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In 2021, five projects were selected as part of the "Campus Namur Durable" (CANDLE 2021) call for projects. Projects led by UNamur staff and/or students and financed by the Fonds Jérôme. Among them, the May'AGE project.

The FNRS has awarded the five-year Ernest-John Solvay Prize in the Social Sciences to Jean-Marie Baland, Professor in the Department of Economics at UNamur's EMCP Faculty and co-founder of the DeFiPP Institute's Centre de Recherche en Economie du Développement (CRED). A major accolade for a career devoted to the study of poverty, informal institutions and sustainable development..

Are we prisoners of our genetic heritage? Can filiation be reduced to genes alone? Can we escape our destiny? Existential questions we all ask ourselves, and to which Gaëlle Pontarotti, lecturer and researcher in the Department of Sciences, Philosophies and Societies at UNamur, sheds new light in her book Par-delà les gènes. Une autre histoire de l'hérédité, published last October by Gallimard.

The University of Namur takes another step forward in its commitment to supporting digital transformation. It is joining the prestigious European Research Center for Information Systems (ERCIS) network as a Partner Institution, via the MINDIT research center (Management de l'Information et Transformation Numérique).

The Moretus Plantin University Library (BUMP) holds numerous archives that bear witness to UNamur's past. They document the emergence of scientific research in the faculties and, in particular, the rise of mobility and international networks at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, driven by several professors. Correspondence, photographs, and personal notes shed light on the activities of these pioneering figures. 

What will UNamur look like in 2029? What challenges will it face? What are its objectives? What resources will it need to achieve them? These are the questions that "Univers 2029", the new strategic plan drawn up by Rector Annick Castiaux and the Rector's Council, aims to answer. It is in line with the directions taken during the previous mandate (2021-2025) of Annick Castiaux and the rectoral team. Development, sustainability, quality of life, internationalization, and intelligent digitalization will remain the five priority objectives pursued by UNamur over the next four years.

The KàPs, or UNamur student accommodation, are themed student cohouses that organize a whole series of activities and events. This year, we present the new KàPs, complementing last year's "Cap sur les KàPs" series. This week, we're talking about inclusion with "Chez Marsha".

On November 18, UNamur took part for the second time in European Academic Heritage Day, joining the online campaign spearheaded by the international networkUniverseum. This initiative, relayed on social networks, aims to promote university heritage on a European scale. The theme for 2025? Unexpected heritage.

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..

Today, our planet is undergoing major climatic changes. Particularly in the face of rising temperatures, it is not easy to predict how flora and fauna will react and adapt in disturbed ecosystems. International research, in which Professor Johan Yans' team (Department of Geology and ILEE Institute) is taking part, has found some answers in fossils, which have been the memory of Darwinian evolution for millions of years. Explanations.

One foot in the past, the other in the future. From Etruscan granulation to PIXE analysis, Serge Mathot has built a unique career, between scientific heritage and particle accelerators. Portrait of a passionate alumnus at the crossroads of disciplines.

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.