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…

Arts Re-storying sexual harassment in academia: diversifying the narrative Workshop - 13/05/2024 Re-storying sexual harassment in academia: diversifying the narrative Workshop - 13/05/2024 Theme and purpose In recent years, several testimonies of abuse of power and sexual transgression in Belgium an…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Laura Katherin Jimenez Cuadros postdoc 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…

Uni4Equity search menu search content The project Detect and respond to sexual harassment at the University. Context As much as a lot of effort has been invested in ending gender-based violence at the EU level, sexual harassment continuous to be a pervasive phenomenon, especially in those institutio…

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 Morphology Project type(s) Research …

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 …

Katleen Huyghe Faculty Coordinator, Faculty of Sciences Research Katleen Huyghe Research team Functional Morphology The evolution of chemical communication in lacertid lizards. 01/11/2014 - 31/10/2018 Abstract Animals communicate with members of their own and other species through an astonishing arr…

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…

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…

Ellen Gunst assistant professor - guest professor Publications Ellen Gunst Wat weten wij over seksuele recidive in Vlaanderen? Source Tijdschrift voor criminologie - ISSN 0165-182X-66:4 (2024) p. 418-434 Author(s) Inge Jeandarme, Sam Cappaert, Samuel De Vilder, Ellen Gunst, Erwin Reyskens, Sarah Van…

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…

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…

Annie Pinxten professor - senior researcher Research Annie Pinxten Research team Behavioural Ecology & Ecophysiology Didactica Expertise Didactics of Biology, Physics, Chemistry and the Natural Sciences - (i)STEM education - Scientific literacy (in evolution) - Inquiry-based education - Teacher educ…

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…

Joris Van Ouytsel unpaid staff Publications Joris Van Ouytsel Sexting : from real nudes to deepnudes Source Empowering the digital citizen : digital and media literacy research in Flanders, Belgium / Van Audenhove, L. [edit.]; et al.-p. 274-289 Author(s) Michel Walrave, Joris Van Ouytsel Citation li…

Elise Wuyts teaching assistant Publications Elise Wuyts Exploring the impact of perceived parenting, interparental dynamics, and childhood traumatic experience on BDSM interests Source Archives of sexual behavior - ISSN 0004-0002- (2025) p. Author(s) Ilona De Zeeuw, Jasmine Andries, Violette Coppens…

Bieke Vanhooydonck unpaid staff Research Bieke Vanhooydonck Research team Functional Morphology The Anolis dewlap: evolution of intraspecific signal diversity in a complex communication system. 01/10/2011 - 30/09/2013 Abstract This project aims to identify the causes of intraspecific variation in a …