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350 Scholars Urge Flemish Interuniversity Council To Suspend Cooperation With Complicit Israeli Universities Over "Educide"

The statement, signed by 1500 members of the Flanders university community, condemns Israel's "educide" against Palestinians and calls to suspend academic cooperation with Israel "as long as the destruction of the Palestinian education system and the systematic discrimination and attack on Palestinian academics and students continues."

Dear members of the Board of Directors of the Flemish Interuniversity Council (VLIR),

On Wednesday January 17th, the Israeli army blew up Al-Israa University in southern Gaza City. The video of the blast caused international outrage. The army destroyed not only the campus, but also an attached national museum that had housed more than 3,000 artifacts, now presumed stolen by the Israeli army. Yet, the university itself posed no immediate threat. Up to that point in Israel’s onslaught on Gaza, the university's buildings had reportedly served mainly as a base for the Israeli army’s own operations.

This devastating attack is, of course, not an isolated event. In December last year, the Faculty of Medicine of the Islamic University was blown up by the Israeli army in a similar and skilfully planned manner. Earlier, this same university, Gaza's oldest, had been the target of air strikes. A month earlier, Al Quds Open University was also used as an Israeli army base and then blown up afterwards

All university campuses in the Gaza Strip are now either permanently damaged or even completely destroyed. UNICEF spokesman Jonathan Crick stated that, “there is absolutely no form of education or schooling in the Gaza Strip at the moment,” and that Gaza’s more than 600,000 students and pupils, including 90,000 university students, can no longer attend school. Nevertheless, the right to education is embedded in international human rights and humanitarian law, even in times of war and armed conflict. According to the Geneva Convention on the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War (Article 50), children should be able to attend school and occupying powers must cooperate with national and local authorities to "facilitate the proper functioning of all institutions dedicated to the care and education of children".

In the South African Application before the International Court of Justice (ICJ), an 84-page dossier, we read that in addition to targeting all universities in Gaza, Israel has also murdered several Palestinian intellectuals and fellow academics, including, Sufian Tayeh, the director of the Islamic University, and the well-known poet and writer, Professor Refaat Alareer, from the same university. Irish lawyer Blinne Ní Ghrálaigh, one of the representatives of the South African government at the hearing in The Hague, confirmed in her statement before the Court that hundreds of academics and educators have since been murdered, including at least 94 university lecturers. In addition to an unprecedented number of journalists killed, some experts say the Israeli army also appears to be deliberately targeting prominent intellectuals in Gaza.

It is not only higher education that has fallen victim to Israel's ruthless military campaign, but also Gaza's education system as a whole and the wider knowledge sector in general. The Israeli army has destroyed Gaza's main libraries, along with many bookstores, publishing houses and hundreds of other knowledge institutions. On December 29th, the UN reported that 352 schools in Gaza had been damaged, more than 70% of Gaza's educational infrastructure. 

These recent attacks on the education system in Gaza fit within a much broader history of systematic attacks and institutional discrimination against the Palestinian education system under Israel’s occupation and apartheid. Universities have also repeatedly been bombed, raided and attacked in previous Israeli military campaigns across the occupied Palestinian territory. But the violence against education also goes far beyond direct military attacks. Gaza's universities and their staff and students have been cut off from the rest of the worldwide university community by the 16-yearlong Israeli blockade. The Israeli occupation also systematically prevents international colleagues from accessing Palestinian universities, both in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The entire Israeli occupation infrastructure of checkpoints, the so-called “security fence,” as well as repeated arbitrary arrests of students and colleagues, military raids on campuses, etc., have all systematically undermined Palestinian education for decades, both in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. According to The Right to Education Campaign by our colleagues at Birzeit University, this “not only violates the human rights of individuals, it is an attack on the development of Palestinian society as a whole.”

