Bachelor of Social-Economic Sciences About the Bachelor of Social-Economic Sciences About the Bachelor of Social-Economic Sciences UAntwerp launches its first English-taught Bachelor programme: Social-Economic Sciences (press release 15/03/2021) Unique Bachelor now available in English too Social-Ec…

Business Economics Master's Thesis Ellen wrote her Thesis about Belgian tomatoes, and why they are cheaper and more sustainable than Spanish imports Master's Thesis Ellen wrote her Thesis about Belgian tomatoes, and why they are cheaper and more sustainable than Spanish imports What's cheaper: impor…

Get to know UAntwerp search menu search content Advanced Master of Development Evaluation and Management Maaz | Afghanistan One day my knowledge will contribute greatly to Afghanistan! Maaz Momond arrived in Belgium in 29 June 2015 to apply for political asylum, and now lives in Antwerp with his wif…

The Great Corona Study search menu search content Results survey 24 One in three says they will not celebrate Christmas in a restricted social circle November 20th 2020 Eight out of ten participants in the Great Corona Study say they have no travel plans for the end-of-year period December is slowly…

Adrem Data Lab search menu search content Spin-off ImmuneWatch Antwerp spin-off ImmuneWatch predicts how you will react to a vaccine There’s a new start-up in the Flemish field of biotechnology. The University of Antwerp and Antwerp University Hospital announce their new spin-off: ImmuneWatch. The…

A-PECS search menu search content Unique air filter Filter purifies air in unique way UAntwerp researchers develop groundbreaking air purification system with hybrid technology COVID taught us that the air quality in closed spaces deteriorates quickly. Ventilation systems provide a constant supply o…

μNEURO search menu search content University of Antwerp joins EBRAINS as associate member The membership went into effect on 1 July 2022. It will give UAntwerp the opportunity to co-design future iterations of EBRAINS’ cutting-edge tools and services. EBRAINS is a new digital research infrastruct…

Research Group MIOS search menu search content ‘The more people eat online, the unhappier they are’ UAntwerp is looking for people who want to share their experiences of eating and drinking together online People who often eat and drink together feel better about themselves and eat healthier. Bu…

IDLab search menu search content Recycling GyroCatcher gives e-waste a new life Innovative device created by UAntwerp scientists is on display at the World Expo in Dubai Researchers from IDLab, an imec research group at UAntwerp, want to raise awareness about electronic waste (e-waste). The ‘GyroC…

Network on Migration and Global Mobility search menu search content Young people on the move lost a lot, but not their potential Author: Joelle Badran Joelle Badran has a background in humanitarian aid and emergency response and is interested in migration studies and children on the move. She is cur…

Laboratory of Experimental Hematology search menu search content LEH - ImmuneWatch - Quantoom Biosciences Public-private partnership ImmuneWatch, Quantoom Biosciences (Univercells) and LEH (UAntwerp) join forces to explore new in vitro and in silico assays that predict T cell responses in vaccines B…

Media, Movements and Politics search menu search content Social Movements & Political Participation Social Movements & Political Participation 2023 Knops, L., & De Vydt, M. (2023). Capitalism at the roots: the crisis of representative democracy through the eyes of Belgian climate activists. Environm…

Cosys-Lab search menu search content Sonar navigation inspired by bat flowers About the sonar navigation Flemish, Dutch and German researchers discover bioinspired signs to make robot navigation more efficient Sonar is essential for robots and self-driving cars as it is a very cost-effective sensor …

Cosys-Lab search menu search content 3D sonar sensors enable unmanned sailing UAntwerp and Port of Antwerp testing innovative technology for autonomous shipping Automated navigation is the future of inland shipping. It may sound futuristic, but innovative research carried out by UAntwerp and the Por…

Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine - ANTwerp search menu search content . Plasma to help make chemistry sustainable Annemie Bogaerts (UAntwerp) and European colleagues receive prestigious ERC Synergy grant. See ERC Synergy Grant “SCOPE” website 25 October 2018 According t…

Antwerp Centre for Digital Humanities and Literary Criticism search menu search content Forgotten Books Interdisciplinary Science publication by Mike Kestemont and colleagues How much medieval literature did we lose? Mike Kestemont and colleagues – including Remco Sleiderink and Elisabeth de Bruij…

Institute for the Study of Literature in the Low Countries search menu search content Unknown Middle Dutch fragment returns to Flanders American collector donates centuries-old strip of parchment to University of Antwerp An American collector has donated a fragment of a fourteenth-century manuscript…

Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine - ANTwerp search menu search content Is leven op de rode planeet binnenkort mogelijk? Persbericht Research group Plasmant finds the way of producing oxygen, fuel and the basis of fertilizer on Mars. A team of chemists discovered that Marsatm…

Sociale Wetenschappen Rafeef Ziadah - Writing Palestine: Poetry, Resistance, and Responsibility Lunch Talk #14 - 6/12/2024 Rafeef Ziadah - Writing Palestine: Poetry, Resistance, and Responsibility Lunch Talk #14 - 6/12/2024 From 2020, FSW Connects (Faculty of Social Sciences) will bring a free Lunch…

Veterinary physiology and biochemistry search menu search content Egg cels and your diet Your egg cell feels what you eat UAntwerp study shows that high-fat and high-sugar diets lower egg cell quality For some time, fertility centres have been reporting that obese women have a harder time getting pr…

Zuzanna Aleksandra Rucinska postdoc researcher FWO Research Zuzanna Aleksandra Rucinska Research team Centre for Philosophical Psychology Expertise This research aims to explore the potential of Enactivism for explaining pretending. Pretending is part of a common development of children, and belongs…

Laboratory of Medical Microbiology search menu search content Treatment with Monoclonal Antibodies can cause SARS-CoV-2 mutations ORCHESTRA Researchers develop score identifying patients at risk Antwerp, 9 February 2023 - "Host immunological responses facilitate development of SARS-CoV-2 mutations i…

Laboratory of Cell Biology and Histology search menu search content Monoclonal antibodies Treatment with Monoclonal Antibodies can cause SARS-CoV-2 mutations - researchers develop score identifying patients at risk Study published as pre-print preview in The Journal of Clinical Investigation "Host i…

Antwerp X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy laboratory search menu search content The Scream by E. Munch Solving a Cold Case: the Bird Droppings Mystery 'Bird droppings can pose a significant threat for monuments, outdoor statues ... and brand new cars', says Dr. Geert Van der Snickt, cultural heritage s…

Diversity and inclusion search menu search content Queertopia Let's shape Queertopia. The future is... Antwerp Pride celebrated its fifteenth anniversary in 2022. For this special edition, they looked into the future and searched for Queertopia: what will the ideal LGBTQIA+ world look like in 15 yea…