Application documents Check which application documents you need for an exchange To complete your application, you will need to provide five documents: a transcript of records, a language certificate, a passport photo, a proof of identification and one of the three types of learning agreements. Chec…

Peter Petré professor Peter Petré About Peter Petré I am a full professor in English linguistics at the University of Antwerp, and hold a PhD from the KU Leuven (Belgium). As a researcher, I aim at keeping a wide view, combining insights and research methods from linguistics, psycholinguistics, h…

A-PECS search menu search content Blackening of the red pigment vermillion For centuries on end, vermillion red remained one of the most popular pigments and was used by our greatest painters. It is a widely known fact, however, that over time the red degrades and turns black. Researchers at the Uni…

Tom Koss unpaid staff Research Tom Koss Research team Grammar and Pragmatics How to catch the present? A typological study of present-tense marking 01/11/2021 - 31/10/2025 Abstract The default function of a present-tense construction would appear to be locating situations at the time of speaking. Ye…

Antwerp X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy laboratory search menu search content Study of pigment degradation processes Why van Gogh's Sunflowers are wilting The colour of Vincent van Gogh's famous Sunflowers is changing over time, because of the mixture of pigments used by the Dutch master in his paint…

Research group for Urban Development search menu search content Transformative Potential of Land Use Conflicts: Unravelling the political This study deals with the transformative potential of planning conflicts. It explores the tools different critical planning theories present for analysing and und…

Sven Van den Bossche unpaid staff Research Sven Van den Bossche Research team Antwerp Centre for Digital humanities and literary Criticism (ACDC) Born in the Wrong Story: An Embodied Approach to Transgender Narratives in Dutch Fiction. 01/11/2020 - 30/11/2024 Abstract In today's society, we can obse…

Laurent Breeus-Loos predoc researcher FWO Research Laurent Breeus-Loos Research team Institute for the Study of Literature in the Low Countries (ISLN) Fear. An Emotive Script in Middle Dutch Chivalric Romance (1250-1350). 01/11/2022 - 31/10/2026 Abstract In today's society, we can observe a growing …

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…

Theory and Spectroscopy of Molecules and Materials (TSM²) search menu search content Intrinsically Disordered Proteins Intrinsically Disordered Proteins In the aging population of the Western World, age-related neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, are becoming an ever-in…

Plants and Ecosystems search menu search content Climate change likely to accelerate Natural climate buffers feeling effects of higher temperatures, UAntwerp biologists find. Ecosystems like forests sequester large amounts of carbon dioxide and therefore help to slow down global warming. These ecosy…

Alissa MacMillan unpaid staff Research Alissa MacMillan Research team Center for European Philosophy 'Trembling Curiosity': The Naturalizing of Religion in the Early Modern Period 01/10/2015 - 30/09/2018 Abstract This research project examines the shifting relationship between curiosity and religion…

Sofie Schaerlaekens predoc researcher FWO Research Sofie Schaerlaekens Research team Laboratory for Microbiology, Parasitology and Hygiene (LMPH) Defining a Correlate of Protection (CoP) for Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV): focus on the F protein and infants. 01/11/2023 - 31/10/2027 Abstract Sever…

Arne Iserbyt Research Arne Iserbyt Research team Behavioural Ecology & Ecophysiology How conditional cooperation can be achieved to resolve the conflict between caring parents. 01/10/2018 - 30/09/2021 Abstract Biparental care requires that two unrelated individuals raise their offspring together, wh…

Antwerp Centre of Evolutionary Demography search menu search content ACED - Completed Phd projects Studies on the strategy and performance of business incubators PhD student Johanna Vanderstraeten Promotors Prof. dr. Paul Matthyssens prof. dr. Arjen van Witteloostuijn Abstract Although new businesse…

Peter Petré professor Peter Petré About Peter Petré I am a full professor in English linguistics at the University of Antwerp, and hold a PhD from the KU Leuven (Belgium). As a researcher, I aim at keeping a wide view, combining insights and research methods from linguistics, psycholinguistics, h…

Carl Mensch senior researcher Research Carl Mensch Research team Organic synthesis (ORSY) Theory and Spectroscopy of Molecules and Materials (TSM²) Expertise Computational chemistry tries to provide efficient solutions for scientific challenges that are not solved using only experiments. In my rese…

Dorien Noyens policy officer Research Dorien Noyens Research team Ready for higher education? A longitudinal study of the influence of study choice process and academic integration process on study succes in first year higher education. 01/12/2013 - 30/11/2017 Abstract Academic integration turns out…

Decolonial Dialogues search menu search content Past Events Black History Month 2023 7 March 2023 at 17:00 - 19:00 UAntwerpen city campus, Rodestraat 14 - R.008 The Faculty of Arts and Philosophy welcomes you to the city campus on 7 March for the film screening of 'Gurumbé'. Flamenco is synonymous …

International Staff Office search menu search content Family allowances All employees who have children and pay social security contributions receive child benefits. Since 1 January 2019, this child benefit system is called the ‘Groeipakket’ (‘growth package’). You can find information on th…

International Staff Office search menu search content Family allowances Family allowances All employees who have children and pay social security contributions receive child benefits. Since 1 January 2019, this child benefit system is called the ‘Groeipakket’ (‘growth package’). You can find…

Electron microscopy for materials science search menu search content ChiralPro Sara Bals receives 10 million euros for innovative research into gold nanoscrews The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded a Synergy Grant of 10 million euros to physicist Sara Bals of the University of Antwerp and …

Karuna Adhikari senior researcher Research Karuna Adhikari Research team Molecular Imaging and Radiology (MIRA) Development of new TCO-probes and their evaluation for a novel pre-targeted intracellular PET imaging strategy. 01/11/2019 - 31/10/2023 Abstract Positron emission tomography (PET) imaging …

Henry van de Velde search menu search content Michelle Bylemans 2018 - 2023 Challenging the concept of user-fit design. A path towards developing an integrated knowledge framework and a practical instrument to facilitate user-fit design, focusing on explicitly incorporating chidren’s needs into pu…

Evolutionary Ecology Group - EVECO search menu search content Genetic resilience Genetic diversity is prime indicator of wildcat survival Antwerp study makes clear which species should be prioritised on Red List of endangered species As the number of endangered species continues to rise, new genomic…