Additionally, in Israel itself, the right to education for Palestinian students and teachers is being systematically undermined and thwarted. Israel discriminates against Palestinian students on a structural basis, including via certain social and economic benefits that are exclusively linked to army service. Language discrimination is also a major barrier for Palestinian-Israeli students. In other words, discrimination has been going on for much longer, but since October 7th, repression and censorship against Palestinian students and teachers have only increased. A recent report by Palestinian NGO Adalah documented systematic disciplinary measures, suspensions, interrogations, intimidations and even arrests of Palestinian students on Israeli campuses in the wake of the October 7th attacks. In addition, the few lecturers at Israeli institutions who are critical of the occupation, be they Palestinian or Israeli, are often persecuted for their views. Examples include Prof Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, Prof Nurit-Peled Elhanan and Dr Uri Horesh – as was also denounced by the American Middle East Studies Association (MESA) in an open letter to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and relevant ministers within his government.

This systematic undermining and destruction of the right to education brings to mind similar crimes 20 years ago. After years of sanctions against Iraq and the subsequent US invasion in the beginning of the 21st century, the Iraqi education system was also nearly completely destroyed. In the context of that illegal invasion, academics from Ghent University and KULeuven, together with their Iraqi colleagues, described these crimes as a form of 'educide' (a portmanteau of 'education' and 'genocide').

That term is also applicable today to Gaza and the broader situation of the Palestinian education system. Testimonies from Gaza show that it is not only the physical infrastructure of the education system that has been destroyed. Thousands of students no longer have access to education. Hundreds of our colleagues there no longer have jobs. Valuable archives and years of research by many Palestinian scholars have also been permanently lost. The current military campaign is therefore also a direct attack on the intellectual work, collective memory and history of the Palestinian people. These war crimes and acts of "ethnic cleansing" were also listed and corroborated by MESA on Thursday, January 26th, in a new open letter addressed to the Israeli Prime Minister and his government.

By deliberately targeting and destroying educational institutions and intellectuals, Israel is knowingly attacking the future of Palestine. Educide is a term that describes using the disastrous destruction of entire educational systems as a weapon of war. Indeed, Palestinians themselves have long pointed out the many different forms of destruction visited upon their living conditions (e.g. ecocide, urbicide, spatiocide, sociocide,...). These are all forms that are closely linked to educide and that speak to the Palestinian conditions at the center of the South African court case against the State of Israel in the Hague .

Many of our international colleagues explicitly condemned the recent destruction of Al-Israa University. We join them in their outrage and condemnation. Balakrishnan Rajagopal, the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, also explicitly referred to the blowing up of the university as a form of 'educide'. We, therefore, urge the Flemish Interuniversity Council (VLIR) and the various boards of our Flemish universities to speak out explicitly against these crimes of the Israeli government, crimes that are also systematically facilitated and supported by Israeli universities. They are crimes explicitly aimed at destroying the mission, vision and moral values we stand for and defend as an academic community.

We are convinced that our institutions have a leading role to play. We also believe that the VLIR and the Flemish universities can make a substantial difference with concrete actions in the context of such crimes. We therefore urge that our institutions assume their responsibilities, as they have done in the recent past with regard to Iran and Russia. We therefore ask:

  1. That VLIR clearly and explicitly condemns the deliberate destruction of Palestinian educational institutions and the ongoing discrimination against Palestinian students and scholars. Through VLIR-UOS, our universities actively engage in development cooperation and the strengthening and building of academic environments in other parts of the world. As such, VLIR aims to "engage in innovative responses to global and local challenges." A logical consequence of this stated international commitment is therefore that, as a university community, we cannot simply look away from the targeted destruction of knowledge institutions elsewhere. As Flemish universities, we ourselves have direct institutional partnerships with Palestinian universities, such as Birzeit University. They are also targeted (e.g. the Israeli army invaded Birzeit University's campus as recently as September 2023 - i.e. before the October 7th attack - and arrested several students).

