Danny Cassimon full professor Publications Danny Cassimon The currency risk challenge in African power finance : structures, politics, and emerging responses Source Development policy review - ISSN 0950-6764-44:5 (2026) p. 1-29 Author(s) Wikus Kruger, Danny Cassimon Citation link Obstacles to Sub-Sa…

George Mavrotas unpaid guest prof. Publications George Mavrotas The emerging use of total return swaps in Sub-Sahara African debt management Source Development finance agenda - ISSN 2413-256X-11:4 (2026) p. 6-8 Author(s) Danny Cassimon, George Mavrotas Citation link Population growth and food securi…

Institute of Development Policy search menu search content Hybrid governance in mining concessions Exploratory field research on hybrid governance in mining concessions in Ghana. IOB researcher Sara Geenen is studying hybrid governance in large-scale gold mining concessions on a post-doctoral FWO fe…

Global Health Institute search menu search content MEPI Master of Epidemiology VLIRUOS Scholarships for Master of Epidemiology Thanks to the support from VLIRUOS, the Flemish Interuniversity Council, students from 31 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin-America can apply for a full scholarship to fol…

Social Sciences Karolien Poels Karolien Poels 1. What was your favourite subject during your student days? I had my first “aha! - I really find this interesting” moment during Professor Patrick Vyncke's “Semiotics” classes and later also during his classes on consumer behaviour. This led me …

Stefaan Marysse emeritus occasional assignment Research Stefaan Marysse Research team Local Governance and post-conflict development. 22/04/2007 - 21/04/2009 Abstract Researcher(s) Promoter: Marysse Stefaan Funding FED. INST. Project type(s) Research Project Poverty and poverty reduction in the grea…

Sara Geenen professor Research Sara Geenen Project websites GREXpop. Domestic politics & debates on green extractivism in the DRCongo DRIVING CHANGE. Putting small-scale producers in the driver's seat of mineral supply chain regulation HEALTH. Health in artisanal and small-scale gold mining HANDMADE…

Guido Erreygers emeritus with assignment Research Guido Erreygers Research team Economics Expertise I do research about history of economic thought, socioeconomic inequality of health, and linear production systems. Task complexity, framing effects and post-hoc individual-level model analysis in dis…

Tom De Herdt full professor About Tom De Herdt Tom De Herdt Contact Stadscampus Show email address Tel. +3232655426 Lange Sint-Annastraat 7 2000 Antwerpen, BEL I studied political and social sciences and economics. I have inquired into the domains of poverty alleviation, capabilities, local governan…

Tom De Herdt full professor Research Tom De Herdt Research team Development processes, actors and policies Expertise Provide policy supporting advice or expertise on economic or political issues in the Great Lakes Region of Central Africa. Social Protection, Inequality & Inclusive Growth. 01/05/2023…

Rob Embrechts emeritus occasional assignment Research Rob Embrechts Research team VLIR international university development cooperation with the university of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania. 01/04/2002 - 31/03/2003 Abstract Researcher(s) Promoter: Embrechts Rob Funding FED. MIN. Project type(s) Research …

Stef Vandeginste Research Stef Vandeginste Research team Development processes, actors and policies Expertise My research covers development political governance in Africa, with a particular focus on Burundi. Thematic areas of interest include: law and development; transitional justice; constitution…

Institute of Development Policy search menu search content Analyses and Policy Briefs Analyses and Policy Briefs are crisp and sharp briefs that offer analysis and/or policy recommendations, and generally make reference to more extensive IOB research outputs. These are typically two- or four-pagers …

Marijke Verpoorten professor Research Marijke Verpoorten Research team Development processes, actors and policies Expertise My research focuses on the economic causes and consequences of armed conflict; on natural resources, religion, global supply chains; and more broadly, on the economic and insti…

Institute of Development Policy search menu search content Archive 2009.03 Wim Pelupessy, Joy De Los Reyes | Agrarian Reform in the Philippine Banana Chain Abstract The Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) of 1986 had been the most far reaching postwar institutional change in rural Philippin…

Edwin Wouters full professor Research Edwin Wouters Research team Centre for Population, Family and Health Expertise Medical sociologist with expertise in health systems research, chronic care and mental health care. Projects on: HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, Stigma, Community health workers, Chronic illn…

Business and Economics Doctoral research Doctoral research Ongoing doctoral research (alphabetical order) Name PhD student Title research Supervisor(s) Abdelshafy Mahira Disruption Management in the Port Industry: Empirical Analysis on The Role of Emerging Technologies Sys Christa, Rashed Yasmine Ab…

Economics search menu search content Research projects Ongoing projects Network-Mediated Screening under Uncertainty: Evidence from Early Modern Academic Publishing (1500-1800). 01/10/2026 - 30/09/2029 Abstract Markets where quality is hard to observe allocate opportunities under uncertainty. In suc…

Institute of Development Policy search menu search content Working Papers The IOB Working Paper Series (ISSN 2294-8643) seeks to stimulate the timely exchange of ideas about development issues, by offering a forum to get findings out quickly, even in a less than fully polished form. The IOB Working …

Institute of Development Policy search menu search content Projects Ongoing projects Perceptions, Information, and Socioeconomic Change in Development Contexts 01/10/2026 - 30/09/2027 Abstract Socioeconomic transformations associated with urbanization, population mobility, and changing labor markets…

Centre for Population, Family and Health search menu search content Research Ongoing projects Navigating the complex contraceptive landscape in the Flemish context. 01/10/2026 - 30/09/2030 Abstract In September 2025, the UAntwerp team was awarded a SEP-project (Research Stimulation Project). This pr…