University of Antwerp, Belgium invites online Application for number of Fully Funded PhD Degree at various Departments. We are providing a list of Fully Funded PhD Programs available at University of Antwerp, Belgium.
Eligible candidate may Apply as soon as possible.
(01) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Doctoral Scholarship Media (Media & Prison Studies–France)
The Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Communication, The Visual and Digital Cultures Research Center is looking for a full-time PhD-student within the ERC-funded project WALLS2BRIDGES -Media Production of Prison Communities.
The ERC project WALLS2BRIDGES investigates how prison communities produce media and how these practices reshape understanding of justice across France, Türkiye, the UK, and the US. Against the backdrop of expanding incarceration regimes and enduring racial and social inequalities, WALLS2BRIDGES examines how incarcerated people, their families, and anti-prison activists engage in media production (from letters and newspapers to podcasts, films, and digital platforms) to contest dominant narratives and reimagine justice.
The project conceptualizes prison communities as active media producers, foregrounding the interplay between media practices, systems of surveillance, sensory experience, and struggles for justice.
Using a transnational and interdisciplinary approach, the project combines:
- Archival research on prison-produced media since the mid-1960’s century;
- Qualitative interviews and collaborative research with incarcerated and formerly incarcerated individuals, families, and activists;
- Analysis of diverse media forms, including print, audiovisual, and digital content.
Deadline : June 15, 2026
(02) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Doctoral Scholarship Media (Arts & Prison Studies–UK)
You will conduct in-depth research in the UK and Northern Ireland, focusing on NGOs and charities working at the intersection of arts, media, and prison education. You will explore how these actors mobilize media for communication, advocacy, and knowledge production, and how they intervene in public debates on incarceration and justice. You will contribute to the project’s comparative and transnational framework alongside team members working on Türkiye, the UK, and the US.
Deadline : June 15, 2026
View All Fully Funded PhD Positions Click Here
(03) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Doctoral Scholarship Media (Media & Prison Studies–US)
You will conduct in-depth research in the United States, focusing on prison education programs, and NGOs and universities working in prison education and re-entry. You will examine media infrastructures that shape access to education–including digital platforms (such as prison tablets), communication technologies, and institutional access regimes–as well as to the role of universities and NGOs as key intermediaries in these processes. You will contribute to the project’s comparative and transnational framework alongside team members working on Türkiye, the UK, and the US.
Deadline : June 15, 2026
(04) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Doctoral Scholarship Media (Media & Prison Studies–US & UK)
The Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Communication, The Visual and Digital Cultures Research Center is looking for a full-time PhD-student within the ERC-funded project WALLS2BRIDGES -Media Production of Prison Communities.
The ERC project WALLS2BRIDGES investigates how prison communities produce media and how these practices reshape understandings of justice across France, Turkey, the UK, and the US. Against the backdrop of expanding incarceration regimes and enduring racial and social inequalities, WALLS2BRIDGES examines how incarcerated people, their families, and anti-prison activists engage in media production (from letters and newspapers to podcasts, films, and digital platforms) to contest dominant narratives and reimagine justice.
The project conceptualizes prison communities as active media producers, foregrounding the interplay between media practices, systems of surveillance, sensory experience, and struggles for justice.
Using a transnational and interdisciplinary approach, the project combines:
Archival research on prison-produced media since the mid-1960’s century;
Qualitative interviews and collaborative research with incarcerated and formerly incarcerated individuals, families, and activists;
Analysis of diverse media forms, including print, audiovisual, and digital content.
Deadline : June 15, 2026
(05) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Doctoral scholarship holder in neural representations of medium distortions in multi-modal robotic simulations
The Department of Electrical and ICT Engineering Technology in the Faculty of Applied Engineering is looking for a full-time (100%) doctoral scholarship holder in the field neural representations of medium distortions in multi-modal robotic simulations. The position is within the Cosys-lab research group, under supervision of prof. Jan Steckel and prof. Walter Daems.
