Supervisors
- spokesman of the DigiTax project
- initiator of the DigiTax Centre of Excellence
- full professor at the Law Faculty of the University of Antwerp, research group Business and Law
- founder of Antwerp Tax Academy
- initiator of the DigiTax Centre of Excellence
- full professor at the Science Faculty of the University of Antwerp, Department of Computer Science
- supervisor in ADReM Data Lab
- member of Antwerp Tax Academy
- initiator of Antwerp Center on Responsible Artificial Intelligence
- initiator of the DigiTax Centre of Excellence
- full professor at the Faculty of Business and Economics, Department of Accounting and Finance at the University of Antwerp
- member of Antwerp Tax Academy
- initiator of the DigiTax Centre of Excellence
- full professor at the Faculty of Business and Economics, Department of Engineering Management of the University of Antwerp
- research director in the Applied Data Mining research group
- member of Antwerp Tax Academy
- initiator of Antwerp Center on Responsible Artificial Intelligence
Prof. dr. Anne Van de Vijver
- initiator of the DigiTax Centre of Excellence
- full professor at the Law Faculty of the University of Antwerp, president of the research group Business and Law
- president of Antwerp Tax Academy
- research manager at the DigiTax Centre of Excellence
- assistant professor at the Law Faculty of the University of Antwerp, member of the research group Business and Law
- member of Antwerp Tax Academy
Prof. dr. Tarcisio Magalhaes
- assistant professor at the Law Faculty of the University of Antwerp, member of the research group Business and Law
- member of Antwerp Tax Academy
- associate professor at the Law Faculty of the University of Antwerp, member of the research group Government and Law
Affiliated supervisors
- assistant professor at the Faculty of Law & Criminology of Ghent University
- leads the research group Law & Technology at Ghent University
- member of the Human Rights Centre, member of the Crime, Criminology & Criminal Policy Consortium and member of PIXLES (Privacy, Information Exchange, Law Enforcement & Surveillance)
Research manager
- supervisor at DigiTax Centre of Excellence
- assistent professor at the Law Faculty of the University of Ghent and member of the research group Business and Law
- member of Antwerp Tax Academy
- guest lecturer at the University of Ghent
Operational coordinator
- Operational coordinator at DigiTax Centre of Excellence
- member of Antwerp Tax Academy
- Phd in Law
- master’s degree in Law
Post doc researchers
- master’s degree in Organizational Psychology
- PhD in Business Economics
- master’s degree in Law
- PhD in Law
- Operational coordinator at DigiTax Centre of Excellence
- master in Law and master in Tax Law
- PhD in Law
- master in Law
- Joint phd University of Salerno - University of Antwerp
- PhD topic: the Gordian Knot of EU Taxation: Rethinking the Allocation of Taxing Power in the EU
Researchers
- master in Law, master in Tax Law and business tax consultant at EY
- research topic: the virtual permanent establishment in international tax law
- supervisor: prof. dr. Anne Van de Vijver
- research funded by EY
- master in Law, Advanced master in International Tax Law and currently Managing Senior, European Tax Knowledge Team - International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation (IBFD)
- research topic: Why and how to tax business profits in a global digitalized economy: a normative principle-based analysis of the corporate income tax and its alternatives
- supervisors: prf. dr Tarcisio Diniz Magalhaes and Prof. dr . Anne Van de Vijver
- master in Mathematics
- research topic: Fairness in Machine Learning
- supervisor: prof. dr. Toon Calders
- research is funded by AXA
- master in Law and master in International Business Taxation
- research topic: the use of artificial intelligence by the tax administrations in the EU: implications for taxpayers' fundamental rights
- supervisors: prof. dr. Anne Van de Vijver and prof. dr. Toon Calders
- research is funded by the FWO
- master in Communications Sciences and master in Law
- research topic: tax audits on big data: exploring the legitimacy and limits in light of the prohibition of fishing expeditions - see Visualisation of the research questions
- supervisors: prof. dr. Eva Lievens (UGhent), dr. Sylvie De Raedt and prof. dr. Bruno Peeters
- research is funded by the FWO
- master in Artificial Intelligence
- research topic: Fairness in Machine Learning
- supervisors: prof. dr. Toon Calders and dr. Sylvie De Raedt
- research is funded by the University of Antwerp
- master in Law and specialised master in Tax Law
- research topic: tax regime of mining investments in DRCongo and aggressive tax planning in an era of a digitalized economie.
