Michael Auwers, who earned his PhD from the University of Antwerp, is a senior researcher at the State Archives of Belgium’s Study Centre for War and Society (CegeSoma), the managing editor of the Journal of Belgian History and a member of the University of Antwerp’s Center for Political History (PoHis). His research focuses on noble elites, court politics, and governance in the Habsburg Netherlands, with particular attention to aristocratic networks and identity.