Candidates interested in fully funded PhD positions can check the details and may apply as soon as possible. Interested and eligible applicants may submit their online application for PhD programs via the University’s Online Application Portal. 

1. Fully Funded PhD Position in evolutionary biomechanics of Darwin’s finches

Summary of PhD Program:

You will work actively on the preparation and defence of a PhD thesis in the field of functional morphology. You will focus on the cranial system of Darwin’s finches with the aim to reconstruct the evolutionary history of biomechanical traits to explain how the cranial systems of Darwin’s finches have diverged into biting specialists versus agile-beaked species, and how this impacts their feeding performance and songs. Your research will answer, amongst others, the following questions: can variation in beak kinematics explain differences in seed handling and song complexity in granivorous ground finches of the Galápagos? What are the biomechanical reasons for variation in beak movement frequencies? How did beak motion biomechanics change in the evolutionary history of Darwin’s finches?

Application Deadline: 11 September 2023

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2. Fully Funded PhD Position in unmixing microscopic X-ray and electron diffraction datasets

Summary of PhD Program:

The AXIS research group at the Faculty of Science (University of Antwerp) is seeking to fill one full-time (100%) doctoral scholarship holder in the area of “Unmixing of Microscopic X-ray and Electron Diffraction Datasets” under the supervision of Prof Koen Janssens together with Prof. Jo Verbeeck and Prof. Joke Hadermann of the EMAT Research group of the University of Antwerp. This activity is part of a collaborative project called “AutomatED”, funded by the Flemish government. X-ray diffraction (XRD) is one of the “gold standard” methods of structural analysis of solid materials. Next to determination of the crystal structure of, e.g. newly synthesized, compounds, it also allows for quantitative analysis of mixtures of (known) crystalline phases. Novel variants of XRD make use of intensity micro-/nanobeams of synchrotron radiation, permitting phase analysis and mapping of strongly heterogeneous systems in 2D/3D.

Application Deadline: September 4th 2023

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3. Fully Funded PhD Position in ecology and evolution of the female microbiome through bioinformatics

Summary of PhD Program:

The human vaginal microbiome is crucial for women’s health and reproduction, but it is understudied compared to other human microbial environments such as the gut. Humans have a unique vaginal flora compared to other primate and mammal species, but it is currently unclear to what extent, and how, the typical human vaginal bacteria adapted to this environment on the evolutionary timescale. On the ecological timescale, within the lifetime of a woman, we do not yet know where vaginal bacteria are obtained and how transient they are in the vaginal community. Through the Isala project and its many spinoff projects, the Lebeer Lab generates large amounts of amplicon, genome, metagenome and (meta)transcriptiome sequencing data. The goal of this PhD project is to mine this in-house sequencing data, supplemented with publicly available datasets, to gain insights into the structure, dynamics and evolutionary history of the human female microbiome.

Application Deadline: 21 August 2023

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4. Fully Funded PhD Position in Algebra and Number Theory

Summary of PhD Program:

The Department of Mathematics in the Faculty of Science is looking for a full-time (100%) doctoral scholarship holder in the field of Algebra and Number Theory. You will work actively on the preparation of a PhD thesis in Mathematics under the supervision of Prof. Karim Johannes Becher and as a member of his research team.

Application Deadline: August 17th 2023

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5. Fully Funded PhD Position in algebraic geometry

Summary of PhD Program:

You will work actively on the preparation of a PhD thesis in mathematics. You will work in the group of Ignacio Barros. You will be part of a collaboration between the University of Antwerp and Bielefeld University in Germany and as such you will be based in Antwerp but expected to spend at least six months (not necessarily consecutive) in Bielefeld working in the group of Charles Vial. You will carry out mathematical research in the context a research project entitled “Hyper-Kähler varieties and moduli spaces” financed by the Research Department of the University of Antwerp and the German Science Fundation.

Application Deadline: August 17th 2023

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6. Fully Funded PhD Position in bioscience engineering

Summary of PhD Program:

The Department of Bioscience Engineering in the Faculty of Sciences is looking for 2 full-time: doctoral scholarship holders in the field of bioscience engineering. You will work actively on the preparation and defence of a PhD thesis in the field of bioscience engineering.

Application Deadline: 16 Augustus 2023

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7. Fully Funded PhD Position in Molecular and Computational Neurogenomics

Summary of PhD Program:

The overarching goal of this proposal is to understand why and how dysregulation of omnipresent and constantly expressed ARS proteins leads to dying-back neurodegeneration and affects specifically the peripheral neurons (PNs). This neuronal population contains the most polarized cells in our body and their sophisticated morphology and function render them highly susceptible to degeneration. The preliminary data generated in-house as well as the available public data suggest mechanisms involving genetic, epigenetic and chromatin organisation factors governing the cell-type specific response to ARS mutations. Therefore, an integrative genome-wide cis-regulatory network analysis approaches, developed and employed in the Malysheva Lab, are required to reveal these mechanisms.

