Kim Overlaet Research manager Research Kim Overlaet Research team Centre for Urban History Heirs, Kinship ties and urban associations. City dwellers and their networks in 16th century Mechelen. 01/10/2012 - 30/09/2015 Abstract This research proposal aims at analyzing the way in which and the reasons…

Julie De Groot Guest professor - Projectmanager - Postdoctoral researcher Research Julie De Groot Research team Centre for Urban History Antwerp Cultural Heritage Sciences (ARCHES) Expertise My research expertise is situated within material culture studies, at the intersection of history, art histor…

Lucy Adundo predoc researcher FWO Research Lucy Adundo Research team Development processes, actors and policies Implication of supermarketization on food and nutrition security of the urban population: The case of Nairobi city in Kenya. 01/11/2024 - 30/09/2026 Abstract Increasing urbanization and tr…

Richard Dean Morales predoc researcher FWO Research Richard Dean Morales Research team Advancing Urban Building Energy Models for Evaluation of Overheating Risks. 01/11/2024 - 31/10/2026 Abstract City dwellers face a higher risk of indoor overheating due to the combined impacts of global warming and…

MAP Antwerp search menu search content Events Map Reading Group Several times a year MAP organizes a reading group. Together we decide on books, chapters, papers, or other texts to read about the topic of Minorities and Philosophy. Check the calendar at the top of this page for upcoming meetings and…

Evolutionary Ecology Group - EVECO search menu search content Gut microbiota of urban birds - Evolutionary Ecology Group (EVECO) Gut microbiota of urban birds Junk-food has negative effects on the gut microbiota of urban birds The specificities of life in cities can induce a number of modifications …

Antwerp Research Institute for the Arts search menu search content Out of Space Festival Multidisciplinary festival dedicated to the future of space in the city 13 September 2025 - Stormkop, Antwerp A conversation, a get-together, a rave. Out Of Space is a multidisciplinary festival about the future…

Environmental and Rural History of Urbanized Societies search menu search content Conference: Feeding the citizens? Urban land and landownership in past and present View on Antwerp's Port, c.1658, Jean-Baptist Bonnecroy Modern tractor ploughing, picture by STAM Ghent Conference 'Feeding the citizens…

Urban Studies Institute search menu search content Round Tables 1. The urban governance of COVID-19 (I) The urban governance of COVID-19 (I) RT139 | WEDNESDAY 14 JULY, 18:15-19:45 CEST RT140 | THURSDAY 15 JULY, 12:00-13:30 CEST RT141 | THURSDAY 15 JULY, 14:00-15:30 CEST Roger Keil - York University,…

Environmental and Rural History of Urbanized Societies search menu search content Conference: Feeding the citizens? Programme Effects of Good Government in the countryside, c.1338-1339, Ambrogio Lorenzetti Harvesters, c.1565, Peter Bruegel the Elder Programme This programme might be subject to chang…

Institute of Jewish Studies search menu search content Thomas Froy Dwelling in Twentieth Century French and German Jewish Philosophy Thomas Froy’s research is concerned with the notion of dwelling. Focusing on three essential questions – why does dwelling remain necessary?; what is the experienc…

Pieter De Graef unpaid staff Research Pieter De Graef Research team Centre for Urban History Buying more with less income? Household production and changing consumer preferences in the smallholding economy of inland Flanders during the 18th century in the light of the Industrious Revolution debate. …

Peter Stabel full professor Research Peter Stabel Research team Centre for Urban History A single pattern? Reassessing the medieval origins and development of the European Marriage Pattern in the County of Flanders (1300-1600). 01/10/2024 - 30/09/2027 Abstract In recent years, the European Marriage …

International Design Workshop Week search menu search content Biographies Venkatkrishnan Ashok Venkatkrishnan Ashok is a trained Architect with an experience spanning over 15 years. He is passionate about the connections between abstract art and Architecture and all that falls in between. Venkat and…

Sara Geenen professor Education Sara Geenen PhD students Ongoing Yanan Zhang, PhD student at IOB Eric Lubangu, PhD student in the VLIR IUC project with Université de Lubumbashi Espérant Mwishamali, PhD student at the Department of Criminology, UGent Joseph Bahati Mukulu, PhD student in the VLIR TE…

Stijn Verbeke assistant professor Research Stijn Verbeke Research team Energy and Materials in Infrastructure and Buildings Expertise Expert on energy performance of buildings regulations and modeling methods, part-time employed at both University of Antwerp and VITO. Developing methodologies and da…

Gerrit Verhoeven associate professor Research Gerrit Verhoeven Research team Centre for Urban History Antwerp Cultural Heritage Sciences (ARCHES) Henry van de Velde Expertise Gerrit Verhoeven is a FED-tWIN assistant professor in cultural heritage and history. At the UAntwerpen, he teaches courses on…

Urban Studies Institute search menu search content Paper Sessions Preliminary Programme Overview Parallel Paper Sessions (pdf - 1618kb) 1. (Dis)Cohesion as sense of urbanity (Dis)cohesion as sense of urbanity PS001 | THURSDAY 15 JULY, 14:00-15:30 CEST Peter Dirksmeier – Leibniz Universität Hannov…

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…

Guido Marnef emeritus occasional assignment Research Guido Marnef Research team Centre for Urban History Expertise Onderzoek naar de katholieke en protestantse Reformatiebewegingen in de 16de- en 17de-eeuwse Nederlanden. Onderzoek naar de Nederlandse Opstand. Onderzoek naar het culturele leven in de…

Frank Willaert emeritus occasional assignment Research Frank Willaert Research team Across Boundaries: A Western European Canon of Romances in an Era of Media Change (1471- c. 1550) 01/10/2017 - 30/09/2021 Abstract The advent of print facilitated the dissemination of medieval romances and enabled th…

Hubert Meeus emeritus occasional assignment Research Hubert Meeus Research team Expertise Dutch literature from the 16th to the 18th century (mainly drama and song). In the area of the scene happens especially research into the genre, the performance capabilities (with 3D reconstructions of historic…

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…

Culture Commons Quest Office search menu search content News Museum (Without) Shelter - Lezingenmarathon over kunst, democratie en ecologie 23 november 2025, M HKA Museum At Risk, een collectief van kunstenaars, curatoren en culturele werkers, organiseert een dag vol lezingen, reflectie en actie in …

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…