Research group for Urban Development search menu search content Green-blue grids in Flanders Within a highly fragmented and urbanized Flanders, a coherent green-blue grid is indispensable. There are many benefits of such a grid in terms of biodiversity, quality of life, climate-resistance and ecosys…

Interieurarchitectuur Kika Lathouwers Kika Lathouwers Kika Lathouwers is grafisch vormgever. Na het behalen van een bachelor grafische vormgeving en een master digitale kunst aan Sint Lucas Antwerpen (KdG), vervolgde ze haar opleiding aan het Plantin Instituut voor Typografie, waar ze zich specialis…

Wim Hardyns hoogleraar - gastprofessor externe fondsen Publicaties Wim Hardyns Bystander intervention during public harassment : exploring frequency, influencing factors, and impact Bron Journal of interpersonal violence - ISSN 0886-2605- (2025) p. Auteur(s) Thijs Hauspie, Janneke M. Schokkenbroek, …

Wim Hardyns professor - guest prof. external funds Publications Wim Hardyns On how population-at-risk estimates influence crime rates and predictions : Comparing residential and ambient-like estimates Source Applied geography - ISSN 0143-6228-185 (2025) p. 1-20 Author(s) Robin Khalfa, Wim Hardyns Ci…

Sara Bals Proof of Concept 2022 High-Quality Graphene Supports for Microspectroscopic Techniques (HYPERGRAPH) Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) is a powerful technique to fully characterise the local structure of a broad range of materials. Due to many recent hardware advances, the quality of T…

Sara Bals full research professor Research Sara Bals Research team Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT) Expertise Sara Bals is an expert in the application and development of electron tomography for functional nanomaterials. By combining state-of-the-art electron microscopy with advance…

Ivan Verhaert associate professor Research Ivan Verhaert Research team Energy and Materials in Infrastructure and Buildings Expertise Design and analysis of (thermal) energy systems: * sustainable systems like CHP, Heat pumps, Thermal Solar, Fuel cells * specialized in HVAC, domestic hot water syste…

Kim Overlaet Research manager Research Kim Overlaet Research team Centre for Urban History Heirs, Kinship ties and urban associations. City dwellers and their networks in 16th century Mechelen. 01/10/2012 - 30/09/2015 Abstract This research proposal aims at analyzing the way in which and the reasons…

Elie Lunanga onbezoldigd medewerker Publicaties Elie Lunanga Mini‑grids can supply electricity, but what about demand? A private DRC project shows how it can work Bron The Conversation- (2026.03.25) p. Auteur(s) Nik Stoop, Elie Lunanga, Marijke Verpoorten, Sebastien Desbureaux Citatielink From dem…

Karel In't Hout professor Research Karel In't Hout Research team Applied mathematics Expertise Analysis and development of numerical methods for time-dependent differential equations with applications to financial mathematics. Numerical analysis and simulation of exotic energy derivatives. 01/01/202…

Nik Stoop senior onderzoeker Publicaties Nik Stoop Replication data for : Understanding refugee assistance: evidence on Syrian and Ukrainian refugees in Poland Bron Comparative Political Studies, 2026, Auteur(s) Volha Charnysh, Leonid Peisakhin, Nik Stoop, Peter van der Windt Citatielink Mini‑grid…

Marijke Verpoorten hoogleraar Publicaties Marijke Verpoorten Mini‑grids can supply electricity, but what about demand? A private DRC project shows how it can work Bron The Conversation- (2026.03.25) p. Auteur(s) Nik Stoop, Elie Lunanga, Marijke Verpoorten, Sebastien Desbureaux Citatielink From dem…

Thomas Huybrechts unpaid staff Research Thomas Huybrechts Research team Internet Data Lab (IDLab) Expertise Expertise in real-time distributed embedded systems and the performance analysis (WCRC) of those systems, by using classic approaches (static/dynamic) and hybrid machine learning-based predict…

Biophysics and Biomedical Physics search menu search content Projection moiré profilometers Projection moiré profilometers Several moiré interferometers are available for 3-D surface profilometry, allowing to quantify object surface shape with height-resolution up to 10 µm. Object sizes of sever…

Research group for Urban Development search menu search content Spatial governance The United Nations and the World Health Organization recently stressed the importance of governments of all kinds to develop effective and equitable multisectoral policies and plans that support broader efforts to mak…

Stef Jacobs academic interim staff postdoc Research Stef Jacobs Research team Energy and Materials in Infrastructure and Buildings Optimal prosumer-based district heating and cooling using reinforcement learning agents. 01/11/2021 - 31/10/2025 Abstract District Heating and Cooling (DHC) is a promisi…

3-Dimensional DYnamic MOrphology using X-rays (3D2YMOX) search menu search content Technical Information Hardware components x-ray generator: Philips Super CP80 x-ray tubes: SRM 0511 ROT 500 x collimators: Philips XD6028 image intensifiers: Philips Imagica HC 36 cm monitoring camera: XTV11 high-spee…

IDLab search menu search content IDLab Research group of the University of Antwerp and imec IDLab targets the most daunting challenges industry is facing to deliver digital transformation, connecting everything and extracting high value from data. The application domains of our research span the ent…

Research group for Urban Development search menu search content Maarten Van Acker Maarten is Professor of Urban Design at the Faculty of Design Sciences at the University of Antwerp and spokesperson for the Research Group for Urban Development. His research focuses on the interface between urban des…

IOF NANO search menu search content Specimen Preparation Since electrons only penetrate without too much energy spread through a maximum thickness of some hundred nanometer of solid material, samples for TEM have to be thinned to below this limit. Thinning methods depend on the material and the obse…

Electron microscopy for materials science search menu search content Specimen Preparation Since electrons only penetrate without too much energy spread through a maximum thickness of some hundred nanometer of solid material, samples for TEM have to be thinned to below this limit. Thinning methods de…

Benny Van Houdt hoogleraar Onderzoek Benny Van Houdt Onderzoeksgroep Internet Data Lab (IDLab) Expertise De ontwikkeling van wiskundige modellen om de prestaties van grote en complexe systemen te beoordelen, waarbij de nadruk ligt op de analyse van communicatie- en computersystemen. Er wordt onder a…

2nd International Workshop on Distributed Intelligence for Sustainable Solutions search menu search content 2nd International Workshop on Distributed Intelligence for Sustainable Solutions Wednesday 12 till Friday 14 November 2025 2nd International Workshop on Distributed Intelligence for Sustainabl…

Peter Hellinckx professor Research Peter Hellinckx Research team Modelling for Sustainability (M4S) Optimizing urban adaptation and mitigation planning for compound hot-dry event resilience. 01/11/2025 - 31/10/2029 Abstract Urban agglomerations and populations are particularly at risk of extreme cli…

Applied Mathematics search menu search content Current Research Projects Ongoing projects Iterative subspace methods for constrained optimalisation problems. 01/11/2025 - 30/04/2026 Abstract Krylov subspace methods are highly effective in solving problems with sparse matrices at scale. Many large-sc…