  2. Mobilizing financial resources for the reception and protection of Palestinian students and academics currently at risk. For example, the VLIR could explore the possibility of an additional financial effort under the international Scholars at Risk (SAR) programme. In autumn 2021, Flanders' five universities decided to significantly increase their commitment within the SAR programme and set up the SAR Flanders department. The importance our universities attach to human rights was cited as an explicit reason for this increased commitment. VLIR now has a unique opportunity to show that it holds this commitment very dear. The VLIR should also urge the Flemish government to release additional funds for the SAR programme, as it has done in the past.

  3. A suspension, with immediate effect, of all academic cooperation with Israeli knowledge institutions and other public and private partners as long as the destruction of the Palestinian education system and the systematic discrimination and attack on Palestinian academics and students continues. In 2018, the VLIR unanimously decided to suspend cooperation with Iranian institutions as long as the fundamental human rights of colleague Ahmadreza Djalali, on death row in Iran and affiliated to the VUB, were not guaranteed. The United Nations has already repeatedly stressed that no one and nowhere is safe in Gaza. Therefore, the lives of our Palestinian colleagues are in great danger. This includes a colleague affiliated to the Department of Conflict and Development Studies (UGent), who is currently living in a tent in southern Gaza after his original neighborhood in Gaza City was destroyed by the Israeli army. This suspension would also be in line with the VLIR decision to stop all institutional cooperation with Russian universities that supported the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In November 2023, UGent's Human Rights Commission already decided to stop (future) cooperation with universities that are found to be in "violations of human rights and international humanitarian law" and/or complicit in the military campaign in Gaza. In addition, the UA Faculty of Law also decided to suspend its cooperation agreement with Bar-Ilan University. With the current evidence around 'educide', it seems obvious to us that the individual efforts at the UGent and UA should be further expanded and brought to the level of the VLIR.

  4. The establishment of an Inter-University Working Group on the issue of 'educide' to conduct a more thorough investigation into the extent, and more detailed empirical basis, of the current destruction of the education system in Palestine. This committee should also examine the extent to which the current 'educide' fits within or is linked to a more historical continuity of 'educide' under the occupation. The publication of the findings of this working group may also benefit the debate on educide among our European partners. Likewise, it could inform our democratic representatives at the Belgian and European levels as they seek to raise the issue of educide at their respective policy levels.

In an opinion piece, VUB rector and current president of the VLIR, Jan Danckaert, stressed that universities should not and cannot be neutral: "A university is de facto dedicated to the public good, to democracy and to human rights". Universities, according to the VUB rector, should above all be objective, look at the facts and take seriously the reports and findings of international institutions such as the European Union and the United Nations. It is, therefore, in light of the facts that an institution like the UN, along with many other knowledge institutions and human rights organizations, has been documenting for months, that we, as signatories of this letter, urge the VLIR to act according to its own principles and in line with its previous commitments.

First signatories

Prof. Eva Brems (Ugent)

Prof. Sami Zemni (Ugent)

Prof. Lieven De Cauter (KUL)

Prof. Nadia Fadil (KUL)

Prof. Koen Bogaert (Ugent) 

Prof. Itamar Shachar (UHasselt)

Prof. Gert Van Hecken (UA)

Prof. Tomaso Ferrando (UA)

Prof. Iman Lechkar (VUB)

Prof. Ilke Adam (VUB)

Prof. Karel Arnaut (KUL)

Prof. Carine Defoort (KUL)

Prof. Thomas Van Riet (KUL)

Prof. Christopher Parker (Ugent)

Prof. Sigrid Vertommen (Ugent/UVA)

Prof. Jan Orbie (Ugent)

Prof. Tijl De Bie (Ugent)

Prof. Lena Imeraj (VUB)

Prof. Dimitri Van Den Meerssche (Queen Mary University of London)

Dr. Brigitte Herremans (Ugent) 

Dr. Omar Jabary (ULB)

Jihane Sliti (VUB)

Maha Abdallah (UA)

Fayrouz Yousfi (Ugent)

Jouke Huijzer (VUB)

Mariska Jung (VUB)

Mahar Musleh (UA)

Danya Nadar (UA)

Lander Govaerts (VUB)

Saba Allabadi (KUL)

Alex Govers Lopez (KUL)

Sara Weschler (Ugent)

List of professors who have signed the statement (as of 31-01-2024)

To add your signature, complete this form (in Dutch). 

