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For the past fifteen years or so, participatory and deliberative democracy mechanisms have been multiplying: participatory budgets, popular consultations, citizens' panels, and so on. Vincent Jacquet, a political scientist and coordinator of the European research project Citizen Impact (ERC project, European Research Council), studies the impact of these devices from the point of view of governors and citizens.

Omalius is the magazine of the University of Namur. A quarterly that highlights UNamur's research, its experts, educational innovations and topical issues. Discover the July 2025 issue.

The ISALA NOVA project, initiated by UMONS and UNamur and supported by the Sakura Fund of the Foundation for Future Generations, aims to sustainably transform universities in terms of gender equality.

Hepatocellular carcinoma is the most common primary liver cancer. Unfortunately, this tumor still has a high mortality rate due to the lack of effective treatments for its most advanced or poorly localized forms. As part of a partnership with the CHU UCL Namur - site de Godinne and with the support of Roche Belgium, researchers in the Department of Biomedical Sciences are trying to understand why liver tumor cells are so resistant to treatment, and to identify therapeutic alternatives to better target them.

Funded by the Wallonia Recovery Plan, the NeWWS (Nederlands en Werk/Wallonië Samen) project is the result of collaboration between teachers and researchers at HELHa, HERS and UNamur. At UNamur, it was the language center that was involved in the development of NeWWS, with the involvement of Christelle Hoorelbeke, Marc Miceli and Sophie Naveau.

Trust of traditional political institutions and elected representatives, rise of authoritarian logics, definition of public services... Democracy today seems to be going through a turbulent zone. What role does the university play in this context? To shed light on this question, we interviewed four researchers from different disciplines: educationalist Sephora Boucenna, philosopher Louis Carré, political scientist Vincent Jacquet and legal scholar Aline Nardi. Their contrasting views sketch out the contours of an issue that is more topical than ever: thinking about and defending the link between university and democracy.

The graduation ceremony for the Master of Specialization in Digital Law took place this Friday, October 3, 2025, in the presence of the Rector, Annick Castiaux, and the Federal Minister for Digital Affairs and Science Policy, Vanessa Matz. A double presence that symbolizes the importance of the role of new graduates in our increasingly digitized societies.

Florentin Rochet, a professor of computer security at the University of Namur, specializes in applied cryptography and secure communications. Against the backdrop of rapid advances in artificial intelligence and open-source solutions, he shares his analysis of the current situation and offers his outlook for the future. 

On Wednesday 18 October 2023, the President of the Republic of Portugal, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, visited Namur and made a stopover at UNamur. The Portuguese President had the opportunity to discover the activities of the Antoine Thomas s.j. Astronomical Observatory and to meet members of staff, researchers and Erasmus students of Portuguese origin.

This is a significant honor for two members of the UNamur School of Medicine: Professor Charlotte Beaudart, who heads the "clinical research" track of the Master’s program in biomedical sciences, and Professor Jonathan Douxfils (School of Medicine, URPC – NARILIS) have just joined the College of Young Researchers of the Royal Academy of Medicine of Belgium.

Established about ten years ago within the UNamur School of Law, the Center for Vulnerabilities and Societies (V&S) has established itself as a hub for research and critical reflection on contemporary situations of vulnerability. Born from the merger of two existing centers (PROJUCIT and Fundamental Rights and Social Cohesion), it has gradually organized itself around a clear objective: to analyze how the law addresses the realities experienced by people affected by poverty, precariousness, and discrimination, or whose fundamental rights are at risk of being compromised.

Increasingly demanding workloads, an imbalance between work and personal life, and greater performance scrutiny… the world of work is undergoing profound changes. In this context, how can we enable individuals to remain engaged and find lasting fulfillment in their professional lives? A new ARC research project called “SUSCARE” proposes an innovative solution: placing the concept of care at the heart of organizational practices.