Evolutionary Ecology Group - EVECO search menu search content BIODIV-AFREID: Biodiversity changes in African forests and Emerging Infectious Diseases: should we worry? Biodiversity in Afrotropical forests is declining dramatically due to deforestation and intensified bushmeat trade. At the same time…

BIODIV-AFREID search menu search content About BIODIV-AFREID Biodiversity changes in African forests and Emerging Infectious Diseases: should we worry? Biodiversity in Afrotropical forests is declining dramatically due to deforestation and intensified bushmeat trade. At the same time there is an inc…

Lucinda Kirkpatrick unpaid staff Research Lucinda Kirkpatrick Research team Evolutionary ecology group (EVECO) Restoring Ecosystems to Stop the Threat of Re - Emerging Infectious Disease (RESTOREID). 01/01/2024 - 31/12/2027 Abstract Restoring Ecosystems to Stop the Threat Of (Re-)Emerging Infectious…

Wim De Kesel predoc researcher FWO Research Wim De Kesel Research team Evolutionary ecology group (EVECO) Sylvatic cycle of arboviruses in African wildlife. 01/11/2022 - 31/10/2026 Abstract Arthropod borne viruses (arboviruses) rely on hematophagous arthropods as a vector for the transmission to a v…

Anna Pia Piscitelli predoc researcher FWO Publications Anna Pia Piscitelli Ecology and distribution of Leptospira spp., reservoir hosts and environmental interaction in Sri Lanka, with identification of a new strain Source PLoS neglected tropical diseases - ISSN 1935-2735-16:9 (2022) p. 1-17 Author(…

Flore Vermijs researcher Publications Flore Vermijs Health programme spillover effects on childhood vaccination in India : a difference-in-differences analysis of the Zinc and Oral Rehydration Salts Programme using retrospective demographic health surveys data Source BMJ Public health - ISSN 2753-42…

Marina Voinson postdoctoral scholarship hold. Research Marina Voinson Research team Evolutionary ecology group (EVECO) Expertise I have extensive expertise in theoretical and mathematical modeling, data analysis, and interdisciplinary collaboration applied to infectious disease ecology. My work inte…

Benny Borremans unpaid staff Publications Benny Borremans Periodic shifts in viral load increase risk of Hendra virus spillover from Pteropus bats Source Science Advances - ISSN 2375-2548-12:28 (2026) p. Author(s) Tamika J. Lunn, Benny Borremans, Devin N. Jones-Slobodian, Maureen K. Kessler, Adrienn…

Research group for Urban Development search menu search content Mobility hubs: An alternative for parking requirements in Antwerp? Deelnemers gezicht voor onderzoek over parkeren In most European and American countries developers must complement a building with a required minimum of parking spaces. …

Exposome search menu search content Class of Excellence Gary Miller 2026 Exposome organises Class of Excellence with Gary Miller The 2026 edition of the Exposome Day at the University of Antwerp has a special setting! Prof. Gary Wright Miller (Columbia University, New York, USA) was awarded an Inter…

Claude Ndjabu Mande postdoctoral scholarship hold. Research Claude Ndjabu Mande Research team Evolutionary ecology group (EVECO) Expertise My research expertise bridges evolutionary ecology, biodiversity monitoring, and One Health, focusing on African bats and tropical forest ecosystems. I examine h…

Joachim Mariën assistant professor Research Joachim Mariën Research team Evolutionary ecology group (EVECO) Expertise The fundamental part of my research aims to understand under what conditions pathogen transmission is more or less efficient in wildlife populations. For most zoonotic pathogens, s…

Evolutionary Ecology Group - EVECO search menu search content Covid-19 Overview Covid-19 related articles: After Ebola and COVID-19: insights for future disease outbreaks Herwig Leirs and Erik Verheyen tell more about their insights Read the article Kan België corona-uitbraken voorkomen door de ill…

Elsa Leromain tenure track asst. professor Research Elsa Leromain Research team Economics Expertise I am an applied economist with interests in international trade and economic geography. My research studies the impact of trade policy shocks on major aggregate economic outcomes and then aims to unde…

Sophie Gryseels associate professor Research Sophie Gryseels Research team Evolutionary ecology group (EVECO) Expertise I study the evolutionary dynamics of viruses and their hosts. I am interested in unraveling evolutionary histories of pathogens by using archived samples from which we can characte…

VAXINFECTIO search menu search content Coronavirus Research News Why COVID-19 has to be taken seriously Geert Molenberghs (UHasselt and KU Leuven), Pierre Van Damme (UAntwerpen), Sarah Vercruysse (UHasselt), Niel Hens (UHasselt and UAntwerpen) - July 2020 It has often been claimed that the infection…

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…

Institute of Development Policy search menu search content Doctoral research Ongoing and past PhD research at IOB The first IOB PhD in Development Studies was awarded in 2011. This page gives an overview of all ongoing and completed PhD research. Find all IOB doctoral theses registered in the UAntwe…

Evolutionary Ecology Group - EVECO search menu search content Research Projects in the UAntwerp database Ongoing projects Strengthening the research potential and data reuse of a long-term database on research in free-living bird populations. 01/07/2026 - 30/06/2027 Abstract The strategic objective …

Economics search menu search content Overview of past seminars Seminars 2024-2025 9/10/2024 Tom Truyts Beamm: online open-acces fiscal and social policy evaluation S.A.107 23/10/2024 Kristof Bosmans Multidimensional welfare and inequality: we need to talk about efficiency S.A.107 29/10/2024 Tom Poto…

Annick Schramme professor Research Annick Schramme Research team Management Antwerp Research Institute for the Arts (ARIA) Expertise Cultural governance, both in Flanders and from a global perspective. In 2019 I published a book on "cultural governance from a global perspective". In recent years I h…

Science Public defences 2019 Public defences 2019 O(N) numerical methods for investigating graphene heterostructures and moiré patterns - Miša Anđelković (19/12/2019) Miša Anđelković 19 December 2019 Supervisors: François Peeters and Lucian Covaci Department of Physics Abstract In the resear…

Business and Economics Doctoral research Doctoral research Ongoing doctoral research (alphabetical order) Name PhD student Title research Supervisor(s) Abdelshafy Mahira Disruption Management in the Port Industry: Empirical Analysis on The Role of Emerging Technologies Sys Christa, Rashed Yasmine Ab…

Economics search menu search content Research projects Ongoing projects Network-Mediated Screening under Uncertainty: Evidence from Early Modern Academic Publishing (1500-1800). 01/10/2026 - 30/09/2029 Abstract Markets where quality is hard to observe allocate opportunities under uncertainty. In suc…

Science Public defences 2026 Attend a phd defence or search the archive of concluded doctoral research Public defences 2026 Attend a phd defence or search the archive of concluded doctoral research Global and local variability in carbon sequestration in tidal marshes and relations with sea level ris…