Discover our chairs

Health & Medicine

• 'Public Mental Health' Chair / Mapping the healthcare needs of mentally vulnerable people / free donations possible

• 'Primary Care Academy (PCA)' Chair  /  Practical research into better primary care in the patient's home environment and social context /

• 'Transition & PK care Pathway program in severe and moderate haemophilia in children' Chair / Treatment and transitional care for young haemophilia patients /

• 'AML-riatol on HPV research' Chair / Research into the role of beta-papillomaviruses in the development and progression of skin tumours /

Society and well-being

• 'Injury prevention in Arduous Professions' Chair / Analysis of causes and prevention of muscle strain injuries in arduous physical occupations /

• 'Care & Natural Living Environment' Chair / Research, education and service provision with regard to better coordination between primary healthcare and a natural living environment /

• 'European Values' Chair / Study of European values ​​based on the foundations of European culture / free donations possible

• 'Integrated Safety – Chemistry & Life Sciences' Chair and 'Safety Sciences – Sustainable Prevention and Well-being at Work' Chair / Education, research and development in the domains of safety and security

• 'Pension Knowledge Unit' Chair/ Research into statutory and supplementary pensions /

Climate, Environment & Sustainable Development

• 'Water-link' Chair / Focus on research into purer drinking water /

• 'SDG Transition' Chair / Formulating tailor-made Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for provinces and local authorities/

Law & Ethics

• 'Club Brugge' Chair / Investing in research and service provision with regard to the legal and professional context of the Belgian football business /

• 'Animal & Law' Chair / Developing animal dignity as a legal principle, encouraging public debate and raising awareness / free donations possible

• Antwerp Health Law and Ethics Chair (AHLEC) / Research, education and service provision in the domains of health law and health ethics / free donations possible

• Antwerp Liability Law and Insurance Chair (ALLIC) /  Research, education and service provision in the domains of liability and insurance law / free donations possible

• 'BNP Paribas Fortis Ethics & Finances' Chair / Research into ethics and finance, and raising awareness about sustainable financing /

Mobility

• 'BNP Paribas Fortis Transport, Logistics & Ports' Chair / Research into port and maritime innovation /

• 'Dennie Lockefeer' Chair / Research, education and service provision with regard to inland navigation and mobility problems in and around ports /

Technology

• 'Advanced Imaging Techniques for the Arts' Chair / Research, service provision and education with regard to newly developed imaging methods for the detailed analysis of paintings /

• 'Industrial Acoustic Condition Monitoring’ Chair / Research into reliable, non-invasive and scalable condition monitoring techniques /

Education

• 'Educational Renewal and Collaboration' Chair / Series of lectures on the role of education in a metropolitan context / 

Culture

• ‘Vandenbunder Baillet Latour for Film Studies and Visual Culture’ Chair / Film education and research at the University of Antwerp /

Economy

• 'Trends Economy of Hope' Chair /  Striving towards an environmentally conscious and people-conscious economy with a better balance between economy, technology, ecology and society /