Application Deadline: Open until filled

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8. Fully Funded PhD Position in dementia 

Summary of PhD Program:

Frontotemporal dementia is clinically characterized by language and behavioral impairment. About half of the individuals do not have a positive family history yet show remarkably similar symptoms with asymmetrical pathology found in the brain. Somatic variants in the brain are an attractive explanation based on these observations. In this genetics project, the candidate will investigate the role of somatic variation based on the most extensive collection of frontotemporal dementia patients with TDP-43 brain pathology gathered through international collaborations. This project will be performed with a combination of state-of-the-art short and long read DNA and RNA sequencing methods, and an in-depth genetic and biostatistical analysis. The successful candidate will contribute to systematically evaluating this challenging type of variant.

Application Deadline: Open until filled

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9. Fully Funded PhD Position in financial reporting

Summary of PhD Program:

You will work actively on the preparation of a PhD thesis in the field of financial reporting in the nonprofit context. Amongst other, you will examine the determinants and consequences of using financial transparency labels in the nonprofit context.

Application Deadline: August 31, 2023

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10. Fully Funded PhD Position in urban logistics

Summary of PhD Program:

You will work actively on the preparation of a PhD thesis on urban logistics. The PhD project entails the study of economic viable delivery strategies and policy measures for four important logistics streams within the city: waste collection, construction logistics (moving building materials into the city), hospitality and health logistics (deliveries of food and other products to hotels, bars, restaurants, retirement homes, etc.), and grocery delivery (from supermarkets and other food suppliers to individual customers). Specifically, you will conduct a quantitative economic analysis of collaboration opportunities within these different markets, taking into account the interests of all stakeholders involved.

Application Deadline: 28 August 2023

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11. Fully Funded PhD Position in dynamic environmental impact assessment of the use of geological resources

Summary of PhD Program:

You will work actively on the preparation and defence of a PhD thesis on the dynamic environmental impact assessment of geological resources. The PhD research is part of a larger FWO-SBO research project DIAMONDS in which innovative hydrogeological methods will be integrated with economic, environmental, and social impact assessments to determine threshold values that must be met to respect subsurface, environmental, economic, and social criteria for the sustainable management of geological resources in Belgium and beyond. Within this project, the PhD research will focus on the dynamic environmental evaluation of this complex system. To estimate and quantify the environmental consequences, complementary economic models will be developed (e.g. agent based models).

Application Deadline: 31 August 2023

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12. Fully Funded PhD Position in philosophy of science

Summary of PhD Program:

You will work actively on the preparation and defence of a PhD thesis in the field of philosophy of science. More specifically, you will work on a research project entitled “Defending the virtues of evidence-based policy”, funded by the Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO), under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Bert Leuridan.

Application Deadline: 31 August 2023

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13. Fully Funded PhD Position in sociolinguistics/ linguistic ethnography

Summary of PhD Program:

The Department of Linguistics in the Faculty of Arts is looking for a full-time (100%) doctoral scholarship holder in the fields of sociolinguistics/linguistic ethnography. You will work actively on the preparation and defence of a PhD thesis in the fields of sociolinguistics/linguistic ethnography. The subject of the dissertation concerns the use of English as a lingua franca in institutional procedures in Belgium relating to the investigation of sham relations.

Application Deadline: August 21, 2023

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14. Fully Funded PhD Position in Dutch-language children’s literature and cultural history

Summary of PhD Program:

You will work actively on the preparation and defence of a PhD dissertation on the construction of the city in historical children’s books. You analyse a corpus of 40 Dutch-language children’s books that thematise the urban and the city and that were published in the period 1900-1940 by the Antwerp company L. Opdebeek. You situate your findings in a historical framework, paying attention to views on children’s literature and pedagogy, the literary and artistic features of the stories, Dutch-language book history and the context of the Flemish movement and development of a Flemish identity. You contribute to an exhibition to communicate the results of your research to a broad audience.

Application Deadline: 15 August 2023

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15. Fully Funded PhD Position in translation studies and media accessibility

Summary of PhD Program:

You will work actively on the preparation and defence of a PhD thesis in the fields of Translation Studies and Media Accessibility working on a project entitled “Impact of expertise on audio description process”. This project takes an empirical and experimental approach, combining qualitative and quantitative methods used in Cognitive Translation Studies. In the first stage of the project, you will map the perceptions of expertise among describers and project managers via a DELPHI survey and focus groups. In the second stage, you will carry out a scripting experiment with describers, which involves collecting data via eye tracking, keylogging and interviews. Finally, you will analyse the quality of the scripts to see if output quality can be linked to expertise.

Application Deadline: 21 August 2023

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16. Fully Funded PhD Position in metal-organic frameworks

Summary of PhD Program:

We are currently recruiting a highly motivated and skilled researcher to join our team for an exciting new project on MOF-based hybrid materials. The focus of this project will be on the design, synthesis, and characterization of MOF-polymer hybrid materials, as well as polymerization using MOF templates. This Ph.D. position offers a unique opportunity to be at the forefront of developing innovative functional materials through the synergistic combination of MOFs and polymers.

