GIStorical Antwerp search menu search content About GIStorical Antwerp Introduction Within the GIStorical Antwerp project, seven snapshots between 1584 and 1984 were created. Each of this snapshots uses a specific set of both textual as cartographical sources. The result is a GIS-environment which n…

Non-Commutative Algebraic Geometry | Summer School | Antwerp Summer University search menu search content Non-Commutative Algebraic Geometry A multi-faceted exploration of the concept of space The information on this page refers to the 2025 edition. Updates on the next edition will be shared in Febr…

Mind-Bending Grammars search menu search content Framework and methodology - Mind-Bending Grammars Framework and methodology The approach is constructionist (Goldberg 1995, 2006, Croft 2001), seeing grammatical items as form-meaning combinations that are interconnected in a complex associative netwo…

GIStorical Antwerp search menu search content Gistorical Antwerp GIStorical Antwerp In a time of rapid urbanization solid long-term perspectives on the many environmental, social, economic or political challenges of urbanity are urgently needed. Uniting urban history, sociology, environmental studie…

Antwerp Time Machine search menu search content GIStorical Antwerp GIStorical Antwerp In a time of rapid urbanization solid long-term perspectives on the many environmental, social, economic or political challenges of urbanity are urgently needed. Uniting urban history, sociology, environmental stud…

Sarah De Beuckeleer predoc researcher FWO Research Sarah De Beuckeleer Research team Laboratory of cell biology and histology Cell state and patient fate Elucidating cell state plasticity in glioblastoma multiforme. 01/12/2025 - 31/12/2026 Abstract Glioblastoma is the predominant form of brain cance…

Institute of Development Policy search menu search content The Aid Architecture Debate: Beyond Busan Policy Brief 5: Debt Relief as Disguised Budget Support In 1996 the ‘Heavily Indebted Poor Countries’ (HIPC) Initiative for debt reduction was introduced. In 1999 it was replaced by a more genero…

Back to the Future search menu search content Case studies From the eighteenth century onwards, the future was considered as open, uncertain and constructible – the way we tend to perceive the future today. In contrast, early modern Europeans believed that the future was beyond the control of man.…

Geert Van Eekert professor Research Geert Van Eekert Research team Center for European Philosophy Expertise Metaphysics: history of metaphysics (Aristotle, Thomas Aquinas, Descartes, Hegel), history of the critique of metaphysics, debates about the end of metaphysics (Habermas), history of post-meta…

University and Society: United?! Opening of the Academic Year 2025 - Rector Herwig Leirs All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players… This was the thought expressed by Joost van de Vondel and William Shakespeare in the early 17th century. We play our part as well, and, as y…

Law PhD defenses 2022 Attend a PhD defense or consult past defenses PhD defenses 2022 Attend a PhD defense or consult past defenses Accountability of the European Central Bank. Theory, Legal Framework and Practices - Ute Lettanie (14/11/2022) PhD defense Ute Lettanie 14 November 2022 - 17 uur Superv…

Greet De Block professor Research Greet De Block Research team Centre for Urban History Expertise Greet De Block is an engineer-architect and urban planner. Her teaching and writing focus on infrastructure as driving force of urbanization, advancing an interdisciplinary approach linking urbanism wit…

Wouter Verheyen professor Research Wouter Verheyen Research team Business and Law Expertise In 2019 Verheyen became research professor at Antwerp University with a research agenda on sustainable platform economy, aimed at reconciling social, economic and environmental sustainability. Verheyen superv…

Center for European Philosophy search menu search content Projects Ongoing projects From Logic to Life: Drive as a Meta-Systematic Concept in Hegel's Philosophy. 01/11/2025 - 31/10/2029 Abstract systematicity of his philosophy. This revival has reinforced readings of Hegel's system as inherently org…

Hilde Greefs full professor Research Hilde Greefs Research team Centre for Urban History Worth the gamble? Tourism and the embeddedness of gambling in seaside resorts: the case of Ostend at the Belgian coast (1878-1930). 01/11/2025 - 31/10/2029 Abstract This research examines the role of gambling an…

Peter Stabel full professor Research Peter Stabel Research team Centre for Urban History A single pattern? Reassessing the medieval origins and development of the European Marriage Pattern in the County of Flanders (1300-1600). 01/10/2024 - 30/09/2027 Abstract In recent years, the European Marriage …

Ilja Van Damme professor Research Ilja Van Damme Research team Centre for Urban History Expertise Antwerp Time Machine - Spatial History - Urban History - History of urban life, culture, and creativity - History of consumption - History of retailing and shopping Claiming the Past: Women's Engagement…

Esther van Zimmeren professor Research Esther van Zimmeren Research team Business and Law Government and Law Expertise Esther van Zimmeren has particular expertise in Intellectual Property (IP) law, in particular in patent law, IP governance, innovation policy, technology transfer, competition law, …

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…

Stijn Oosterlynck professor Research Stijn Oosterlynck Research team Centre for Research on Environmental and Social Change Expertise - Scientific advice on social inequality, poverty and social excusion - Scientific advice on urban policy and development - Scientific advice on spatial planning and …

Ilse Loots emeritus occasional assignment Research Ilse Loots Research team Expertise Scientific research and advices on social aspects of environmental problems and environmental policy, transitions to sustainable development. Human biomonitoring project in the Hoboken area. 28/09/2023 - 20/12/2024…

Mike Kestemont full research professor Research Mike Kestemont Research team Centre for Computational Linguistics, Psycholinguistics and Sociolinguistics (CLiPS) Institute for the Study of Literature in the Low Countries (ISLN) Antwerp Centre for Digital humanities and literary Criticism (ACDC) Expe…

Bruno Blondé full professor Research Bruno Blondé Research team Centre for Urban History Expertise Historical statistics - Material culture and consumption research - Urban History - Social and economic history - Transportation History - History of the Low Countries - Research Policy Antwerp Inter…

Winnok De Vos professor Research Winnok De Vos Research team Laboratory of cell biology and histology Expertise Data-driven microscopy (augmented, high-throughput and intelligent imaging) - Cell biology of aging and neurodegeneration - Advanced cellular models - Cell nucleus - Nuclear envelope stres…

Peter Ponsaerts professor Research Peter Ponsaerts Research team Laboratory for Experimental Hematology (LEH) Expertise Primary cell culture from mouse and human, including immune cells (dendritic cells, macrophages, T-cells) and stem cells (embryonic stem cells, induced pluripotent stem cells, neur…