⭐We're delighted to welcome Lara Collart (@laracollart.bsky.social @iobua.bsky.social) to the CSAE this term as a visiting PhD student @oxfordecondept.bsky.social. Lara's work focuses on conservation, conflict, natural resources & clean cooking in Eastern DRC. www.csae.ox.ac.uk/people/lara-...

The IOB funding cut threatens students, global collaboration, and Flanders’ international role. Help us defend it! #saveIOB 💙 Sign our alumni's petition: https://chng.it/8DhtrFSBpm#saveIOB

The IOB funding cut threatens students, global collaboration, and Flanders’ international role. Help us defend it! #saveIOB 💙 Sign our alumni's petition: https://chng.it/8DhtrFSBpm#saveIOB

💙 Our alumni & global community are standing with IOB! ✍️ Sign their petition to oppose cuts to IOB’s core funding & protect students’ futures, global collaboration & academic excellence. 👉 chng.it/8DhtrFSBpm #saveIOB #StandWithIOB

💙 Our alumni & global community are standing with IOB! ✍️ Sign their petition to oppose cuts to IOB’s core funding & protect students’ futures, global collaboration & academic excellence. 👉 chng.it/8DhtrFSBpm #saveIOB #StandWithIOB

If there is one institute at the @uantwerpen.be truly committed to collaborating with partners from the Global South, it is the @iobua.bsky.social. In times of geopolitical change, we need an institute like this more than ever, but the Flemish government does not seem to understand that. #saveIOB

We're still very much in shock here at the @iobua.bsky.social: the Flemish government decided to cut all of our our core-funding, with only 3 months of financing left (and after a particularly positive evaluation of our institute) #saveIOB blog.uantwerpen.be/iob/iob-unde...

The Flemish government’s unexpected decision not to renew IOB’s agreement puts €2.64M funding, 32 jobs, key programmes and global partnerships at risk. Support us! https://bit.ly/saveIOB #saveIOB #developmentpolicy #developmentpolicy #iobcommunity

The Flemish government’s unexpected decision not to renew IOB’s agreement puts €2.64M funding, 32 jobs, key programmes and global partnerships at risk. Support us! https://bit.ly/saveIOB #saveIOB #developmentpolicy #developmentpolicy #iobcommunity

⚖️ Peace talks aren’t always as neutral as they seem. Behind mediation efforts lie power plays, soft power, and economic interests. From Turkey to China to the US, global actors mediate not just for peace, but also for influence. 👉 https://loom.ly/eEzNL9Q #IOB #Geopolitics #peacetalk #powerplay

👏 Congratulations to Danté Cornille (Belgium), winner of the 2025 Prize for Global Research by @provincieantwerpen.bsky.social ! His work shows how mapping, photovoice, and storytelling make research co-produced, plural, and reflexive. Watch his testimonial: loom.ly/nKICshg

In zijn opiniestuk reflecteert Gert Van Hecken over de rol en grenzen van academische vrijheid in turbulente tijden. Een oproep tot kritische dialoog binnen én buiten de universiteit. www.demorgen.be/meningen/aca...

In Rwanda startte dit weekend het wereldkampioenschap wielrennen. Toen een journalist van VRTNWS vorige week wilde inchecken voor de vlucht naar Kigali om daar verslag uit te brengen, mocht hij niet op het vliegtuig stappen. Kristof Titeca (UAntwerpen) legt uit. www.vrt.be/vrtmax/a-z/t...

Congrats to Nhu Quynh Nguyen, winner of the 2025 Prize for Global Research by the Province of Antwerp (@provincieantwerpen.bsky.social)! Her work shows how #Vietnam’s education NGOs adapt to political limits and funding uncertainty via 'quiet adaptation'. 👉 Watch her testimonial: loom.ly/ir1A7sQ

Our year in motion 🎬 IOB Students Compilation 2024-2025 70 people. 1 umutima. One heart, one journey. ❤️ 🎬 https://loom.ly/Z-loM5c #IOB #ClassOf2025 #StudentLife #Umutima #developmentstudies

Ik schreef voor de @volkskrant.nl over waarom het cynisch is dat het WK wielrennen in Rwanda plaatsvindt, en waarom het sportswashing is: www.volkskrant.nl/columns-opin...