Application Deadline: 7/09/2023

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17. Fully Funded PhD Position in sustainable wastewater engineering

Summary of PhD Program:

You will work actively on the preparation and defence of a PhD thesis in the field of sustainable wastewater engineering. The PhD project aims at the development and application of a continuous-flow aerobic granular sludge (AGS) process for sustainable industrial wastewater treatment. Currently all granular sludge reactors are of the batch type, with discontinuous feeding. This greatly limits the market potential of the technology. This project is a collaboration between research groups from Flanders and Vietnam, and aims at (1) the transfer of the batch AGS process to a continuous process, and (2) the elucidation of the dynamics of formation and removal of the strong greenhouse gas nitrous oxide (N2O) during simultaneous nitrogen and phosphorus removal by granular sludge systems.

Application Deadline: August 17th 2023

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18. Fully Funded PhD Position in industrial wastewater engineering

Summary of PhD Program:

You will work actively on the preparation and defence of a PhD thesis in the field of industrial wastewater engineering. The PhD project specifically deals with the biological removal of phosphorus from industrial wastewater via the enhanced biological phosphorus removal process (EBPR). The project aims at determining the potential, the efficiency and the stability of the EBPR process while treating industrial wastewater, including the analysis of the microbial community involved.

Application Deadline: 11 September 2023

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19. Fully Funded PhD Position in artificial intelligence for renewable energy and climate change

Summary of PhD Program:

You will work actively on the preparation and defence of a PhD thesis in artificial intelligence for renewable energy and climate change. The goal of the thesis is to provide real-time solutions for discrepancies in energy supply and demand, based on a generic data-driven methodology in a world where the climate is changing. The idea is that the methodology, using environment-driven models (such as weather and human behaviour), predicts expected energy production and consumption and determines the appropriate control strategy at macro to micro level to eliminate discrepancies. It is important that this methodology is generic and ready for new production methodologies (such as new wind turbines, new forms of consumption behaviour (such as vehicle electrification) and climate change).

Application Deadline: 23 August 2023

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20. Fully Funded PhD Position in electrocatalysis, with a focus on reactor design and optimisation

Summary of PhD Program:

As researcher you will start within the research group ELCAT, currently employing around 30 people. The research of ELCAT revolves around electrochemistry. The main research activities are related to the development of state-of-the-art electrochemical reactors and catalyst, with as most important purpose the electrification of the industry and thus the replacement of traditional chemical processes with green and sustainable alternatives. The research falls mainly under 5 key activities: (1) electrochemical CO2 conversion; (2) green hydrogen production; (3) redox flow batteries; (4) power to chemicals; and (5) reactor design for electrochemical purposes.

Application Deadline: Open until filled

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21. Fully Funded PhD Position in social impact of the use of geological resources

Summary of PhD Program:

You prepare a PhD thesis on the topic of the social impact with regard to the use of geological resources. This PhD research is part of a larger FWO-SBO research project DIAMONDS. Here innovative hydrogeological methods will be integrated with economic, environmental, and social impact assessments to determine threshold values for a sustainable management of geological resources in Belgium and beyond. Within this interdisciplinary setting, this PhD research focusses in an integrated way on the subsurface and the surface.

Application Deadline: 31 August 2023

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22. Fully Funded PhD Position in digital media studies

Summary of PhD Program:

You will work actively on the preparation of a PhD thesis in Digital Media Studies. You will conduct qualitative and theoretically driven research on digital media and new communication technologies, and their role in societal challenges such as loneliness. In collaboration with your supervisor, you will work on international scientific publications. You will contribute to the international research domain of digital media studies by participating in scientific gatherings and activities.

Application Deadline: 17 August 2023

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Candidates interested in fully funded PhD positions can check the details and may apply as soon as possible. Interested and eligible applicants may submit their online application for PhD programs via the University’s Online Application Portal. 

1. Fully Funded PhD Position in Biomedical Sciences

Summary of PhD Program:

You will work on an exciting project, aiming to decipher the role of spatial chromatin organization in alternative isoform choice in the human brain. Isoform expression is highly cell type-specific, drives cell fate trajectories and influences drug responses. Despite research traditionally focussing on alternative splicing, use of alternative transcription start sites (TSSs) and termination sites (TTSs) accounts for the majority of transcriptional diversity in humans. Yet little is known about the mechanisms governing alternative TSS and TTS choice. We hypothesise that chromatin organisation is a central coordinator of such cellular decision-making across distinct cell populations.

