Social Sciences and Humanities experts explore the way ahead
The COVID-19 pandemic is having a major impact on our society. In addition to caring for the many patients, every effort is being made to contain the coronavirus. What effects does the 1.5-meter social distancing measure have on our social contacts, our mental health, our jobs, and the economy? How do we overcome this crisis as best we can? Tilburg University, harnessing its focus on the humanities and the social sciences, deploys the research and expertise it fosters to help find answers.
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Intelligent unlock: business resilience
Also hunger for knowledge? Fancy a snack? Watch this knowledge clip about the research of Tilburg University researcher Nuno Barros de Oliveira, in which he talks about his research on business resilience during and after the corona pandemic.
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Values in times of corona. Follow-up of the European Values Study
Also hunger for knowledge? Fancy a snack? Watch this knowledge clip about the research of Tilburg University researcher Tim Reeskens, in which he talks about his research on values in times of corona.
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COVID-19 among migrants in the Central Mediterranean region
Also hunger for knowledge? Fancy a snack? Watch this knowledge clip about the research of Tilburg University professor Mirjam van Reisen, in which she talks about her research on COVID-19 and movement among migrants in the Central Mediterranean region.
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From corona crisis to a New Common
Will the world change fundamentally as a result of the corona pandemic? The crisis has thrown a number of social problems into sharp focus. What opportunities and responsibilities do we have to solve them once and for all? Tilburg University contributes on the basis of the concept of the New Common, a post-corona society with attention being paid to all stakeholders. This is also the theme of this edition of Tilburg University Magazine.
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Afraid of needles? There's an app for that
It is estimated that at least 35% of the population has a fear of needles. Thanks to financial support from the University Fund, Elisabeth Huis in ‘t Veld developed a game app that uses thermal imaging of the face to predict whether someone will faint. The idea is that people download and play the game right before being injected to relieve their stress.
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Marino van Zelst (RedTeam) does not want to churn out figures
The life of Marino van Zelst (30), PhD student of Organization Studies at Tilburg University, has been largely dominated by corona figures in the past year. Thousands of Twitterers and many journalists follow his daily updates with figures on new infections, people admitted to hospital, deaths, and excess mortality. He was even appointed to the RedTeam, an independent expert group that gives advice, on its own initiative, on the approach to the corona crisis.
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2021 will be the year of large transitions
We have a new year ahead of us and 2021 will be a transitional year. What I mean is that it will be a year in which a number of transitions will have to be initiated or followed through in the Netherlands. This may sound abstract, but it isn’t.
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Afraid of the coronavirus
Also hunger for knowledge? Fancy a snack? Watch this knowledge clip about the research of Tilburg University researcher Gaëtan Mertens, in which he talks about his research on tracking levels of fear for the coronavirus.
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Emile Aarts’ spark
Professor Emile Aarts shares his passion for science which also resulted in starting a positive movement at a difficult time.
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How exceptional is COVID-19?
The vaccines to combat the current corona pandemic are on their way. But how exceptional is this virus? Can it strike again? Certainly, says alumnus and Professor of Environmental Law Jonathan Verschuuren. He has explored the phenomenon of zoonosis, viruses that jump from animals to humans.
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The government has no choice but to impose arbitrary rules
Not everyone agrees with the measures the government is taking to control the coronavirus pandemic. One constant point of criticism is that the rules are “arbitrary.” But is that really a sustainable argument?
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Corona crisis offers opportunities for school leavers and the unemployed
It is better to consider the ‘crisis jobs’ proposed by the Cabinet to alleviate the worst staff shortages in care, education, and enforcement sectors as ‘development jobs’. This is argued by Start Foundation director Jos Verhoeven and Labor Market Professor Ton Wilthagen. Staff shortages in vital sectors offer new prospects for people who are now stuck at home or who have been made redundant.
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Banking in corona times and beyond
On October 9, Sylvester Eijffinger bade farewell to Tilburg University with the symposium ‘Banking in corona times and beyond’. Ron Berndsen and Hans Groeneveld, both endowed professors at Tilburg University, organized this online symposium. The speakers included Lex Hoogduin, Nout Wellink, Berry Marttin, and Carsten Brzeski, who gave their views of the confusing developments in the present times: a subject that is not only highly topical, but also closely related to an important area of interest of the retiring professor.
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‘Show people what is still possible despite the corona rules’
The enthusiasm to abide by the corona rules has started to flag. That almost always happens after a while in the wake of a disaster, says expert Kenny Meesters. In order to turn the tide, the best thing to do is point out to people what is still possible.
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Student Wellbeing in Corona Times
What influence do the corona measures have on the wellbeing of students? From the perspectives of students, the university, and science Studium Generale looked at the limitations and opportunities of our time on studying and on students.
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Nynke van der Laan collaborates on developing and evaluating CoronaMelder app
In May 2020, Dr. Nynke van der Laan was asked by the Dutch Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport to collaborate on developing and evaluating the CoronaMelder app. Since then the app has been introduced and evaluated for the first time
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Delivering the corona vaccine: a colossal logistical operation
With corona vaccines coming to market, the big question is how they can reach the public. How to organize the logistics to inoculate so many people? An interview with Jan Fransoo, Professor of Operations and Logistics Management at Tilburg University.
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Ready, set, vaccinate! But how can the government boost coverage?
The rapid availability of effective COVID-19 vaccines is a good thing, and the government has launched a nationwide campaign to promote vaccination. But will that campaign work? Florian Heine, researcher at Tilburg University, believes it will, provided the government communicates moral dimensions to greater effect. In addition, the RIVM (the Dutch national institute for public health and the environment) should move to attune its communication more closely to the demographic most likely to refuse.
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The corona crisis urges us to look for a new ‘commonality’, a new together
The coronavirus crisis is still unprecedented. Nothing will be normal for quite a long time. In this light, a group of fifty Tilburg University scientists present a new concept: 'the new common'.
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Did the Cabinet have the right to cage us?
Never before in post-war history have human rights been so severely curtailed as during the corona crisis. As a member of the Netherlands Institute for Human Rights, Nicola Jägers makes sure that this does not get out of hand. ‘The government may limit rights but only if it has very good reasons to do so.’