Global Engagement search menu search content AUHA Seed Funding Including Global Minds budget for cooperation with partners in the Global South What? The AUHA Seed Fund promotes sustainable collaboration between researchers from the various AUHA institutions by providing time and space to develop a j…

Law and Development search menu search content Regulatory Capture in Kenya’s Maize Seed Sector Affiliated researcher Lodewijk Van Dycke has published an empirical study titled: 'An Empirical Study of Regulatory Capture in Kenya’s Maize Seed Sector'. Here is the abstract: "In sub-Saharan Africa, …

Tim Andries expert Research Tim Andries Research team Functional Morphology Individual variation in feeding behavior and mechanics in songbirds. 01/10/2020 - 30/09/2024 Abstract Sequences of precisely controlled, fast, three-dimensional movements of the upper beak and lower beak are used by granivor…

Government and Law search menu search content Christine Frison Christine Frison is a FNRS post-doctoral researcher at the Law Faculty of UCLouvain, an associate researcher in the Government & Law research group at the University of Antwerp, and an associate legal fellow at the Centre for Internation…

Antwerp Research Institute for the Arts search menu search content Fostering Collaboration Between Art and Science ST_ART: Science, Transdisciplinarity_Artistic Research in Transition ST_ART is a collaborative initiative fostering connections between art and science to address society's most pressin…

Lodewijk Van Dycke unpaid staff Publications Lodewijk Van Dycke An empirical study of regulatory capture in Kenya's maize seed sector Source Law and development review - ISSN 2194-6523-17:1 (2024) p. 1-45 Author(s) Lodewijk Van Dycke, Harriet Mawia, Pieter Rutsaert, Jason Donovan Citation link How p…

Yasmine Kherbache unpaid staff Publications Yasmine Kherbache Characterization of seed oil from six in situ collected wild Amaranthus species Source Diversity - ISSN 1424-2818-15:2 (2023) p. 1-9 Author(s) Amara Noor Hussain, Jeroen Geuens, Ann Vermoesen, Mamoona Munir, Duilio Iamonico, Piera Di Marz…

University Foundation for Development Cooperation (USOS) search menu search content Overview of 40 years of USOS: a journey through four decades From student initiative to catalyst for a globally engaged university Since 1985, the University Foundation for Development Cooperation, or USOS for short,…

Sam Van Wassenbergh associate research professor Sam Van Wassenbergh 2025: bird beaks and songs National public radio interview with Sam on bird beaks in relation to songs and feeding, including reports on research at FunMorph (link to sound recording - in Dutch). 2023: Superstar seed crackers Our r…

VLIRUOS VLIRUOS, as an agency within the Flemish Interuniversity Council (VLIR), is responsible for funding various forms of international cooperation and research with partner countries in Africa, Latin America, and Asia. Knowledge exchange and scientific research are at the core of most projects, …

Linguapolis search menu search content PRESS > SPEAK Science Communication workshop for young international researchers Explaining your research in a clear and concise way is not easy. PRESS > SPEAK gives young researchers the chance to take their first steps in science communication. Every year, th…

Research group for Urban Development search menu search content The Antwerp ring road The expansion and covering of the R1 Antwerp ring road is Flanders largest infrastructure project of next decade. Prof. Maarten Van Acker is part of the task force (Intendantenteam Overkapping), dedicated to organi…

Maja Mielke unpaid staff Publications Maja Mielke Why woodpeckers don’t get concussions Source Physics today - ISSN 0031-9228-77:1 (2024) p. 54-55 Author(s) Sam Van Wassenbergh, Maja Mielke Citation link Woodpeckers minimize cranial absorption of shocks Source Current biology - ISSN 0960-9822-32:1…

Serge Tavernier emeritus occasional assignment Publications Serge Tavernier Production of long chain alcohols from waste polyethylene pyrolysis oil using a one-pot hydroboration-oxidation process Source ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering - ISSN 2168-0485-11:32 (2023) p. 11729-11736 Author(s) …

Global Change Ecology search menu search content Adaptation to city environment Are non-native plants adapting to city life? Strong variation in environmental conditions persists along urban-rural gradients (hot/dry vs. cool/moist). In his new paper, Charly Géron studied whether this results in nat…

Christof Defryn associate professor Publications Christof Defryn The impact of product characteristics and innovativeness on the benefits of collaboration Source International transactions in operational research - ISSN 0969-6016-31:1 (2024) p. 370-395 Author(s) Thomas Hacardiaux, Jean‐Sébastien …

Roland Caubergs emeritus occasional assignment Publications Roland Caubergs Differential distribution of tocopherols and tocotrienols in photosynthetic and non-photosynthetic tissues Source Phytochemistry: an international journal of plant biochemistry - ISSN 0031-9422-67:12 (2006) p. 1185-1195 Auth…

Care and the natural living environment search menu search content Go Green Routes Abstract The objective of GO GREEN ROUTES is to position European cities as world ambassadors of urban sustainability. Our inspirational approach shifts the focus of NBS towards the co-benefits to multidimensional hea…

Rafael Berkvens tenure track asst. professor Research Rafael Berkvens Research team Internet Data Lab (IDLab) Expertise I want to understand what information is available about us and our environment by studying our wireless communication signals. This question already came to my mind during my Ph.D…

Claudina Perez Novo unpaid staff Publications Claudina Perez Novo Prevalence of single-nucleotide variants in twenty-five pharmacogenes from a Cuban sample cohort Source Frontiers in pharmacology - ISSN 1663-9812-15 (2024) p. 1-13 Author(s) Elizabeth Reyes-Reyes, Jose Alfredo Herrera-Isidron, Elizab…

Adrem Data Lab search menu search content Spin-off ImmuneWatch Antwerp spin-off ImmuneWatch predicts how you will react to a vaccine There’s a new start-up in the Flemish field of biotechnology. The University of Antwerp and Antwerp University Hospital announce their new spin-off: ImmuneWatch. The…

Michiel Van Tendeloo unpaid staff Research Michiel Van Tendeloo Research team Biobased sustainability engineering (SUSTAIN) Expertise Climate change forces humanity to rethink the way we utilise resources and deal with waste streams. To avoid (further) transgression of the Earth’s natural boundari…

Sam Van Wassenbergh associate research professor Sam Van Wassenbergh Publications - updated 25/10/2025 To respect copyright laws, request permission from the authors by email before downloading PDFs. 2025 Andries, T., Müller, W. & Van Wassenbergh, S. (2025). Feeding performance, kinematics and skil…

Global Engagement search menu search content Open call Global Engagement Initiatives organised by UAntwerp staff 1. Why this call? Through this initiative, the University of Antwerp invites its academic and administrative staff (lecturers, researchers, professors, and support staff) to organise acti…

Evolutionary Ecology Group - EVECO search menu search content Effects of tropical forest fragmentation on bird populations - Evolutionary Ecology Since 1996 we are studying populations of 9 understorey forest birds in a series of cloud forest remnants in the Taita Hills, Kenya. These hills are dense…