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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Peter Essers: “As a tax specialist, if you don’t consider the people affected by the law, there’s every chance things will go wrong”
Peter Essers, Professor of Tax Law and former member of the Dutch Senate, is bidding Tilburg University farewell on March 15, 2024, to embark on his well-earned retirement. He has always combined his academic career with a wider societal role, not least that of senator. We invited him to reflect on his career.
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Aymen Achnine: ‘High-performance sport means you lose more often than you win’
Combining studies or work with a top-level sports career: the Tilburg University community boasts a lot of elite sports talent. In The Road to Paris, we share stories of these talents on their journey to the Olympic Games in 2024. Today the story of taekwondoka Aymen Achnine (22). He is a four-time Dutch Champion and is ranked 29th in the world at the moment.
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The energy transition as a social challenge: “This will only succeed if everyone sees the necessity”
At the university-wide Academic Collaborative Center for Climate & Energy, researchers from different disciplines join forces with social partners that possess knowledge about the energy sector, to look for solutions for the energy transition. Grid operators, for instance, are perfectly willing to place batteries to relieve pressure on the overburdened power grid in the Netherlands, but that’s not so simple given current regulations.