Tilburg Sustainability Center
The Tilburg Sustainability Center (TSC) focuses its research on:
- Climate Action & Resource Efficiency
- Corporate Social Responsibility
- Social Innovation
- Sustainability & Governance
Read more about our research themes
TSC wants to help deal with the challenges of a globalizing world economy, where climate change and resource scarcity require innovative and interdisciplinary approaches and where both policymakers and corporations find it increasingly important to achieve growth in a responsible and sustainable manner.
By operating on the interface of economics, ethics and law, TSC researchers are excellently placed to provide support to companies, governments and other organizations in their quest for sustainable development.
Events
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15:30 - 16:30
General membership meeting of employee association Unifriends
Every year, employee association Unifriends holds a general membership meeting (Dutch spoken). Members of the employee association are cordially invited to attend this meeting.
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09:00 - 18:00
International workshop ‘Urban climate resilience: the role of law’
The IUCN Academy of Environmental Law, together with the Tilburg Sustainability Center, is hosting a workshop at 24 June 2021 where we aim to critically consider what is required from legal frameworks in order to enable city authorities to promote or enhance climate resilience.
News
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Podcast BBC with Arie Trouwborst: On how to coax cats to harm wildlife less
01st April 2021Cats are blamed for killing an estimated 100million prey in the UK each year. Miranda Krestovnikoff of BBC Radio 4 looks at the research to see how they might be coaxed to harm wildlife less. Environmental law researcher Arie Trouwborst is on the show.
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MEGAMIND project for innovative energy transition receives grant from NWO
10th March 2021Innovative energy transition research receives a grant from the Dutch Research Council NWO. Ten researchers will link artificial intelligence research to innovation in legislation and regulation to accelerate the energy transition. Among the ten researchers are Saskia Lavrijssen, Merel Noorman and Leonie Reins from the Tilburg Law School.
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Are we facing Climate Crash? Reyer Gerlagh explains at Science Gala 2020
17th December 2020At the Dutch national Gala of Science 2020, held in November 26, Prof. dr. Reyer Gerlagh from Tilburg Sustainability Center spoke about climate changes over the past 100 years, expectations for the next 50 years, and discussed whether a climate-neutral economy can be combined with economic growth.
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November 5 - World Digital Preservation Day 2020
05th November 2020Today is World Digital Preservation Day (WDPD). The aim of this day is to create greater awareness of digital preservation. It is celebrated on the first Thursday of November every year. This year’s theme is ‘Digits: for Good’.
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Addressing 'Green paradox' of Green Deal - Tilburg University researchers suggest to rethink EU Emission Trading System
20th October 2020The Europe's Economic Policy Journal "Economic Policy" has featured the results of the work of the Tilburg University professor Reyer Gerlagh (Tilburg Sustainability Center), PhD researcher Roweno Heijmans (Tilburg Sustainability Center) and Professsor Knut Einar Rosendahl from the Norwegian University of Life Sciences. Their research suggested that the anticipated Green Deal policies that are intended to reduce carbon emissions could instead lead to increased EU emissions.