1500 members of the Flemish university community have also signed the letter. 




Eva

Brems

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Marc

Van Ranst

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven / Catholic University of Leuven

Gita

Deneckere

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Nadia

Fadil

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven / Catholic University of Leuven

Herwig

Reynaert

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Alex

Housen

Vrije Universiteit Brussel / Free University of Brussels

Idesbald

Goddeeris

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven / Catholic University of Leuven

Sami

Zemni

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Koen

Bogaert

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Matthias

De Groof

Universiteit Antwerpen / University of Antwerp

Itamar

Shachar

Universiteit Hasselt / Hasselt University

Ilke

Adam

Vrije Universiteit Brussel / Free University of Brussels

Roschanack

Shaery

Universiteit Antwerpen / University of Antwerp

Chris

Parker

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Seppe

Segers

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Heidi

Mertes

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Veerle

Provoost

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Patrizia

ZANONI

Universiteit Hasselt / Hasselt University

Milena

Belloni

Universiteit Antwerpen / University of Antwerp

Karen

Celis

Vrije Universiteit Brussel / Free University of Brussels

Gert

Verschraegen

Universiteit Antwerpen / University of Antwerp

Koen

Van Laer

Universiteit Hasselt / Hasselt University

Margot

Luyckfasseel

Vrije Universiteit Brussel / Free University of Brussels

Stef

Craps

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Gillian

Mathys

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Peter

Decat

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Pascal

Gielen

Universiteit Antwerpen / University of Antwerp

Madeline

Lutjeharms

Vrije Universiteit Brussel / Free University of Brussels

Eric

CORIJN

Vrije Universiteit Brussel / Free University of Brussels

Tomaso

Ferrando

Universiteit Antwerpen / University of Antwerp

Lieven

De Cauter

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven / Catholic University of Leuven

Kelly

Shannon

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven / Catholic University of Leuven

Hadewijch

Vandenheede

Vrije Universiteit Brussel / Free University of Brussels

Geertrui

Van Overwalle

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven / Catholic University of Leuven

Paolo

Favero

Universiteit Antwerpen / University of Antwerp

Frank

Moulaert

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven / Catholic University of Leuven

Gert

Van Hecken

Universiteit Antwerpen / University of Antwerp

Thomas

Van Riet

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven / Catholic University of Leuven

Luce

Beeckmans

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven / Catholic University of Leuven

Rita

Schepers

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven / Catholic University of Leuven

Koen

Stroeken

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Ortwin

de Graef

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven / Catholic University of Leuven

Rudi

Laermans

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven / Catholic University of Leuven

Matthias

Lievens

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven / Catholic University of Leuven

Filip

Reyntjens

Universiteit Antwerpen / University of Antwerp

Aviel

Verbruggen

Universiteit Antwerpen / University of Antwerp

Sigrid

Sterckx

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Sarah

Van Leuven

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Patrick

Van der Stuyft

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Ides

Nicaise

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven / Catholic University of Leuven

Guido

Vanden Wyngaerd

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven / Catholic University of Leuven

Jan

Van Bavel

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven / Catholic University of Leuven

Thomas

Block

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Lena

Imeraj

Vrije Universiteit Brussel / Free University of Brussels

Moises

Kopper

Universiteit Antwerpen / University of Antwerp

Patrick

Deboosere

Vrije Universiteit Brussel / Free University of Brussels

Eric

Vanhaute

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Hans

Keuen

Universiteit Antwerpen / University of Antwerp

Carine

Defoort

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven / Catholic University of Leuven

Frank

Moulaert

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven / Catholic University of Leuven

Anya

Topolski

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven / Catholic University of Leuven

