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Karel Mertens is a renowned researcher who has done outstanding work in the field of macroeconomics. He is staying in Belgium for three months to take part in the activities of the International Francqui Chair organized by the Department of Economics of the UNamur, in collaboration with KU Leuven, UAntwerp, Ghent University, UCLouvain, and the National Bank of Belgium. Interview.

In the summer of 2022, we set out to discover the UNamur Qualified researchers who were awarded funding by the FNRS in 2022. We met Vincent Jacquet, a member of the Department of Political Science and the Transitions Institute. His research focuses on citizen participation and its impact on solving the crisis of democracy.

François Briard graduated in Law and Management of Information Technology (DGTIC) in 1994 after obtaining his bachelor's and master's degrees in computer science in 1993. He works at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research in Geneva, the world's largest particle physics laboratory. During his schooling, which was 100% at UNamur, he was vice-president of the Namur Region and student delegate during his application years in economic and social sciences, computer science option. Thanks to the multidisciplinary training provided at UNamur, he was able to seize several opportunities to reorient his career within CERN.

While women are still in the minority in technical and scientific fields, confidence and passion have enabled some to overcome stereotypes and structural barriers. Women physicists and computer scientists are leading the way for those who cherish the bench and the screen, the numbers, and the machines.

The evocative power of cinema helps us better understand modern digital issues. This is what Benoît Vanderose and Anthony Simonofski, professors at the University of Namur in the Faculty of Computer Science and Management Science, wish to highlight through their "Pop-Code" podcast. The authors explore the use of Pop-Culture for digital education, while examining its challenges and limits. With almost 10 episodes, "Pop-Code" has just celebrated its first anniversary, and the authors are already setting high ambitions for the coming months.

September 1961. A few professors and about fifteen students are entering the Faculty of Economics, Social Sciences and Management at UNamur for the very first time. It was 60 years ago, in the house of Marmol, Rampart of the Virgin. Today, the classrooms are no longer the same, the professors have succeeded one another, the course programs have continued to evolve... but it is always with the same passion that the faculty supports its students.

Faced with the ecological crisis and soaring energy prices, the energy transition has become an undeniable emergency. Every day, at UNamur, researchers from a wide range of fields - geology, chemistry, physics, computer science - are thinking about innovative ways of dealing with this perilous future.

The two UNamur professors were appointed for a four-year term. The academic members of the Central Economic Council (CEC) are chosen in order to inform the debates of the social partners (employers and trade unions) present at the council with their expertise.

How to recruit new young talents? This challenge is that of many companies, but it is now also that of the students of the master in management sciences of the Faculty of economics, social sciences and management of UNamur. IBM, an international company at the forefront of technological development, comes to ask them to find a solution to the problem of the “war for talents”.

In the course of 2021, 42% of Belgian companies suffered a cyber attack. Those targeting citizens are no less numerous: more than 4.5 million suspicious messages have been sent to Safeonweb, the government body responsible for informing Belgian citizens about computer security. More than ever, at a time when the geopolitical context reinforces the threat of a cyberwar, how can we cope? Jean-Noël Colin, cybersecurity expert, professor at the Faculty of Computer Science of UNamur and member of the NaDI Institute, gives us an explanation.

On June 9, 2024, Belgians will go to the polls to elect their European, federal and regional representatives. This triple ballot will also mark a major first in Belgium: the participation of 16-18 year-olds in European elections. With its Political Science department, and the research carried out within the Transitions Institute, UNamur is sharing its expertise to inform and raise awareness among students, the general public and professionals in the political and legal sectors, about the major issues at stake in this election! Until June 9, 2024, ten key themes will be covered on the UNamur Newsroom. Today: voter turnout in Belgium. Jérémy Dodeigne, Professor of Political Science, explains.

Five students with a passion for computer science represented the University of Namur at SpaceHack 2023 as part of the UniversEH alliance. This initiative aims to build a collective entrepreneurial action to explore the future potential of the space industry up to 2035. 26 countries took part in this international competition, which brought together start-ups, space-related companies and students on space-related programmes.