Deadline : 18 May 2026
Polite Follow-Up Email to Professor : When and How You should Write
Click here to know “How to write a Postdoc Job Application or Email”
(06) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Doctoral scholarship holder Dutch Linguistics
- You will work actively on the preparation and defense of a PhD thesis in the field of Dutch Linguistics. You will investigate the acquisition of sentence structures (e.g. passive sentences like The mailman is being chased by the dog) in a second language (L2). One the one hand, you will do this by conducting sentence production experiments in Ukrainian learners of Dutch and Dutch learners of Ukrainian and Swedish. At the same time you will test which computational models are most succesful in simulating this learning process.
- You will publish scientific articles related to the research project
- You will carry out a limited number of teaching support tasks for courses in line with your research topic.
Deadline : May 12th 2026
(07) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Doctoral scholarship holder history
- You will work actively on the preparation and defence of a PhD thesis on the history of midwifery in 20th-century Belgian Congo at University of Antwerp. This PhD project is part of a larger FWO-funded project, which also includes a PhD project on the history of midwifery in Belgium to be carried out at Vrije Universiteit Brussels (VUB). The project as a whole aims to generate fresh insight into the continuing importance of midwives in reproductive care in Belgium and the Belgian Congo between 1908 and 1960. Although women across the globe handled the lion’s share of deliveries and combined different reproductive care roles far into the 20th century, a comprehensive history of their variety of practices and roles still needs to be written. To this end, you will collaborate closely with the other PhD researcher, based VUB, to develop a practice-oriented methodology that prioritizes source material offering insights into midwifery practices and the perspective of midwives, and to examine the mutual influences between Belgium and the Belgian Congo.
- You will publish scientific articles related to the research project and will present your work at international conferences and workshops.
- You will disseminate your research results to broader audiences through blog posts, opinion pieces and public lectures.
- You will carry out a limited number of teaching and research support tasks for the Department of History and the Centre for Urban History.
Deadline : June 1 2026
(08) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Doctoral scholarship holder in heritage sciences
- You will work actively on the preparation and defence of a PhD thesis in the field of heritage sciences.
- This position is offered within the context of the Horizon Europe MSCA Doctoral Network ‘CHARM’.
- CHARM (Conservation of Heritage Architecture, buildings and sites by Resilient Methods: hydro-climate factors) focuses on sustainable conservation of architectural heritage. More information can be found at https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101226989
- You will work on the topic of Nature-based solutions for heritage buildings: green facades.
- This topic has five objectives. Study the impact of plant species (deciduous and evergreen) on microclimate and hygrothermal conditions of walls in different seasonal and climatic conditions (in laboratory and on‐site) Obj2. Study the impact of plant density (leaf area indices) on the sheltering effect and moisture conditions of walls under different wind‐driven rain loads (in laboratory and on‐site) Obj3. Optimize ground‐based vertical greening systems (incl. support system) as protection and regulation layer with respect to climatic drivers and specifically wind‐driven rain; Obj4. Study the water management inside façade using vegetation will allow to develop decision‐support tool that can be applied for preventive conservation of our heritage structures Obj5. Perform a heritage impact assessment to address and enhance visual and other impacts of historical buildings, increase biodiversity, and improve the health and well‐being of residents.
- You will participate in and contribute to consortium activities, including several regular training sessions. Organised by the consortium.
Deadline : 28 May 2025
Click here to know “How to Write an Effective Cover Letter”
(09) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD researcher Neuro-endocrine Tumor (NET) Oncogenetics
- You will actively conduct research leading to a PhD thesis, focused on the analysis of the germline sequencing results in the 1000 NEN Genome project, as well as translating these findings into clinical impact.
- You will publish scientific articles related to the research project.
- You will carry out a limited number of teaching and research support tasks.
- You will contribute to grant proposals and apply for scholarships.
- You present your work at national and international workshops and conferences.
Deadline : Open until filled
(10) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Doctoral scholarship airway epithelium biology in chronic lung disease
- You will work actively on the preparation and defence of a PhD thesis in the field of airway epithelial biology in chronic lung disease funded by FWO. Using a unique collection of human lung explants and matched primary epithelium cells, the aim of this PhD is to uncover the role of the airway epithelium in the early development of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The candidate is expected to harvest, grow and perform stimulation and inhibition experiments using an innovative air-liquid interface cell culture model. Read-outs of this model include protein and RNA measurements using ELISA and PCR, but also RNA and single cell sequencing. Validation experiments will be performed on well-characterized human lung samples.
