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Grant for Data Science for Zero Hunger Lab
02nd September 2019The aim of building the Zero Hunger Lab to deliver innovative data science to achieve zero hunger by 2030, fits in the research vision of Tilburg Science with a Soul.
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TILT's 25th Anniversary Year: Events in September
30th August 2019TILT's anniversary events in September will revolve around "Reconfiguring Human-AI relationships" and is organized by Silvia de Conca, Aviva de Groot, Merel Noorman and Linnet Taylor.
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Photo collection Harry Guntlisbergen donated to Brabant Collection
28th August 2019Harry Guntlisbergen (1934-2001) was an amateur photographer, who captured Brabant’s life and landscape in mainly black and white photographs. Last year, his children decided to donate his oeuvre to the Brabant Collection, so that his work can be preserved under good conditions and made accessible to a wider public.
© Harry Guntlisbergen | Brabant-Collectie, Tilburg University
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Funding from NWO for research on ostracism, economies-of-scale and reducing greenhouse gas emissions
27th August 2019Three professors of Tilburg University have been awarded research funding from NWO Domain Social Sciences and Humanities: Ilja van Beest for research on ostracism, Dick den Hertog for research on economies-of-scale and Jonathan Verschuuren for research on reducing greenhouse emissions.
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Randall Lesaffer appointed professor of History of Public Law at Leuven
26th August 2019Randall Lesaffer has been appointed professor of History of Public Law at the Catholic University of Leuven in Flanders, Belgium. He will take on this position as from 1 October. He will also remain on as part-time professor of Legal History at Tilburg University and continue to coordinate the activities of the i-Hilt research group.
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New book publication by i-HILT associate member Shavana Musa
26th August 2019Cambridge UP has published Victim Reparation under the Ius Post Bellum. An Historical and Normative Perspective by i-Hilt associate Dr Shavana Musa, now at the University of Manchester.
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PhD Defence Matthias Packeiser
26th August 2019On 17 September 2019, at 1.30, Matthias Packeiser will defend his PhD, 'Peace through Law: A Study of the Period between 1899 and 1914' in the context of a joint degree between the universities of Tilburg and Hamburg. Superisors are Markus Kotzur, Randall Lesaffer and Stefan Oeter.
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Prof. Klaas Sijtsma appointed interim rector magnificus
23rd August 2019The Board of Governors of Tilburg University announced the appointment of Prof. Klaas Sijtsma as interim rector magnificus, effective from September 1
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NWO grant for research project "Data-inspired creativity" in collaboration with Talpa media
19th August 2019In the changing media landscape, ever-increasing amounts of digital data are being created that are being used to reach an increasingly fragmented audience. Under the leadership of Joris Ebbers, affiliated with the University of Amsterdam, 12 researchers - including the Tilburg University researcher Franceso Lelli (TiSEM) - received an NWO grant of € 630,000 for the research project "Data-inspired creativity: The use of big data in cross-media creative innovation processes".
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From TOP Week to the Opening Academic Year: Our academic traditions
15th August 2019TOP Week is traditionally the beginning of your studies in Tilburg: a week in which you are submerged in the life that is awaiting you as a student. This modern tradition is always followed by the official Opening of the Academic Year, on the first Monday in September. According to custom, professors in academic dress walk in a cortège to the Auditorium, preceded by the Beadle, who is the Master of Ceremonies. The university attaches great importance to traditions, both old and new, because they bind us together as a community. If you are new to this community, you might need some explanation of these concepts and traditions.
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Mental health disclosure at work –how to influence a good outcome
14th August 2019Whether disclosure of mental health issues in the work environment works out positively or not is dependent on many factors, of which especially the communication process is of crucial importance, as was shown by a new study by Evelien Brouwers PhD and colleagues (Tranzo).
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Tilburg University Campus smoke-free from August 15
13th August 2019Tilburg University is a frontrunner where smoke-free campuses are concerned. State Secretary Blokhuis for Health, Welfare and Sport has imposed a total ban on smoking at all education institutions in the Netherlands from August 1, 2020. The Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) will enforce the smoking ban. Tilburg University introduces the new non-smoking policy from as early as August 15, 2019.
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TOP Week welcomes 3,700 new students to Tilburg
13th August 2019TOP Week, the annual introduction week for new Tilburg students in higher education, will welcome 3,700 participants this year.
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Manipulation of the CO2 emissions system threatens climate targets
22nd July 2019Manipulation of European Union Emissions Trading system (EU ETS) by the buy, bank, burn program compensates unregulated emissions while regulated sectors carry a large part of the burden. This distorts the balance between regulated firms and non-regulated projects, so parties outside the EU ETS can be virtuous at the cost of others. Environmental economists Reyer Gerlagh and Roweno Heijmans of the Tilburg School of Economics & Management discovered a leak in the system.
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NWO rewards 3 research proposals: on prenatal anxiety, healthier food intake and genetic disorders
16th July 2019Three NWO Veni's for researchers at Tilburg University on prenatal anxiety on mother-infant neural synchronity (Marion van den Heuvel, TSB), healthier food intake (Frans Folkvord, TSHD), and data analysis to determine the cause of genetic disorders (Marleen Balvert, TiSEM).
