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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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Impact Award 2023 for “the pillar and the post” of legal tax aid
The Child-Care Allowance affair is still fresh in memory, but Professor of Legal Protection Diana van Hout had long before trained her sights on an underlying, more fundamental problem. In 2018, she took the first step towards filling a gap in legal protection: legal tax aid for people who cannot afford it. And in 2022, SOFiR, the Stichting Ondersteuning Fiscale Rechtshulp (the Legal Tax Aid Support Foundation), was born. It won van Hout the Tilburg University Impact Award 2023.
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How unnecessary paper creates the illusion of sustainability
Many products are wrapped in multiple layers of material, generating huge amounts of packaging waste. Tilburg University researcher Tatiana Sokolova found that unnecessary paper packaging creates the illusion of sustainability, because paper is perceived by consumers as environmentally friendly—even when it’s doing more harm than good. “Objective and perceived sustainability are not necessarily the same thing.”
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Arie Trouwborst: "We need to return a lot of space to nature"
In "Time to Talk & Think", the choice is yours: will you go for a short update to get up to speed on the latest news, a longer article to dive deeper into the subject or are you "all ears" and want to know all about it? Read more about Arie Trouwborst's interesting research in the run-up to his inaugural address on January 26.