Members of Digitax

• ​Prof. Dr. Bruno Peeters 
  
• spokesman of the DigiTax project
• initiator of the DigiTax Centre of Excellence
• full professor at the Law Faculty of the University of Antwerp
• chairman and founder of Antwerp Tax Academy

 Prof. Dr. Toon Calders ​

• initiator of the DigiTax Centre of Excellence 
• full professor at the Science Faculty of the University of Antwerp, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, 
• supervisor in ADReM Data Lab 
• member of Antwerp Tax Academy.
  

​Prof. Dr. Ann Jorissen 

• initiator of the DigiTax Centre of Excellence 
• full professor at the Faculty of Business and Economics, Department of Accounting and Finance at the University of Antwerp 
• member of Antwerp Tax Academy. 
  

​Prof. Dr. David Martens 

• initiator of the DigiTax Centre of Excellence 
• full professor at the Faculty of Business and Economics, Department of Engineering Management of the University of Antwerp
• research director in the Applied Data Mining research group 
• member of Antwerp Tax Academy.
  

​Prof. Dr. Anne Van de Vijver ​

• initiator of the DigiTax Centre of Excellence 
• associate professor at the Law Faculty of the University of Antwerp 
• member of Antwerp Tax Academy
  

​Prof. Dr. Sylvie De Raedt 

• research manager at the DigiTax Centre of Excellence 
• member of Antwerp Tax Academy ​
• affiliated researcher at the Universities of Ghent and Hasselt
  

​Prof. Dr. Miet Vanderhallen 

• associate professor of legal psychology at the Law Faculty of the University of Antwerp 
• assistent professor of criminology and legal psychology at the University of Maastricht. 
• member of Antwerp Tax Academy.  
  

​Prof. Dr. Tarcisio Magalhaes​

• assistent professor of tax law at the Law Faculty of the University of Antwerp

Prof. Dr. Eva Lievens

• Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law & Criminology of Ghent University
• leads the research group Law & Technology at Ghent University
• member of the Human Rights Centre, member of the Crime, Criminology & Criminal Policy Consortium and member of PIXLES (Privacy, Information Exchange, Law Enforcement & Surveillance)

• ​Prof. Dr. Sylvie De Raedt ​
  
• supervisor at DigiTax Centre of Excellence 
• member of Antwerp Tax Academy 
• affiliated researcher at the Universities of Ghent and Hasselt
  

​Dr. Luisa Scarcella ​

• Master in Law 
• Phd in Law (topic: VAT and blockchain)

Eva Baekelant

• master in Law, master in Tax Law and business tax consultant at EY
• research topic: the virtual permanent establishment in international tax law
• supervisor: Prof. Dr. Anne Van de Vijver 
• research funded by EY
  

Dieter Brughmans 

• master in Electromechanical Engineering Technology and master of Finance
• research topic: fraud detection with behavioural data
• supervisor: Prof. Dr. David Martens 
• research is funded by the University of Antwerp

Wouter Dister

• master in Law and master in Tax Law
• research topic: the key success indicators of cooperative tax compliance for companies, using tax technology (namely the so called Tax Control Framework)
• supervisors: Prof. Dr. Anne Van de Vijver and Prof. Dr. Miet Vanderhallen 
• research is funded by the University of Antwerp

Marco Favier

• master in Mathematics
• research topic: Fairness in Machine Learning 
• supervisor: Prof. Dr. Toon Calders
• research is funded by AXA

David Hadwick

• master in Law and master in International Business Taxation
• research topic: the use of artificial intelligence by the tax authorities: balancing efficiency with the right to privacy
• supervisors: Prof. Dr. Anne Van de Vijver and Prof. Dr. Toon Calders
• research is funded by the University of Antwerp

Liesa Keunen 

• master in Communications Sciences and master in Law
• research topic: tax audits on big data: exploring the legitimacy and limits in light of the prohibition of fishing expeditions  - see Visualisation of the research questions​
• supervisors: Prof. Dr. Eva Lievens (UGhent), Prof. Dr. Sylvie De Raedt and Prof. Dr. Bruno Peeters 
• research is funded by the FWO

Daphne Lenders 

• master in Artificial Intelligence
• research topic: Fairness in Machine Learning
• supervisors: Prof. Dr. Toon Calders and Prof. Dr. Sylvie De Raedt
• research is funded by the University of Antwerp

Raphael Mazzine

• master in Chemistry and former Data Scientist at IBM
• research topic: explainability in artificial intelligence models 
• supervisor: Prof. Dr. David Martens 
• research is funded by the Flemish Government.

Pedro Moraya Baros

• master of Science (MSc) International Political Economy and Master of Arts, Government
• research topic: International taxation and domestic politics: the choice for unorthodox methods for taxation policies  
• supervisors: Prof. Dr. Ann Jorissen and Prof. Dr. Anne Van de Vijver  

Mariya Otto 

• master in Law and senior Corporate Tax Consultant at Deloitte
• research topic: the challenge of transfer pricing methods in a digital economy
• supervisors: Prof. Dr. Bruno Peeters and Prof. Dr. Anne Van de Vijver 
• research is funded by Deloitte

Karl Pauwels

• master in Law, master in Financial Management and master de Spécialisation en Droit Fiscal
• research topic: the future of the ability-to-pay-taxes principle in fiscalibus 
• supervisor: Prof. Dr. Anne Van de Vijver 
• research in funded by the University of Antwerp

Ewoenam Topko 

• master in Computer Science
• research topic: Fairness in Machine Learning
• supervisor: Prof. Dr. Toon Calders
• research is funded by the Flemish Government

Michiel Van Roy

• master in Applied Economics: Business Economics 
• research topic: new business models, intangible assets, transfer pricing and tax disclosure
• supervisors: Prof. Dr. Ann Jorissen, Prof. Dr. Anne Van de Vijver and Prof. Dr. David Martens 
• research is funded by the University of Antwerp

Kimberly Van Sande 

•  master in Law, master in Tax Law and lawyer at Tiberghien Lawyers
• research topic: taxation of artificial intelligence 
• supervisors: Prof. Dr. Bruno Peeters and Prof. Dr. Anne Van de Vijver 
• research is funded by Tiberghien Lawyers 

 Tom Vermeire

•  master in Business Engineering in Management Information Systems
• research topic: Explainable Artificial Intelligence
• supervisor: Prof. Dr. David Martens 
• research is funded by AXA
  

​​Aretha Campbell  ​

• MBA in Investmens and International Business
• Phd in Law (topic: Rule of Law and Global Governance) 
  
• Currently preparing research on the impact of automatic exchange of bank information for the Caribbean region   

​N. Nilay Dayanç Kuzeyli ​

• LL.M. in Law and Economics
• Ph.D. in Tax Law (topic: Assessment of Universal Succession Cases in Tax Liability)
• Lecturer at Bilkent University
• Currently preparing research on the taxation of blockchain technology considering its environmental effects
  

​Alessandro Liotta​

• Master in Law
• LLM in International Tax Law 
• Phd in Law and Business (topic: Tax avoidance and intellectual property holding companies)
• Currently preparing research on the use of technology in combatting tax avoidance   

Jellis Vanhoeyveld 

• master in Engineering Science (mathemactical engineering techniques)
• doctor in Applied Engineering after successfully defending his doctoral thesis on data maning for fraud detection
• postdoctoral researcher at DigiTax