🚴‍♂️ #Rwanda hosts the 2025 #UCIRoadWorldChampionships. But with its army’s role in the Congo war & ongoing rights abuses — should Belgium boycott? @kristoftiteca.bsky.social explains on De Universiteit van Vlaanderen (NL podcast). 🎧 https://loom.ly/r9uMUaI#Rwanda

👏 Congrats to Alfred Mukengere, winner of the 2025 Prize for Global Research of @provincieantwerpen.bsky.social! His study on the M23 conflict in Eastern #DRCongo shows that minerals fuel violence, but that the roots lie in exclusion, discrimination, and politics. 📽️ youtu.be/DTOwQsOdn64

A new PAX report exposes widespread illegal semi-industrial #goldmining in Haut Uélé. Similar trends exist in #SouthKivu & Maniema. Our colleague Sara Geenen spoke with Inside Climate News about this overlooked issue in #Congo’s mining sector. insideclimatenews.org/news/1709202...

I wrote for @foreignpolicy.com as to why, on why, after nearly 40 years of rebellion, and 20 years of #ICC arrest warrants, the #LRA's Joseph #Kony still has not been caught: foreignpolicy.com/2025/09/16/j...

👏 Congratulations to Danté Cornille (Belgium), winner of the 2025 Prize for Global Research by @provincieantwerpen.bsky.social ! His work shows how mapping, photovoice, and storytelling make research co-produced, plural, and reflexive. Watch his testimonial: loom.ly/nKICshg

Maandag start het academiejaar aan de UAntwerpen. Vanaf dit jaar worden álle campussen volledig rookvrij. “We maken actief werk van een rookvrije generatie”, klinkt het. De UAntwerpen is de eerste Vlaamse unief die een totaalverbod op sigaretten en vapes invoert. www.hln.be/antwerpen/ua...

Congrats to Nhu Quynh Nguyen, winner of the 2025 Prize for Global Research by the Province of Antwerp (@provincieantwerpen.bsky.social)! Her work shows how #Vietnam’s education NGOs adapt to political limits and funding uncertainty via 'quiet adaptation'. 👉 Watch her testimonial: loom.ly/ir1A7sQ

🚴‍♂️ #Rwanda hosts the 2025 #UCIRoadWorldChampionships. But with its army’s role in the Congo war & ongoing rights abuses — should Belgium boycott? @kristoftiteca.bsky.social explains on De Universiteit van Vlaanderen (NL podcast). 🎧 https://loom.ly/r9uMUaI#Rwanda

🌱 From Antwerp to the Colombian Andes, Juan Sebastián Vélez Triana turned his PhD into a fight for ecological justice and campesino rights. His research didn’t just study change — it became part of the struggle for autonomy. 👉 Read: https://loom.ly/lSZKNn8 #IOB #PhDJourney #EcologicalJustice

📚 16 September (12:30 - 14:00 CET): online book presentation: "Modern Rwanda: a political history" Join Filip Reyntjens as he traces 150 years of Rwanda’s political history—from precolonial times to the 1994 genocide & the rise of the RPF. 🔗 More info & registration: loom.ly/KFhtrk0 #Rwanda

🌱 From Antwerp to the Colombian Andes, Juan Sebastián Vélez Triana turned his PhD into a fight for ecological justice and campesino rights. His research didn’t just study change — it became part of the struggle for autonomy. 👉 Read: https://loom.ly/lSZKNn8 #IOB #PhDJourney #EcologicalJustice

📚 16 September (12:30 - 14:00 CET): online book presentation: "Modern Rwanda: a political history" Join Filip Reyntjens as he traces 150 years of Rwanda’s political history—from precolonial times to the 1994 genocide & the rise of the RPF. 🔗 More info & registration: loom.ly/KFhtrk0 #Rwanda

🤯 What if your brain was part of the data economy? ⚡ Brain–computer interfaces & AI are changing how we work. 🎤 Edemilson Paraná 👉 Register now: https://loom.ly/21eqn7E #Neurotech #ArtificialIntelligence #DigitalEconomy #FutureOfWork #DataPolitics

📅 30 Sept, 12:30h (online) | Join the launch of our 2025–26 GLAC Seminar series! Michel Thill presents The Police, the State & the Congo Cop, with discussant Kristof Titeca. Register 👉 https://loom.ly/ggUXyVw #GLACSeminar

Deze maand strijden topwielrenners op het WK in Rwanda. Maar achter het sportieve spektakel schuilt een ander verhaal: steun aan milities, mensenrechtenschendingen en een onderdrukkend regime. Marijke Verpoorten (UAntwerpen) legt uit. eenvandaag.avrotros.nl/artikelen/kr...

Prof. Stef Vandeginste resigns from UAntwerp’s ethics committee after the UAntwerp Board continues collaboration with Tel Aviv University despite a negative ruling over human rights concerns. More (NL): https://bit.ly/ethics-vandeginste #UniversityAntwerp #HumanRights #ResearchEthics #GlobalJustice

I've written about the difficulties challenges in the various #DRC peace initiatives, and the bleak outlook.