- You will publish scientific articles related to the research project.
Deadline : 27th of May 2026
Connect with Us for Latest Job updates
(11) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Doctoral scholarship holder environmental epidemiology
- You will work actively on the preparation and defence of a PhD thesis in the field of environmental epidemiology. The PhD project will be embedded within an international project on climate change, focusing on the interacting effects of ambient temperature and air pollution on maternal and infant health.
- You will publish scientific articles related to the research project.
- You will carry out a limited number of teaching and research support tasks for the Department of Family Medicine and Population Health.
Deadline : 18th of May 2026
Polite Follow-Up Email to Professor : When and How You should Write
(12) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD position: Spatial omics meets neurodegeneration — mapping therapeutic targets in charcot-marie-tooth neuropathy
This project aims to uncover the mechanisms by which YARS1 mutations drive peripheral nerve degeneration. We hypothesize that mutant YARS1 exerts compartment-specific toxicity, ultimately leading to axonal degeneration in a manner shared across aaRS-linked CMT. To test this, we will perform high resolution spatial transcriptomics and proteomics analyses in unique nerve biopsies and iPSC-motor neurons derived from YARS1-CMT patients. Multimodal bioinformatics processing of the omics datasets will guide selection of differentially regulated key genes to be evaluated for their therapeutic potential in our YARS1 Drosophila and iPSC models. Guided by the unmatched context of the affected human tissue, and the power of our experimental models, this work will deliver urgently needed insights into the pathogenesis of YARS1-CMT. The project may also reveal shared mechanisms and therapeutic targets relevant to other aaRS-associated neuropathies and other peripheral nerve disorders.
Deadline : Open until filled
(13) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD candidate in Physiology/Pharmacology
- You will actively work on the preparation and defense of a doctoral dissertation in Physiology and Pharmacology. You will participate in a project investigating the role of epigenetic changes (DNA methylation) in cardiomyocytes during ageing and atrial fibrillation. The research involves human heart tissue samples as well as mouse models of atrial fibrillation. The ultimate goal is to develop new therapies and biomarkers for these conditions by better understanding the molecular mechanisms of DNA methylation, ageing, and atrial fibrillation.
- You will contribute by processing human samples, establishing mouse models, and performing molecular studies.
- You publish scientific papers related to the research project.
- You take on a limited set of teaching and supporting tasks for the Physiology department.
Deadline : 12 May 2026
(14) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD candidate in Physiology/Pharmacology
- You are actively working on the preparation and defense of a doctoral thesis in Physiology and Pharmacology. You will take part in a project investigating the protective effects of a new molecule against heart failure. Our lab recently discovered EF‑1, a molecule that activates ERBB4. However, the effects appear to be more pronounced in female mice. In this project, we aim to determine the cause of this difference.
- You will contribute by processing human samples, establishing mouse models, and performing molecular studies.
- You publish scientific papers related to the research project.
- You take on a limited set of teaching and supporting tasks for the Physiology department.
Deadline : 12 May 2026
(15) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Doctoral scholarship holder applied mathematics: statistics
- You will work actively on the preparation of a PhD thesis in the field of statistics and machine learning. The envisioned topic is practical challenges of causal discovery including scalability, mixed-type data, and robustness.
- You will publish scientific articles related to the research project.
- You will carry out a limited number of teaching and research support tasks for applied mathematics.
Deadline : May 28, 2026
(16) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Doctoral candidate in 4D tomographic image reconstruction
Imec-Visionlab within the Department of Physics is looking for a Doctoral Candidate in the field of 4D Tomographic Image Reconstruction (f/m). This position is part of the MSCA Doctoral Network project X-CELERATE (www.x-celerate.org), which aims to boost the development of novel imaging tools to study advanced materials.
The aim of this PhD project is to develop novel 4D image reconstruction methods for X-ray imaging where the object changes over time. In particular, the goal is to develop efficient 4D reconstruction algorithms to study advanced materials using dynamic micro–X-ray-CT. To this end, physics models, CAD info and region-based prior knowledge will be integrated into the reconstruction method that allow accurate estimation of deformation parameters and enhance the quality of 4D CT images.
