Medical Genetics search menu search content Research Vision Research Vision MEDGEN already has a world-class reputation and expertise in genetics in different rare disease groups with shared challenges and opportunities. A first commonality is that the clinical spectrum of these disorders ranges fro…

Inneke Baatsen Research Inneke Baatsen Research team Centre for Urban History Eating with your fingers, dining with your eyes. Table manners in the late mediëval and early modern Low Countries. 01/10/2014 - 30/09/2016 Abstract The challenge we take up in this project is to flesh out if and how tabl…

Elise Van Breedam senior researcher Research Elise Van Breedam Research team Laboratory for Experimental Hematology (LEH) Expertise Development and characterization of a 3D neurospheroid model for ischemic stroke research. In this context, I gained experience in: (1) 2D and 3D cell culture (incl. st…

Catherine Dromelet unpaid staff Research Catherine Dromelet Research team Center for Ethics Expertise My research focuses on David Hume's account of the epistemic and moral authority of religion and society. In particular I analyse Hume's methodological shift between the Enquiry on Human Understandi…

Philosophy Learning outcomes Dutch-taught Bachelor of Philosophy Learning outcomes Dutch-taught Bachelor of Philosophy Bachelors of Philosophy • [core competence 1: philosophical frame of reference] have demonstrable basic knowledge of the main points of view and developments in the history of phi…

Emmanuel Audenaert unpaid staff Research Emmanuel Audenaert Research team Industrial Vision Lab (InViLab) Mechanical pathways in the onset and progression of cartilage lesions of the hip joint. 01/10/2016 - 30/09/2018 Abstract The hip functions as a ball and socket joint, with cartilage layers that …

Ewa Sieliwonczyk unpaid staff Research Ewa Sieliwonczyk Research team Optical mapping of in vivo cardiac mechanics in zebrafish: exploring the pathogenesis and mode of inheritance in catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia. 01/10/2020 - 30/09/2022 Abstract Sudden death in the young is …

Julie Vinck unpaid staff Research Julie Vinck Research team Herman Deleeck Centre for Social Policy Is a work strategy for reducing child poverty amongst disabled children effective or a shot misfired? An empirical exploration of child poverty, childhood disability and the work-care nexus in Flander…

Katrien Janssens project coordinator Research Katrien Janssens Research team Medical Genetics (MEDGEN) The Belgian prenatal microarray database (BEMAPRE): realization of the database, determination of genotype-phenotype correlations and postnatal follow-up. 01/10/2016 - 30/09/2018 Abstract In Belgiu…

Political Communication search menu search content Political psychology Political Psychology The aim of the research by the Political Communication Research Unit that focuses on political psychology, is to clarify the role of personality in politics, in order to make progoses on political and policy…

The 14th International Conference on Industrial Computed Tomography search menu search content Practical info When? Tuesday 4 - Friday 7 February 2025 Venue Stadscampus University of Antwerp Building K - Aula Rector Dhanis Address: Kleine Kauwenberg 14, 2000 Antwerpen Detailed map of campus Accommod…

Centre for Population, Family and Health search menu search content Bridging the Relationship Between Sexual Pleasure and Contraceptive Counseling General This study applies multiple methods, a scoping review and qualitative interviews, to identify how contraceptive counseling can bridge the relatio…

Law and Development search menu search content Legal Clinic of the Master of Laws Working Papers Legal clinic of the Master of Laws (University of Antwerp) and International Peace Information Service Antwerp Students of the legal clinic organised by the law and development group, Antwerp will be pub…

Department of Biology search menu search content PhD pitch presentations PhD pitch presentations In the main program from 13.10 to 14.40. Name Research Group Title Raïssa De Boer BECO Genes & environment: Effects on trait expression in canaries Thomas Raap BECO Disruption of behaviour and physiolog…

Andrea Guidetti unpaid staff Research Andrea Guidetti Research team Theory and Spectroscopy of Molecules and Materials (TSM²) Mechanistic study of photocatalyzed organic reactions using a combined EPR - DFT methodology. 01/12/2021 - 30/11/2022 Abstract The SEP allowance will be used to support the …

Antwerp Humanities Lab search menu search content Documentation Manuals & webinars Using the Tobii eyetracker Hardware The AnHuLab's eyetracker is a Tobii TX300 . We have opted for a basic configuration with a fixed wide screen display. The user's Manual contains a full description of the eyetracker…

Sara Pabian unpaid staff Publications Sara Pabian A systematic review and meta-analysis of the effectiveness of dietary interventions to enhance mental wellbeing in emerging adulthood Source Journal of happiness studies - ISSN 1389-4978-25:6 (2024) p. 1-37 Author(s) Ann DeSmet, Catherine Culot, Devi…

Timo Istace predoc researcher FWO Research Timo Istace Research team Personal Rights and Property Rights The implications of neurotechnological developments on the protection of the human mind. Are we in need of an updated human rights framework? 01/11/2021 - 31/10/2025 Abstract Although neurotechno…

Ellen Vandennieuwenhuysen unpaid staff Research Ellen Vandennieuwenhuysen Research team Government and Law Law Enforcement The Legal Position of Foreign Nationals in the Event of a Criminal Conviction in Belgium. 01/11/2020 - 31/10/2024 Abstract Criminal and migration law and policy are increasingly…

Hilde Van den Bulck unpaid guest prof. Publications Hilde Van den Bulck In the mood for food? Exploring the concept of food media and the motivations for engaging with mediated food content from an audience’s and producers’ perspective Source Antwerp, University of Antwerp, Faculty of Social Sci…

Isabelle Cuykx unpaid staff Publications Isabelle Cuykx The Food Media Content Gratifications Scale conceptualization, development, and validation : measuring what audiences seek from and find in food media content Source Journal of media psychology : theories, methods, and applications - ISSN 1864-…

Formative Evaluation in Education search menu search content Motivation Description Formative assessment is often connected with student motivation. Students can be motivated in different ways into making their schoolwork. In secondary education, autonomous motivation (i.e. intrinsic motivation and …

Centre of Expertise for Higher Education search menu search content Humour and irony in higher education Higher education is also a good place to laugh. Certainly because various studies point to the importance of humor in education and also point to a number of possible benefits. In this ECHO teach…

Frédéric Vanneste assistant professor Research Frédéric Vanneste Research team Law and Development Equality beyond non-discrimination: redefining the boundaries of human rights law before socio-economic inequality. 01/11/2022 - 31/10/2026 Abstract This project seeks to scrutinise the role of hum…

Jan Vermorken emeritus occasional assignment Research Jan Vermorken Research team Expertise - cell culture - pharmacological analyses Colorectal cancer: biological factors as molecular markers for a more targeted therapy. 01/10/2009 - 30/09/2011 Abstract Colorectal cancer (CRC) remains the third mos…