‘Ironisch genoeg geeft rector Herwig Leirs zelf toe dat samenwerking met Tel Aviv University problematisch is – om de samenwerking vervolgens tóch goed te keuren.’ www.mo.be/opinie/UAntw...

Prof. Stef Vandeginste resigns from UAntwerp’s ethics committee after the UAntwerp Board continues collaboration with Tel Aviv University despite a negative ruling over human rights concerns. More (NL): https://bit.ly/ethics-vandeginste #UniversityAntwerp #HumanRights #ResearchEthics #GlobalJustice

📅 30 Sept, 12:30h (online) | Join the launch of our 2025–26 GLAC Seminar series! Michel Thill presents The Police, the State & the Congo Cop, with discussant Kristof Titeca. Register 👉 https://loom.ly/ggUXyVw #GLACSeminar

De UAntwerpen zet een onderzoeksproject met een Israëlische universiteit voort, ondanks een negatief advies van de Ethische Commissie Mensenrechten. Het is een onderzoek naar een behandeling voor epilepsie bij baby's en er werken verschillende universiteiten aan mee. www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/20...

In Oeganda zal Yoweri Museveni, na 40 jaar aan de macht te zijn geweest, zich opnieuw kandidaat stellen voor de presidentsverkiezingen van januari volgend jaar. Op 80-jarige leeftijd zal hij dus een zevende ambtstermijn nastreven. Kristof Titeca (UAntwerpen) legt uit. www.rfi.fr/fr/podcasts/...

Onder druk van Trump heeft de VS een tijdelijke ‘derdelanden’-deal met Oeganda gefinaliseerd: zij nemen migranten over die geen strafblad hebben en geen alleenstaande minderjarige zijn. Kristof Titeca (UAntwerpen) legt uit. www.npr.org/2025/08/26/n...

What would happen if Abrego Garcia is deported to Uganda under the US-Uganda asylum deal? I spoke to @npr.org about it: www.npr.org/2025/08/26/n...

Je viens de parler sur @rfi.fr's Le grand invité Afrique sur les prochaines élections en Ouganda: www.rfi.fr/fr/podcasts/...

Kristof Titeca (UAntwerpen) ziet in Congo herkenbare patronen : akkoorden zonder draagvlak, een oorlog die telkens terugkeert in nieuwe gedaanten, en grondstoffen die internationale en binnenlandse elites verrijken, terwijl de bevolking de prijs betaalt. www.demorgen.be/meningen/her...

Wikus Kruger (visiting researcher, former student) & Prof. Danny Cassimon (IOB) examine FX risk in African IPP finance, highlighting local PPAs and tools for fiscally responsible, just energy transitions. Read more: https://loom.ly/yg6H8E4 #EnergyFinance #JustTransition

Wikus Kruger (visiting researcher, former student) & Prof. Danny Cassimon (IOB) examine FX risk in African IPP finance, highlighting local PPAs and tools for fiscally responsible, just energy transitions. Read more: https://loom.ly/yg6H8E4 #EnergyFinance #JustTransition

Cut to the bone: The cost of ration cuts and delivery delays in Kenya's refugee camps: www.thenewhumanitarian.org/analysis/202... (@newhumanitarian.bsky.social)

💧📸 Shantall from Nicaragua discovered the power of Photovoice while researching water access in Tanzania. What started as nerves for one elder participant turned into joy as he captured his community’s story through photos. ✨ #internationaldevelopment #IOB #Globalisation #CommunityVoices

📢 Call for Panels: @eadi.bsky.social / IOB 2026: Shaping Sustainable Futures: Global Challenges, (G)local solutions? 📅 29 June – 2 July 2026 📍 @iobua.bsky.social , University of Antwerp, Belgium ⏰ Deadline for submissions: 7 September 2025 www.eadi.org/eadi-events/...

💧📸 Shantall from Nicaragua discovered the power of Photovoice while researching water access in Tanzania. What started as nerves for one elder participant turned into joy as he captured his community’s story through photos. ✨ #internationaldevelopment #IOB #Globalisation #CommunityVoices

🌍 Dante studies Globalisation & Development at IOB. His Tanzania trip showed how unis & communities thrive together—sharing knowledge, goods & growth. #IOB #StudentVoices

🌍 Dante studies Globalisation & Development at IOB. His Tanzania trip showed how unis & communities thrive together—sharing knowledge, goods & growth. #IOB #StudentVoices