Driving change search menu search content Photo Essay: The DRC’s Cobalt Essai Photographique: Le Cobalt de la RDC | Insha ya Picha: Cobalt ya DRC Take a look at the Photo Essay: The DRC’s Cobalt EN Photo Essay: The DRC’s Cobalt The city of Kolwezi is known as the ‘cobalt capital’ of the wo…

Great Lakes of Africa Centre search menu search content 25 June 2024 from 12:30 until 14:00 (CEST) Responsible cobalt sourcing in the DRC Speakers: Hadassah Arian and Espérant Mwishamali Lukobo In the context of the energy transition from fossil fuels to ‘green energy’ technologies, the demand …

Hadassah Arian doctoral scholarship holder Research Hadassah Arian Research team Development processes, actors and policies Questioning legitimacy in the responsible cobalt assemblage. 01/10/2022 - 30/09/2026 Abstract The energy transition makes the world greedy for cobalt, a mineral that is primari…

Sarah Katz-Lavigne teacher/tutor - senior researcher Research Sarah Katz-Lavigne Research team Development processes, actors and policies Expertise I hold a PhD in International Relations from the University of Groningen (Netherlands) and in International Affairs from Carleton University (Canada), w…

Hadassah Arian doctoral scholarship holder Publications Hadassah Arian The DRC's cobalt : capturing the multiple stories, people, and sites around cobalt mining in the former Katanga province in the Democratic Republic of Congo Source Antwerp, Zwartopwit, 2025,88 p. Author(s) Hadassah Arian, Nathan …

Driving change search menu search content Mapping supply chain regulation | Cartographier la réglementation de la chaîne Methods EN Data collection: We started with desk-based research, drawing on sources including due diligence documentation, company reporting, NGO publications, blog posts and so…

Daniël Verdoorn-Kański unpaid staff Publications Daniël Verdoorn-Kański Synthesis of 2,5-substituted 1,3,4-oxadiazoles via a tandem reaction involving a cobalt-catalyzed carbene transfer to N-isocyaniminotriphenylphosphorane Source Organic letters - ISSN 1523-7060-27:31 (2025) p. 8399-8404 Autho…

Sarah Katz-Lavigne teacher/tutor - senior researcher Publications Sarah Katz-Lavigne Cobalt red : how the blood of the Congo powers our lives Source Journal of human development & capabilities - ISSN 1945-2829-26:2 (2025) p. 327-329 Author(s) Sarah Katz-Lavigne, Espérant Mwishamali Lukobo Citation …

Driving change search menu search content Publications Mwishamali Lukobo, E. ; Geenen, S. and Katz-Lavigne, S. (2025) Les coopératives: Les portiers des sites miniers artisanaux au Lualaba. IOB Working paper 2025.07. IOB, University of Antwerp. Geenen, S. and Katz-Lavigne, S. (2025). Faire face aux…

Bossissi Nkuba assistant professor - senior researcher Research Bossissi Nkuba Research team Development processes, actors and policies Uneven, unsafe and insufficient water access: resource governance in a mineral rush (WATERRUSH). 01/12/2023 - 30/11/2033 Abstract The global energy transition requi…

Waterrush search menu search content About The project The global energy transition requires countries to transition to a low-carbon economy. But it still depends on critical minerals to produce, among others, the lithium-ion batteries needed for electric vehicles. The booming production of such bat…

Driving change search menu search content Presentations Wrap up events, University of Antwerp & Université de Lubumbashi 2025 On 24 June 2025 we presented the Driving Change findings and output during a wrap-up event at IOB in Antwerp: Driving Change: Voices, Photographs, and Findings from a Collab…

Great Lakes of Africa Centre search menu search content 25 April 2023 from 12:30 until 14:00 (CEST) Drowning out local voices? Participation in past and present battery-mineral supply chain regulation initiatives in DRC Sarah Katz-Lavigne, Hadassah Arian, and Sara Geenen Recent years have seen the e…

Driving change search menu search content Sensibilisation | Ufikiaji | Outreach Wrap up events in Antwerp and Lubumbashi In Antwerp we organized a Driving Change wrap up event on 24 June 2025. Apart from communicating the project results, we opened the photo exhibition Congo's Cobalt by Nathan Bushi…

Waterrush search menu search content Research Work in progress For this study we will use a mixed methods design, whereby all three work packages will require a specific approach. Overall, our strategy will be to capitalise on the complementarity of a variety of research methods in order to understa…

Waterrush search menu search content Outreach Documentary cobalt rush This docu was produced by lead researcher Bossissi Nkuba, with prof. Roy Maconachie and Simon Wharf, in the context of a previous project Cookie prreferences Strictly necessary cookies They are necessary for the proper functioning…

Herman Meulemans emeritus occasional assignment Publications Herman Meulemans Over ziek zijn. Verhalen van jonge schrijvers over hun ziek zijn Source De maakbare mens- (2025.02.19) p. Author(s) Herman Meulemans Citation link ChatGPT : vloek of zegen voor generatie Alfa Source Voertaal.nu- (2023.01.3…

Sara Geenen professor Research Sara Geenen Research team Development processes, actors and policies Expertise Extractive industries, natural resources, gold mining, global value chains, global production networks, CSR & standards, labour, informal economy, hybrid governance Nodal governance & cooper…

Driving change search menu search content About the Project | À propos du projet | Kuhusu Mradi Mapping minerals supply chain regulation Enhancing small-scale producers' participation EN This project develops a framework for ‘putting small-scale producers in the driver’s seat’ when it comes t…

Applied Engineering Inaugural lecture The final depletion of resources such as metals due to climate approach? Inaugural lecture The final depletion of resources such as metals due to climate approach? The climate approach is shifting us away from finite fossil fuels towards renewable energy. This t…

Institute of Development Policy search menu search content Driving Change wrap up event Tuesday 24 June 2025 | 2:30pm - 6:30 pmCEST | online and live Driving Change: Voices, Photographs, and Findings from a Collaborative Research Project in Mining Areas of the Democratic Republic of Congo This wrap-…

Dries De Vos researcher Publications Dries De Vos Synthesis of 2,5-substituted 1,3,4-oxadiazoles via a tandem reaction involving a cobalt-catalyzed carbene transfer to N-isocyaniminotriphenylphosphorane Source Organic letters - ISSN 1523-7060-27:31 (2025) p. 8399-8404 Author(s) Daniël Verdoorn, Pra…

Iryn Bijker doctoral scholarship holder Publications Iryn Bijker Towards a classification system for Modernist painters’ reworking practices illustrated by James Ensor’s revised paintings Source npj heritage science - ISSN 3059-3220-13:1 (2025) p. 1-15 Author(s) Annelies Ríos-Casier, Herwig Tod…

Bert Maes full professor Publications Bert Maes Asymmetric hydrogenation of triazolo[1,5-a]-, imidazo[1,2-a]-, and pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyridines Source Organic letters - ISSN 1523-7060-27:40 (2025) p. 11193-11198 Author(s) Carlo Sambiagio, Matthieu D. Jouffroy, Matthew A. Horwitz, Jose Manuel Bartolome-N…

Antwerp Interdisciplinary Platform for Research into Inequality search menu search content Associated members Moisés Kopper Moisés Kopper is a Research Professor (TTZAPBOF) at the Institute of Development Policy, University of Antwerp, where he directs the data lab “InfoCitizen,” an interdisci…