VAXINFECTIO search menu search content International Francqui-Chair Prof. Dr. Philippe De Wals Introduction At the suggestion of the universities, the Francqui Foundation awards a number of Francqui Chairs every year. For the academic year 2020-2021, the Faculty of Mecines and Health Sciences awarde…

Marketing search menu search content Belgische Francqui-Leerstoel 2023-2024 Laureaat prof. dr. ir. Wim Verbeke NL Een kwarteeuw eiwittransitie: inzichten uit agro- voedingsmarketing en consumentenonderzoek De veelbesproken eiwittransitie werd 25 jaar geleden ingezet en de roep om een versnelling hog…

Francqui-Stichting Het doel van de Francqui-Stichting bestaat erin het prestige van de onbaatzuchtige fundamentele navorsing aan te moedigen. Hiertoe verleent de Stichting de vorsers vier soorten toekenningen: Twee types professoren extern aan de UAntwerpen: de binnenlandse Francqui Leerstoel, toege…

Toegepaste Ingenieurswetenschappen Francqui-Leerstoel Bram Vanderborght Francqui-Leerstoel Bram Vanderborght De Francqui-Leerstoel is een titel die op voorstel van de universiteiten door de Francqui Stichting wordt toegekend aan een professor van een Belgische universiteit. Voor academiejaar 2024-20…

Antwerp Centre for Digital Humanities and Literary Criticism search menu search content Francqui Chair William Marx Each year, the Francqui Foundation awards three International Francqui Professor of Chairs, which should allow the stay of a foreign scientist in Belgium for an uninterrupted period of…

Emile Francqui Our compatriot Emile Francqui was born in 1863 and died in 1935. During his stay in China commissioned by king Leopold III, Francqui met future president Hoover of the United States. At the outbreak of World War I he was contacted by Hoover to intervene in the distribution of the aid …

Francqui-Foundation The aim of the Francqui Foundation is to encourage the prestige of desinterested fundamental research. To this end, the Foundation grants researchers four types of chairs: Two types for professors external to UAntwerp: The domestic Francqui Chair, awarded to a professor from anot…

Arts Francqui Chair William Marx Francqui Chair William Marx Rector Herman Van Goethem and Dean Luc Herman, are pleased to announce the inaugural lecture by Professor William Marx (Collège de France), laureate of the International Francqui Chair 2021-2022 at the Faculty of Arts of the University of…

Law and Development search menu search content Francqui class of excellence on corporate accountability for atrocity crimes Keynote address on ‘Business and atrocity crimes – between soft and hard law’ On 27 April 2022, Emeritus Professor David Scheffer, Pritzker School of Law, Northwestern Un…

Applied Engineering Francqui Chair Francqui Chair On proposal of the Universities, the Francqui Foundation attributes each year some Francqui Chairs. For academic year 2020-2021, the Faculty of Applied Engineering awarded a Francqui Chair. This honor went to prof. dr. ir. Jo Dewulf. Promotor for thi…

Applied Engineering Francqui Chair Bram Vanderborght Francqui Chair Bram Vanderborght On proposal of the Universities, the Francqui Foundation attributes each year some Francqui Chairs. For academic year 2024-2025, the Faculty of Applied Engineering awarded a Francqui Chair. This honor went to prof.…

Arts International Francqui Chair Bruce Connell International Francqui Chair Bruce Connell On 9 December 2022, there will be a concluding symposium in the context of Professor Bruce Connell's International Francqui Chair. The topic of this symposium is 'Diversity and documentation of speech sounds i…

Arts International Francqui Chair International Francqui Chair The Faculty of Arts holds two international Francqui Chairs in the academic year 2021 - 2022. Professor William Marx (supervisor: Franc Schuerewegen, Department of Literature) Professor Bruce Connell (supervisor: Jo Verhoeven, Department…

Science Francqui Chair - Prof Jeroen Raes Francqui Chair - Prof Jeroen Raes You and your 100 trillion friends - the Human Gut Microbiome in health and disease In this lecture series, Professor Jeroen Raes will show how recent technological advances, large-scale population studies, and clinical inter…

Science Francqui Chair Prof. Bert Weckhuysen Francqui Chair Prof. Bert Weckhuysen Each year the Francqui Foundation attributes Francqui Chairs to Belgian universities. In that way national and renowned international professors can be invited as guest lecturers. This academic year the Department of C…

Geneeskunde en Gezondheidswetenschappen International Collen-Francqui Professor: Philippe De Wals International Collen-Francqui Professor: Philippe De Wals Final symposium: Off-label use of vaccines saves lives and money Place: University Foundation, Room D Egmontstraat 11 rue d’Egmont - 1000 Brus…

Science Francqui Chair - Prof Luc De Raedt Francqui Chair - Prof Luc De Raedt The artificial intelligence and machine learning revolutions Recent breakthroughs in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning are revolutionizing our society. They form the core of new technologies such as self-dr…

Geneeskunde en Gezondheidswetenschappen Prof. Bart Loeys ontvangt Francqui-Collen Prijs 2020 Prof. Bart Loeys ontvangt Francqui-Collen Prijs 2020 Bekroond voor uitzonderlijke bijdrage op het domein van genetische ziekten De Francqui-Stichting wijst in 2020 voor het eerst twee prijzen toe in de biolo…

Science Francqui Research Inaugural Lecture - Prof Sara Bals Francqui Research Inaugural Lecture - Prof Sara Bals Electron tomography: a 3D view into the world of atoms On the occasion of her appointment as Francqui Research Professor 2017-2020, Sara Bals will give an inaugural lecture entitled Elec…

Science International Collen-Francqui Professor Dr. Richard Shine International Collen-Francqui Professor Dr. Richard Shine Each year the Francqui Foundation attributes Francqui Chairs to Belgian universities. In that way national or international Professors can be invited as guest lecturers. This a…

Science Francqui Research Professor 2023-2026: Prof. Sonja Hohloch Francqui Research Professor 2023-2026: Prof. Sonja Hohloch We are pleased to invite you to Professor Sonja Hohloch’s inaugural lecture entitled ‘Symmetries in dynamics’ on the occasion of her appointment as Francqui Research Pr…

Science Collen-Francqui Research Inaugural Lecture - Prof Bert Maes Collen-Francqui Research Inaugural Lecture - Prof Bert Maes Sustainable chemistry: a game changer? Collen-Francqui Research Professor 2019-2022 Bert Maes Rector Herman Van Goethem , Vice-rector for Research Ronny Blust and Vice-rect…

Medicine and Health Sciences Collen-Francqui 2018-2019 Sabina De Geest Collen-Francqui 2018-2019 Sabina De Geest Collen-Francqui Chair Sabina De Geest Sabina De Geest, a Professor of Nursing and Director of the Institute of Nursing Science and Chair of the Department of Public Health of the Faculty …

Sonja Hohloch hoogleraar Sonja Hohloch Francqui Research Professorship and teaching reduction In June 2023, I was awarded the Francqui Research Professorship 2023-2026 at the University of Antwerp/Belgium. This implies a reduction of my teaching load by about 50% for the period of 3 years financed b…

Jo Verhoeven emeritus occasionele opdracht Onderzoek Jo Verhoeven Onderzoeksgroep Centrum voor Computerlinguïstiek, Psycholinguïstiek en Sociolinguïstiek (CLiPS) Leerstoel "International Francqui Professor 2021-2022" (Prof. dr. Bruce Connell). 01/10/2021 - 30/09/2022 Abstract Deze Internationale …