Research at Tilburg School of Economics and Management
TiSEM researchers conduct fundamental top research in every field of economics and business management, and the School strives to create optimal conditions for the research and exploration of important issues in these areas.
The goal of Tilburg School of Economics and Management is to create an open atmosphere conducive to intellectual exchange leading to publications in top journals.
Researchers are encouraged to follow their intellectual curiosity and cooperate intensively with PhD candidates in the CentER Graduate School. They not only dedicate themselves to learning the trade; they also stimulate faculty members to remain critical and alert.

Joost Driessen
Professor of Finance and Vice-Dean for Research
“I want to make sure that we can keep our focus on high-level academic research , and see to it that we show the importance of our research to our stakeholders.”
Research areas & themes
The research activities of TISEM encompass the following areas: Accountancy, Econometrics & Operations Research, Economics, Finance, Management (Organization & Strategy / Information & Supply Chain Management), Marketing, Public Governance, Tax Economics.
TiSEM stimulates thematic and inter-disciplinary research by hosting and partnering in interdisciplinary research centers and networks and faculty members are active in the editorial boards in their field. Read the latest blogs published by our researchers and explore the profiles of our research staff, their expertise and research in
News
Rankings
TiSEM has a strong tradition of fundamental research in economics and business. Check out our rankings in the areas of Accounting & Finance, Business & Management and Economics & Econometrics.
in Business UT Dallas 2019
in Economics & Business US News Best Global University 2020
in Business Administration Shanghai Global Ranking 2019
Awards
In recent years many TiSEM reseachers have received awards in recognition of their outstanding contribution to scientific research, for example Professor Aart de Zeeuw received the 2018 European Lifetime Achievement Award in Environmental Economics.
Awards 2019
-
Anne-Wil Harzing
Full Professor Tilburg Institute of Governance -
Willem Buijink
Emeritus Professor of Business Economics -
Sylvester Eijffinger
Full Professor Department of Economics
Seminars & Discussion Papers
TiSEM has eight seminar series. Each year about 200 seminars and 30 informal workshops are organized. In addition, discussion papers are published.
Resources & facilities
Top research requires top research resources and facilities. TiSEM offers research support as well as grant application support. The Tilburg University library offers an extensive collection of licenses for databases, datasets, books and journals. Facilities for data collection are offered among others at CentERlab (experiments) and CentERdata (panel of 2000 households).