- supervisors: prof. dr. Anne Van de Vijver and prof. dr. Tarcisio Diniz Magalhaes
- master in Law and advanced master in Tax Law
- research topic: A sustainable value theory for the international tax system
- supervisor: prof. dr. Tarcisio Magalhaes
- master in Law and senior Corporate Tax Consultant at Deloitte
- research topic: the challenge of transfer pricing methods in a digital economy
- supervisors: prof. dr. Bruno Peeters and prof. dr. Anne Van de Vijver
- research is funded by Deloitte
- master in Law, master in Financial Management and master de Spécialisation en Droit Fiscal
- research topic: the future of the ability-to-pay-taxes principle in fiscalibus
- supervisor: prof. dr. Anne Van de Vijver
- research in funded by the University of Antwerp
- master in Computer Science
- research topic: Fairness in Machine Learning
- supervisor: prof. dr. Toon Calders
- research is funded by the Flemish Government
- master in Applied Economics: Business Economics
- research topic: Does corporate governance impact the level of tax disclosure?
- supervisors: prof. dr. Ann Jorissen, prof. dr. Anne Van de Vijver and prof. dr. David Martens
- research is funded by the University of Antwerp
- master in Law, master in Tax Law and lawyer at Tiberghien Lawyers
- research topic: taxation of artificial intelligence
- supervisors: prof. dr. Bruno Peeters and prof. dr. Anne Van de Vijver
- research is funded by Tiberghien Lawyers
- master in Commercial Sciences and master in Law
- research title: In search of a more balanced allocation of taxing powers between developed and developing countries: a plea for inter-nation equity
- supervisor: prof. dr. Bruno Peeters
- research is funded by the University of Antwerp
Affiliated postdoc researchers
- LL.M. in Law and Economics
- Ph.D. in Tax Law (topic: Assessment of Universal Succession Cases in Tax Liability)
- Lecturer at Bilkent University
- Currently preparing research on the taxation of blockchain technology considering its environmental effects
Former researchers
Completed Doctoral Research
- master of Science (MSc) International Political Economy and Master of Arts, Government
- research topic: International taxation and domestic politics: the choice for unorthodox methods for taxation policies
- supervisors: prof. dr. Ann Jorissen and prof. dr. Anne Van de Vijver
- master in Electromechanical Engineering Technology and master of Finance
- research topic: fraud detection with behavioural data
- supervisor: prof. dr. David Martens
- research is funded by the University of Antwerp
- master in Chemistry and former Data Scientist at IBM
- PhD research topic: explainability in artificial intelligence models
- supervisor: prof. dr. David Martens
- research was funded by the Flemish Government
- Public defense: May 2023
Former Postdoctoral Researchers
Dr. Jellis Vanhoeyveld
- master in Engineering Science (mathemactical engineering techniques)
- Phd in Applied Engineering after successfully defending his doctoral thesis on data mining for fraud detection
- postdoctoral researcher at DigiTax until 2019
Dr. Pieter Leyman
- master in Business Engineering
- phd in Applied Economics
- postdoctoral researcher at DigiTax until 2022
Dr. Luisa Scarcella
- master in Law
- Phd in Law (topic: VAT and blockchain)
- postdoctoral research at DigiTax until 2022
Dr. Lize Coenen
- master's degree in Mathematical Engineer
- PhD in Business economics and Computer science
- postdoctoral research at DigiTax until 2023