University Fund search menu search content Make a difference The University of Antwerp Fund is able to fulfil its societal role thanks to the generous support of the business community, associations, and private donors and contributors with a big heart. By contributing to the University, you open up…

Lief Bleyen guest lecturer About Lief Bleyen Lief Bleyen Contact Stadscampus Show email address Prinsstraat 13 2000 Antwerpen, BEL Prof. Dr. Lief Bleyen is full time Senior Legal Counsel with Compagnie Maritime Belge (CMB), a major Antwerp-based shipping company where she advises on all shipping mat…

Centre for Manuscript Genetics search menu search content Survey: Digital Editions on th eMove Survey: Digital Editions on the Move Aodhán Kelly, one of our two DiXiT fellows at the Centre for Manuscript Genetics, has created a survey as a part of the research on Scholarly Digital Editions. More sp…

Architecture + Interior search menu search content Elien Vissers-Similon Bio Since 2021, Elien Vissers-Similon has been appointed full-time as a mandated assistant at the University of Antwerp. She delves into the topic of "digital tools in architecture" as a PhD student and teaching assistant. Elie…

Xplore Design Week search menu search content Biographies Susie Brand-De Groot Susie Brand-de Groot has now been a teacher in Design Visualization Techniques for as many as 18 years at the faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, Delft University of Technology. Over de years she developed herself t…

Center for Oncological Research search menu search content Overview The Center for Oncological Research (CORE) at University of Antwerp, co-headed by prof. dr. Filip Lardon and prof. dr. Evelien Smits, is a multidisciplinary oncology research platform combining fundamental, translational and clinica…

FASS-Food EU search menu search content People Research team Tomaso Ferrando is Research Professor at the Faculty of Law and Institute of Development Policy, University of Antwerp. He holds a Phd in law from Sciences Po University (Paris) and has been visiting a fellow at Harvard University Law Scho…

Hendrik Vercammen unpaid staff Research Hendrik Vercammen Research team Translational Neurosciences (TNW) Rock inhibitor repurposing to spark corneal endothelial regeneration. 15/10/2023 - 14/10/2024 Abstract The corneal endothelium is the interior of the cornea, comparable to the window through whi…

Linguistics Initiative search menu search content Members 2026-2027 Meet the Linguini team Yoni Van Dam Hi! I’m Yoni, second year PhD student in the GaP research group. My topic is discourses and interactions on child birth in Antwerp, a linguistic-ethnography. Before I started this PhD, I studied…

Xplore Design Week search menu search content Biographies Hande Ayanoğlu Hande Ayanoğlu has been working as an Assistant Professor at IADE, Universidade Europeia and giving classes in undergraduate (Interaction Design and Ergonomics) and graduate design degree (Master in Interaction Design and Mas…

Xplore Design Week search menu search content Biographies #1 Elise Coudré & Mie Goffin Elise Coudré is a designer and artist who specializes in creating mesmerizing and playful experiences. Trained in industrial design (University of Antwerp) with experience in service design, communication & phot…

Dirk Verellen professor Research Dirk Verellen Research team Center for Oncological Research (CORE) Expertise Main interest in research topics and expertise: - Practical issues concerning implementation of conformal radiotherapy and image-guidance in a clinical environment, - Safety and quality mana…

Studying and entrepreneurship search menu search content Flor Ronsmans De Vry Student Bachelor in computer science There are so many things you learn with entrepreneurship that you can't really know without trying. Tell us about your company: what is its name, what exactly do you do and when did you…

Xplore Design Week search menu search content Biographies #1 Casper Boks & June Trondsen June Kyong Trondsen is a Ph.D. candidate at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology Department of Design. Her research focuses on understanding the role of shame in design and its entanglement with no…

Xplore Design Week search menu search content Workshop facilitators 14-18 February 2022 #1 June Trondsen, Casper Boks & Dirk Van Rooy June Kyong Trondsen is a PhD candidate at the Department of Design at NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology. She has a master’s degree in Industrial D…

Books and Culture | Summer School | Antwerp Summer University search menu search content Workshops Hubert Meeus - Antwerp as a center of religious book production from 1481 till the end of the seventeenth century Course description ∙ The first book printed in Antwerp was Simon van Venlo’s Boexke…

Ken Op de Beeck assistant professor Research Ken Op de Beeck Research team Center for Oncological Research (CORE) Next-generation sequencing meets in situ multi-omics (AVITI24 system) - empowering endless possibilities from molecular mechanisms towards drug discovery. 01/05/2026 - 30/04/2030 Abstrac…

Edwin van Hassel full professor Research Edwin van Hassel Research team Transport and Regional Economics Expertise Edwin van Hassel is a professor at the University of Antwerp, where he teaches several courses. He has an engineering degree in naval architecture and he holds a PhD in applied economic…

Back to the Future search menu search content Blog PhD defense Max-Quentin Bischoff 3/6/2026 Next week on Wednesday project member Max-Quentin Bischoff will present and defend his doctoral dissertation titled "Merchants' Futures: Plans and expectations in the Tucher family company, c.1520-c.1550". T…

Thierry Vanelslander full professor - vice-dean Research Thierry Vanelslander Research team Transport and Regional Economics Expertise Transport economics, port economics, transport innovation, logistics chain analysis, maritime economics, air transport economics, urban logistics, transport policy T…

Transport and Regional Economics search menu search content Projects Ongoing projects Climate innovative financing for the rail sector in the EU (CLIFRAIL-EU). 01/08/2026 - 31/01/2029 Abstract There is a clear need to explore and define the conditions under which additional climate finance can be at…

Center for Oncological Research search menu search content Projects Ongoing projects Characterization of immune cell behavior following intradermal delivery to support future melanoma and head and neck cancer therapies (INDEED). 01/09/2026 - 31/08/2030 Abstract Despite major advances in adoptive imm…

Patrick Meire emeritus occasional assignment Research Patrick Meire Research team Ecosphere Expertise Ecological investigations in aquatic and wetland ecosystems. Vegetation mapping. Physico-chemical and biological (BBI) analysis of water quality. Dienstverlening in het kader van het project "Evalua…

Translational Neurosciences search menu search content Research Projects This page lists current and previous research projects. (Page content is generated automatically from the central Antigoon research database.) Ongoing projects Visual Optics. 01/10/2026 - 30/09/2031 Abstract In the coming years…