost. But if people consume to feel great about themselves, why do so many people shop at Walmart, get their hair cut at Supercuts, or prefer dressing down to go to a dive bar? Who chooses inferior products, and why?
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Koen Becking: 'Proud of togetherness'
20th March 2020'Employees and students are supporting each other and are united in these difficult times', says Koen Becking in an interview in Univers (Dutch), which examines the measures taken at the university to tackle the corona crisis.
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Library services during coronavirus
19th March 2020Read more about our services during the coronavirus on the university website about the coronavirus (frequently asked questions).
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In Memoriam Lorena Šutković
13th March 2020It is with great sadness that we share the unexpected news that Lorena Šutković, student in the Bachelor Psychology, passed away.
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Ellen Deckwitz, Stephan Enter and Asha Karami nominated for E. du Perron award 2019
12th March 2020Writers Ellen Deckwitz, Stephan Enter and Asha Karami have been nominated for the E. du Perron Award 2019. The prize is awarded to writers, artists or institutions that contribute to an inclusive society through cultural expression in a broad sense. The award ceremony will take place on Thursday evening, April 16 in the LocHal in Tilburg. Then Maxim Februari will hold the ninth E. du Perron Lecture entitled 'E. du Perron en de pseudo-identiteiten’ ('E. du Perron and the pseudo-identities').
