"Methods" is a seminar series organized by the Institut Transitions at the University of Namur with the aim of fostering interdisciplinary collaboration and knowledge exchange. All seminars take place in a hybrid format.

The Methods 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.

Next sessions

December 2, 2025 | Philine Widmer

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May 28, 2025 | Barbara McGillivray

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Past sessions

March 20, 2025 - Auguste Debroise and Nelson Santos

Title of first presentation - Introductory concepts and recent applications in the social sciences
Title of second presentation - NLP, LLM and AI - Exploring advanced tools for economists and social scientists

April 3, 2025 - Michael Heseltine

Turning to the local? Localized rhetoric in Congress papers

May 15, 2025 - Malka Guillot

Title - REFLEX: Registering the life and demise of companies

September 23, 2025 - Miklós Sebok

Title - Solving classification problems for social and economic research with the Babel Machine

September 24, 2025 - Miklós Sebok

Title - Using advanced AI solutions for text-based social and economic research