Frans

Daems

Universiteit Antwerpen / University of Antwerp

Jan

Schreurs

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven / Catholic University of Leuven

Guido

Vanham

Universiteit Antwerpen / University of Antwerp

Maarten

Loopmans

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven / Catholic University of Leuven

Chris

Kesteloot

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven / Catholic University of Leuven

Linos

Vandekerckhove

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Dounia

Bourabain

Universiteit Hasselt / Hasselt University

Staf

Roels

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven / Catholic University of Leuven

Raf

Vanderstraeten

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Jef

Verhoeven

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven / Catholic University of Leuven

Pieter

Van den Broeck

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven / Catholic University of Leuven

Chris

Monten

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Frederik

Dhaenens

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Petra

Meier

Universiteit Antwerpen / University of Antwerp

Karim

Zahidi

Universiteit Antwerpen / University of Antwerp

Marianne

Maeckelbergh

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Johan

Wens

Universiteit Antwerpen / University of Antwerp

Nele

Aernouts

Vrije Universiteit Brussel / Free University of Brussels

Kristien

Hens

Universiteit Antwerpen / University of Antwerp

Malika

Dekkiche

Universiteit Antwerpen / University of Antwerp

Peter

Stabel

Universiteit Antwerpen / University of Antwerp

Stephanie

De Maesschalck

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Wojciech

De Roeck

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven / Catholic University of Leuven

Sarah

Kesenne

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Islam

Dayeh

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Guido

Pennings

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

René

Kreichauf

Vrije Universiteit Brussel / Free University of Brussels

Rosamunde

Van Brakel

Vrije Universiteit Brussel / Free University of Brussels

Alexander

Dhoest

Universiteit Antwerpen / University of Antwerp

An

De bisschop

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Sander

De Ridder

Universiteit Antwerpen / University of Antwerp

Anne

Winter

Vrije Universiteit Brussel / Free University of Brussels

Andreas

Stynen

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven / Catholic University of Leuven

Vjosa

Musliu

Vrije Universiteit Brussel / Free University of Brussels

Kobe

Boussauw

Vrije Universiteit Brussel / Free University of Brussels

Jan

De Maeseneer

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Benoît

Henriet

Vrije Universiteit Brussel / Free University of Brussels

Jo

Van Steenbergen

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Tine

Destrooper

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Serge

Gutwirth

Vrije Universiteit Brussel / Free University of Brussels

Samuel

Coenen

Universiteit Antwerpen / University of Antwerp

Dirk

Vandermeulen

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven / Catholic University of Leuven

Mieke

Van Houtte

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Sarah

Murru

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven / Catholic University of Leuven

Magaly

Rodríguez

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven / Catholic University of Leuven

Maarten

Liefooghe

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Nel

de Mûelenaere

Vrije Universiteit Brussel / Free University of Brussels

Viviana

d'Auria

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven / Catholic University of Leuven

Bossissi

Nkuba

Universiteit Antwerpen / University of Antwerp

Bert

Suykens

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Ellen

Desmet

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Sofie

Van Bauwel

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Arjan

Zuiderhoek

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Berber

Bevernage

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Hugo

Soly

Universiteit Antwerpen / University of Antwerp

Karolien

Poels

Universiteit Antwerpen / University of Antwerp

Margo

De Koster

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Wim

Bert

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Philippe

Meers

Universiteit Antwerpen / University of Antwerp

Marc

Boone

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Tom

Claes

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Marie

Vandekerckhove

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Iman

Lechkar

Vrije Universiteit Brussel / Free University of Brussels

Jenneke

Christiaens

Vrije Universiteit Brussel / Free University of Brussels

Kaat

Wils

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven / Catholic University of Leuven

Sara

Geenen

Universiteit Antwerpen / University of Antwerp

Wojciech

Kębłowski

Vrije Universiteit Brussel / Free University of Brussels

Els

Dumortier

Vrije Universiteit Brussel / Free University of Brussels

Koenraad

Verboven

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Sarah

Dury

Vrije Universiteit Brussel / Free University of Brussels

Valeria

Pulignano

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven / Catholic University of Leuven

