{"id":3667,"date":"2022-02-23T13:07:32","date_gmt":"2022-02-23T13:07:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sectorplandls.nl\/wordpress\/?page_id=3667"},"modified":"2022-02-23T13:22:29","modified_gmt":"2022-02-23T13:22:29","slug":"ronald-leenes-turns-over-tilt-leadership","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sectorplandls.nl\/wordpress\/archive\/ronald-leenes-turns-over-tilt-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"Ronald Leenes turns over TILT leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3667\" class=\"elementor elementor-3667\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-29b051a7 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"29b051a7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" 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data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e7f127e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e7f127e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ronald Leenes turns over TILT leadership after 7 years<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21aafd23 elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"21aafd23\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5897f9eb elementor-widget__width-initial 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src=\"https:\/\/www.sectorplandls.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ronald_Leens.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3676\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sectorplandls.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ronald_Leens.jpg 469w, https:\/\/www.sectorplandls.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ronald_Leens-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 469px) 100vw, 469px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-52f5c959 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"52f5c959\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1246add6\" data-id=\"1246add6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d3cc6e7 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5d3cc6e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW229634868 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW229634868 BCX8\">After seven and a half years of leading the Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology, and Society (TILT), Professor Ronald <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW229634868 BCX8\">Leenes<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW229634868 BCX8\"> has stepped down from his role as Head of Department. He will remain active as Professor of Regulation by Technology, focusing on research and education. Ronald will also continue to lead the Digital Legal Studies research initiative spearheaded by TILT.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW229634868 BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ccae6be elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ccae6be\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7212706\" data-id=\"7212706\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-539cb3d elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"539cb3d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Under Ronald\u2019s leadership, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tilburguniversity.edu\/about\/schools\/law\/departments\/tilt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TILT<\/a><\/strong> has grown into a vibrant and well-recognized institute at the forefront of law, technology and society research. He has been one of the architects and a tireless builder of TILT\u2019s scholarly community, and the driving force behind many initiatives to strengthen cross-disciplinary research and cooperations \u2013 both within the department and beyond.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Since its inception in 2019, Ronald has been at the helm of the Digital Legal Lab \u2013 a large six-year collaboration between the law schools of Tilburg University, the University of Amsterdam, Radboud University and Maastricht University as part of the nationwide <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sectorplanrechtsgeleerdheid.nl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Law Sector Plan<\/a><\/strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. The collaboration is growing into a buzzing research hub that connects people, projects and perspectives within the field of digital legal studies, with over 50 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sectorplandls.nl\/wordpress\/people\/\"><strong>researchers<\/strong><\/a> from across universities and academic backgrounds.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">On 15 February 2022, Ronald officially handed over leadership of TILT to his successor Professor Saskia Lavrijssen. He will continue to be a mainstay of the TILT community as a researcher, educator and as the lead for the Digital Legal Lab.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4c88d21 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4c88d21\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-df41d4b\" data-id=\"df41d4b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25c07f6 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"25c07f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">After 7.5 of service to TILT and its community, today I turn over the keys to my successor prof.dr. Saskia Lavrijssen. I wish her and her new support team a bon voyage and I will gladly enjoy the journey with them.<\/p>&mdash; RonaldL (@TiltR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TiltR\/status\/1493545753691762688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 15, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2b2f2f5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2b2f2f5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d44cf30\" data-id=\"d44cf30\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0962e6f elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"0962e6f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5bbd21b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5bbd21b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cfad46d\" data-id=\"cfad46d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d781d48 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d781d48\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">As Ronald says goodbye to his role as Head of Department, we asked him three questions about the years past and those to come.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><h4>Looking back at your 7+ years leading TILT, what are you most proud of?\u00a0<\/h4><p>&#8220;The fact that TILT has become a hub of great people,\u00a0 multidisciplinary research and events such as <em>TILTing Perspectives<\/em> where researchers from across the globe want to be.&#8221;<\/p><h4>What were some of the greatest challenges you encountered?\u00a0<\/h4><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&#8220;Big challenges have been our growth and the constantly changing administrative environment (the Tilburg Law School, academia) that required flexibility and a lot of energy from our small Management Team. The department had clearly outgrown its governance model. We have revamped this structure in the second half of last year, and running TILT should now be a much more manageable task.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">&#8220;<\/span><\/p><h4>What comes next?\u00a0<\/h4><p>&#8220;I have neglected literature and academic debate over the last few years, and the combination of Covid care on top of the already busy schedule I had have worn me out. I need some time to recompose myself, read up, visit colleagues abroad, encounter academic challenges to pursue and return to the group with new energy and ideas.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-22b76a21 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"22b76a21\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-20c6f497\" data-id=\"20c6f497\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b4fdf56 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