A constituent-based simulation framework for emergent gravitational behaviour in N dimensions, L Kurvers, A Keppens, N Vandersickel, Ghent University, 2026.

Thermodynamics of observations, A Keppens, JC Lambert, Entropy 27(9), 2025: https://doi.org/10.3390/e27090968 

Schwarzschild spacetime thermodynamics, A Keppens, SSRN, 2025: http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5235954

Nothing special about general relativity? A social example of its general application to gravitating systems, A Keppens, essay written for the Gravity Research Foundation 2025 Awards for Essays on Gravitation.

Agent-based modeling and simulation of gravitating systems, S Van Wellen, A Keppens, LEC Rocha, Ghent University, 2024.

Emergent gravity simulations for Schwarzschild–de Sitter scenarios, A Keppens, Foundations 3(2), 2023: https://doi.org/10.3390/foundations3020019 

A simple outline of spacetime thermodynamics, A Keppens, essay written for the Gravity Research Foundation 2023 Awards for Essays on Gravitation – awarded Honorable Mention, International Journal of Modern Physics D, 32(14), 2023: https://doi.org/10.1142/S0218271823020030 – presented at the Golden Wedding of Black Holes and Thermodynamics: An Online Celebration, December 2023: https://bht50.github.io/ 

Over zwaartekracht en de aantrekkingskracht van oude boeken, A Keppens, Science Connection, 67, 2022 – written as scientist in residence at the Royal Library of Belgium, Brussels, February 2022.

Entropic gravity without holography, A Keppens, essay written for the Gravity Research Foundation 2020 Awards for Essays on Gravitation.

What constitutes emergent quantum reality? A complex system exploration from entropic gravity and the universal constants, A Keppens, Entropy 20(5), 2018: https://doi.org/10.3390/e20050335 – discussed as visiting scientist at the Albert Einstein Institute, Potsdam, Germany, June 2018 – appeared in Emergent Quantum Mechanics: David Bohm Centennial Perspectives, Jan Walleczek, Gerhard Grössing, Paavo Pylkkänen, Basil Hiley (eds.), Fetzer Franklin Fund, MDPI Books, ISBN 9783038976165, 2019.

Emergent quantum gravity: Exploration of a Planck-scale complex system approach, A Keppens, essay written for the Beyond Spacetime 2017 prize competition for essays on Space and Time After Quantum Gravity – discussed as visiting scientist at the University of Geneva, Switzerland, December 2017.

Wonder is not wonder! A Keppens, essay written for the 2016-2017 FQXi Essay Contest.

Reality–revisited: Constructing a complex theory of quantum gravity from the bottom up, A Keppens, essay written for the Gravity Research Foundation 2015 Awards for Essays on Gravitation.