Application Deadline: 27th of July 2023

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2. Fully Funded PhD Position in photoelectrochemical sensors for nucleic acid-based sequences

Summary of PhD Program:

The overall goal of this PhD is the development of strategies to enhance the sensitivity of novel photoelectrochemical biosensors that will pave the way to the construction of affordable, robust, and user-friendly platforms for healthcare applications, i.e. cancer diagnosis and infectious disease diagnostics. Due to the integration of recognition bioelements (e.g. DNA/RNA, antibodies or aptamers), electrochemical biosensors are ideally suited for the selective determination of a wide variety of clinically relevant targets such as biomarkers, pathogens, etc. The detection of the biomarkers of interest will be achieved by taking advantage of the cost-effectiveness and sensitive detection provided by photoelectrochemical strategies. This PhD will contribute to the efforts of getting insight into a yet unexplored biosensing and signal amplification strategies.

Application Deadline: June 29 2023

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3. Fully Funded PhD Position in molecular pathology of pneumonia

Summary of PhD Program:

The Laboratory of Cell Biology and Histology at the University of Antwerp is a research centre within the Department of Molecular-Morphology-Microscopy (mVISION), and within this setting Prof. dr. Samir Kumar-Singh is heading the molecular pathology group, which collaborates closely with the Laboratory of Medical Microbiology/VAXINFECTIO (Prof. Surbhi Malhotra). The research group’s primary goal is to contribute to the knowledge of cellular and molecular mechanisms of respiratory diseases, including pneumonia caused by bacteria (e.g. Pseudomonas) or viruses (e.g. COVID-19).

Application Deadline: 24 July 2023

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4. Fully Funded PhD Position in lymphology/ oncological rehabilitation

Summary of PhD Program:

The Department of Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, MOVANT research group (Prof. An De Groef, dr. Tessa De Vrieze, prof. Mira Meeus) is looking for a full-time (100%) doctoral scholarship holder in the field of lymphology/oncological rehabilitation. Fulltime (100%) PhD researcher for the LymphSens project: The enigma of subjective lymphedema: Why do patients report lymphedema after breast cancer treatment without an objective measurable swelling? The role of sensory processing and subclinical lymphedema – LymphSens Trial. This is a joint PhD at the University of Antwerp (main institution) and KU Leuven (partner institution).

Application Deadline: 1st of August 2023

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5. Fully Funded PhD Position in Health Economics with a focus on policy making on Covid-19 vaccination

Summary of PhD Program:

You will work actively on the preparation and defence of a PhD thesis in health economics, with a focus on policy making on Covid-19 vaccination. The PhD project aims to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of Covid-19 vaccination strategies at both pandemic and endemic stages, drawing on mathematical models developed at CHERMID, existing data sources and literature, and new data collections (eg, discrete choice experiments).

Application Deadline: July 12th 2023

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6. Fully Funded PhD Position in Health Economics with a focus on evaluating Covid-19 response in Europe

Summary of PhD Program:

You will work actively on the preparation and defence of a PhD thesis in health economics, with a focus on Covid-19 and pandemic preparedness. The project aims to explore the success/failure of the diverse Covid-19 pandemic response plans in Europe, and to evaluate their efficiency. An important part of your work consists of collating, analysing and interpreting Covid-19-related behavioural, economic, healthcare use and health impact data that have previously been collected in national and international projects CHERMID is involved in, using state of the art statistical and economic analyses (eg, data envelopment analysis).

Application Deadline: July 12th 2023

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7. Fully Funded PhD Position in microenvironment in inflammatory- and triple negative breast cancer

Summary of PhD Program:

This PhD scholarship clinical research allows young researchers to prepare a PhD thesis in the field the microenvironment in inflammatory- and triple negative breast cancer. Both these breast cancer subtypes are characterized by their aggressive behavior. Novel technologies, such as RNA single cell sequencing and spatial transcriptomics, will be used to particularly address mechanistic alterations of immune cells in these tumors, in attempt to find new modes of treatment. Samples will be collected in our local hospitals and in units contributing to the International Inflammatory Breast Cancer consortium. An expert group of (co)promotors with a large track-record in this field will guide the PhD student through this endeavor.

Application Deadline: June 29th 2023

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8. Fully Funded PhD Position in ecological economics and the sustainable use of geological resources

Summary of PhD Program:

You will work actively on the preparation and defence of a PhD thesis ecological economics and the sustainable use of geological resources. The PhD research is part of a larger FWO-SBO research project DIAMONDS in which innovative hydrogeological methods will be integrated with economic, environmental, and social impact assessments to determine threshold values that must be met to respect subsurface, environmental, economic, and social criteria for the sustainable management of geological resources in Belgium and beyond. Within this project, the PhD research will focus on creating knowledge about sustainability indicators for geological resource use and the integration of these criteria in a multicriteria decision analysis.

Application Deadline: 6 July 2023

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9. Fully Funded PhD Position in consumer behavior

Summary of PhD Program:

You will work actively on the preparation and defence of a PhD thesis in the field of consumer behavior. The doctoral project investigates how food perceptions in children and adults are formed from a biopsychosocial perspective. Summary: Research has shown that the belief that taste and health in food are negatively correlated, the Unhealthy = Tasty Intuition (UTI), increases consumers’ likelihood of being overweight. The question arises how this belief develops and to what extent this is a matter of nature or nurture. The project investigates its development in a nature-nurture context, ranging from children’s biological aptitudes for taste and nutrition (project 1), to the immediate home environment of children in their early life (project 2), to broader social and cultural influences (project 3).

