GIStorical Antwerp search menu search content About GIStorical Antwerp Introduction Within the GIStorical Antwerp project, seven snapshots between 1584 and 1984 were created. Each of this snapshots uses a specific set of both textual as cartographical sources. The result is a GIS-environment which n…

Mind-Bending Grammars search menu search content Framework and methodology - Mind-Bending Grammars Framework and methodology The approach is constructionist (Goldberg 1995, 2006, Croft 2001), seeing grammatical items as form-meaning combinations that are interconnected in a complex associative netwo…

GIStorical Antwerp search menu search content Gistorical Antwerp GIStorical Antwerp In a time of rapid urbanization solid long-term perspectives on the many environmental, social, economic or political challenges of urbanity are urgently needed. Uniting urban history, sociology, environmental studie…

Sarah De Beuckeleer predoc researcher FWO Research Sarah De Beuckeleer Research team Laboratory of cell biology and histology Towards an end-to-end solution for unbiased cellular phenotyping of intact cerebral organoids. 01/11/2022 - 31/10/2026 Abstract The cerebral organoid is an emerging model sys…

Antwerp Time Machine search menu search content GIStorical Antwerp GIStorical Antwerp In a time of rapid urbanization solid long-term perspectives on the many environmental, social, economic or political challenges of urbanity are urgently needed. Uniting urban history, sociology, environmental stud…

Antwerp Research Institute for the Arts search menu search content Comical Performance Practices in Perspective: Operetta in Ancient, Old and Current Approaches 20 November 2023 - Royal Conservatoire Antwerp Initiated by Stijn Saveniers This seminar seeks to gather different approaches to the perfor…

Institute of Development Policy The Aid Architecture Debate: Beyond Busan The Aid Architecture Debate: Beyond Busan Policy Brief 5: Debt Relief as Disguised Budget Support In 1996 the ‘Heavily Indebted Poor Countries’ (HIPC) Initiative for debt reduction was introduced. In 1999 it was replaced b…

Back to the Future search menu search content Case studies From the eighteenth century onwards, the future was considered as open, uncertain and constructible – the way we tend to perceive the future today. In contrast, early modern Europeans believed that the future was beyond the control of man.…

Geert Van Eekert professor Research Geert Van Eekert Research team Center for European Philosophy Expertise Metaphysics: history of metaphysics (Aristotle, Thomas Aquinas, Descartes, Hegel), history of the critique of metaphysics, debates about the end of metaphysics (Habermas), history of post-meta…

Library search menu search content Blog articles Viewpoints on open access by staff and researchers Open Access Policies and Experiences in Brazil: A Success Story? - Felipe César de Andrade Open Access at the University of Antwerp: a library point of view - Rudi Baccarne A student’s guide to Ope…

Wouter Verheyen associate professor Research Wouter Verheyen Research team Business and Law Expertise In 2019 Verheyen became research professor at Antwerp University with a research agenda on sustainable platform economy, aimed at reconciling social, economic and environmental sustainability. Verhe…

Greet De Block Research Greet De Block Research team Centre for Urban History Expertise Greet De Block is an engineer-architect and urban planner. Her teaching and writing focus on infrastructure as driving force of urbanization, advancing an interdisciplinary approach linking urbanism with urban hi…

USOS search menu search content Programme 2014 - Debating Development Development post 2015: which agenda? In 2000, the United Nations member states adopted a set of eight development goals, to be reached by the end of 2015. These so-called Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) include the eradication…

Center for European Philosophy search menu search content Projects Ongoing projects Moral Realism as a Normative Doctrine: Rethinking Politicized Realism. 01/03/2024 - 29/02/2028 Abstract In metaethics, normative questions have been largely avoided on methodological grounds. Metaethics is said to in…

Law PhD defenses 2022 Attend a PhD defense or consult past defenses PhD defenses 2022 Attend a PhD defense or consult past defenses Accountability of the European Central Bank. Theory, Legal Framework and Practices - Ute Lettanie (14/11/2022) PhD defense Ute Lettanie 14 November 2022 - 17 uur Superv…

Hilde Greefs full professor Research Hilde Greefs Research team Centre for Urban History S.O.S. Antwerp. Intra-urban Inequalities at Death in the Port City of Antwerp, 1820-1939. 01/01/2023 - 31/12/2026 Abstract Life expectancy in Western countries has increased enormously during the past two centur…

Ilja Van Damme professor Research Ilja Van Damme Research team Centre for Urban History Expertise Antwerp Time Machine - Spatial History - Urban History - History of urban life, culture, and creativity - History of consumption - History of retailing and shopping Exotic Substances in Early Modern Con…

Peter Stabel full professor Research Peter Stabel Research team Centre for Urban History A single pattern? Reassessing the medieval origins and development of the European Marriage Pattern in the County of Flanders (1300-1600). 01/10/2024 - 30/09/2027 Abstract In recent years, the European Marriage …

Esther van Zimmeren professor Research Esther van Zimmeren Research team Business and Law Government and Law Expertise Esther van Zimmeren has particular expertise in Intellectual Property (IP) law, in particular in patent law, IP governance, innovation policy, technology transfer, competition law, …

Stijn Oosterlynck professor Research Stijn Oosterlynck Research team Centre for Research on Environmental and Social Change Expertise - Scientific advice on social inequality, poverty and social excusion - Scientific advice on urban policy and development - Scientific advice on spatial planning and …

Mike Kestemont research professor Research Mike Kestemont Research team Centre for Computational Linguistics, Psycholinguistics and Sociolinguistics (CLiPS) Institute for the Study of Literature in the Low Countries (ISLN) Antwerp Centre for Digital humanities and literary Criticism (ACDC) Expertise…

Winnok De Vos professor Research Winnok De Vos Research team Laboratory of cell biology and histology Expertise - Cell biology of accelerated ageing diseases and neurodegeneration - Deep coverage microscopy for cellular profiling and drug screening Alliance for multidimensional and multidisciplinary…

Ilse Loots emeritus occasional assignment Research Ilse Loots Research team Centre for Research on Environmental and Social Change Expertise Scientific research and advices on social aspects of environmental problems and environmental policy, transitions to sustainable development. Human biomonitori…

Bruno Blondé full professor Research Bruno Blondé Research team Centre for Urban History Expertise Historical statistics - Material culture and consumption research - Urban History - Social and economic history - Transportation History - History of the Low Countries - Research Policy The embarrass…

Peter Ponsaerts Research Peter Ponsaerts Research team Laboratory for Experimental Hematology (LEH) Expertise Primary cell culture from mouse and human, including immune cells (dendritic cells, macrophages, T-cells) and stem cells (embryonic stem cells, induced pluripotent stem cells, neural stem ce…