Biodiversity Restoration Programme info Micro-credential: Biodiversity Restoration Programme info Micro-credential: Biodiversity Restoration Study load: 6 ECTS credits Language of instruction: English Location: Campus Drie Eiken Faculty: Faculty of Science Course content The first halve of the cours…

Diploma Everything you need to know about your UAntwerp-diploma: Academic degrees Following the introduction of the Bachelor-Master (Ba-Ma) structure, higher education institutions in Flanders began issuing Associate, Bachelor and Master degrees to students who successfully complete the following pr…

Research group for Urban Development search menu search content Crisis and urban development For Schumpeter (1954), an economic crisis is a moment for ‘creative destruction’ in which old parts of the economy are destroyed, thereby allowing the emergence of new forms. By looking at what emerges f…

Heritage Practice Communities in a Digitized World search menu search content Successful networking visit to KU Leuven Following the visit of researchers from the participating Flemish universities to Swansea in the autumn of 2025, Prof Tomás Irish was invited to join the network and to visit KU Le…

Francesca De Ridder unpaid staff Research Francesca De Ridder Research team The impact of a patient-tailored multi-biomarker device to improve glucose control for people with type 1 diabetes. 01/11/2020 - 31/10/2024 Abstract In type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM), insulin-producing beta-cells of the pan…

Antwerp Surgical Training, Anatomy and Research Centre search menu search content Frequently asked questions Frequently asked questions Can anyone donate his/her body? Yes. anybody over the age of 18 can donate his or her body. There is no maximum age limit. Are you continuously looking for body don…

Christophe De Block full professor Research Christophe De Block Research team Laboratory Experimental Medicine and Pediatrics (LEMP) Expertise type 1 diabetes continue glucose monitoring autoimmune polyendocrine syndromes Elucidating the contribution of NAFLD (non-alcoholic fatty liver disease) and …

Sofie Moors predoc researcher FWO Research Sofie Moors Research team Institute for the Study of Literature in the Low Countries (ISLN) Antwerp Centre for Digital humanities and literary Criticism (ACDC) Less is More? What Fragmentology can do to Mitigate Survivorship Bias in German- and Dutch-langua…

Willem-Jan Emsens assistant professor Research Willem-Jan Emsens Research team Ecosphere Expertise Willem-Jan Emsens is eco-hydrologist, vegetation scientist, restoration ecologist and biogeochemist. He studies the relationships between vegetation, biogeochemistry and microbial communities, and aims…

Belgian Historical Gazetteer search menu search content Webmap A webmap showcasing the historical toponyms already collected in the framework of the Belgian Historical Gazetteer project is available here. On the left, you can search for a historical place name by clicking on the icon with the binocu…

Virtual technology for resilient fortification heritage search menu search content Historical reconstruction Lillo fortress in 1639 Lillo fortress, a short history Lillo fortress was built in the turbulent area of the so called 'eighty years war' (1568-1648) when several provinces of Low Countries r…

QTOX Doctoral Network search menu search content International Day of Climate Action 2024 Constanza Vega Olivares, University of Valencia | 24 October 2024 Silent Warnings: Understanding the Ripple Effects of Climate Change I remember the day I realised that extinction did not begin - and did not en…

Institute Born-Bunge search menu search content FAQs about brain and tissue donation Who can become a donor? Most adults can register as potential donors. You can sign up yourself, or your family can choose to donate after death, if consent is given. In some cases, small tissue samples may also be t…

Institute of Jewish Studies search menu search content News Apply to early-career Holocaust research seminar Apply to early-career Holocaust research seminar - IHRA The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) is pleased to announce that applications are now open for an early-career Holoc…

Remco Sleiderink full professor Research Remco Sleiderink Research team Institute for the Study of Literature in the Low Countries (ISLN) Expertise Remco Sleiderink (°1968) is full professor of Medieval Dutch literature at the University of Antwerp. In his research, he often focuses on the composit…

Center for European Philosophy search menu search content Philosophical Sources of European Identity Lecture Series The lecture series Philosophical Sources of European Identity (UAntwerp/YUFE) offered a philosophical introduction to the idea of Europe. Far from aspiring to a systematic exposition o…

Gerrit Verhoeven associate professor Research Gerrit Verhoeven Research team Centre for Urban History Antwerp Cultural Heritage Sciences (ARCHES) Architecture + Interior Expertise Gerrit Verhoeven is a FED-tWIN assistant professor in cultural heritage and history. At the UAntwerpen, he teaches cours…

Palestine-Israel: in search of a dialogue search menu search content UAntwerp and collaboration with Israel Explanation of the position of the University of Antwerp in the form of an interview with Rector Herwig Leirs, June 2025 In recent weeks, we have once again seen increased public interest in h…

Tomaso Ferrando associate research professor Research Tomaso Ferrando Research team Development processes, actors and policies Law and Development Expertise Tomaso’s main line of research focuses on the link between law and food, with particular attention to the international dimension (trade, inv…

International Design Workshop Week search menu search content Workshops #1 Linking Bodies of Water By Maria Mazzanti & Anna Bierler "Even while in constant motion, water is also a planetary archive of meaning and matter. To drink a glass of water is to ingest the ghosts of bodies that haunt that wat…

Hein Heidbuchel full professor Research Hein Heidbuchel Research team Cardiovascular diseases (CARDIOVASC) Expertise - Clinical evaluation of treatment modalities for heart rhythm disorders, both pharmacologically as by devices or ablation (catheter techniques). - Study of the mechanism of developme…

Geobiology search menu search content Research The research group GEOBIOLOGY performs fundamental and applied research at the intersection between Geology and Biology. Our prime objective is to generate profound insights about the interactions between the biosphere on the one hand, and the geosphere…

Cardiovascular Diseases search menu search content Funded Projects - Cardiovascular Diseases Ongoing projects Why wrist-PPG heart rate monitoring often fails: exploring the role of microvascular function. 01/10/2026 - 30/09/2029 Abstract Wrist based photoplethysmography (PPG) is widely used for hear…

Cardiovascular Diseases search menu search content Projects and publications Ongoing projects Why wrist-PPG heart rate monitoring often fails: exploring the role of microvascular function. 01/10/2026 - 30/09/2029 Abstract Wrist based photoplethysmography (PPG) is widely used for heart rate (HR) moni…

Mike Kestemont full 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) Expertise Mac…