Application Deadline: July 31st 2023

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10. Fully Funded PhD Position in History of Wealth Inequality

Summary of PhD Program:

You will work actively on the preparation and defence of a PhD thesis in History. Your research is part of the interuniversity iBOF-project “An Ancestor’s Tale” (VUB-UAntwerpen-KULeuven), which aims to reconstruct and explain patterns of wealth ownership and its transmission across generations over a period of 200 years in Belgium. This specific PhD-project investigates the strategies households have used to settle their wealth after their death, how these strategies evolved over the course of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and how they impacted the intergenerational mobility of wealth.

Application Deadline: 6 July 2023

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11. Fully Funded PhD Position in History of Wealth Inequality

Summary of PhD Program:

You will work actively on the preparation and defence of a PhD thesis in History. Your research is part of the interuniversity iBOF-project “An Ancestor’s Tale” (VUB-UAntwerpen-KULeuven), which aims to reconstruct and explain patterns of wealth ownership and its transmission across generations over a period of 200 years in Belgium. This specific PhD-project investigates how, when and why Belgian parents between 1800 and 1920 supported their children in acquiring real estate, and how such transfers impacted the life course of the children, and fostered social mobility.

Application Deadline: 6 July 2023

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12. Fully Funded PhD Position in industrial wastewater engineering

Summary of PhD Program:

You will work actively on the preparation and defence of a PhD thesis in the field of industrial wastewater engineering. The PhD project specifically deals with the biological removal of phosphorus from industrial wastewater via the enhanced biological phosphorus removal process (EBPR). The project aims at determining the potential, the efficiency and the stability of the EBPR process while treating industrial wastewater, including the analysis of the microbial community involved.

Application Deadline: 11 September 2023

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13. Fully Funded PhD Position in artificial intelligence for renewable energy and climate change

Summary of PhD Program:

You will work actively on the preparation and defence of a PhD thesis in artificial intelligence for renewable energy and climate change. The goal of the thesis is to provide real-time solutions for discrepancies in energy supply and demand, based on a generic data-driven methodology in a world where the climate is changing. The idea is that the methodology, using environment-driven models (such as weather and human behaviour), predicts expected energy production and consumption and determines the appropriate control strategy at macro to micro level to eliminate discrepancies. It is important that this methodology is generic and ready for new production methodologies (such as new wind turbines, new forms of consumption behaviour (such as vehicle electrification) and climate change).

Application Deadline: 23 August 2023

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14. Fully Funded PhD Position in electrocatalysis

Summary of PhD Program:

You will work actively on the preparation and defence of a PhD thesis in the field of electrochemical reactor engineering. Electrochemistry is gaining more and more attention as a potential alternative to several traditional industrial processes because of its positive impact on global greenhouse gas emissions (mainly CO2), its ability to store periodic renewable energy and the production of alternative energy sources such as H2. More specifically you will actively form part of the group of researchers within ELCAT that are working on reactor engineering and you will contribute to the optimisation, development and up-scaling of the electrochemical reactors currently being applied within ELCAT.

Application Deadline: Open until filled

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15. Fully Funded PhD Position in digital media studies

Summary of PhD Program:

You will work actively on the preparation of a PhD thesis in Digital Media Studies. You will conduct qualitative and theoretically driven research on digital media and new communication technologies, and their role in societal challenges such as loneliness.
In collaboration with your supervisor, you will work on international scientific publications. You will contribute to the international research domain of digital media studies by participating in scientific gatherings and activities.

Application Deadline: 17 August 2023

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16. Fully Funded PhD Position in “InfoCitizen” Brazilian case

Summary of PhD Program:

To join the ERC-funded Starting Grant project “InfoCitizen” (101076030) from October 2023 for a period of four years. InfoCitizen will conduct innovative research on the citizenship practices and technologies coalescing around model initiatives to produce and circulate data in the Global South. It aims to creatively develop a global ethnography that engages interdisciplinarity, applied networks, and multi-methods (archival, digital, audiovisual, and quanti-qualitative) to unveil the politics and poetics of informational citizenship across top-down and bottom-up data ecosystems in Brazil, Portugal, Germany, Kenya, and Tanzania.

Application Deadline: July 31, 2023

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17. Fully Funded PhD Position in Quantitative in situ electron microscopy of metal halide perovskite materials

Summary of PhD Program:

Light detection and emission are crucial for displays, medical and security scanners. Given the societal relevance, there is an emerging need for novel opto-electronic materials with higher conversion efficiency and lower production cost. Metal halide perovskites (MHPs) are promising high-performance semiconductors due to their strong absorption and emission in a broad spectral range and their ease of manufacturing. So far, integration in opto-electronic devices was hampered by inherent stability issues such as the degradation from the optically active “black” phase into an inactive phase. In this project, we explore a fundamentally new route to stabilize the black phase under ambient conditions. The role of the PhD student is to develop and apply novel low-dose electron microscopy techniques and perform a quantitative analysis of the obtained data.

