Master of Laws (LL.M) Opening Ceremony of the Master of Laws 2025 Opening Ceremony of the Master of Laws 2025 Please join us for the opening of the academic year 2025-2026 of the Master of Laws on Monday 22 September from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. in room S.C.103, followed by a light lunch at Agora C…

Tom Potoms hoofddocent Publicaties Tom Potoms Housing wealth, marital stability and labor supply : an intertemporal analysis Bron London, Institute for Fiscal Studies, 2025,65 p. Auteur(s) Bram De Rock, Mariia Kovaleva, Tom Potoms Citatielink Intertemporal consumption with anticipating, remembering,…

Research Group MIOS search menu search content EHBLC Event (2014) In 2014, European Behaviour and Evolution Association (EHBEA) and the Human Evolution and Behavior Network (HEBEN) organized a post-conference to the EHBEA conference on evolution and human behavior research in Belgium and the Netherl…

Gilles De Meester unpaid staff Research Gilles De Meester Research team Functional Morphology Does being smart pay off? Fitness-consequences of behavioural flexibility in lizards in environments with different complexity. 01/10/2019 - 31/03/2022 Abstract Cognition is often described as the ability o…

Wendt Müller hoogleraar The Family Ecology Team Wendt Müller People Current members Natalia Estramil (PhD) Parent-offspring conflict in canaries: individual plasticity, genetic basis and co-adaptation. Carsten Lucass (PhD) Conflict and co-adaptation: the evolution of parental care in a wild bird s…

Tom Potoms associate professor Publications Tom Potoms Housing wealth, marital stability and labor supply : an intertemporal analysis Source London, Institute for Fiscal Studies, 2025,65 p. Author(s) Bram De Rock, Mariia Kovaleva, Tom Potoms Citation link Intertemporal consumption with anticipating,…

Matisse Van Hee predoc researcher FWO Research Matisse Van Hee Research team Laboratory of Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (LAMB) Exploring the molecular mechanisms and diversity of non ribosomal peptide synthetases (NRPS) in Lactobacillaceae. 01/11/2024 - 31/10/2026 Abstract Lactobacillaceae…

Mohamad Abotera unpaid staff Research Mohamad Abotera Research team Henry van de Velde The neutralisation of urban space through relocation in post-revolutionary Cairo during late neoliberal authoritarianism. 15/07/2022 - 14/07/2023 Abstract This research examines how interests in power domination m…

Plants and Ecosystems search menu search content Climate changes in Alpine flora Heat and drought can trigger persistent changes in Alpine flora UAntwerp researchers study impact of warming and drought in the Alps The summer of 2018 was exceptionally warm and dry in large parts of Europe. Again. Thi…

Henry van de Velde search menu search content Mohamad Abotera 2017 - 2024 The Neutralisation of Space Through Urban Relocation and Housing in Post-revolutionary Egypt Promotors: Els De Vos and Stijn Oosterlynck While the Egyptian uprising occurred through the politicisation of public space which is …

Jonas Torfs postdoc researcher FWO Research Jonas Torfs Research team Laboratory of Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (LAMB) Exploring ecological processes shaping the vaginal microbiome in a sexually fluid great ape (Pan paniscus) 01/10/2025 - 30/09/2028 Abstract The human vaginal microbiome i…

Daniel Silva Luna unpaid staff Research Daniel Silva Luna Research team Antwerp Media in Society Centre (AMSoC) Centre for Research on Environmental and Social Change Expertise I am a researcher with a specialisation in science communication. My primary interest lies in understanding the intricate w…

Katleen Huyghe Faculty Coordinator, Faculty of Sciences Research Katleen Huyghe Research team Functional Morphology The evolution of chemical communication in lacertid lizards. 01/11/2014 - 31/10/2018 Abstract Animals communicate with members of their own and other species through an astonishing arr…

Jennifer Thewissen tenure track asst. professor Research Jennifer Thewissen Research team Grammar and Pragmatics Expertise Jennifer Thewissen specialises in learner corpus research and second language acquisition. She actively researches the concept of accuracy and its development across proficiency…

Dieter Vandenheuvel assistant professor - education coordinator Research Dieter Vandenheuvel Research team Laboratory of Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (LAMB) Expertise My research focuses on finding and valorizing microorganisms for novel applications, for the household and industry. My exp…

Ontwerpwetenschappen Lecture Prof. Ana Vaz Milheiro Public Space and Massive Housing in Portugal Lecture Prof. Ana Vaz Milheiro Public Space and Massive Housing in Portugal 20 April 2022 / 19:00 Stadscampus Mutsaard - Aula Dieperik (s.MU.K1.6) Speaker: Prof. dr. Ana Vaz Milheiro - Lisbon University …

Stijn Wittouck postdoc researcher FWO Research Stijn Wittouck Research team Laboratory of Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (LAMB) Expertise My area of expertise is computational microbiology, more specifically the analysis of genome, amplicon and metagenome sequencing data of bacteria with the…

Luna De Bruyne tenure track asst. professor Research Luna De Bruyne Research team Centre for Computational Linguistics, Psycholinguistics and Sociolinguistics (CLiPS) Expertise Computational linguistics, natural language processing and digital text analysis. Special interest in emotion analysis. Emo…

ERC Singleton project search menu search content ERC Singleton project The dynamics and consequences of singleness during emerging adulthood About the project From "mount marriage" to "mount cohabitation" to "mount single" In most modern societies, research on relationship formation has noted a mark…

Raoul Van Damme full professor Research Raoul Van Damme Research team Functional Morphology Expertise The study of adaptation of 'complex' systems in animals, specifically reptiles and amphibians. 'Complex' should be read as: consisting of several bodily parts, employed to perform several tasks, and…

Wendt Müller research professor Family Ecology Unit Wendt Müller Current members As a team we aspire to achieve excellence in our research by fostering a supportive and inclusive research environment. PhD students Tim Andries (PhD) Sources of individual variation (in the mechanics) of feeding beha…

Diversity and inclusion search menu search content Film 'Sous l'Etoile d'Or' In 1939, Belgian filmmaker Hélène Schirren made this promotional film about the Belgian Colonial College founded in 1920. This building is currently the University of Antwerp’s Rector’s Office on Campus Middelheim. Th…

Antwerp TCR conference 2025 search menu search content Programme Schedule Day 1: Tuesday 27th of May Morning Session: 08:30 - 09:00: Registration and coffee 09:00 - 09:10: Opening and welcome 09:10 - 09:55: Interindividual TCR repertoire diversity of epitope-specific CD8+ T cell populations Dirk Bus…

Global Engagement search menu search content Film 'Sous l'Etoile d'Or' In 1939, Belgian filmmaker Hélène Schirren made this promotional film about the Belgian Colonial College founded in 1920. This building is currently the University of Antwerp’s Rector’s Office on Campus Middelheim. The hist…

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…