Biodiversity of American rivers analyzed over 30 years
A team of American researchers, with the help of Frédérik De Laender, professor in the Department of Biology at UNamur, has just published in the prestigious journal Nature. Their study describes how changing stream temperatures and human introductions of fish can alter river biodiversity in the USA.
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Two prestigious publications for our network dynamics researchers
Maxime Lucas is an FNRS Research Fellow in the Department of Mathematics and a member of the naXys Institute. He works on complex systems within the "Network Dynamics" cluster headed by Professor Timoteo Carletti. He is co-author of two papers on complex systems, recently published in prestigious journals Nature Physics and Physical Reviews Letters.
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UNamur in South America
South America is a subcontinent rich in natural and cultural resources. Between biodiversity preservation and development cooperation, UNamur maintains valuable partnerships to address the challenges of biodiversity loss and understand current socio-economic transformations. Immersion in Ecuador and Peru.
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Alexandre Mauroy: "Mathematics are everywhere!
Alexandre Mauroy has been a professor and researcher in the Department of Mathematics for almost 10 years, working in the field of dynamical systems. He is also Director of the naXys Research Institute, which puts its expertise in complex systems at the service of UNamur researchers from all disciplines. Aware of the sometimes austere reputation of maths among the general public, Alexandre Mauroy works to demonstrate that this discipline is at the heart of today's technological and scientific challenges..
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28 new research projects funded by the FNRS
The F.R.S.-FNRS has just published the results of its various 2025 calls for proposals. These include the "Credits & Projects" and "WelCHANGE" calls, as well as the "FRIA" (Fund for Research Training in Industry and Agriculture) and "FRESH" (Fund for Research in the Humanities) calls, which aim to support doctoral theses. What are the results for UNamur? Twenty-eight projects have been selected, demonstrating the quality and richness of research at UNamur.
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Women in Science 2026 | 6th edition
Our keynote speakers for 2026 are Professor Roosmarijn Vandenbroucke (Ghent University) and Professor Nelly Litvak (Eindhoven University of Technology).
More information on the "Women in Science" website
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Transitions Seminars
The Institute hosts five types of research seminars. These seminars bring together members to discuss a variety of topics and are generally held during the day.
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Domestic Violence: Understanding, Identifying, and Taking Action
230 participants, 25 papers, a shared conviction: domestic violence must be studied in a different way. Neither marginal nor accidental, it constitutes a major, deeply rooted social phenomenon whose manifestations extend far beyond its most visible forms. A conference held at UNamur and a collective volume are fundamentally reshaping our understanding of the phenomenon.
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A new study reveals how “free riders” can ultimately promote cooperation
In human societies as well as in ecosystems, opportunistic behaviour does not always prevail. The scientific article, fruit of the collaboration between research teams in India, Slovenia and Belgium, has just been published in the prestigious PNAS journal.
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"Methods" Seminars
"Methods" is a series of seminars organized by the Transitions Institute at the University of Namur with the aim of promoting interdisciplinary collaboration and the exchange of knowledge. All seminars are held in a hybrid format.The "Methods" seminar series focuses on cutting-edge methodological approaches, particularly in the fields of natural language processing (NLP), artificial intelligence (AI), video and image analysis, and multimodal analysis.
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Let’s Twist (Light) Again: UNamur & Stanford bend beams in photonic crystals
An international team of researchers has just published an article in the prestigious journal Light: Science & Applications (LSA) from the Nature group. The teams led by Professors Michaël Lobet and Alexandre Mayer (University of Namur) collaborated with the team led by Professor Shanhui Fan, one of the leading experts in the field, from the prestigious Stanford University in California (USA). The result: an article entitled ‘Twist-Induced Beam Steering and Blazing Effects in Photonic Crystal Devices’, or the study of beam deflection by twisting in photonic crystal devices. Come on, let's twist light again at UNamur!
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