Nick Portugaels valorisation manager Research Nick Portugaels Research team Personal Rights and Property Rights Expertise Conflict resolution is an important mission of any legal system. Traditionally, there is a public perception that the courts end conflicts; however, the legal reality is differen…

Antwerp Centre for Entrepreneurship Research search menu search content Ongoing PhD project February 2019 - present Stimulating the development and professionalization of high-tech entrepreneurs Abstract In a fast-changing environment, it is difficult to create, let alone grow, entrepreneurial firms…

Architecture + Interior search menu search content Bart Decroos 2017 - 2023 The Ecological Sensibility: Between Ruskin and Banham Promotor: Lara Schrijver Contemporary architecture seems to be increasingly described as sustainable, circular, re-usable, environmentally friendly or carbon hostile, as …

Get to know UAntwerp search menu search content Master of Business Economics James | Australia 'I feel supported by my professors. They make international students feel welcome' Why I chose to study at UAntwerp I was looking at universities in Antwerp, Ghent and Leuven and UAntwerp was the one that …

Philip Plaeke unpaid staff Research Philip Plaeke Research team Therapeutic modulation of the neuroimmune crosstalk at the leaky gastrointestinal border during sepsis; a translational study. 01/08/2016 - 31/07/2018 Abstract Sepsis, defined as a systemic inflammatory response of the body to an infect…

Biochemical Wastewater Valorization and Engineering search menu search content Research projects Catalytic detoxification of lignocellulosic hydrolysate - PhD Valentin Sóti Lignocellulose-ethanol conversion is an interesting and intensely researched area of biochemical engineering. The need for an …

Research Group Product Development search menu search content Masterclass in Systemic Design 11-12 June 2024 What? The increase in complex problems necessitates a shift away from the exclusively reductionist approach that predominates our worldview. In design, this realisation has led to the rise of…

Institute of Jewish Studies search menu search content Communities of Disagreement Workshop on Talmud and Contemporary Thought International Workshop September 12–15, 2024 The Workshop on Talmud and Contemporary Thought is an annual intellectual encounter, which explores ways of how the Talmudic t…

European Philosophy and Jewish Tradition search menu search content Talmud and Contemporary Thought: Communities of Disagreement International workshop September 12–15, 2024 The Workshop on Talmud and Contemporary Thought is an annual intellectual encounter, which explores ways of how the Talmudic…

Cosys-Lab search menu search content Verificiation and Validation of Embedded Systems It seems straightforward to design complex mechatronic systems, such as machines and vehicles, by the divide-and-conquer paradigm: simply split its complexity into different disciplines and different engineering te…

Centre of Expertise for Higher Education search menu search content Activating students Tuesday 21 April 2026 We take a closer look at the what, why and how of activation. We introduce you to a variety of activating teaching methods for both small and large student groups. After all, getting student…

Jonas Torfs postdoc researcher FWO Research Jonas Torfs Research team Laboratory of Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (LAMB) A tale of two niches: Investigating the role of the gut as a source of vaginal bacteria. 01/04/2026 - 31/03/2027 Abstract The human vaginal microbiome is often dominated …

Cedric Jenart tenure track asst. professor Research Cedric Jenart Research team Government and Law Expertise My expertise can be described as public law in general, which includes constitutional law (state institutions, human rights and federalism) and administrative law (e.g. the Council of State).…

Architecture + Interior search menu search content Ionas Sklavounos Bio Ionas graduated in Architecture at the University of Patras in Greece and completed his post-graduate studies in Epistemology of Architecture at the National Technical University of Athens. During that time he worked as Teaching…

Critical Approaches to Global Food Law and Policy | Winter School | Antwerp Winter University search menu search content Critical Approaches to Global Food Law and Policy A deep dive into the world of food actors, interests and decision-making Winter in Antwerp: 1 - 5 February 2027 Summer in Rome: 5…

Intelligence in Processes, Advanced Catalysts and Solvents search menu search content News iPRACS research group Publication - Rubber ozonolysis Synthesis of platform chemicals from ground tire rubber waste by means of ozonolysis (RSC Advances) The EU's push toward a circular bioeconomy needs carbon…

Diversity and inclusion search menu search content Prides and gender diversity On diplomacy, patience and hope The state of the union of the LGBTQIA+ movement in 2021 is worrying. There seems to be a reversal of the progressive trend of several decades in Europe. Is this a fundamental turnaround or …

Centre for Philosophical Psychology search menu search content Past projects Find below an exhaustive list of the research projects carried out at the CPP, listed per year of completion. Predictive Sensorimotor Theory: An Investigation Into Non-representationalist Solutions. 01/10/2019 - 30/09/2021 …

Research Centre for Visual Poetics search menu search content Intermedial Poetics Intermedial Poetics Inside the Image. Immersion, Theatricality and Narrative in Performance and Media Art Research project Fellow: Wynants Nele Principal investigator: Vanhoutte Kurt Tag: Intermedial Poetics Duration: …

Research group for Urban Development search menu search content Infrastructure & Mobilities The daily traffic jams, the debate about air quality, the systematic discussions about environmental conflicts whenever a new infrastructure project is launched: all these symptoms point out that the remodell…

Philosophy and Society | Summer School | Antwerp Summer University search menu search content Programme 2023 Stories of Illness and Health Stories of Illness and Health. Illness uproots one's certainties, and therefore seems to ask for a new life narrative. While not everyone feels the need to tell …

Arts & Media Archaeology search menu search content Women in Nineteenth-Century Popular Science Performances and Displays This subproject of Science at the Fair examines a neglected aspect of the social, cultural and artistic role of women in fairground communities and their impact on the circulatio…

Institute of Development Policy search menu search content Nasser Road: political posters in Uganda by Kristof Titeca Nasser Road, Kampala: nicknamed Uganda’s Silicon Valley. This street is a mythical place known for its printing trade and as a centre of fraud. From fake identity cards to universi…

Antwerp Doctoral School search menu search content How to deal with media and journalists as a researcher Competence category E: Communication skills Content Science is thoughtful, complex and ongoing, while media want clear and short messages with some news value. Given that tension, it’s quite a…

Yannick De Meulder unpaid staff Research Yannick De Meulder Research team Centre for Urban History The ways to Success. Strategies and Trajectories of the Commercial elites in the Low Countries in the Long Sixteenth Century. 01/10/2016 - 30/09/2017 Abstract Historians have long believed that the ult…