Pintra (EN) Blog
In our country, professors and researchers have complete academic freedom, as shown in the Academic Freedom Index. This seems so self-explanatory that we sometimes forget how important it is. ‘As an academic, you have to have the freedom to challenge prevailing views,’ says Professor Tom Sauer of the Department of Political Science.
The Committee for Scientific Integrity (CWI), set up to investigate infractions of scientific integrity, has a very …
“Scientific integrity: good practices help to avoid pitfalls”
Every year, UAntwerp organises PRESS>SPEAK, an annual writing and presenting competition. The third and last winning text of 2023, written by Julia Di Stefano (Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences), is about recreating a whole brain.
Every year, UAntwerp organises PRESS>SPEAK, an annual writing and presenting competition. The first winning text of 2023, written by Ilenia Serra (Faculty of Science), is about electrons.
Every year, UAntwerp organises PRESS>SPEAK, an annual writing and presenting competition. The first winning text of 2023, written by Hosna Ghaderi (Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences), is about a revolution in eye surgery.
Your research has something special that you want to share with a large audience. That little corner of knowledge that you fully immerse yourself in, to break it open and make it understandable for people outside your domain. Clarifying without simplifying. You choose which details to mention or not, and you engage your audience in a story that invites them to search for more information. Sounds challenging? Definitely, but it’s increasingly necessary for any researcher.
The Master of Safety Sciences can blow out ten candles this academic year. Besides being one of the youngest master programmes at the University of Antwerp, it is also a unique, multidisciplinary study programme in Flanders, according to lawyer Kelly Reyniers, sociologist Anne Bergmans and safety expert Karolien van Nunen.
For the TURQUOISE research project, coordinator Jan Staes (Department of Biology), Jan Cools (Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development) and Steven Van Passel (Department of Engineering Management) joined forces. The project wants to find out how we can raise the groundwater levels in Flanders, and how we can implement the solutions sustainably.
In the TOTO project, Pieter Tieleman (Faculty of Design Sciences) and Patricia Van de Walle (Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences) join forces to design an affordable ankle foot orthosis for children in Madagascar, made of locally available materials. ‘It is of great importance to bring the right types of expertise together.’
Every year, UAntwerp organises PRESS>SPEAK, an annual writing and presenting competition. The third winning text, written in Dutch by Karen Verheyen (Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences), is about the obstacles which children with Dravet syndrome face.
The Department of Research & Innovation (ADOC) has a new name: say hello to Research Innovation & Valorisation Antwerp, or RIVA for short. This rebranding includes an updated mission statement and a fresh set of ambitions. ‘In a period of growth, you have to make sure you grow in the right way’, says its head of department, Tim Engels.
Every year, UAntwerp organises PRESS>SPEAK, an annual writing and presenting competition. The second winning text, written by Jonas Lescroart (Faculty of Science), is about the mountain cat, an extremely rare and almost mystical cat species.