Research Affairs Office

• Development & training
  We provide info sessions and an extensive training offer on several important topics in the research cycle (Research data management, Open Science, BOF-calls, publication strategies, research integrity, etc.).
• Reporting & analysis
  We inform the Research Board University of Antwerp and the Flemish government (EWI, FRIS, ECOOM) on the research activities and research outcomes at the University of Antwerp.
• Information, advice & solutions
  We support individual researchers, research groups, and governance bodies regarding research policy and assessment. We coordinate and support the Research Board of the University of Antwerp and its Bureau.
• Visibility & impact
  We encourage researchers to increase their visibility, i.e., by continuously improving the registration and display of research results.
• Expand opportunities
  We proactively inform researchers about internal funding opportunities, and obligations around ethics and research data (management).
• Reach out
  We build strong networks and collaborations with internal and external stakeholders (including other universities and research performing organisations, university networks and alliances, and (inter)national governments).
• Safeguarding compliance
  We provide efficient and effective translations of (and advice on dealing with) the regulatory frameworks in which we operate.

​dr. Pieter Spooren
+32 3 265 30 37
- Head of Unit

​Anneleen Baerts
+32 3 265 30 10
- Coordinator Data Analysis
- Research Information Manager (Antigoon Research Database)

​Siham Benramdane 
+32 3 265 91 59 
- Expert chemical inventory & electronic lab notebooks

 Sarah Claes
+32 3 265 90 63
- Ethics
- Human Rights
- Foreign Interference Policy

​Linda De Winter
+32 3 265 30 24
- Expert Research Database (Antigoon)
- Projects & Collaboration

Marianne De Voecht
+32 3 265 30 29
- Scientific Integrity (CWI)
- Selection & Evaluation Tenure Track BOF (TTZAPBOF)
- Communication Research Affairs Unit

dr. Nele Dexters
+32 3 265 30 30
- Expert Bibliometrics 

Myriam Geens
+32 3 265 21 14
- Data entry, review and consolidation 

Emma Goemaere​​
+32 3 265 89 10
- Assistance Ethical Clearance

Kristina Granaas
+32 3 265 31 95
- General University Research Fund Manager (BOF)

dr. Raf Guns
+32 3 265 31 94
- Project Leader Centre for R&D Monitoring (ECOOM)

dr. Birgit Houben
+32 3 265 31 39
- Research evaluations
- Selection & evaluation Research Professors (ZAPBOF)
- Centres of Excellence (OEC)
- Methusalem- Coordinator core facilities

Dunya Nasser
+32 3 265 16 75
- Assistance Research Data Management (RDM) 

 Jef Peeters
 - Data curation expert Open Science team

Ilse Poels
+32 3 265 47 51
- Data & Quality Manager

dr. Aparna Prasad​
+32 3 265 20 54
- Research Data Management (RDM)

Linde Tuybens
+32 3 265 52 67
- Expert Research Data Management (RDM)

Karen Van Camp
+32 3 265 30 09
- BOF manager (BOF)
- Reading Committees (LC)