Bram Vanden Broecke unpaid staff Research Bram Vanden Broecke Research team Evolutionary ecology group (EVECO) The link between animal personality and infection risk in natural populations of Mastomys natalensis infected with Morogoro arenavirus. 01/10/2018 - 30/09/2021 Abstract Animal personality i…

Philippe Helsen assistant professor Publications Philippe Helsen Mother's curse on conservation : assessing the role of mtDNA in sex-specific survival differences in ex-situ breeding programs Source Animal conservation - ISSN 1367-9430-25:3 (2022) p. 342-351 Author(s) H.L. Leeflang, Stefan Van Donge…

Henry van de Velde search menu search content Georgina Pantazopoulou Bio Georgina Pantazopoulou (she/her) is an architect, designer and researcher currently living and working between Belgium and The Netherlands. She graduated from Royal Academy of Art, the Hague with a MA in Interior Architecture (…

Metrodora search menu search content Research Interdisciplinary Research Projects Neurodiversity and Videogames Videogames are an experiential medium par excellence. However, in engagement with atypical experiences regarding neurodiversity (expressed in embodied phenomena such as perception, sociabi…

Nicky Staes postdoc researcher FWO Research Nicky Staes Research team Behavioural Ecology & Ecophysiology Expertise I apply behavioral neurogenetics techniques to investigate the evolution of the primate social brain. My research focuses mainly on great apes, with a special focus on bonobos and chim…

Jeroen Stevens unpaid staff Research Jeroen Stevens Research team Behavioural Ecology & Ecophysiology Comparative psychology of positive emotions: A multi-componential approach to understand affective states in man's closest living relative, the bonobo. 01/11/2019 - 31/10/2023 Abstract Similar to hu…

Wendt Müller research professor seminars Wendt Müller Seminars in Ecology and Evolution 2022-23 The next seminar is on Thursday 17th of November (12h15 in D 0.39): Jana Tesikova (EVECO) Virus hunting: the diversity of selected rodent-borne viruses. Valentina Burskaya (EVECO) Does hybridization fac…

Willem Lemmens full professor Research Willem Lemmens Research team Center for Ethics Expertise History of Early Modern Philosophy, David Hume, meta-ethics and moral psychology, bio-ethics Irreligion and common illusions in Hume's moral Enquiry and the Natural History of Religion. 01/10/2020 - 30/09…

Power in History search menu search content Past events 18-19 September 2025: Workshop 'Spaces of Formal and Informal Diplomacy in the Premodern Mediterranean' More information can be found on the dedicated web page. 18-20 June 2025: International Conference 'Association for Political History' All i…

Erik Matthysen full professor Research Erik Matthysen Research team Evolutionary ecology group (EVECO) Expertise - Evaluation of landscape connectivity. - Population viability analysisand genetic analysis of (natural) populations. Evolutionary potential of phenological and morphological responses to…

Herwig Leirs full professor - rector Research Herwig Leirs Research team Evolutionary ecology group (EVECO) Expertise - Morfological and molecular identification of small mammals (particularly rodents), molluscs and insects. - Consultancy on the management of rodent-related problems in agriculture a…

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…

Gerlinde Verbist guest professor - associate professor - senior research manager Research Gerlinde Verbist Research team Economics Herman Deleeck Centre for Social Policy Expertise Tax-benefit microsimulatiemodelling Sustainable Wellbeing through Investment in Social Services (SWINS). 01/02/2025 - 3…

Centre for Ethics search menu search content Projects Ongoing projects Virtues: A Special Kind of Thick Concepts - A research on thick concepts and virtues based on Iris Murdoch. 01/11/2025 - 31/10/2029 Abstract Virtues such as courage and honesty have long been central to ethical thought, guiding m…

Evolutionary Ecology Group - EVECO search menu search content Research Projects in the UAntwerp database Ongoing projects Computationally efficient model-based inference of speciation 01/11/2025 - 31/10/2029 Abstract The astonishing biodiversity we observe today is the result of speciation. Reproduc…

Marcel Eens full professor Research Marcel Eens Research team Behavioural Ecology & Ecophysiology Expertise Evolutionary biological and Molecular ecological research. Field ecotoxicological and behavioural research in birds. PFAS systemic regional approach to Assess Spatial distribution, Transfer, E…

Behavioural Ecology and Ecophysiology search menu search content Research Projects Ongoing projects Microbial modulators of the mind: A shotgun metagenomic approach to studying gut-behavior links in great apes. 01/04/2025 - 30/03/2026 Abstract The close phylogenetic relationship between bonobos (Pan…

Urban Studies Institute search menu search content Paper Sessions Preliminary Programme Overview Parallel Paper Sessions (pdf - 1618kb) 1. (Dis)Cohesion as sense of urbanity (Dis)cohesion as sense of urbanity PS001 | THURSDAY 15 JULY, 14:00-15:30 CEST Peter Dirksmeier – Leibniz Universität Hannov…

Centre for Urban History search menu search content Academic Projects - Centre for Urban History Ongoing projects 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 examine…