Workbooks The transition from secondary to higher education entails many specific questions and problems. The Office for Study Advice and Student Counseling at UAntwerp developed a series of workbooks to support pupils and students as well as supervisors and parents. The workbooks can be used indivi…

Gert-Jan Vanaken senior onderzoeker Publicaties Gert-Jan Vanaken Towards a neurodiversity-affirmative conceptualisation of psycho-education in the context of autism Bron Research in autism spectrum disorders - ISSN 1750-9467-114 (2024) p. 1-11 Auteur(s) Lies Van Den Plas, Gert-Jan Vanaken, Jean Stey…

Delphine Jacobs onbezoldigd medewerker Publicaties Delphine Jacobs Parents' multi-layered expectations when requesting an Autism Spectrum Disorder assessment of their young child : an in-depth interview study Bron BMC psychiatry-20:1 (2020) p. 1-11 Auteur(s) Delphine Jacobs, Jean Steyaert, Kris Dier…

Study coaching Don’t know how to process large amounts of subject matter in a few months? Need some support to fine-tune your exam schedule? Need help preparing a presentation? Tend to procrastinate? Suffer from performance anxiety? Fear of speaking for large groups? Stuck writing a paper or thesi…

Imane Kostet postdoc researcher FWO Research Imane Kostet Research team Centre for Research on Environmental and Social Change Expertise Imane Kostet conducts research on symbolic boundaries in super-diverse societies, with a focus on ‘ethnicisation’ of social differences. In May 2022, she defen…

Gert-Jan Vanaken senior researcher Publications Gert-Jan Vanaken Towards a neurodiversity-affirmative conceptualisation of psycho-education in the context of autism Source Research in autism spectrum disorders - ISSN 1750-9467-114 (2024) p. 1-11 Author(s) Lies Van Den Plas, Gert-Jan Vanaken, Jean St…

Imane Kostet postdoc mandaat FWO Publicaties Imane Kostet The (in)visibilisation of 'ethnicity', 'race' and 'culture' as constructs of difference in Global North autism disparities research Bron Autism - ISSN 1362-3613- (2025) p. 1-11 Auteur(s) Imane Kostet Citatielink (Un)doing reflexivity : white …

Delphine Jacobs unpaid staff Publications Delphine Jacobs Parents' multi-layered expectations when requesting an Autism Spectrum Disorder assessment of their young child : an in-depth interview study Source BMC psychiatry-20:1 (2020) p. 1-11 Author(s) Delphine Jacobs, Jean Steyaert, Kris Dierickx, K…

Nele Brusselaers hoogleraar Publicaties Nele Brusselaers Comparing the diagnostic accuracy of pre-operative genetic testing for thyroid cancer on fine needle aspiration cytology specimens : a systematic review and meta-analysis of diagnostic accuracy Bron Discover Oncology - ISSN 2730-6011-16:1 (202…

Emanuela Pasciuto associate professor - research leader Research Emanuela Pasciuto Research team VIB CMN - Neuroimmunology Expertise The Neuroimmunology lab studies the complex interactions between the immune and nervous systems. Immune-dependent processes are involved in diseases that were previous…

Kristien Hens professor Research Kristien Hens Research team Center for Ethics Expertise Ethical issues related to genetics, reproductive medicine, feminism, disability studies and neurodiversity (autism, ADHD). Advancing Health Equity Through Microbiome-Centric and Multidisciplinary Research.(U-MaM…

Amelia Zanchi doctoral scholarship holder Research Amelia Zanchi Research team VIB CMN - Neuroimmunology Exploring the role of T cells in the ADNP deficiency model of syndromic autism. 01/01/2024 - 31/12/2027 Abstract Loss-function mutations in the Activity-dependent neuroprotective protein (ADNP) g…

Geert Vandeweyer unpaid staff Research Geert Vandeweyer Research team Medical Genetics (MEDGEN) Expertise Analysis of genomic (re)sequencing data in the context of medical genetics. This comprises analysis of raw data, variant annotation and interpretation, building automated analysis pipelines and …

COMPOST Collective search menu search content Let us introduce you to our team members! To find out more about a researcher, click on their picture to open their University of Antwerp researcher page. Kristien Hens Kristien Hens is professor of philosophy at the University of Antwerp. She loves micr…

Frank Kooy emeritus with assignment Research Frank Kooy Research team Medical Genetics (MEDGEN) Expertise We have decades of expertise in the discovery of novel genetic intellectual disability and autism . disorders. For some of these disorders, we have performed deep-phenotyping in large patient co…

Imane Kostet postdoc researcher FWO Publications Imane Kostet The (in)visibilisation of 'ethnicity', 'race' and 'culture' as constructs of difference in Global North autism disparities research Source Autism - ISSN 1362-3613- (2025) p. 1-11 Author(s) Imane Kostet Citation link (Un)doing reflexivity …

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…

Mathijs van der Lei onderzoeker Publicaties Mathijs van der Lei From discovery to innovative translational approaches in 80 years of fragile X syndrome research Bron Biomedicines - ISSN 2227-9059-13:4 (2025) p. 1-27 Auteur(s) Mathijs van der Lei, Frank Kooy Citatielink Cognitive deficits in human Ap…

Antwerp Research Institute for the Arts search menu search content The Forest School Symposium 27 November 2025 - Middelheim Museum ARIA HeARTS (University of Antwerp) and CORPoREAL (Royal Conservatoire Antwerp) are pleased to invite you to the symposium 'The Forest School: at the intersection of dr…

Nele Brusselaers professor Publications Nele Brusselaers Comparing the diagnostic accuracy of pre-operative genetic testing for thyroid cancer on fine needle aspiration cytology specimens : a systematic review and meta-analysis of diagnostic accuracy Source Discover Oncology - ISSN 2730-6011-16:1 (2…

Kirsten Van Rossem onbezoldigd medewerker Publicaties Kirsten Van Rossem An NGS-based approach for precise and footprint-free CRISPR-based gene editing in human stem cells Bron Methods: a companion to methods in enzymology - ISSN 1046-2023-241 (2025) p. 33-42 Auteur(s) Bert Vandendriessche, Jolien H…

Centre for Ethics search menu search content Dissertations Dissertations Current PhD projects Sofie Avery: A just response to sexual harassment in academia Advisors: Katrien Schaubroeck (Centre for Ethics), Sarah Van de Velde (Department of Sociology), Sigrid Sterckx (Ghent University) Ina Devos: Be…

Centre for Philosophical Psychology search menu search content Reconceiving Perception Reconceiving Perception The aim of this conference is to bring together views on perception of a relational, pragmatic and embodied variety. By comparing and contrasting these different accounts, their strengths a…

Annik Simons onbezoldigd medewerker Publicaties Annik Simons A longitudinal study of autism spectrum disorder characteristics in adolescents with restrictive type anorexia nervosa during and after underweight Bron European eating disorders review - ISSN 1072-4133-32:2 (2024) p. 310-321 Auteur(s) Mar…

Marek Wojciechowski onbezoldigd medewerker Publicaties Marek Wojciechowski Awaiting the first locally-acquired human West Nile Virus Infecion in Belgium Bron Belgian Journal of Paediatrics - ISSN 2566-1558-27:2 (2024) p. 97-101 Auteur(s) Marek Wojciechowski, Tine Boiy, Koen Vanden Driessche Citatiel…