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Appointed in January 2022 for a four-year term, Guido Jardon is one of the three new external administrators of the University of Namur. As Director General of the Royal Institute for Music and Pedagogy (IMEP) for the past twenty years, he knows Namur's higher education system well. Passionate and fascinating, this renowned pianist is not stingy with superlatives. He takes a benevolent look at the links forged between these two institutions, which in theory are very different. Interview.

Throughout the year, come and attend our "Grandes Conférences Namuroises". A programme of six conferences accessible to all, on a variety of topical subjects.

This report provides a global audience with the most recent and accurate estimates of trends in global poverty and shared prosperity. The report draws extensively on the multidimensional poverty research of a group of researchers at the DEFIPP Institute at UNamur.

What is a perfect fluid? It is a theoretical model of a fluid that allows us to assume that the fluid is not viscous, that it does not conduct heat, that it is incompressible and does not create vortices. It is therefore an approximation of reality that simplifies theoretical predictions of fluid flows. For the first time, an international team has experimentally demonstrated this same behaviour for light immersed in a medium of low refractive index.

As the largest and heaviest organ in the human body, the skin is the focus of Professor Yves Poumay's research. For nearly 30 years, within the Cells and Tissues laboratory (LabCeTi), he has been developing in vitro epidermal models that reproduce skin pathologies to better understand and treat them. A pioneering approach that offers alternatives to animal experimentation! On the eve of an international congress devoted to dermatology research organised at UNamur (see below), he talks about the importance of melanoma screening and details the latest advances in dermatology made in his laboratory.

Appointed last January for a 4-year term, this senior honorary magistrate is joining the higher education sector. An environment he knows well. To the point of perfectly appropriating the objectives of the new Strategic Plan, “Universe 2025”. Interview.

Since the pandemic, this cry of alarm from the Nobel Prize in Economics, Jean Tirole, seems more relevant than ever. On 19 and 20 May 2022, the second Summit of the Common Good, organised in Toulouse, mobilised hundreds of thousands of internet users. On 24 May 2022, in Brussels, the Night of the Common Good raised over half a million euros in donations. And next year, the Our Lady of Peace Chair at UNamur will be dedicated to the common good. But what is this 'common good' that belongs to everyone and to no one? Four researchers from UNamur share their thoughts with us to stimulate our own.

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.

This week, UNamur is hosting an international conference organized as part of the "Philippine studies" project, which aims to strengthen exchanges between Filipino and European academics. Today, Anna Amalia B. Vibar, a Filipino master's student under the supervision of Prof. Sébastien Dujardin, talks to us about her research into the vulnerability of populations to climate change.

"In the south of the country, 32% of women more or less regularly encounter financial difficulties when buying their menstrual protection", reported the newspaper La Libre in 2022, figures from the non-profit organisation Synergie Wallonie. Many women face menstrual insecurity, and students are no exception. For several months now, the UNamur community has been actively involved in the fight against menstrual insecurity. Some actions have taken place on campus in recent weeks.

This week, UNamur is hosting an international conference organized as part of the "Philippine studies" project, which aims to strengthen exchanges between Filipino and European academics. Today, Dr. Kerby Alvarez tells us about his doctoral thesis on the history of earthquakes and the socio-cultural interpretation of disasters, completed at UNamur under the supervision of Prof. Isabelle Parmentier.

This week, UNamur is hosting an international conference organised as part of the "Philippine studies" project, which aims to strengthen exchanges between Filipino and European academics. The Philippine studies programme is funded by a grant from the Philippine government through the initiative of Senate President pro tempore Loren Legarda.