Tillburg University Magazine

Academic Collaborative Center for Climate and Energy

Climate change, partly caused by greenhouse gas emissions, is already affecting millions of people in their daily lives and this will only increase in the future. To slow down climate change and accelerate the transition to other sources of energy, energy and climate goals need to be translated into concrete actions, at international, European, national, and regional levels., Tilburg University is working with social partners to realize those actions.

The main obstacles are social

Although new technologies offer solutions, the challenges facing society must be tackled at the social level: administrative, legal, psychological, financial, and economic . For example, there are few incentives for citizens to actually change their behavior; complex regulations get in the way of great initiatives and cooperation amongst the government, the business community, and civil society organizations is often difficult. What we need is not only technological innovation, but also social innovation.

Collaboration

Within Tilburg University, researchers from various disciplines collaborate on research related to Climate and Energy. Researchers do this together with governments, businesses, and civil society organizations in the Academic Collaborative Center for Climate and Energy. The Collaborative Center strives for long-term structural collaboration with all these parties to conduct research together with them, put it on the agenda, and translate it into interventions.

Academic Leads

  • TSB - Martijn Groenleer

    Martijn Groenleer

    Professor of Public Governance
  • wendy van der valk

    Wendy van der Valk

    Endowed Professor of Purchasing & Supply Chain Management

Contact

The Academic Collaborative Center is part of ENGAGE.EU