Annelies Augustyns teaching assistant Research Annelies Augustyns Research team Institute of Jewish Studies Urban Experience in the Third Reich: A Topopoetic Analysis of German-Jewish Autobiographical Literature from Breslau. 01/10/2019 - 30/09/2021 Abstract This research project aims to contribute …

Jeroen Puttevils Starting Grant 2019 How our ancestors viewed the future What did people in the past think about the future and how did this affect their actions? This is the question the EU-funded Back2theFuture project will try to answer. It will draw on a highly innovative combination of close an…

Bram Caers unpaid staff Research Bram Caers Research team Institute for the Study of Literature in the Low Countries (ISLN) (Re)Writing history in early modern Mechelen: genesis of text and gradations of authorship in an urban chronicle tradition. 01/10/2013 - 30/09/2015 Abstract In medieval and ear…

Inneke Baatsen Research Inneke Baatsen Research team Centre for Urban History Eating with your fingers, dining with your eyes. Table manners in the late mediëval and early modern Low Countries. 01/10/2014 - 30/09/2016 Abstract The challenge we take up in this project is to flesh out if and how tabl…

Leona Van Vaerenbergh emeritus occasional assignment Research Leona Van Vaerenbergh Research team Translating the news: an ethnographically supported linguistic pragmatic study of the role and nature of translation in the Flemish newsroom. 01/10/2011 - 30/09/2015 Abstract Journalists often say that …

Matthias Bosman senior researcher Research Matthias Bosman Research team Physiopharmacology (PHYSPHAR) Expertise My research focusses primarily on understanding the mechanisms involved in cardiovascular disease, primarily in cancer survivors and the normal ageing process. For this purpose, we use a …

Research group for Urban Development search menu search content Accessibility, transport justice and transport-related social exclusion The topic of justice and fairness has increasingly attracted attention from transport scholars. Within this context, it is generally argued that people need a suffi…

Sietske Van den Wyngaert unpaid staff Research Sietske Van den Wyngaert Research team Centre for Urban History The pre-industrial transformation of boys' labour. From learning through apprenticeships to being employed as an unskilled, cheap workforce? (1550 – 1800). 01/10/2018 - 30/09/2020 Abstrac…

Geneeskunde en Gezondheidswetenschappen Program Immunology & Inflammation Program Immunology & Inflammation Friday 16 June 2023 Immunotherapy Discover the remarkable defenders of our body against viral infections and tumors - Natural Killer cells! This event will highlight the invaluable assets of N…

Suzie Thomas professor Research Suzie Thomas Research team Antwerp Cultural Heritage Sciences (ARCHES) Expertise Participatory methods in and approaches to cultural heritage; non-professional engagements with archaeological heritage, particularly by hobby metal detectorists; so-called 'dark' heritag…

David Schieffelers unpaid staff Research David Schieffelers Research team Movement Antwerp (MOVANT) Pathophysiological mechanisms and exercise counter measures of hypermetabolism and muscle wasting in severe burns 01/10/2020 - 30/09/2022 Abstract Severe burns cause a cascade of unwanted effects such…

the Antwerp Social Lab zoeken menu zoek inhoud It’s All In The Surv(e)y(e) Highlights Project: It's All In The Surv(e)y(e) Researchers: Margot Chauliac (principal researcher) Vincent Donche & David Gijbels (supervisors) Period: 2017-2021 (PhD project; BOF) Short description Self-report questionnai…

Lucinda Kirkpatrick unpaid staff Research Lucinda Kirkpatrick Research team Evolutionary ecology group (EVECO) Restoring Ecosystems to Stop the Threat of Re - Emerging Infectious Disease (RESTOREID). 01/01/2024 - 31/12/2027 Abstract Restoring Ecosystems to Stop the Threat Of (Re-)Emerging Infectious…

Arvi Sepp unpaid staff Research Arvi Sepp Research team Institute of Jewish Studies Expertise Arvi Sepp is a specialist in the culture-historical analysis of the connections between literature and ideology in religious and linguistic minorities as well as in artistic subcultures. His work focuses on…

François-Lucien Vulliermet doctoral scholarship holder Research François-Lucien Vulliermet Research team Center for Ethics Pollution and responsibility. Can a dynamic concept of human biology inform questions about environmental responsibility? 01/10/2021 - 30/09/2025 Abstract With this project, w…

Enya Arconada Nuin predoc researcher FWO Research Enya Arconada Nuin Research team Laboratory of Medical Microbiology (LMM) The role of DNA satellites in bacterial evolution. 01/10/2022 - 30/09/2026 Abstract Bacterial genomics is a flourishing research field, in which relatedness is assessed by gene…

Kristien Hens Starting Grant 2018 Epigenetics, Experience and Responsibility: Implications for Neurodevelopmental Disorders (NEUROEPIGENETHICS) In folk psychology and in bioethical discussions, the central dogma of genetics is often taken for granted: humans are seen as defined in a genetic blueprin…

Institute of Jewish Studies search menu search content Karolien Vermeulen Wordplay in the Hebrew Bible and the versiones antiquae Dr. Karolien Vermeulen Promotors: Prof. dr. Klaas Smelik (UGent) & Prof. dr. Vivian Liska (UAntwerpen) Since the Hebrew Bible text was written down, people have shown int…

Research group for Urban Development search menu search content How do people perceive the 15-minute neighbourhoods globally? (15MINCITY) Over recent years, the novel concept of the 15-minute city has gained traction across Europe and beyond due to the numerous benefits that it can yield for local c…

Henry van de Velde search menu search content Habibe Tuba Bölük 2021 - present The Formation of Civil Engineering in the Ottoman Empire Promotors: Mario Rinke, Mascarenhas Mateus (University of Lisbon) This research project investigates the formation of civil engineering in the Ottoman Empire by f…

Global Health Institute search menu search content Education Our courses in Belgium and abroad The first International course in Epidemiology, Biostatistics & Qualitative Research Methods (EBQ) was successfully organized in October 2013. It is a six-week long intensive course on the basic principles…

Jeroen Van Loock predoc researcher FWO Research Jeroen Van Loock Research team Theory of quantum systems and complex systems Stability and dynamics of quantum droplets from 3D to 1D. 01/11/2024 - 31/10/2026 Abstract Self-bound states in free space such as droplets can exist when attractive forces (c…

Katelijne Nolet doctoral scholarship holder Research Katelijne Nolet Research team Antwerp Cultural Heritage Sciences (ARCHES) Decolonising the collections: Analysing private collecting of, and attitudes towards, colonial-era African art in Belgium. 01/06/2023 - 31/05/2027 Abstract While much resear…

Nina Lamal unpaid staff Research Nina Lamal Research team Centre for Urban History Old vs. new media: handwritten newsletters in the first age of the printed newspaper 01/10/2017 - 30/09/2020 Abstract This project investigates the co-existence of old and new media in the pre-modern age. To understan…

Miranda Lastra Osua predoc researcher FWO Research Miranda Lastra Osua Research team VIB CMN - Applied and Translational Neurogenomics Deciphering the role of TMEM106B in neurodegeneration using a humanized cortical neuronal xenotransplantation model. 01/11/2023 - 31/10/2025 Abstract TMEM106B haplot…