Evolutionary Ecology Group - EVECO search menu search content Climate change and malaria Historical data links climate change to malaria increase Belgian and Congolese scientists can establish link through analysis of historical data A century’s worth of medical records stored in dusty archives re…

Hadassah Arian doctoraatsbursaal Publicaties Hadassah Arian The DRC's cobalt : capturing the multiple stories, people, and sites around cobalt mining in the former Katanga province in the Democratic Republic of Congo Bron Antwerp, Zwartopwit, 2025,88 p. Auteur(s) Hadassah Arian, Nathan Bushiru Citat…

Lieven Bervoets gewoon hoogleraar Publicaties Lieven Bervoets Biological assessment of mining pollution in the Lufira River System (Haut-Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo) using monopisthocotylan parasites of the blunt-toothed African catfish Bron Sustainability - ISSN 2071-1050-18:2 (2026) …

Hadassah Arian doctoral scholarship holder Publications Hadassah Arian The DRC's cobalt : capturing the multiple stories, people, and sites around cobalt mining in the former Katanga province in the Democratic Republic of Congo Source Antwerp, Zwartopwit, 2025,88 p. Author(s) Hadassah Arian, Nathan …

Bossissi Nkuba docent - senior onderzoeker Onderzoek Bossissi Nkuba Onderzoeksgroep Ontwikkeling: processen, actoren en beleid Expertise Bossissi Nkuba is professor aan het Instituut voor Ontwikkelingsbeleid (IOB) van de Universiteit Antwerpen, de afdeling Aardwetenschappen van het KMMA en het Exper…

Bossissi Nkuba assistant professor - senior researcher Research Bossissi Nkuba Research team Development processes, actors and policies Uneven, unsafe and insufficient water access: resource governance in a mineral rush (WATERRUSH). 01/12/2023 - 30/11/2033 Abstract The global energy transition requi…

Paolo S H Favero professor Research Paolo S H Favero Research team Visual and Digital Cultures Research Center (ViDi) Expertise visual anthropology, digital anthropology, visual methods, digital methods, ethnography, indian studies, medical anthropology Visions of becoming and belonging: an (autobio…

Antwerp Research Institute for the Arts search menu search content Contemporary Kasala and Lukasa Towards a Reconfiguration of Identity and Geopolitics 10 June 2025 - Sint Lucas Antwerpen, Aula Initiated by Sammy Baloji, with the support of Ruth Loos, Paolo Favero and Bambi Ceuppens still form the f…

Driving change search menu search content Mapping supply chain regulation | Cartographier la réglementation de la chaîne Methods EN Data collection: We started with desk-based research, drawing on sources including due diligence documentation, company reporting, NGO publications, blog posts and so…

Paolo S H Favero hoogleraar Onderzoek Paolo S H Favero Onderzoeksgroep Onderzoekscentrum Visuele en Digitale Culturen (ViDi) Expertise visual anthropology, digital anthropology, visual methods, digital methods, ethnography, indian studies, medical anthropology Het belichamen van het onzichtbare: Bet…

Sara Geenen hoogleraar Onderzoek Sara Geenen Onderzoeksgroep Ontwikkeling: processen, actoren en beleid Expertise Natuurlijke rijkdommen, goudmijnbouw, global value chains, mondiale productienetwerken, MVO & standaarden, arbeid, informele economie, hybriede bestuur Nodale beheer en coöperaties als …

Driving change search menu search content Enhancing small-scale producers' participation | Renforcer la participation Methods EN Work package 2 Data collection: We have complemented the data collected in the mapping exercise with semi-structured interviews to provide more detailed information on the…

Antwerp Research Institute for the Arts zoeken menu zoek inhoud Contemporary Kasala and Lukasa Towards a Reconfiguration of Identity and Geopolitics 10 June 2025 - Sint Lucas Antwerpen, Aula Initiated by Sammy Baloji, with the support of Ruth Loos, Paolo Favero and Bambi Ceuppens still form the film…

Great Lakes of Africa Centre search menu search content 25 April 2023 from 12:30 until 14:00 (CEST) Drowning out local voices? Participation in past and present battery-mineral supply chain regulation initiatives in DRC Sarah Katz-Lavigne, Hadassah Arian, and Sara Geenen Recent years have seen the e…

Sara Geenen professor Research Sara Geenen Research team Development processes, actors and policies Expertise Extractive industries, natural resources, gold mining, global value chains, global production networks, CSR & standards, labour, informal economy, hybrid governance Nodal governance & cooper…

Robert Colebunders emeritus with assignment About Robert Colebunders NSETHIO, project funded by ERC, Horizon 2020 Nodding Syndrome: a trans-disciplinary approach to identify the cause and decrease the incidence of river epilepsy Nodding syndrome (NS) is a neurological, incurable syndrome, currently …

Waterrush search menu search content Research Work in progress For this study we will use a mixed methods design, whereby all three work packages will require a specific approach. Overall, our strategy will be to capitalise on the complementarity of a variety of research methods in order to understa…

Waterrush search menu search content About The project The global energy transition requires countries to transition to a low-carbon economy. But it still depends on critical minerals to produce, among others, the lithium-ion batteries needed for electric vehicles. The booming production of such bat…

Antwerp Research Institute for the Arts search menu search content News Vivi Touloumidi appointed 11th ‘City Goldsmith’ of the city of Hanau (16/05/2025) Appointment of the 11th goldsmith of the city of Hanau On Thursday 15 May, Mayor Claus Kaminsky introduced Hanau's 11th city goldsmith at the …

From handmade gravel to handmade urbanism search menu search content Research Book Caring for our common home Including two chapters related to the VLIR TEAM project Project meeting, Antwerp, 2024 On 16 October 2024 team members came together in Antwerp and online to discuss ongoing work and synergi…

Driving change search menu search content Presentations Wrap up events, University of Antwerp & Université de Lubumbashi 2025 On 24 June 2025 we presented the Driving Change findings and output during a wrap-up event at IOB in Antwerp: Driving Change: Voices, Photographs, and Findings from a Collab…

Visual and Digital Cultures Research Center search menu search content Projects Ongoing projects Remote Work and Social Change: An Anthropological Approach (ReWorkChange). 01/05/2025 - 30/04/2030 Abstract Remote work has become normalised as an important aspect of people's lives across different pro…

Visual and Digital Cultures Research Center search menu search content Projects and publications Ongoing projects Remote Work and Social Change: An Anthropological Approach (ReWorkChange). 01/05/2025 - 30/04/2030 Abstract Remote work has become normalised as an important aspect of people's lives acr…

Institute of Development Policy search menu search content Doctoral research Ongoing and past PhD research at IOB The first IOB PhD in Development Studies was awarded in 2011. This page gives an overview of all ongoing and completed PhD research. Ongoing PhD research (alphabetical order) Adolphe Epo…

Pascal Gielen gewoon hoogleraar Onderzoek Pascal Gielen Onderzoeksgroep Antwerps Onderzoeksinstituut voor de Kunsten (ARIA) Expertise Cultuursociologisch onderzoek in de domeinen van creatieve arbeid, cultuurpolitiek, kritische theorie, civiele actie en de kunsten. Wie en wat maakt de academietuin? …