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​Prof. dr. Bruno Peeters 

• spokesman of the DigiTax project
• initiator of the DigiTax Centre of Excellence
• full professor at the Law Faculty of the University of Antwerp, research group Business and Law​
• founder of Antwerp Tax Academy

 Prof. dr. Toon Calders â€‹

• initiator of the DigiTax Centre of Excellence 
• full professor at the Science Faculty of the University of Antwerp, Department of Computer Science
• supervisor in ADReM Data Lab 
• member of Antwerp Tax Academy
  
• initiator of Antwerp Center on Responsible Artificial Intelligence&²Ô²ú²õ±è;​
  

​Prof. dr. Ann Jorissen 

• initiator of the DigiTax Centre of Excellence 
• full professor at the Faculty of Business and Economics, Department of Accounting and Finance at the University of Antwerp 
• member of Antwerp Tax Academy
  

​Prof. dr. David Martens 

• initiator of the DigiTax Centre of Excellence 
• full professor at the Faculty of Business and Economics, Department of Engineering Management of the University of Antwerp
• research director in the Applied Data Mining research group 
• member of Antwerp Tax Academy
  
• initiator of Antwerp Center on Responsible Artificial Intelligence​

​Prof. dr. Anne Van de Vijver â€‹

• initiator of the DigiTax Centre of Excellence 
• full professor at the Law Faculty of the University of Antwerp, president of the research group Business and Law​
• president of Antwerp Tax Academy
  

Prof. dr. Sylvie De Raedt&²Ô²ú²õ±è;​

• assistant professor at the Law Faculty of the University of Antwerp, member of the research group Business and Law 
• member of Antwerp Tax Academy â€‹
  

​Prof. dr. Tarcisio Magalhaes​

• assistant professor at the Law Faculty of the University of Antwerp, member of the research group Business and Law​​
  
• member of Antwerp Tax Academy

​Prof. dr. Stéphanie De Somer

• associate professor at the Law Faculty of the University of Antwerp, member of the research group Government and Law​

• assistant professor at the Faculty of Law & Criminology of Ghent University
• leads the research group  at Ghent University
• member of the Human Rights Centre, member of the Crime, Criminology & Criminal Policy Consortium and member of PIXLES (Privacy, Information Exchange, Law Enforcement & Surveillance)

​Dr. Karl Pauwels​

• research manager at DigiTax Centre of Excellence 
• member of the research group Business and Law 
• member of Antwerp Tax Academy 
  

‸¾°ù. Anouk Decuypere​

• master’s degree in Organizational Psychology
  
• PhD in Business Economics

Dr. Alessia Tomo​

• master’s degree in Law
• PhD in Law
  

Dr. Wouter Dister

• master in Law and master in Tax Law
• PhD in Law

Dr. Marco Favier

• master in Mathematics
• PhD in Computer Science 

Dr. 

• master in Law and master in International Business Taxation
• PhD in Law​

Dr.  

• master in Communications Sciences and master in Law
• PhD in Law​

Dr. Daphne Lenders 

• master in Artificial Intelligence
• PhD in Responsible AI

Dr. Débora Ottoni Uébe Mansur â€‹

• master in Law and advanced master in Tax Law
• PhD in Law
  

Dr. Karl Pauwels

• master in Law, master in Financial Management and master de Spécialisation en Droit Fiscal
• PhD in Law 

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• master in Law
• Joint phd University of Salerno - University of Antwerp

Dr. Michiel Van Roy

• master in Applied Economics: Business Economics 
• PhD in Business Economics
  
  

Eva Baekelant

• master in Law, master in Tax Law and business tax consultant at EY
• research topic: the virtual permanent establishment in international tax law​
• supervisor: prof. dr. Anne Van de Vijver 
• research funded by

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• master in Law, Advanced master in International Tax Law and currently Managing Senior, European Tax Knowledge Team - International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation (IBFD)
• research topic: Why and how to tax business profits in a global digitalized economy: a normative principle-based analysis of the corporate income tax and its alternatives​
• supervisors: prf. dr Tarcisio Diniz Magalhaes and Prof. dr . Anne Van de Vijver

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• master in Law and specialised master in Tax Law
• research topic: tax regime of mining investments in DRCongo and aggressive tax planning in an era of a digitalized economie. 
• supervisors: prof. dr. Anne Van de Vijver and prof. dr. Tarcisio Diniz Magalhaes ​

Mariya Otto 

• master in Law and senior Corporate Tax Consultant at Deloitte
• research topic: the challenge of transfer pricing methods in a digital economy
• supervisors: prof. dr. Bruno Peeters and prof. dr. Anne Van de Vijver 
• research is funded by ​

Ewoenam Topko 

• master in Computer Science
• research topic: Fairness in Machine Learning
• supervisor: prof. dr. Toon Calders
• research is funded by the Flemish Government

Kimberly Van Sande 

•  master in Law, master in Tax Law and lawyer at Tiberghien Lawyers
• research topic: taxation of artificial intelligence 
• supervisors: prof. dr. Bruno Peeters and prof. dr. Anne Van de Vijver 
• research is funded by  

​Sharon Waeytens 

• master in Commercial Sciences and master in Law 
• research title: In search of a more balanced allocation of taxing powers between developed and developing countries: a plea for inter-nation equity â€‹
• supervisor: prof. dr. Bruno Peeters
• research is funded by the University of Antwerp

• LL.M. in Law and Economics
• Ph.D. in Tax Law (topic: Assessment of Universal Succession Cases in Tax Liability)
• Lecturer at Bilkent University
• Currently preparing research on the taxation of blockchain technology considering its environmental effects​
  

Completed Doctoral Research

Pedro Moraya Barros​

• master of Science (MSc) International Political Economy and Master of Arts, Government
• research topic: International taxation and domestic politics: the choice for unorthodox methods for taxation policies  
• supervisors: prof. dr. Ann Jorissen and prof. dr. Anne Van de Vijver

Dieter Brughmans 

• master in Electromechanical Engineering Technology and master of Finance
• research topic: fraud detection with behavioural data
• supervisor: prof. dr. David Martens 
• research is funded by the University of Antwerp
  

Raphael Mazzine

• master in Chemistry and former Data Scientist at IBM
• PhD research topic: explainability in artificial intelligence models 
• supervisor: prof. dr. David Martens 
• research was funded by the Flemish Government
• Public defense: May 2023
  

Former Postdoctoral Researchers​

Dr. Jellis Vanhoeyveld

• master in Engineering Science (mathemactical engineering techniques)
• Phd in Applied Engineering after successfully defending his doctoral thesis on data mining for fraud detection
• postdoctoral researcher at DigiTax until 2019
  

Dr. Pieter Leyman

• master in Business Engineering
• phd in Applied Economics
• postdoctoral researcher at DigiTax until 2022

Dr. Luisa Scarcella 

• master in Law 
• Phd in Law (topic: VAT and blockchain)
• postdoctoral research at DigiTax until 2022

Dr. Lize Coenen

• master's degree in Mathematical Engineer
• PhD in Business economics and Computer science
• postdoctoral research at DigiTax until 2023