Application Deadline: August 3rd 2023

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18. Fully Funded PhD Position in algebraic geometry

Summary of PhD Program:

You will work actively on the preparation of a PhD thesis in mathematics. You will work in the group of Ignacio Barros. You will be part of a collaboration between the University of Antwerp and Bielefeld University in Germany and as such you will be based in Antwerp but expected to spend at least six months (not necessarily consecutive) in Bielefeld working in the group of Charles Vial. You will carry out mathematical research in the context a research project entitled “Hyper-Kähler varieties and moduli spaces” financed by the Research Department of the University of Antwerp and the German Science Fundation.

Application Deadline: August 17th 2023

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19. Fully Funded PhD Position in carbon and water balances of Flemish ecosystems and their vulnerability to climate extremes

Summary of PhD Program:

Natural ecosystems are currently absorbing almost half of the CO2 emitted by humans, but this service is increasingly compromised by climate change. This PhD scholarship allows a young researcher to prepare a PhD thesis on the carbon uptake and water balance of four Flemish ecosystems, their changes over time, and their sensitivity to climate extremes. Specifically, the researcher will analyze the ongoing eddy covariance – (and many other) measurements made by the FWO-funded ICOS-Flanders international research infrastructure project to study the exchanges with the atmosphere, while changes in soil carbon stocks are also a focus of the PhD study.

Application Deadline: July 12th 2023

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20. Fully Funded PhD Position in bioscience engineering

Summary of PhD Program:

• You will work actively on the preparation and defence of a PhD thesis in the field of bioscience engineering.
  
• You publish scientific articles related to the research project.
  
• You will carry out a limited number of teaching, research and service support tasks for the Department of Bioscience Engineering.

Application Deadline: 16 Augustus 2023

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21. Fully Funded PhD Position in signal enhancement strategies for photoelectrochemical sensors for nucleic acid-based sequences

Summary of PhD Program:

The overall goal of this PhD is the development of strategies to enhance the sensitivity of novel photoelectrochemical biosensors that will pave the way to the construction of affordable, robust, and user-friendly platforms for healthcare applications, i.e. cancer diagnosis and infectious disease diagnostics. Due to the integration of recognition bioelements (e.g. DNA/RNA, antibodies or aptamers), electrochemical biosensors are ideally suited for the selective determination of a wide variety of clinically relevant targets such as biomarkers, pathogens, etc. The detection of the biomarkers of interest will be achieved by taking advantage of the cost-effectiveness and sensitive detection provided by photoelectrochemical strategies.

Application Deadline: June 29 2023

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22. Fully Funded PhD Position in Ecotoxicology Investigation

Summary of PhD Program:

You will work actively on the preparation and defense of a PhD thesis in the field of bioaccumulation and effects of PFAS on terrestrial invertebrates and birds under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Lieven Bervoets, Prof. Dr. Marcel Eens and Dr. Thimo Groffen. Although PFAS are known to be persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic, many critical gaps in our understanding remain. You will build on recent findings about the bioavailability, bioaccumulation and effects of PFAS (both legacy and emerging) to terrestrial invertebrates and songbirds under both laboratory and field conditions.

Application Deadline: July 31 2023

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23. Fully Funded PhD Position in Analytical Chemistry and Toxicology

Summary of PhD Program:

The TC has a longstanding experience, analytical skills and instrumental capabilities related to environmental and human biomonitoring and assessment of environmental and human toxicology, with emphasis on legacy and emerging contaminants (including PFAS, phthalates and flame retardants). The ECOSPHERE research group aims to study both aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems that are continuously challenged by natural and anthropogenic stressors. Its research focuses on acquiring fundamental and applied knowledge at different levels of structural and functional organization to underpin environmental management decisions.

Application Deadline: 31 July 2023

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24. Fully Funded PhD Position in Plant development and Ecotoxicology 

Summary of PhD Program:

You will work actively on the preparation and defense of a PhD thesis in the field of plant responses to PFAS under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Els Prinsen and Prof. Dr. Kris Vissenberg. You will build on recent findings in plant ecotoxicological responses to environmental PFAS. You will investigate the bio-accumulation of PFAS in different plant species and plant organs using state-of-the art analytical methods, and aim for detailed mechanistic insights in their toxicology using transcriptomics and proteomics approaches coupled to molecular biology, microscopy and live cell imaging.