Deadline : Open until filled
(17) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD researcher photoelectrochemistry and nucleic acid biosensing
This PhD project aims to investigate how photosensitizer labelling affects nucleic acid amplification strategies, such as recombinase polymerase amplification, and singlet oxygen-based photoelectrochemical systems. By synthesizing different photosensitizers and coupling them to nucleic acids, the project will study their quenching behaviour, with a focus on singlet oxygen production and suppression in photoelectrochemical sensing applications. This fundamental research project will advance the understanding of photosensitizers in photoelectrochemistry and nucleic acid detection. Ultimately, the project may contribute to the development of novel biosensor technologies for detecting clinically relevant nucleic acids in healthcare applications, such as antimicrobial susceptibility testing.
Deadline : Open until filled
(18) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Doctoral candidate dynamic phase contrast imaging and reconstruction
Imec-Visionlab within the Department of Physics is looking for a Doctoral Candidate in the field of dynamic phase contrast imaging and reconstruction (f/m). This position is part of an FWO fundamental research project, which aims to boost the development of dynamic imaging techniques for time-resolved phase contrast tomography through the development of novel imaging strategies and image reconstruction methods.
Deadline : Open until filled
(19) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Doctoral scholarship holder Analysis and/or Geometry
- You will work actively on the preparation and defence of a PhD thesis in the field of analysis and/or geometry. Your research topic falls within one of the current research lines of the senior members of the Analysis Team (D. Eelbode, S. Hohloch, T. Mestdag), see here. A non-exhaustive list of topics includes, for example, symplectic geometry, (non-)integrable Hamiltonian systems, Floer homology, analysis and applications of Dirac operators, symmetries of differential equations, geometric mechanics, Finsler geometry, ….
- You will organise your own PhD research and report on your progress regularly.
- You will participate in the doctoral study programme at the Antwerp Doctoral School to support your PhD pathway.
- You will present the findings of your PhD research at academic conferences and you will publish them in scientific journals.
Deadline : 13 August 2026
(20) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD candidate to join the research project Unequal Numbers: The Making of Ethno-Racial Inequality in Brazil
This PhD position is embedded in an international research agenda on the political economy and lived practices of quantification, with a focus on how ethno-racial inequality becomes “data”—through classifications, infrastructures, and everyday encounters in and around official statistics and related data initiatives. The overall project combines historical/archival research, qualitative fieldwork (interviews, observation, focus groups), and digital humanities tools to link data politics (institutions, categories, controversies) with data practices (how data is produced, negotiated, and made actionable).
An exchange/research stay at the non-Flemish host institution is expected; during the stay, the PhD candidate will be co-supervised by Prof. Alexandre Camargo. A joint PhD trajectory (with IOB as the main host institution) is possible
Deadline : 11 May 2026
About University of Antwerp, Belgium –Official Website
The University of Antwerp (Dutch: Universiteit Antwerpen) is a major Belgian university located in the city of Antwerp. The official abbreviation is UAntwerp. The University of Antwerp has about 20,000 students, which makes it the third-largest university in Flanders. The University of Antwerp is characterised by its high standards in education, internationally competitive research and entrepreneurial approach. It was founded in 2003 after the merger of three smaller universities.
The university’s roots go back to Sint-Ignatius Handelshogeschool (Saint-Ignatius School for Higher Education in Commerce) founded by the Jesuits (Society of Jesus) in Antwerp in 1852. This was one of the first European business schools to offer formal university degrees. It later opened a Faculty of Literature and Philosophy (including Law) and a Faculty of Political and Social Sciences. It was renamed Universitaire Faculteiten Sint-Ignatius Antwerpen (UFSIA) in the 1960s when the Belgian government granted it university status. In the early 1970s UFSIA joined into a confederation with “Rijksuniversitair Centrum Antwerpen” (RUCA) and “Universitaire Instelling Antwerpen” (UIA), public institutions.
Disclaimer: We try to ensure that the information we post on VacancyEdu.com is accurate. However, despite our best efforts, some of the content may contain errors. You can trust us, but please conduct your own checks too.
Related Posts
