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Jérémy Dodeigne, professeur de sciences politiques à la Faculté des sciences économiques, sociales et de gestion de l'UNamur, et président de l’Institut de recherche Transitions vient de décrocher une prestigieuse ERC Starting Grant de près de 1,5 Millions d'euros pour son projet POLSTYLE.

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.

Hardly a week goes by without reports of elected officials—often depicted as ‘populists’—having used vitriolic language and viciously attacked their opponents. In a context of ‘restyling of politics’, the style of political actors is presented as increasingly emotional and confrontational. Some scholars have argued that these styles directly challenge the democratic functioning of our modern societies. Yet, in the absence of longitudinal studies, such claims remain trivial intuitions and anecdotes that are as old as politics. Do the styles of modern politicians constitute new trends or reflect old habits? What are the factors constraining or favouring certain styles? Against a form of nostalgia for ‘good old times’, this project critically challenges the idea that emotive and confrontational styles are necessarily threats for our contemporary democracies. The central claim of this project is that not all hostility is equal. Conflicts are the democracy’s lifeblood allowing—and even requiring—heated disagreements, including sometimes uncivil and nasty interactions between political adversaries. By contrast, styles founded upon violence and intolerance must be considered as incompatible with the functioning of our pluralistic democracies: such styles transform political adversaries into enemies to be destroyed.  

What the management of "foreign terrorist fighters" and their children says about the fight against terrorism, a carte blanche by elise delhaise, coline remacle and chloé thomas, devoted to the repatriation of the children of Belgian jihadistsLa chronique Carta Academica: ce que la gestion des "combattants terroristes étrangers" et de leurs enfants dit de la lutte contre le terrorismeLa chronique carta academica: "bulles sociales et covid-19: un réveillon qui fait du bruit", a carte blanche by nathalie basecqz and elise delhaise in the December 19, 2020 issue of le journal le soirNew elections, a solution? S. Wattier, in the futureFederal negotiations: one month to go before political chaos, s. Wattier, eveningAbortion law: the need to preserve women's rights, convictions and democracy, s. Wattier, le soirFederal negotiations: mouth-to-mouth, the self-proclamation of June 17, s. Wattier, le soirWhite card "alexander i: le premier gouvernement fédéral qui fait place à la diversité de genre", s.wattier in the newspaper le soir"Après le califat, l'embarras", e. Delhaise, c. Remacle, c. Thomas, la revue nouvelle Pilot projects integrated prevention against burn-out whose commission was chaired by v. FlohimontChronique "pourquoi apprécions-nous tant avoir des règles à suivre à la lettre?" la libre.be - l. RizzerioThe pandemic proves that commitment to the common good is not an abstract idea - la libre, l. RizzerioA step closer to social eugenics? La proposition de loi n° 55-1029 modifiant le code civil en vie d'instaurer une protection juridique prénatale - a paraître dans le jdj, j. FierensCoronavirus: we are all vulnerable, la libre.be, column by Madame l. Rizzerio Isolate? Regroup? What to do with prisoners convicted of terrorism? Interview with Mr. f. Xavier Could the decrees banning ritual slaughter be overturned? in the evening, Madame s. Wattier

Researchers at the Unit study, among other things: children's rights protection systems; children's vulnerability; children's best interests; children's right to autonomy and participation; children's procedural status; children's rights in the context of youth welfare and youth protection: the rights of the child in parentage and adoption law; the rights of the migrant child; the right of the child to a non-violent education; the rights of the child in the digital environment; the rights of intersex children; the rights of transgender children.The Unit's activities are manifold: promotion of doctoral theses and research projects; teaching and training (intervention in the Master de spécialisation interuniversitaire en approche interdisciplinaire des droits de l'enfant, the Certificat en approche interdisciplinaire des droits l'enfant, the Certificat en accompagnement de l'accrochage scolaire et social and the Certificat en approche multidisciplinaire des maltraitances infanto-juvéniles) ; organization and participation in colloquia, conferences, seminars in Belgium and abroad; publication of individual and collective works, articles, commentaries and proceedings; consultancy activities for public or private bodies; links with the associative world (Service Learning); collaboration with universities abroad.List of membersGéraldine Mathieu, professor and director of the UnitAline Bodson, doctoral studentEmma Bourcelet, assistantAurélie Cassiers, maître de conférencesCéline Derclaye, assistantMarie Goffaux, researcherÉmilie Hermans, doctoral studentPauline Mailleux, assistant and researcherMichaël Mallien, visiting lecturer and lawyer at the Brussels BarBee Marique, teaching assistant and lawyer at the Dinant BarAnne-Catherine Rasson, doctoral student and lecturerMathieu Rolain, teaching assistant and lecturer Other units Health, Social and Well-being Unit Vulnerabilities and Citizens' Rights Unit The CSS

Moved by a fundamental motivation to serve the community and make research results accessible, the Health, Social and Wellbeing Unit (SSBE) has today developed its activities around various human sciences, such as law, psychology, philosophy, economics, etc., and regularly collaborates with players in the so-called hard sciences (medicine, pharmacy, engineering...). Its research focus, like the constant concern for respect for the human person, lends itself more to a broader approach than just the legal framework.The researchers at SSBE examine how societal systems take into account, or fail to take into account, the various forms of vulnerability that can affect individuals or groups, on a one-off or permanent basis. The various norms and systems are thus analyzed in terms of their principles, practices, effectiveness, contradictions, players and developments, with a resolutely forward-looking objective and an important fundamental research dimension.SSBE has developed national and international expertise in the fields of social protection, welfare, psychosocial risks, mental health, equality and non-discrimination, and issues closely or remotely related to public health (patients' rights, aging, disability...), as well as in interdisciplinary research methodology. Other units Vulnerabilities and Children's Rights Unit Vulnerabilities and Citizens' Rights Unit The CSS

Special attention is therefore paid to the field of public law (constitutional law and civil liberties, administrative law and criminal law and procedure), and particularly to the individual in his or her relationship with public authority. Various contexts of vulnerability are targeted: terrorism, radicalization, religious minorities, gender discrimination, armed conflicts, incivilities, begging, mental disorders, organized crime, sexual and gender violence, child pornography, cyber harassment, professional secrecy, anti-discrimination, etc.While the Unit is fundamentally rooted in legal science research, and in the field of public law in particular, it is also - like each of the Units that make up the V&S Centre - interdisciplinary and naturally draws on other social sciences to refine its expertise. Other units Vulnerabilities and Children's Rights Unit Health, Social and Well-being Unit The CSS

The F.R.S.-FNRS has just published the results of its various 2024 calls. Equipment calls, research credits and projects, FRIA doctoral grants and Mandant d'Impulsion Scientifique (MIS), there are many instruments to support fundamental research. Find out more about UNamur's results.

This seminar is aimed at researchers as well as (future) childcare professionals - educators, carers, childcare workers - who wish to question this issue and equip themselves to better listen to and include young children. Thanks to an interdisciplinary, cross-border approach, experts from the fields of psychology, pedagogy, law and the human sciences will share their knowledge and experience. This time of exchange will provide a better understanding of how to foster children's information and participation by adapting to their abilities and needs. Registrations Read more

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This research cluster embraces a very specific meaning of "territory", namely: "a portion of land space considered in its relationship with human groups who occupy and develop it with a view to ensuring the satisfaction of their needs". The concept of territorial transition embodies new local forms of development, which emphasize the sustainable well-being of the population, in line with environmental protection..