Steven

Weyers

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Fabienne

Bossuyt

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Kevin

Smets

Vrije Universiteit Brussel / Free University of Brussels

Arjan

Post

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven / Catholic University of Leuven

Sara

Mondini

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Maaheen

Ahmed

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Jan

Naert

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Patrick

Goethals

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Catharina

LIS

Vrije Universiteit Brussel / Free University of Brussels

Inge

Brinkman

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Marysa

Demoor

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Andy

Wullaert

Universiteit Antwerpen / University of Antwerp

Teodoro

Katinis

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Karen

Buscher

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Annrleen

Kenis

Brunel University London, KU Leuven, Ugent

Karin

Hannes

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven / Catholic University of Leuven

Luc

Brendonck

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven / Catholic University of Leuven

Hugo

DeBlock

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Christian

Uhl

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Katrien

De Graeve

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Mohamed

Lamkanfi

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

catharina

dhooge

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Mario

Cams

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven / Catholic University of Leuven

Hans

Grymonprez

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Boud

Verbeiren

Vrije Universiteit Brussel / Free University of Brussels

albert

martens

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven / Catholic University of Leuven

Sebastian

Sterl

Vrije Universiteit Brussel / Free University of Brussels

Marie-Angélique

De Scheerder

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Henk

de Smaele

Universiteit Antwerpen / University of Antwerp

Mattias

Vermeiren

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Ruth

De Bruyne

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Marc

Swyngedouw

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven / Catholic University of Leuven

Ann

Cassiman

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven / Catholic University of Leuven

Tijl

De Bie

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Pieter

Saey

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Dries

Lesage

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Ferdi

De Ville

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Nicolas

Standaert

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven / Catholic University of Leuven

Jan

Orbie

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Van Bouwel

Jeroen

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Katrijn

Maryns

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Patrick

Devlieger

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven / Catholic University of Leuven

Pieter

Maeseele

Universiteit Antwerpen / University of Antwerp

Eva

De Clercq

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Amr

Ryad

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven / Catholic University of Leuven

Geert

Vandermeersche

Vrije Universiteit Brussel / Free University of Brussels

Katrien

Pype

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven / Catholic University of Leuven

Lesley

Hustinx

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Wim

Thiery

Vrije Universiteit Brussel / Free University of Brussels

Erik

Paredis

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Lisa

Franke

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Christophe

Vanroelen

Vrije Universiteit Brussel / Free University of Brussels

Pieter

Cannoot

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Filip

De Boeck

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven / Catholic University of Leuven

Marianne

Van Remoortel

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Hendrik

Vos

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Liliane

Haegeman

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Piet

Bracke

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Ronan

Van Rossem

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Fabio

Verplancke

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Katrien

Van Poeck

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Kristoffel

Demoen

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Ralf

De Wolf

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Mara

Santi

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Mariek

Vanden Abeele

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Anne-Sophie

Ghyselen

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Katja

De Herdt

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Jóhanna

Barðdal

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Maarten

Van Dyck

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Goedele

De Keersmaeker

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Harry

Martens

Universiteit Hasselt / Hasselt University

Dirk

Vanderzande

Universiteit Hasselt / Hasselt University

Steveb

Van Wolputte

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven / Catholic University of Leuven

Stefaan

Smis

Vrije Universiteit Brussel / Free University of Brussels

Robin

Vandevoordt

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Christel

Stalpaert

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Dirk

Voorhoof

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Paul

Steels

Universiteit Hasselt / Hasselt University

Gerrit

Loots

Vrije Universiteit Brussel / Free University of Brussels

Marc

De Meyere

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Elvira

Crois

Vrije Universiteit Brussel / Free University of Brussels

Dorien

Emmers

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven / Catholic University of Leuven

