the seminar to present their work( one in Uganda and one in the Philippines). On 31 March 2016, an IOB alumni seminar took place in Antwerp. Out of 35 alumni applications, Lanny Jauhari( Globalisation and Development 2010 / 2011) was selected to come to Antwerp and present her work,‘ Pioneering NGO transformation to Social Enterprise in Indonesia: The experience of TORAJAMELO in working with traditional women weavers’ communities’ to IOB students, staff and alumni. The alumni seminar was followed by a meet and greet poster reception, featuring some of the work by other alumni who applied for the seminar, allowing IOB students, staff and alumni to learn about each other’ s work and catch up or get to know each other. One of those alumni projects,‘ Volley 4 change’, was selected as one of the beneficiaries of the University of Antwerp Christmas fundraising campaign.
IOB is committed to ensuring the employability of its students and assisting them to maximise their potential contribution within the development sector. To that end, a second edition of the‘ Life after IOB’ event, an information session on the opportunities( PhD, internships, consultancy, etc.) available to IOB students after graduating, was organised. IOB alumni are the Institute’ s finest ambassadors and play a significant role in promoting the Institute. They share information about the Master programmes within their personal and professional networks. In 2016, Filipino alumni( Alellie Sobreviñas, Grachel Manguni, Mary Ann Manahan and Rosemary Atabug) represented IOB / the University of Antwerp in Manila once again at the European Higher Education Fair( EHEF), making it the only Belgian university present.
Other IOB staff teaching activities
IOB contributes to teaching at other faculties within the University of Antwerp and with IOB’ s partners:
Debating Development
A series of eight lectures was offered to all students of the University of Antwerp. The series, coordinated by Prof. Danny Cassimon, was co-financed by VLIR and by the University Foundation for Development Cooperation( USOS).
Economic and institutional development
Prof. Marijke Verpoorten taught this course in the Advanced Master programme in International Relations and Diplomacy( Faculty of Social Sciences).
International Economy and International Economic Organisations
This course in the Advanced Master programme in International Relations and Diplomacy was taught by Prof. Danny Cassimon and Prof. Germán Calfat.
Topics in development studies
Students of the Faculty of Applied Economics and the Faculty of Social Sciences were able to register for this course, which was taught by a team of IOB-lecturers, coordinated by Prof. Marijke Verpoorten.
International finance
This course was taught by Prof. Danny Cassimon within the Advanced Master of International Relations and Diplomacy( Faculty of Social Sciences).
Political Economy of Development
This course was jointly taught by Prof. Marijke Verpoorten and Prof. Joachim De Weerdt within the Faculty of Applied Economics.
Dissertations
Several dissertations at other UAntwerp faculties were supervised by IOB staff.
Introduction to Rural Development
Prof. Johan Bastiaensen taught this course as part of the European Master in Microfinance, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Université de Mons and Université Dauphine Paris.
Several staff members lectured at partner institutes in the South:
• Prof. Marijke Verpoorten taught a course on‘ Economic and Institutional Development’ at the Catholic University of Bukavu( DRC).
• Prof. Johan Bastiaensen taught a course on Microfinance in the Master of Territorial Development at the Faculty of Science, Technology and the Environment at the Universidad Centroamericana in Managua( Nicaragua).
• Prof. Kristof Titeca taught a course on‘ Violent environments’ at Gulu University, Uganda.
26 • Annual report 2015