KBC Winter School

The next edition of the
KBC Winter School, entitled "Innovation as a common denominator for sustainability", will offer an inspiring program where  a select group of PhD candidates (> 3rd year) and  postdocs get an inside view of the corporate world, reflect on labour market challenges and innovations as driver for sustainability. Participants will also learn from career stories of PhD holders why they decided to transfer to the corporate world etc.

Date: 19 & 20 Feb. 2025.

Deadline registration: 8 Dec. 2024.

Antwerp Winter Schools 

In February 2025, the University of Antwerp offers 8 unique Winter School programmes, all designed to inspire and challenge you.
In particular, the following Winter Schools can be very valuable for PhD researchers:

Researching Open Innovation 

Food Systems Law and Policy 

European Solidarity in the Making 

Water, Relationality and Ethics 

Applications are open!

Find the entire Winter University programme (and a preview to Antwerp Summer Schools) on the UAntwerp website.

Webinar Creating Effective Research Posters

You've probably noticed them at a conference or in university hallways: research posters with overcrowded, unreadable layouts!

If you want to learn how to create more visual posters that get attention, facilitate navigation, and convey messages through strict selection, careful phrasing, and effective layout do not miss out on this opportunity to learn from the renowned communication expert Jean-Luc Doumont. 

Webinar on 28 November, from 2 p.m. till 4 p.m. You can register via this link.

PRESS>SPEAK contest for Science Communication

Communicating your research clearly, attractively, and concisely to a broad audience can be challenging. Are you eager to master this skill? Participate in our PRESS>SPEAK science communication contest and attend workshops designed to help you present or write engagingly and accessibly for a diverse audience. Receive personalized feedback and grab this opportunity to share your research with the world! Register here, before 2 December 2024. 

Survey on
Researcher Identity

PhD researchers and young researchers are invited to participate in the research project 'I*see a Need - Researcher Identitities on the Move', a study conducted at Poytechnique Montréal and VUB. This project explores how PhD supervisors influence the formation of researcher identities and how factors like gender and diversity impact the process.

PhD researchers can contribute to the research project by  filling in this survey. 

Interdisciplinary Program in

Healthcare Innovation

The objective of this course is to prepare the next generation of healthcare professionals to be able to face new challenges of precision patient-centric practice. They will be provided with a basic knowledge and a holistic vision of the complex processes that translate scientific advances into novel standards of care. The course consists of interactive sessions both onsite and online and  will take place from 14 February to 13 March 2025.

Registrations are now open.