Moises

Kopper

Universiteit Antwerpen / University of Antwerp

Luc

De Grauwe

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

An-Sofie

Smetcoren

Vrije Universiteit Brussel / Free University of Brussels

Liesbeth

De Donder

Vrije Universiteit Brussel / Free University of Brussels

Pieter

Vermeulen

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven / Catholic University of Leuven

Bruno

Lapauw

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Philippe

Carron

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Thijs

Van de Graaf

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Marc

D’Olieslaeger

Universiteit Hasselt / Hasselt University

Judith

Martens

Universiteit Antwerpen / University of Antwerp

Hans

Van Vlierberghe

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Christian

Maes

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven / Catholic University of Leuven

Claudia

Crocco

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Rudi

Roose

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Dieter

Vandebroeck

Vrije Universiteit Brussel / Free University of Brussels

Marianne

Moyaert

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven / Catholic University of Leuven

Nathalie

Holvoet

Universiteit Antwerpen / University of Antwerp

Dieneke

Van de Sompel

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

bruno

de meulder

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven / Catholic University of Leuven

fabio

vanin

Vrije Universiteit Brussel / Free University of Brussels

Sylvie

Gadeyne

Vrije Universiteit Brussel / Free University of Brussels

Thomas

Van Leeuwen

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Evelien

Snauwaert

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Johan

Decruyenaere

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Wesley

De Neve

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Myriam

Van Winckel

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Vanessa

Smith

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Jan

Masschelein

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven / Catholic University of Leuven

Martino

Tattara

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven / Catholic University of Leuven

Lars

Vereecke

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Eva

Van Braeckel

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Steven

Callens

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Free

De Backer

Vrije Universiteit Brussel / Free University of Brussels

Vanessa

Smith

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Guido

Erreygers

Universiteit Antwerpen / University of Antwerp

Mirko

Petrovic

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Bas

van Heur

Vrije Universiteit Brussel / Free University of Brussels

Elisabetta

Costa

Universiteit Antwerpen / University of Antwerp

Steven

Van Laecke

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Ilse

Logie

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Goedele

Desmet

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven / Catholic University of Leuven

Eva

Van Belle

Vrije Universiteit Brussel / Free University of Brussels

Katya

De Groote

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

sophie

janssens

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Sarah

Van de Velde

Universiteit Antwerpen / University of Antwerp

Heidi

Schaballie

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Patricia

Everaert

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Geert

Molenberghs

Universiteit Hasselt / Hasselt University

Martine

Cools

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Peter

Raeymaeckers

Universiteit Antwerpen / University of Antwerp

Marijn

Speeckaert

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Aymon

Kreil

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Tim

Devos

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Chia

Longman

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Tuba

Bircan

Vrije Universiteit Brussel / Free University of Brussels

Jeroen

Stevens

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven / Catholic University of Leuven

Daniel

De Wolf

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Dimokritos

Kavadias

Vrije Universiteit Brussel / Free University of Brussels

Paul

Janssen

Universiteit Hasselt / Hasselt University

Benjamin

De Cleen

Vrije Universiteit Brussel / Free University of Brussels

Elisabeth

Enhus

Vrije Universiteit Brussel / Free University of Brussels

Elisabeth

Enhus

Vrije Universiteit Brussel / Free University of Brussels

Ann

Raes

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Alfons

Ooms

Universiteit Hasselt / Hasselt University

Thomas

Coomans

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven / Catholic University of Leuven

Katrien

Schaubroeck

Universiteit Antwerpen / University of Antwerp

Marc

Van Ranst

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven / Catholic University of Leuven

Kirsten

Colpaert

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Petra

Schelstraete

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Geert

Kelchtermans

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven / Catholic University of Leuven

Arie

Stoffelen

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven / Catholic University of Leuven

Griet

Roets

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Ike

Picone

Vrije Universiteit Brussel / Free University of Brussels

Pol

Ghesquière

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven / Catholic University of Leuven

Elke

Brems

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven / Catholic University of Leuven

Elisabeth

De Schauwer

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Koen

Vlassenroot

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

B.J.

