News and updates
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Science podcast about livelihood security
Globally, the gap between rich and poor continues to grow steadily, a phenomenon that has not gone unnoticed in the Netherlands, one of the world's wealthiest countries. Poverty is prevalent, leaving many people forced to resort to food banks. The paradox of prosperity and distressing shortages raises questions about the causes and possible solutions to hunger, poverty and inequality.
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Professor Margriet Sitskoorn: "Poverty changes the brain. That scared me"
Margriet Sitskoorn is professor of clinical neuropsychology at Tilburg University and director of the Zero Poverty Lab.
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Using AI to combat hunger and the effects of poverty
26th May 2023For a new podcast in the TAISIG Talks series, Professor of Computer Science Pieter Spronck interviewed Marleen Balvert and Wouter De Baene about their involvement in the Zero Hunger Lab and the Zero Poverty Lab. They discussed the goals of the two labs and the technologies and data that make it possible to work towards these goals.
Paul van Geest, professor at Tilburg School for Catholic Theology and member of the Zero Poverty Lab team, in conversation with Sandra Philippen of ABN Amro on what a theologian can add to the discussion on Broad Prosperity.
Podcast Het Uur
Our brains are partly shaped by our genes, but they are also constantly changing because of our environment, because of what we read, see, hear and experience. "At the end of this conversation, your brain will be different than before," said neuropsychologist Margriet Sitskoon.
Pieter van der Wielen talks with brain scientist Sitskoorn about why it's important to take control of your own attention.
From impoverished to enriched brains
Watch the video "From impoverished to enriched brains" about our project using digital sciences to lay a foundation for effective interventions and policies aimed at breaking the cycle of poverty here.