Register now for The Future of Long-Term Care

You can now register for the first Health Policy workshop on 'The Future of Long-Term Care'. The workshop will be held at the Ministry of VWS (Dutch Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport) on Tuesday, 5 October 2010 from 13.00-17.15.

The Dutch Healthcare Authority (NZa), the Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis (CPB) and the Tilburg Law and Economic Center of Tilburg University (TILEC) jointly organize a series of 'Health Policy Workshops'. These workshops cover major relevant issues of health care policies in the fields of economics and law, and provide a platform for knowledge exchange and discussion between Dutch policy makers and researchers working in this field.

Wolf Wagner appointed to full professor of economics

Tilburg University has appointed dr. Wolf Wagner to full professor of economics as from 1 July 2010. Wagner is specialized in restructuring of the banking sector. He is affiliated to the Tilburg Law and Economics Center (TILEC) and to the European Banking Center of Tilburg University.

National Legal Research Assessment: Highest Scores for Tilburg University

The research of Tilburg Law School has received the highest score in the Dutch national assessment for legal research. Both the quality of the research programmes and the research organization and policy were awarded the highest scores, confirming Tilburg’s leading position in legal research in the Netherlands.

'The effects of Long-Term Prison Sentences for Prolific Offenders' by Ben Vollaard

Ben Vollaard published his study on 'The effects of long-term prison sentences for prolific offenders' (the Dutch 'three-strikes law') on 1 July 2010. The study was covered in all major newspapers and on the radio. The report is available in Dutch.

Latest issue of TILEC Newsletter available

Contents:
Regulation of network industries in perspective
Housing market and household mobility
Successful workshop on predatory pricing
TILEC conference on diverse business models for using patents
TILEC 2009 annual report available

TILEC Annual Report 2009 now available!

The TILEC Annual Report 2009 is now digitally available on the TILEC website.

Workshop Poverty and/of International Law

Workshop on Poverty and/of International Law: Part of the Kelsen, Schmitt, Arendt and the possibilities of (international) law workshop series; Tilburg, 7th September 2010.