De Cordier

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Jill

Vanmassenhove

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Kristien

Michielsen

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven / Catholic University of Leuven

Heleen

Touquet

Universiteit Antwerpen / University of Antwerp

Hilde

Heynen

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven / Catholic University of Leuven

Tine

de Backer

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Agnieszka

Prytula

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Pieter

Verstraete

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven / Catholic University of Leuven

Núria

Codina

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven / Catholic University of Leuven

Jack

McMartin

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven / Catholic University of Leuven

An

De Sutter

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Sibyl

Anthierens

Universiteit Antwerpen / University of Antwerp

Jolien

Gijbels

Vrije Universiteit Brussel / Free University of Brussels

Hans

Keune

Universiteit Antwerpen / University of Antwerp

Gamze

Erdem Turkelli

Universiteit Antwerpen / University of Antwerp

Guido

Van Hal

Universiteit Antwerpen / University of Antwerp

Samuël

Coghe

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Jeroen

Dewulf

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Karla

Van Leeuwen

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven / Catholic University of Leuven

Machteld

Vandecandelaere

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven / Catholic University of Leuven

Sara

Nijs

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven / Catholic University of Leuven

Stijn

Oosterlynck

Universiteit Antwerpen / University of Antwerp

Francesc

Baró

Vrije Universiteit Brussel / Free University of Brussels

July

De Wilde

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Sabine

Van daele

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Joris

Thybaut

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Kornee

van der Haven

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Katarzyna

Ruchel-Stockmans

Vrije Universiteit Brussel / Free University of Brussels

Ilse

Noens

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven / Catholic University of Leuven

Kyoko

Iwaki

Universiteit Antwerpen / University of Antwerp

Kevin

De Pauw

Vrije Universiteit Brussel / Free University of Brussels

Cleo

Crunelle

Vrije Universiteit Brussel / Free University of Brussels

Hilde

Van Gelder

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven / Catholic University of Leuven

Liesbet

De Bus

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Dimitri

De Bundel

Vrije Universiteit Brussel / Free University of Brussels

Steven

De Meester

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Benoit

Nemery

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven / Catholic University of Leuven

Louis

Pitet

Universiteit Hasselt / Hasselt University

Manuel

Aalbers

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven / Catholic University of Leuven

Wouter

Van Gompel

Universiteit Hasselt / Hasselt University

Veronique

Verhoeven

Universiteit Antwerpen / University of Antwerp

Najat

Aourz

Vrije Universiteit Brussel / Free University of Brussels

Erik

Meers

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Maria-Cornelia

Wermuth

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven / Catholic University of Leuven

Dirk

Stroobandt

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Wim

Van Dooren

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven / Catholic University of Leuven

Tom

Kuppens

Vrije Universiteit Brussel / Free University of Brussels

Nathalie

VALLET

Universiteit Antwerpen / University of Antwerp

Stijn

Blot

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Annelies

Van Rie

Universiteit Antwerpen / University of Antwerp

Pieter

Boulogne

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven / Catholic University of Leuven

Ivo

Vanhamme

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven / Catholic University of Leuven

Jelle

Laverge

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Katja

Lochtman

Vrije Universiteit Brussel / Free University of Brussels

Ken

Bracke

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Maria

Martin de Almagro Iniesta

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Johan

Lagae

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Tom

Toremans

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven / Catholic University of Leuven

Jeroen

Adam

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Ann

Van Hecke

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Nadia

Lie

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven / Catholic University of Leuven

Tom

Decorte

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Marie-Benedicte

Dembour

Universiteit Antwerpen / University of Antwerp

Koenraad

Smets

Universiteit Gent / Ghent University

Maarten

Simons

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven / Catholic University of Leuven

Jan

Boons

Universiteit Hasselt / Hasselt University

Dimitri

Van Den Meerssche

Queen Mary University of London


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