Methods" seminar | Philine Widmer
More info to come."Methods "seminarsThe Methods Seminar is a series of seminars organized at the University of Namur with the aim of fostering interdisciplinary collaboration and knowledge exchange. All seminars take place in a hybrid format.This seminar series focuses on advanced methodological approaches, particularly in the fields of natural language processing (NLP), artificial intelligence (AI), video and image analysis, and multimodal analysis.To stay informed about details of upcoming seminars, please subscribe to our mailing list below.
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TRANSDEM Seminar | Markus Hermann Meckl
Victimization and identity: the post-heroic society
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21 new F.R.S.-FNRS grants for research at UNamur
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.
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Former UNamur doctoral student featured in The Economist
The research of Dr. Nitin Bharti, a former PhD student in the Economics Department of the EMCP Faculty at the University of Namur, is covered in "The Economist", the prestigious international business magazine. The article deals with one of his favorite research themes: understanding the development of education systems and their link with economic growth and long-term inequality.
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Skin infections: UNamur partners in Win²WAL research project
The TineaDiag project is a research project run by UNamur and ULiège with funding from the SPW Research Win²WAL program. It tackles dermatophytoses, skin infections responsible for ringworm, which can affect both humans and animals. The aim? To identify, in dermatophytes, precise cellular markers in order to detect them with sensitivity and certainty, and thus identify infections caused by antifungal-resistant strains.
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Marc Hennequart, researcher at UNamur, receives a Grant from the Fondation contre le cancer (Cancer Foundation)
Since September 2023, Marc Hennequart, Professor of Biochemistry and Cell Biology at UNamur, has been conducting groundbreaking research into pancreatic cancer. His team, based at the Faculty of Medicine and the Institut Narilis, studies the early stages of oncogenesis (the process of transforming a normal cell into a cancerous one) to better understand the metabolic changes behind this particularly aggressive cancer.
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Our researchers in the World's Top 2% Scientists list
Stanford University has published a prestigious ranking that highlights the most influential researchers in a wide range of scientific fields. The list, based on bibliographic criteria, aims to provide a standardized means of identifying the world's scientific leaders. It is one criterion among others for assessing the quality of scientific research. Twelve researchers from the University of Namur are among them!
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Academic writing" training
The 5-session program
Session 1: Friday, May 23, 2025, 10:00-13:00 | Improving structure and styleSession 2: Friday, June 6, 2025, 10:00-13:00 | Writing an introduction and literature reviewSession 3: Friday, June 13, 2025, 10:00-13:00 | Writing a methods, results and discussion section; peer review of participants' papersSession 4: Friday, June 20, 2025, 10:00-13:00 | General and individual feedbackSession 5: Friday, June 27, 2025, 10:00-13:00 | Communicating your research to a wider audienceSpace is limited and priority will be given to early registration.Price: 200€Deadline for registrations: 31/01/2025
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Research centers
DeFiPP is a research institute that fosters the sharing of academic research through interactions between its three constituent centers.
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Center for Research in Development Economics (CRED)
The CRED is a research entity dedicated to the study of development economics. More specifically, researchers work on issues related to micro-institutions, collective action, market development and political economy. Much of CRED's research is based on first-hand data collected by researchers in numerous countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Theoretical and empirical work is regularly produced by a team of 6 permanent academic researchers as well as 10 to 15 PhD students and post-doctoral researchers.
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Seminar by Prof. Nicolas Rouhier, titular of the 2024-2025 Francqui International Chair
A gift for labs in the Faculty of Science and Faculty of Medicine
In late November, the Mont-Saint-Guibert-based company Cellistic® donated equipment it no longer used to UNamur. By enabling the university to give this equipment a second life, Cellistic is making an important gesture in support of the development of university research.
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