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On this page, you'll find a report on all the actions and activities initiated at the University of Namur in connection with United Nations Sustainable Development Goal #9: "Industry, innovation and infrastructure".
Research
Discover all publications related to the sustainable development goal "Industry, innovation and infrastructure" on the UNamur research portal.
Social impact and actions
Corporate initiatives
eco-friendly consumption: from the woods of Haugimont to the doors of the Faculty of Science
This CaNDLE project is based on the fact that UNamur, thanks to the Haugimont Estate, is both a producer of raw materials and a major consumer of them (particularly in the construction of its buildings).
Collaborations and partnerships
The Namur Innovative City Lab and TRAK[K]
The University of Namur has joined forces with the City of Namur and the Province's Economic Office (BEP) to set up the Namur Innovative City Lab, along with other partners. This portfolio of 11 projects aims to position the Walloon capital as a "smart city" and is part of the ERDF 2014-2020 call for projects.
TRAK[K] is a creative hub in which UNamur plays an active role. Ideally located in the heart of the city, this multidisciplinary space aims to foster the emergence of a creative and participative community, involving local stakeholders.
The NID: a laboratory for urban innovation
The NID, an acronym for "Namur Intelligente et Durable", is a space that puts citizens at the heart of the debate around Namur's future and questions the role of cities in the face of current and future challenges. The projects developed at TRAK[K] are put to the test at the Confluence space (at the confluence of the Sambre and Meuse rivers), equipped with a demonstration area and refurbished to become a real Living Lab. The objectives of this space are to demonstrate Namur's desire to position itself as a Smart City, but also to create a point of attraction and a meeting space between institutions, visitors and citizens.
More information on the NID website
Research institute
Namur Digital Institute (NaDI)
Bringing together five research centres from various disciplines, the Namur Digital Institute (NaDI) offers unique multidisciplinary expertise in all areas of computer science, its applications and its social impact. Its core competencies include formal methods, human-computer interface, requirements engineering, modelling techniques for reasoning and designing complex software systems, testing, quality assurance, software product lines, databases, big data, machine learning and more generally artificial intelligence, security, privacy, ethics by design, technology assessment and legal reasoning.
Spin-off
Spin-offs are companies created downstream of academic research to economically valorize the know-how and results of research. They make a concrete contribution to job creation and economic growth. To date, the University of Namur has created 22 spin-offs, 16 of which are still active. Some of them were created with the support of the FIRST Spin-off program of the SPW Research. UNamur spin-offs: TRAQUA, e-biom, Innovative coating solutions (ICS), QUALIblood, B-STORM, SkaIUP, fytofend, StratiCell, ZORGI, Nanocyl, BioXDiagnostics. Learn more