Application Deadline: July 31 2023

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1. Fully Funded PhD Position in development studies

Summary of PhD Program:

The Institute of Development Policy (IOB) is looking for a full-time (100%) doctoral scholarship holder in the field of development studies. You will work actively on the preparation and defence of a PhD thesis in the field of development studies. The PhD project will use mixed methods to deepen our knowledge of refugee economies, including by examining how governments, international organisations, and NGOs can contribute to improving refugees’ socio-economic outcomes and increasing their resilience to shocks, for example by reshaping traditional humanitarian aid programs or by encouraging refugees’ labour market participation, entrepreneurship, and social integration.

Application Deadline: 15 May 2023

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2. Fully Funded PhD Position in bio-electrochemistry

Summary of PhD Program:

A-Sense Lab at the Department of Bioscience Engineering in the Faculty of Science is looking for a full-time (100%) doctoral scholarship holder in the field of bio-electrochemistry. The overall goal of this PhD is the development of novel (photo)electrochemical biosensing strategies that will pave the way to the construction of affordable, robust, user-friendly and portable platforms. Due to the integration of recognition bioelements (e.g. DNA/RNA, antibodies or aptamers), electrochemical biosensors are ideally suited for the selective determination of a wide variety of clinically relevant targets such as biomarkers, pathogens, etc. The detection of the analyte of interest will be achieved by taking advantage of the cost-effectiveness and sensitive detection provided by electrochemical strategies.

Application Deadline: April 27, 2023

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3. Fully Funded PhD Position in Computational Chemistry

Summary of PhD Program:

The Department of Chemistry in the Faculty of Science is looking for a full-time (100%) doctoral scholarship holder in the field of Computational Chemistry. You will work actively on the preparation and defence of a PhD thesis in the field of Computational Chemistry. You will conduct DFT calculations to study the interaction between molecules and solid surfaces in solution, in the context of concurrent experiments performed by collaborating groups.

Application Deadline: 3 April 2023

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4. Fully Funded PhD Position in Materials chemistry 

Summary of PhD Program:

The Department of Chemistry in the Faculty of Science is looking for a full-time (100%) doctoral scholarship holder in the field of Materials chemistry – organic surface modification. You will work actively on the preparation and defence of a PhD thesis in the field of organic-inorganic hybrid materials. You will prepare organic surface modified materials and focus on the understanding of the reaction mechanisms and the role of surface and synthesis conditions. You will do dedicated synthesis and perform and develop advanced characterization to reveal surface differences. You will closely collaborate with the computational chemistry group studying the interaction between molecules and solid surfaces by dedicated synthesis and characterization to provide them with input for their computational work. In the same context, you provide samples for advanced characterization.

Application Deadline: March 22 2023

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5. Fully Funded PhD Position in field of Experimental Nanophysics

Summary of PhD Program:

You will work actively on the preparation of a PhD thesis in the field of functionalisation of carbon nanotubes through endohedral filling. This PhD project is part of a European Pathfinder project, 3D Bricks, which aims for the 3D bio-fabrication of high-performance DNA-carbon nanotube digital electronics. Within this PhD thesis, your goal will be to fill carbon nanotubes with electron donor or acceptor molecules, that can result in n- or p-type doping of the host carbon nanotubes. It is expected that the doping can be finely tuned by the specific choice of the encapsulating molecules.

Application Deadline: March 16th 2023

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6. Fully Funded PhD Position in photo-electrochemical sensors for nucleic acid-based cancer biomarkers

Summary of PhD Program:

The Department of Bioscience Engineering in the Faculty of Science is looking for a full-time (100%) doctoral scholarship holder in the field of photo-electrochemical sensors for nucleic acid-based cancer biomarkers. A-Sense Lab at the University of Antwerp has an open position for a PhD to strengthen our developments in the field of photo-electrochemical sensors for nucleic acid-based cancer biomarkers within the interdisciplinary project SOCan. SOCan “A photo-electrochemical singlet oxygen-based platform for the rapid detection of a panel of cancer biomarkers in tissue and liquid biopsies” is a project involving six research groups [two at UAntwerp, two at UGhent and two at UZA].

Application Deadline: April 27, 2023

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7. Fully Funded PhD Position in artificial intelligence for bioinformatics

Summary of PhD Program:

The Department of Computer Science in the Faculty of Science is looking for a full-time (100%) doctoral scholarship holder in the field of artificial intelligence for bioinformatics. You will work actively on the preparation and defence of a PhD thesis in the field of artificial intelligence under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Wout Bittremieux. You will build on recent advances in artificial intelligence to develop deep neural network models for the analysis of molecular data. You will develop algorithmic and high-performance computing solutions to derive novel biological insights from large-scale mass spectrometry metabolomics data and study the role of small molecules as fundamental building blocks of life.

Application Deadline: 19 March 2023

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8. Fully Funded PhD Position in critical illness and ferroptosis

Summary of PhD Program:

You work actively on the preparation and defence of a PhD thesis on the scope of the “Shared and informed decision-making in general practice in a culturally diverse context.” This concept is applied to the preferences of patients with a migrant background regarding communication (e.g., preference for limited communication of stressful information or for communication directly to family members) and medical decision-making (e.g., preference for family-centered decision-making). The primary goal is to improve diversity-sensitive, patient-centered care by examining existing strategies and adapting them to patient preferences and legal options.

