Centre of Expertise for Higher Education search menu search content Addressing gender & sexual diversity December 2023 In collaboration with Team Diversity and Inclusion at UAntwerp Not every LGBTQI+ student* always feels at home on campus or in class. They sometimes face inappropriate jokes, exclus…

Collaborative Antwerp Psychiatric Research Institute search menu search content Forensic and sexual mental health In this research line, we are dedicated to examining both healthy and psychopathological facets of human sexuality. Our multifaceted research consists of several distinct lines of inquir…

Centre for Population, Family and Health search menu search content Bridging the Relationship Between Sexual Pleasure and Contraceptive Counseling General This study applies multiple methods, a scoping review and qualitative interviews, to identify how contraceptive counseling can bridge the relatio…

Uni4Equity search menu search content As part of the project, several workshops were organized. Below you will find an overview. Given the limited duration of the project, no new sessions are planned. However, the Diversity & Inclusion team does offer regular general bystander trainings (i.e. not li…

Uni4Equity search menu search content Uni4Equity Research and interventions tackling sexual harassment in academia Strengthening the capacity of universities to detect and respond to online and offline sexual harassment in the workplace and other relevant contexts (such as classrooms and digital spa…

Research Group MIOS search menu search content Sexting Sexting: motives and risk of online sexual self-presentation In the current debate around sexting, this book gives a nuanced account of motives, contexts and possible risks of intimate digital communication. Authors discuss how social media shap…

Orange Your University UAntwerp shows its colours in the fight against sexual assault On 25 November 2021, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, our Middelheim Campus will be coloured orange. By doing so, our university shows its solidarity for the worldwide campaign a…

Global Health Institute search menu search content Jane NAMUKASA Challenges for long-term HIV treatment adherence and risk behaviour reduction in sub-Saharan Africa: Lessons learned at the Infectious Diseases Institute, Kampala, Uganda Thesis Summary There has been remarkable global scale-up of anti…

Laura Katherin Jimenez Cuadros predoc researcher FWO Research Laura Katherin Jimenez Cuadros Research team Center for Ethics Virtual Violation, Real Harm: Rethinking Sexual Violation in the Light of Virtual Reality. 01/11/2025 - 31/10/2029 Abstract This project provide compelling reasons to rethink …

Annemie Cools file manager Research Annemie Cools Research team Evolution of multiple sexual signals in lizards. 01/10/2007 - 30/09/2008 Abstract Researcher(s) Promoter: Van Damme Raoul Co-promoter: Herrel Anthony Fellow: Cools Annemie Research team(s) Functional Morphology01/10/2007 - 30/09/2008 Fu…

Uni4Equity search menu search content The project Detect and respond to sexual harassment at the University. Context The Uni4Equity project ran from February 2023 until February 2026 and has now ended. This website contains an overview of our most important activities and findings. As much as a lot …

Sherry Tan unpaid staff Research Sherry Tan Research team Media, ICT and interpersonal relations in Organisations and Society (MIOS) Helping victims of online sexual harassment through online reporting and supporting systems. 01/03/2024 - 28/02/2025 Abstract Online sexual harassment is prevalent on …

Lisa Demets postdoc researcher FWO Research Lisa Demets Research team Institute for the Study of Literature in the Low Countries (ISLN) Expertise Dr. Lisa Demets specializes in the political and cultural history of the late Middle Ages (c. 1200–1500). Her research focuses on gender history and urb…

Katleen Huyghe Faculty Coordinator, Faculty of Sciences Research Katleen Huyghe Research team Theory and Spectroscopy of Molecules and Materials (TSM²) The evolution of chemical communication in lacertid lizards. 01/11/2014 - 31/10/2018 Abstract Animals communicate with members of their own and oth…

Global Health Institute search menu search content Jasna LOOS Know your epidemic, know your response. The case of the HIV epidemic among sub-Saharan African migrants in Flanders, Belgium Summary Sub-Saharan African migrants are an important priority group for HIV-prevention in Europe. Like in the ot…

Global Health Institute search menu search content Chris KENYON The underlying determinants of South Africa's generalized HIV epidemic Thesis summary This thesis argues that the most parsimonious explanation for why only a handful of countries have generalized HIV epidemics is due to the increased c…

Anneleen De Cuyper predoc researcher FWO Publications Anneleen De Cuyper Are we asking the right questions? A Belgian case study on the sexual harassment prevalence gap Source Violence against women - ISSN 1077-8012- (2026) p. Author(s) Anneleen De Cuyper, Sarah Van de Velde Citation link Sexual har…

Anneleen De Cuyper predoc researcher FWO Research Anneleen De Cuyper Research team Centre for Population, Family and Health From Exclusion to Inclusion: Rethinking Sexual Harassment in Higher Education through an Intersectional Lens. 01/11/2025 - 31/10/2029 Abstract Sexual harassment (SH) has predom…

Sherry Tan unpaid staff Publications Sherry Tan "It's not that I don't trust the bot, but can it actually help?" Listening to young adults' experience with the transparency designs of an image-based sexual abuse victim support AI chatbot Source 2025 International Conference on Information Technology…

Diversity and inclusion search menu search content Glossary of Terms on Diversity This glossary of terms on diversity contains a selection of terms and concepts that are often used within the context of diversity and inclusion. The objective of this glossary is to develop a common language for the U…

Sofie Avery senior researcher Publications Sofie Avery "Sexual harassment definitely involves a hierarchical transgression" : key informants discourses on sexual harassment in European universities Source PLoS ONE - ISSN 1932-6203-21:8 (2026) p. Author(s) Esther Rios-Albert, Ariadna Cerdan-Torregros…

Gunter De Win associate professor Research Gunter De Win Research team Antwerp Surgical Training, Anatomy and Research Centre (ASTARC) Social Epidemiology & Health Policy (SEHPO) Expertise Simulation training for laparoscopic urology Varicoceles and pubertal development Porn induced sexual dysfuctio…

Uni4Equity search menu search content Additional resources Together, the Uni4Equity partner institutions developed five policy briefs that aim to inform policymakers and university leadership about concrete challenges and recommendations regarding the prevention of sexual harassment in higher educat…

Annie Pinxten emeritus occasional assignment Research Annie Pinxten Research team Expertise Didactics of Biology, Physics, Chemistry and the Natural Sciences - (i)STEM education - Scientific literacy (in evolution) - Inquiry-based education - Teacher education Behavioural ecological and Eco-physiolo…

HPV Prevention and Control Board search menu search content Guidelines from international organisations Communication WHO communication on HPV Vaccines Human papillomavirus vaccines: WHO position paper, December 2022 This position paper is concerned with vaccines and vaccination against diseases cau…