Understanding Society is the slogan of Tilburg University. This slogan is highly challenging, given the many perspectives and assumptions that we start from. The society that is studied in the sciences is not always the same as the society that we experience personally. The French-American thinker

Urban Resilience relying to the robustness and preparedness of our built environment and society to its vulnerability is often hard to catch when it comes about its integration and realisation in the day to day realities. Disciplines related to spatial development are more and more asked to respond

The Summer School develops speaking, reading and writing skills in the Croatian language, and offers participants excellent insights into relevant factors of the Croatian cultural identity. This year language course (50 lessons), adjusted to participants' previous knowledge of Croatian

This course provides participants with new knowledge, tools, and skills to understand and analyze the various aspects of Corporate (Social) Responsibility, including:- its relationship with sustainable development;- how the concept is embedded in ethics and social norms;- the businesses case for

Concrete & Design - The rich surface quality & sculptural impact of concrete as a building materialConcrete as a building material is an integral, indispensable material in architecture and design. Due to its specific material qualities, it enables a variety of design options adaptable for

The course introduces participants to the linkages between business and human rights from a variety of (legal, regulatory, and policy) perspectives. The content and implementation of the 2011 UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights take a center stage. Participants become familiar with

The Bauhaus was a school, not a design-studio. Walter Gropius wanted to educate a new generation of designers. Therefore he wanted his pupils to learn a craft and to work in the workshops. He encouraged them to experience in the workshops. Those experiences seemed to him the best way to find a the

This intensive one-week course covers various aspects of neuroimaging and genetics analyses. We will start with two parallel tracks that provide a brief introduction to both imaging and genetics. This makes the course interesting for people with either background. We will then move on to single

With the advent of cutting-edge technologies, we have developed new ways to measure human brain activity. A brain-computer interface (BCI) is a direct communication pathway between the brain and an external device. BCIs allow us to detect cognitive and sensory-motor functions such as phantom limb

We live in the era of the brain. Cognitive neuroscience unravels at great velocity how people perceive, think, and feel. Until recently, such functions could only be described in terms of psychological or philosophical constructs, but nowadays they can be described to an increasing extent in terms