Overview articles Tilburg University Magazine
Tilburg University Magazine is an online magazine about Tilburg University's education and research and the impact these have on society. The magazine connects the university with its alumni and relations from the world of business, politics, and social organizations.
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Are more and more people relying on food banks?
Questions about societal issues? Our experts are happy to answer them. Newspaper headlines and election campaigns claim that inflation is taking its toll and that more and more people are having to turn to food banks. But is this correct? Frans Cruijssen of Zero Hunger Lab checked this claim and provides answers.
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Zero Poverty Lab: Ending generational poverty
The mission of the Zero Poverty lab is to stop generational poverty, so that all 170,000 children born each year in our country can develop to their full potential. Zero Poverty Lab uses scientific research to realize social impact, in terms of poverty reduction, food security, and participation in our society once again.
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Livelihood security
Social and economic security: it was one of the most important issues in the recent Dutch parliamentary elections and also the central theme of this edition of Tilburg University Magazine. Social and economic security is about the certainty that you will continue to have the means to support yourself. But it is also about good (mental) health, affordable and sustainable homes, and an inclusive labor market. Themes that Tilburg University is committed to in its education and research. Prosperity in a broad sense.
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Nudging people in supermarkt application leads to healthier food purchases
People who received timely nudges with healthier products, while shopping with a smartphone supermarket application, bought a higher percentage of healthier food purchases (65-69%) compared to people (28%), who did not receive any nudges. This is the result of an experiment and ongoing research project ‘Nudge Me’ by Nynke van der Laan, Rachelle de Vries en Bart Engelen.
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From relief fund for unemployed academics to TIAS School for Business and Society
In the fall of 1983, the Relief Fund for Academic Research by Unemployed Academics (Steunfonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek Werkloze Academici) was established at what was then called the Tilburg Catholic Academy. Professors Harry Peeters and Hans Adriaansens from the Psychology Department had come up with the idea because of the high unemployment rates among graduate students in the 1970s and 1980s.
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Professor Margriet Sitskoorn: "Poverty changes the brain. That scared me"
Margriet Sitskoorn is professor of clinical neuropsychology at Tilburg University and director of the Zero Poverty Lab.
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Science podcast about livelihood security
Globally, the gap between rich and poor continues to grow steadily, a phenomenon that has not gone unnoticed in the Netherlands, one of the world's wealthiest countries. Poverty is prevalent, leaving many people forced to resort to food banks. The paradox of prosperity and distressing shortages raises questions about the causes and possible solutions to hunger, poverty and inequality.
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Frank van Pamelen: Existential crisis
Comedian, writer, poet, grand artist and alumnus Frank van Pamelen reflects on livelihood security.
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“Working in an international environment makes me a better person as well as a more accomplished professional”
Our alumni pursue interesting careers. That of Jeremy Francis is distinctly international in character. He is an HR Policy and Employee Relations Officer at the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). Having studied in Leiden, Geneva, and Vienna, Jeremy enrolled at Tilburg University for the Master’s program in Labour Law and Employment Relations and later on in the Master’s program International & European Law (track International Law and Global Governance).
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“Let’s just kiss this once tonight”
Many loves have their origins on campus, though not all of them last. Some campus couples are still together to this day. Towards the university's 100th anniversary, we collect their love stories. Jurgen and Paulien Jeurissen (both 52) an item? A no-brainer for their classmates, but Paulien and Jurgen themselves needed a bit longer to see the light and started out as friends.
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Mies Hezemans retires as dean of students
Mies Hezemans has been active on the Tilburg University campus for 36 years, for most of the time as a dean of students. In all those years, not only the work has changed. So have the students.
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Too many misfits leading to inadequate care
We need to think more in terms of “I can” instead of “I think”, states philosopher Jenny Slatman in her new book entitled: Nieuwe lichamelijkheid [new embodiment]. The separation of mind and body is artificial, and due to the separation of body and environment not everyone is receiving the best possible care.