Application Deadline: 1 September 2023

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9. Fully Funded PhD Position in molecular pathology of pneumonia

Summary of PhD Program:

The Laboratory of Cell Biology and Histology at the University of Antwerp is a research centre within the Department of Molecular-Morphology-Microscopy (mVISION), and within this setting Prof. dr. Samir Kumar-Singh is heading the molecular pathology group, which collaborates closely with the Laboratory of Medical Microbiology/VAXINFECTIO (Prof. Surbhi Malhotra). The research group’s primary goal is to contribute to the knowledge of cellular and molecular mechanisms of respiratory diseases, including pneumonia caused by bacteria (e.g. Pseudomonas) or viruses (e.g. COVID-19).

Application Deadline: 20 March 2023

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10. Fully Funded PhD Position in private law

Summary of PhD Program:

You work actively on the preparation and defence of a PhD thesis on the scope of the “right to culturally appropriate healthcare”. This concept should be applied to the preferences of patients with a migration background regarding disclosure of medical information (e.g., a preference for limited disclosure of stressful information or for direct disclosure to family members) and regarding responsibility for medical decision-making (e.g., a preference for family-centred decision-making). The main goal is to improve diversity-sensitive, patient-centred care by examining the legal framework in search of ways to better accommodate these preferences.

Application Deadline: 1 May 2023

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11. Fully Funded PhD Position in regional economics

Summary of PhD Program:

The Department of Transport and Regional Economics in the Faculty of Business Economics is looking for a full-time (100%) doctoral scholarship holder in the field of regional economics. You will work actively on the preparation of a PhD thesis on retail mobility. The PhD project entails the exploration of retail accessibility in the context of e-commerce. It studies whether e-commerce is bridging existing inequalities in terms of retail provision, or whether they are subject to new constraints.

Application Deadline: 16 April 2023

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12. Fully Funded PhD Position in 

Summary of PhD Program:

The Department of Management in the Faculty of Business and Economics has the following full-time vacancy: graduate teaching & research assistant in the field of management. As a graduate teaching & research assistant, you will be part of the Academic Assistant Staff (Dutch: Assisterend Academisch Personeel, AAP). You will spend at least 50% of your working time preparing a PhD thesis (with a focus on management). In addition, you will play an assisting role in teaching, and service activities.

Application Deadline: Open until filled

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13. Fully Funded PhD Position in public management

Summary of PhD Program:

You will work actively on the preparation and defence of a PhD thesis in the field of public management and on the following topic: “The rise of social media, fake news and government distrust have led to an increasingly hostile environment for many public sector organizations, leaving them struggling with their reputation. In order to explain negative reputations, scholars assume that more bureaucratic organizations are more likely to face negative reputations. However, evidence for this claim is non-existent. Furthermore, there are theoretical indications that negative reputations may paradoxically lead to more bureaucracy.

Application Deadline: 25 May 2023

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14. Fully Funded PhD Position in Electromechanical engineering

Summary of PhD Program:

The Faculty of Applied Engineering is looking for a full time doctoral scholarship holder in the field of Electromechanical engineering: wireless energy-transfer in biomedical application. You will work actively on the preparation and defence of a PhD thesis about wireless energy-transfer in biomedical applications.

Application Deadline: 5 April 2023

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15. Fully Funded PhD Position in Electrocatalysis in an European grant Threading-CO2

Summary of PhD Program:

The research group ELCAT in the Faculty of Applied Engineering is looking for a full-time (100%) doctoral scholarship holder in the field of electrocatalysis. As researcher you will start within the research group ELCAT, currently employing around 30 people. The research of ELCAT revolves around electrochemistry. The main research activities are related to the development of state-of-the-art electrochemical reactors and catalyst, with as most important purpose the electrification of the industry and thus the replacement of traditional chemical processes with green and sustainable alternatives. The research falls mainly under 5 key activities: (1) electrochemical CO2 conversion; (2) green hydrogen production; (3) redox flow batteries; (4) power to chemicals; and (5) reactor design for electrochemical purposes.

Application Deadline: Open until filled

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16. Fully Funded PhD Position in migration and global mobility studies

Summary of PhD Program:

The PhD project investigates how European states outsource their visa services and what consequences this has for refugee families trying to reunite in Europe. In the last 20 years, states have increasingly outsourced the processing of visas to private agents, operating in countries of origin and transit, variably endowed to collect, process and filter applications. However, little is known about how outsourcing policies have affected migrant populations living in contexts of crisis. The PhD candidate will explore outsourcing policies, their implementation and the challenges that transnational families face. The researcher will conduct comparative policy analysis between two or more European countries and ethnographic research in visa centres, consular offices and refugee settings in extra-European transit countries.

Application Deadline: May 8th, 2023

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