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At UNamur, research is not confined to laboratories. From physics to political science, robotics, biodiversity, law, AI, and health, researchers collaborate daily with numerous stakeholders in society. The goal? Transform ideas into concrete solutions to address current challenges. 

In 2025, UNamur joined the MAGIS Exchange international exchange program. With around 40 partners, this program aims to help participating students become true citizens of the world, aware of the challenges that lie ahead.

Nathalie Burnay, professor at the EMCP Faculty and researcher at the Transitions Institute, has just been awarded prestigious WELChange funding from the F.R.S-FNRS for her interdisciplinary research project dedicated to extending careers. This is a highly topical social issue, which she is tackling in collaboration with a team of demographers from UCLouvain.

Born on the internet, memes are an integral part of digital culture. These images, often humorous, combine text and visuals to convey a message. At UNamur, Lieven Vandelanotte, professor of English language and linguistics and general linguistics at the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, has taken an interest in them from a linguistic point of view. In his new book, co-written with Barbara Dancygier of the University of British Columbia, he deciphers how these creations play with words, images, and grammar. 

On the Namur campus, students wishing to get involved in community life have access to numerous activities and meeting places. Among them are the Cercles, the Régionales, but also the Kots à Projets (KàPs), groupements of students rooms, which offer members the opportunity to carry out a project close to their hearts throughout an academic year.

The new Passerelle collection from Presses universitaires de Namur (PUN), supported by the University of Namur, offers works devoted to recent studies from the university, presented by the researchers who carried them out. The collection thus guarantees the faithful and accurate transmission of academic knowledge. From November 20, the first two books in the collection – "Is ChatGPT an outlaw?" and "Emotions, the secret fuel of our learning?" – will be available in bookstores. 

At a time when bacterial resistance to antibiotics is a public health problem, Professor Stéphane Vincent's team is currently developing dynamic constitutional frameworks (Dynamic Constitutional Frameworks, DCF): a molecular system that would be able to break down certain resistances and thus deliver antibiotics as close as possible to pathogens.

On November 18, 2025, the Faculty of Law organized the fourth edition of its traditional criminal law mock trial. Seven students, from the daytime and staggered schedules, donned their gowns to embody the various players in a trial devoted to a case of illegal rave party in the middle of a protected natural area. Pleadings and indictments were the order of the day. It was also an opportunity to recall how environmental criminal law protects nature, and to discover criminal justice a little more closely.

Omalius is the magazine of the University of Namur. A quarterly publication that highlights UNamur's research, its experts, educational innovations, and current affairs. Discover the December 2025 issue.  

On December 4, second-year students in the Master's program specializing in general medicine at UNamur enjoyed a unique training day. They had the opportunity to interact directly with residents of Château Vert, an institution that welcomes people with disabilities. The goal was to better understand their expectations of general practitioners and improve the quality of medical care for these patients with specific needs.

Jean-François Nieus, F.R.S-FNRS research fellow at UNamur for nearly 20 years, readily describes himself as a "document hunter." Fascinated by the mysteries of the Middle Ages, he explores a period still marked by gray areas and clichés. His main field of study? The documentary practices of the aristocracy of northern France and the former southern Netherlands, which shed light on the political, social, and cultural mechanisms at work between the 11th and 13th centuries.

At the start of 2026, UNamur Rector Annick Castiaux extends her best wishes to the entire university community. This is an opportunity to look back and celebrate the achievements of 2025 and outline the projects that will come to fruition in the coming months.