Cosys-Lab search menu search content 3D sonar sensors enable unmanned sailing UAntwerp and Port of Antwerp testing innovative technology for autonomous shipping Automated navigation is the future of inland shipping. It may sound futuristic, but innovative research carried out by UAntwerp and the Por…

Transport and Regional Economics search menu search content Ships will sail greener but slower in the future Researchers at UAntwerp and TU Delft studied alternative fuels for shipping Today’s ships mainly run on fossil fuels. Scientists from UAntwerp and TU Delft researched which alternative fuel…

MONDO search menu search content Boat trip 23 September 2023 Sailing through the Antwerp port offered a whole new perspective on the city and the port. To top it off, we treated ourselves to some delicious pancakes. Check out the pictures! Flandria1 Flandria2 Flandria3 Flandria4 Flandria5 Flandria6 …

Cosys-Lab search menu search content Sensor Processing for CPS Our roots in biomimetic sensing have laid a firm foundation when it comes to sensing with ultrasound. Bats use their calls to scan the world around them, navigating through complex environments – rain or shine. This inspired our resear…

Jade Vetters unpaid staff Publications Jade Vetters The quay to circularity : a spatial-operational framework for ports in offshore wind decommissioning Source Journal of physics : conference series-3224 (2026) p. Author(s) Jade Vetters, Onur Kilic, Jasper Veldman Citation link Split incentives in s…

Geobiology search menu search content 22 July 2023 The new high-tech research vessel, RV Belgica, is sailing to the polar regions for the first time to document and study the consequences of climate change in the oceans. Belgian newspaper De Standaard was allowed onboard the ship for a week to take …

Pro League Business School search menu search content Modules and lectures Pro League Business School 2026 3 February 2026: High performance for football club managers Marit Bouwmeester, Winning is an inside job, Key note speaker, double Olympic Gold winner sailing, multiple world champion Carolien …

Centre of Expertise for Higher Education search menu search content Construction of multiple choice tests One important consideration when using multiple-choice tests concerns the size of the student group. For large numbers, it is important to keep the correction time under control. The constructio…

DiplomatiCon-net search menu search content Spaces of Formal and Informal Diplomacy in the Premodern Mediterranean Workshop University of Antwerp, September 18-19, 2025 DiplomatiCon Workshop Spaces of Formal and Informal Diplomacy in the Premodern Mediterranean DiplomatiCon Project (Power in History…

Social Sciences Dirk De Bièvre Dirk De Bièvre 1. What was your favourite subject during your student days? The history of Dutch by Guido Geerts, former editor-in-chief of the Van Dale dictionary. What he did was sociolinguistics: which elite with which power in which century was able to establish …

Edwin van Hassel full professor Research Edwin van Hassel Research team Transport and Regional Economics Expertise Edwin van Hassel is a professor at the University of Antwerp, where he teaches several courses. He has an engineering degree in naval architecture and he holds a PhD in applied economic…

International Design Workshop Week search menu search content Biographies #1 Patricia Guaita & Raffael Baur Patricia Guaita and Raffael Baur co-initiated several research and teaching projects that explore the relationship of craft and fabrication to space, tectonics and the human being. They met at…

Christa Sys professor Research Christa Sys Research team Transport and Regional Economics Expertise My research focuses on business economics in the maritime sector and by extension the maritime ecosystem (incl. hinterland connections). Further research interests: • Transport economics: expertise …

Stijn Verwulgen professor Research Stijn Verwulgen Research team Product development Expertise Medical device development Ergonomics Physiology Anthropometrics Biomechanics Optimization of human-product systems VAXINFECTIO-PD _ VAXINFECTIO: Vaccine & Infectious Disease Institute _ PD: Product Develo…

Paul Scheunders professor Research Paul Scheunders Research team Vision lab Expertise Processing and analysis of multispectral and hyperspectral (signal and image) data for remote sensing and close-range applications. The data is reflectance spectra, in the visible, near and shortwave-infrared wavel…

DiplomatiCon-net search menu search content Meet our Sources! What do different Islamic sources tell us about diplomatic contact with al-Faranj?: Four mamlūk-period sources compared Letters from the Mamluk Sultanate in Venice The Birth of the Archive of the Crown of Aragon Italians in Egypt: travel…

Steve Vanlanduit full professor - vice-dean Research Steve Vanlanduit Research team Industrial Vision Lab (InViLab) Expertise Optical measurement techniques for materials characterization: scanning laser vibrometry, optical fiber sensors, hyperspectral imaging. Dimensional metrology. Applications of…

Industrial Vision Lab search menu search content Projects & Publications Ongoing projects Smart Human-Integrated Feedback Technologies for Ergonomics (SHIFT4Ergonomics). 01/10/2026 - 30/09/2028 Abstract Recent advances in computer vision Artificial Intelligence (vision AI), motion capture, 3D postur…

Thierry Vanelslander full professor - vice-dean Research Thierry Vanelslander Research team Transport and Regional Economics Expertise Transport economics, port economics, transport innovation, logistics chain analysis, maritime economics, air transport economics, urban logistics, transport policy T…

Transport and Regional Economics search menu search content Projects Ongoing projects Climate innovative financing for the rail sector in the EU (CLIFRAIL-EU). 01/08/2026 - 31/01/2029 Abstract There is a clear need to explore and define the conditions under which additional climate finance can be at…