Bart Decroos assistant professor Research Bart Decroos Research team Henry van de Velde Expertise Literature review, archival research, oral histories, interview-based surveys. Lost in Representation: Investigating the Material Agency of Media in the Architectural Design Process. 01/10/2020 - 30/09/…

Sam Geens postdoc researcher FWO Research Sam Geens Research team Centre for Urban History Expertise Study of labour and living standards during the late medieval period in European perspective. My research focuses on all aspects of inequality: wealth, income, gender, occupation, etc. A single patte…

Christophe Casteleyn guest professor Research Christophe Casteleyn Research team Comparative Perinatal Development (CoPeD) Expertise My research aims to investigate the influences of different weaning and rearing strategies on the development of the gut-associated lymphoid tissue (GALT) in the pigle…

Inneke Schwickert doctoral scholarship holder Research Inneke Schwickert Research team Antwerp Cultural Heritage Sciences (ARCHES) Activating the fonds d'atelier. History, materiality and significance of nineteenth-century plaster models in Belgian collections. 01/09/2023 - 31/08/2027 Abstract Artis…

Laboratory of Medical Microbiology search menu search content A critical eye on European clinical research response during COVID-19 pandemic A new Lancet Infectious Diseases publication draws lessons from Corona crisis 22 December 2021 - Professor Herman Goossens (University of Antwerp and Universit…

University Foundation for Development Cooperation (USOS) search menu search content Debating Development 2025 Authoritarian currents: Power, control and resistance in times of crisis Conversation series on Tuesday evenings Register to attend one or more sessions in person Short outline Modern author…

Centre of Expertise for Higher Education search menu search content Flipped classroom In many courses, the content is organised in such a way that the teacher gives students new information during the lesson, and they have to study it in more detail at home by doing exercises or assignments. Often, …

Lara Schrijver professor Research Lara Schrijver Research team Henry van de Velde Under the radar: self-organized renovation practices among distressed homeowners in Flanders. 01/11/2025 - 31/10/2029 Abstract While adequate and affordable housing is a fundamental right, quantitative and qualitative …

Ulrike Müller assistant professor - senior researcher Research Ulrike Müller Research team Centre for Urban History Antwerp Cultural Heritage Sciences (ARCHES) Expertise Ulrike Müller specializes in the history and theory of collections and museums. She holds a joint PhD in art and cultural histo…

Law PhD defenses 2020 PhD defenses 2020 De toegankelijkheid van het socialebijstandsrecht voor de kwetsbare burger - Margot Van Leuvenhaege (16/12/2020) PhD defence Margot Van Leuvenhaege 16 december 2020 - 5 p.m. Supervisor: em. prof. dr. Bernard Hubeau Abstract Dit doctoraat behandelt de vraag naa…

Bruno Blondé full professor Research Bruno Blondé Research team Centre for Urban History Expertise Historical statistics - Material culture and consumption research - Urban History - Social and economic history - Transportation History - History of the Low Countries - Research Policy Antwerp Inter…

Tomaso Ferrando associate research professor Research Tomaso Ferrando Research team Development processes, actors and policies Law and Development Expertise Tomaso’s main line of research focuses on the link between law and food, with particular attention to the international dimension (trade, inv…

Back to the Future search menu search content Blog Betting on the Next Pope ... in Antwerp in 1559 7/5/2025 By Jeroen Puttevils On 22 April 2025, just a day after Pope Francis I’s death, the sports betting agency Ladbrokes offered to bet on who would become the next Holy Father and what papal name…

Tim Soens full professor Research Tim Soens Research team Centre for Urban History Power in History - Centre for Political History Expertise Tim Soens is an expert in Landscape and Environmental history, with specific emphasis on - climate history (Little Ice Age to Anthropocene) - coastal and river…

Henry van de Velde search menu search content Research Projects Ongoing projects Under the radar: self-organized renovation practices among distressed homeowners in Flanders. 01/11/2025 - 31/10/2029 Abstract While adequate and affordable housing is a fundamental right, quantitative and qualitative s…

Law and Development search menu search content Research in the spotlight Research in the spotlight This section highlights the current research projects in the spotlight. These themes often transcend the strict division of our research lines. Joint research with South Institutions Human Rights & Bus…

Centre for Urban History search menu search content Academic Projects - Centre for Urban History Ongoing projects Worth the gamble? Tourism and the embeddedness of gambling in seaside resorts: the case of Ostend at the Belgian coast (1878-1930). 01/11/2025 - 31/10/2029 Abstract This research examine…

Antwerp Cultural Heritage Sciences search menu search content Projects - Antwerp Cultural Heritage Sciences Ongoing projects Reviving Historic Water Infrastructures: Integrating Historical Water Systems for Sustainable Urban Water Management and Climate Resilience. 01/11/2025 - 31/10/2029 Abstract C…