Functional Morphology search menu search content Hurricanes twist evolution in island lizards Hold that thought: a good grip can mean the difference between life and death for lizards in a hurricane — and as a result, populations hit more frequently by hurricanes have larger toepads. A new study b…

VLIR-IUC Limpopo search menu search content VLIR IUC VLIR-IUC partnership VLIR-IUC partnership strives to transform rural communities The five year, Vlaamse Interuniversitaire Raad- Institutional University Cooperation (VLIR-IUC) Programme launched at the University of Limpopo, recently substantiate…

The Great Corona Study search menu search content Results survey 28 One in five carries more than two extra corona kilos January 14th 2021 UAntwerp’s Great Corona Study shows that most travellers comply with quarantine rules The corona crisis certainly has an impact on many people’s weight. This…

Social Sciences Lunch Talk #9 - Between Rakim and Rumi: hip hop, poetry and spirituality Amir Sulaiman – Friday 6/10/2023, 12u – 13:15u Lunch Talk #9 - Between Rakim and Rumi: hip hop, poetry and spirituality Amir Sulaiman – Friday 6/10/2023, 12u – 13:15u From 2020, FSW Connects (Faculty of …

The Great Corona Study search menu search content Results survey 39 We shake hands or give a kiss more often June 15th 2021 Participants in the Great Corona Study follow the UEFA European Football Championship mostly in their own bubble Good weather, increasing vaccination coverage, steeply declinin…

The Great Corona Study search menu search content Results survey 1 Call to work from home was heeded March 10 2020 More than half a million Belgians participated in the UAntwerp corona study on Tuesday On Tuesday, Belgians massively filled in the corona study questionnaire, an initiative of the Univ…

Laboratory of Medical Microbiology search menu search content Global study highlights deaths from neonatal sepsis & steps to improve treatment Geneva - A global observational study, which involved more than 3,200 newborn babies suffering from sepsis in 19 hospitals in 11 countries, has shown that ma…

The Great Corona Study search menu search content Results survey 25 More people will respect rules for Christmas December 3rd 2020 Almost none of the participants in the Great Corona Study say they will go on skiing holiday Two weeks ago, one in three participants of the Great Corona Study said they…

The Great Corona Study search menu search content ‘One in three have to make do with less income’ UAntwerp’s Great Corona Study yields some remarkable findings again April 21st 2020 Almost one in five people with a suspected COVID-19 infection stated in UAntwerp’s Great Corona Study that the…

The Great Corona Study search menu search content Results survey 19 Willingness to get vaccinated declines September 10th 2020 UAntwerp’s Great Corona Study also polled attitudes towards masks at school It remains a minority, but more and more people are saying that they might not get vaccinated i…

Laura Devlesschouwer unpaid staff Research Laura Devlesschouwer Research team Grammar and Pragmatics Cancelability or Argumentativity? Towards a Conventionalist Theory of Scalar Implicatures. 01/10/2019 - 30/09/2022 Abstract This project concerns the distinction between semantics and pragmatics, i.e…

The Great Corona Study search menu search content Results survey 13 One in three uses at least one corona support measure June 16th 2020 Participants in the Great Corona Study shake hands more often, but don’t go to bars yet Two-thirds of participants in the Great Corona Study say they don’t use…

Functional Morphology search menu search content Animal sex pheromones evolve rapidly and predictably Lizards develop a more attractive smell when competition is high and the chance of predation low Relocated in small groups to experimental islands, lizards rapidly and repeatedly developed new chemi…

David Schoute doctoral scholarship holder Research David Schoute Research team Center for Ethics Centre for Philosophical Psychology Ethics in Enactivism: a Pragmatic Approach. 01/10/2021 - 30/09/2025 Abstract In contemporary philosophy of mind, it now the rule rather than the exception to assert th…

Design Sciences Hub search menu search content Retrofit Tool for energy-neutral district architecture Click here to enter our Mural board for May 18th 'retrofitter' workshop. Climate change, and the objective to substantially reduce CO2 emissions, forces us to rethink the design our cities and build…

The Great Corona Study search menu search content Results survey 20 For one in four income decreased due to corona September 24th 2020 More and more participants of UAntwerp’s Great Corona Study are in quarantine Twenty-four per cent of respondents said that their income will have decreased in 202…

Laboratory of Medical Microbiology search menu search content Antibiotic-resistant sepsis still claiming newborn lives in Africa Penta leads new scientific collaboration to improve treatment and reduce mortality A new European-African collaboration to improve the way infections in newborns are treat…

The Great Corona Study search menu search content Results survey 26 Young people want other groups to be vaccinated first December 17th 2020 As the end-of-year celebrations come closer, more participants in the Great Corona Study want to follow the rules Now that the holiday season is upon us, more …

The Great Corona Study search menu search content Results survey 3 More tension in relationships 415,000 people took part in third wave of UAntwerp’s Great Corona Study University The weekly UAntwerp corona study shows that, among other things, 6% of families still have to work out a practical arr…

The Great Corona Study search menu search content Results survey 31 We want to be able to meet up with more people again February 23rd 2021 31,000 people in the Great Corona Study said they prefer relaxations If it was up to the Belgians, the first relaxation would be the possibility of meeting up w…

The Great Corona Study search menu search content Results survey 2 Three out of four work from home Second wave of UAntwerp’s Great Corona Study also enquired about mental well-being On Tuesday, hundreds of thousands of Belgians filled in the UAntwerp corona questionnaire again. An initial analysi…

Jessie Premereur predoc researcher FWO Research Jessie Premereur Research team VIB CMN - Microglia and Inflammation in Neurological Disorders (MIND) lab From gene to function: Unraveling the molecular mechanisms of Alzheimer-associated ABCA7 risk variants in microglia biology. 01/11/2022 - 31/10/202…

ReIncluGen search menu search content Consortium Project coordinator Consortium partners The consortium consists of 12 partners of which 6 academic partners, 5 civil society organisations and one software solutions partner. UNIVERSITEIT ANTWERPEN (UANTWERPEN), Belgium UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE BARCELO…

The Great Corona Study search menu search content Results survey 8 Clear majority say they will not use emergency shelter at school May 5th 2020 UAntwerp’s Great Corona Study yields interesting results after first relaxation The weekly questionnaire by UAntwerp shows that on Monday 4 May, 28% of p…

Marly Terwisscha van Scheltinga unpaid staff Research Marly Terwisscha van Scheltinga Research team Centre for Urban History A woman's lot. Women's participation in the public sphere in the late medieval and early modern Low Countries (1450-1650) by means of lottery-rhymes. 01/11/2019 - 31/10/2023 A…