| Newsletter Academic Collaborative Centers June 2025 |
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| Broad Prosperity at Tilburg University |
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| Check out the annual reports! |
We are proud to present the annual reports of the Academic Collaborative Centers. In 2024, we worked with societal partners on innovative solutions to complex challenges that contribute to broad prosperity. From governance for broad prosperity to the energy transition, inclusive labor, and mental wellbeing. Each report highlights the key issues, the co-creation process, and the outcomes.
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Day of Broad Prosperity 2025 |
The official save-the-date is coming soon, but be sure to mark 10 November 2025 in your calendar for the third edition of the Broad prosperity Day, organized in collaboration with the Province of North Brabant.
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Proposition: Introduction to the Center
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The Academic Collaborative Center for Governance and Management for Broad Prosperity has launched a proposition in the form of a brochure. It outlines the Center’s mission, what it offers, and how it collaborates with partners.
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| Regions as key to broad prosperity |
| During the partner meeting on 15 May, Otto Raspe (Rabobank) gave an inspiring talk on the global-local paradox. Participants explored impact monitoring, network governance, and the regional dimension of broad prosperity. |
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| New partners |
| Welcome to Avans University of Applied Sciences and Driessen Groep as new partners of the Academic Collaborative Center for Governance and Management for Broad Prosperity! |
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New program: AI for healthcare professionals
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| How can technology be used smartly to improve care? The program AI for healthcare professionals, part of the university’s professional education offering, helps care providers and therapists apply large language models and language technology in practice. |
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Five We Care projects receive funding
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As part of the We Care program, five research projects have been awarded funding. We Care is a strategic collaboration between Tilburg University and Elisabeth-TweeSteden Hospital (ETZ) to promote joint scientific research. The projects focus on digitalization, autonomy, and self-direction in healthcare.
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| New partner |
| Welcome to Amphia Hospital as a new partner of the Academic Collaborative Center for Digital Health & Mental Wellbeing! |
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Collaborating and inspiring for an inclusive labor market
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Researchers and practice partners came together during an interactive co-creation session as part of the implementation of the knowledge agenda.
Based on proposals from a call for ideas, they collaboratively worked on themes ranging from inclusive technology to diversity policy. In-depth inspiration sessions provided additional insights into inclusive employment and gender inequality in the labor market. |
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How do Tilburg University students perceive work?
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| Students want meaningful work, a good salary, and opportunities for development, but are concerned about workload and technology. PhD candidate Ruud Lathouwers mapped their perspectives in a broad study of 350 students. |
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| New partners |
| Welcome to the Ministry of Defence and Driessen Groep as new partners of the Academic Collaborative Center for an Inclusive Labor Market! |
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Six million euros in EU funding for Tilburg’s ‘BatteREstore’ project
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| In collaboration with the Academic Collaborative Center for Climate and Energy, the BatteREstore project is being carried out. It focuses on reusing batteries for circular energy storage on construction sites and in residential neighborhoods. The project received six million euros in European funding. |
Image: Greeny Energy |
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| Follow the Center on LinkedIn |
| Stay up to date on projects, events, and news via the new LinkedIn page of the Academic Collaborative Center for Climate and Energy. For example, two projects have been nominated for the Transition Awards 2025! |
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| New partner |
| Welcome to the Municipality of Breda as a new partner of the Academic Collaborative Center for Climate and Energy! |
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| In Tilburg University Magazine |
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Projects and people from the academic collaborative centers have recently been featured in the university’s online magazine. Here’s a selection of stories where research, practice, and impact come together:
- AI: threat or opportunity for work?
According to Professor Anna Salomons (Inclusive Labor Market), the adoption of AI is progressing more slowly than many expect and is not merely replacing human work, but often complementing it. Read more
- Behavioral change in the energy transition
How do you engage residents in making their homes more sustainable? The Academic Collaborative Center for Climate & Energy is researching this with the Municipality of Tilburg. Read more
- Preparing students for digital healthcare
In the Digital health minor, students learn to work with technological innovations in care. Coordinators Kim Tenfelde and Saar Hommes share their insights. Read more
- Broad prosperity and the labor market
How can we measure prosperity? And what does the transition to a future-proof economy mean for businesses? Join us in the lecture hall with Professor Ton Wilthagen and Professor of Practice for Broad Prosperity Otto Raspe. Read more
- Young talent for the region
How do you retain students in the region after graduation? Students from the Broad prosperity minor made recommendations to Midpoint Brabant. Read more
- Sustainable logistics in the Heart of Brabant
Together with regional logistics companies, Midpoint Brabant, and Tilburg University, we are joining forces in the Tilburg Initiative for Future Logistics. In this four-year co-creation project, we explore how to make logistics more sustainable in the region. Read more
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| Yvette Drissen wins best dissertation award 2024 |
| Philosopher Yvette Drissen, postdoc at the Academic Collaborative Center for an Inclusive Labor Market, wins a national dissertation award for her research on the ethical consequences of competition in various societal sectors. |
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| How digital innovation can close the healthcare gap |
| Digital innovation as a key to accessible healthcare? Professor Emiel Krahmer discusses with the SSH Council how technology can help close the healthcare gap and the role of the academic collaborative center for digital health & mental wellbeing in this effort. |
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| Video: Joks Janssen on the future of rural areas |
| Tilburg as a center for agricultural innovation, benefiting both urban residents and farmers? In the Stadsforum by Omroep Tilburg, Professor Joks Janssen shares his vision on the future of rural areas, a follow-up to his inaugural address at Tilburg University on the restructuring of the Dutch countryside. |
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