Human and political sciences
ACME - Comics Research Group
Objective: Promote and unite research on comics through an interdisciplinary and medium-specific approach, capable of identifying its formal diversity, its cultural specificities and its historical transformations
President : Preyat Fabrice, Lecturer at ULB
Critical analysis and improvement of the quality of digital information
Objective: Multidisciplinary confrontation of research in information sciences and human sciences with a view to evaluating and improving the quality of digital data, based on empirical observations and strategic issues
President : Boydens Isabelle, Full Professor at ULB
Architecture and social sciences
Objective: Through exchanges between researchers, the group aims to promote, formalize and strengthen the epistemological, theoretical and methodological dialogue between architecture and social sciences
President : Schaut Christine, Part-time Professor at UCLouvain
Archives, Architecture, Africa
Objective: Questions of epistemology and positioning of researchers in architecture, urban planning and archives. Identify, share and promote knowledge relating to architecture in Africa, in archives, libraries and collections.
President : The Mayor of Romsee Judith, Professor at ULB
Performative arts and SHS
Objective: Stimulate collaborations between SHS and performing arts in order to support the implementation of joint investigations, methodological reflexivity and epistemological questioning on these experiences
President : Brahy Rachel, 1st Research Logistician at ULiège
Pre-industrial metallurgical arts and techniques. Study and conservation
Objective: Technological approach to the context of pre-industrial production of metal works, for a more complete understanding of the pieces and a better determination of conservation conditions
President : Clerbois Sébastien, Lecturer at ULB
Contemporary Belgium and the world
Objective: The group studies the place of Belgium in the diversity of segments of international life and in the interaction between national, regional and global space, taking into account the transnational nature of historical phenomena.
President : Dumoulin Michel, Professor at UCLouvain
Burgundy and the ancient Netherlands from the Middle Ages to the present: transnational and interdisciplinary perspectives
Objective: Bring together researchers studying society, art and culture under the Valois dukes of Burgundy and their Habsburg successors (14th-16th century), as well as their reception
President : Bousmar Eric, Full Professor at USL-B
Onto(logical) frameworks of science: The Linguistic Return (OLOFOS)
Objective: Analyze the conceptual frameworks used in contemporary sciences, whether formal or empirical
President : Guay Alexandre, Professor at UCLouvain
Contexts
Objective: To bring together theoretical approaches and case studies in the sociology of French-language literature, in particular through the annual organization of a study day
President : Huppe Justine, Lecturer at ULiège
Sensitive crops
Objective: To bring together research which generally takes place in specific disciplinary or thematic sectors under the banner of “sensitive cultures”.
President : Viktoria von Hoffmann , Qualified Researcher of the F.R.S.-FNRS at ULiège
Didactics of philosophy: methods and issues
Objective: Think about learning practices in philosophy, in a school context (Philosophy and Citizenship courses in Belgium) and outside ("new philosophical practices"), based on the philosophical problems they raise
President : Herla Anne, Temporary lecturer at ULiège
Rare and precious documents
Objective: Promote contacts between book professionals and researchers active in the field of book and graphic heritage in order to share research and projects completed or in progress and to exchange their advice and experience
President : Renaud Adam, 1st Research Logistician at ULiège
Law(s), constitution(s) and process of (de)civilization
Objective: Question the relationships between law(s) and the concept of civilization in the light of the historical sociology of Norbert Elias, by combining the methods and fields of these different disciplines
President : Delmotte Florence, F.R.S.-FNRS research professor at UCLouvain
Modern Ecdotics (1500-1850)
Objective: To provide an interdisciplinary working framework for researchers and teachers interested in publishing and in the questions posed by the edition of texts and documents dating from the period from the Renaissance to around 1850
President : Tilkin Françoise, Professor at ULiège
Political economy
Objective: The field of political economy offers key analytical tools for understanding the regulation of globalized economic systems, financial crises, inequalities and tensions between capitalism, ecology and democracy.
President : Mr. Fontan Clément, Professor at UCLouvain
Artists' writings
Objective: Theoretical and historical study of the writings of artists (painters, sculptors, architects, composers, photographers, filmmakers, etc.) from an interdisciplinary perspective
President : Brogniez Laurence, Professor at ULB and UNamur
Egyptology
Objective: Egyptologists from universities and museums in Belgium (professors, researchers, students) present their current work to each other twice a year and once a year invite a foreign Egyptologist to present a conference
President : Obsomer Claude, Lecturer at UCLouvain and UNamur
Epistemology
Objective: To encourage reflection among students, doctoral students, researchers and the general public on the question: how to do science?
President : Vanhamme Luc, Research Director of the F.R.S.-FNRS at ULB
Aesthetics and philosophy of art
Objective: Aims to promote research in the field of aesthetics and to encourage meetings between researchers in this field
President : Lories Danielle, Full Professor at UCLouvain
Study of fertility and childlessness - GIEF
Objective: to complete
President : RIZZI Ester Lucia, Professor at UCLouvain
Study of Belgian letters in French
Objective: Accentuate the academic visibility of an already long-standing research practice involving all the universities of the Wallonia-Brussels community. But also facilitate the organization of an annual study day
President : Aron Paul, Research Director of the F.R.S.-FNRS at ULB
Celtic and comparative studies
Objective: All approaches – archaeological, historical, philological, etc. – to the Celtic world and its culture, from its origins to the present day, particularly through the methods of Indo-European comparison
President : Martin Fanny, Part-time lecturer at UNamur
Belgian Sartrean Studies Group
Objective: Encourage exchanges between specialists in disciplines (philosophy, literary studies) which contribute to Sartrean studies, promote the circulation of information on the research and teaching of Sartre's thought
President : Simont Juliette, Research Master of the F.R.S.-FNRS at ULB
Contact Group for the Study of Religions in the Greek and Roman Worlds
Objective: Promote a multidisciplinary approach to the religious facts of ancient Greece by encouraging meetings between historians, philosophers, philologists and archaeologists from Belgium and interested foreigners.
President : Berthelet Yann, Lecturer at ULiège
Archaeological Ceramics Research Group
Objective: CeRA is a diachronic and interdisciplinary study group on archaeological ceramics. Its objective is to understand ancient societies through the reconstruction of know-how, environments and social practices.
President : Vokaer Agnès, Lecturer at ULB
History, civilization and archeology of the ancient Near and Middle East
Objective: To enable specialists in the ancient Near and Middle East from the Wallonia-Brussels Federation and external colleagues to jointly address different aspects of their disciplines (epigraphy and materiality of the text, languages and dialectology, cultures, traditions and religions, intercultural exchanges).
President : Gorris Elynn, Qualified Researcher of the F.R.S.-FNRS at UCLouvain
History of medicine and health
Objective: To study the evolution of the art of healing and the health status of ancient populations. Promote the visibility of these issues, particularly in French-speaking Belgium, which currently lacks university education in these areas.
President : Xhayet Geneviève, Faculty Associate at ULiège
Medical Humanities
Objective: Establish and strengthen relationships between researchers from the Wallonia-Brussels Federation with international colleagues specializing in the field of medical humanities. One of the group's objectives is to consolidate existing collaborations and encourage the emergence of new synergies.
President : Solhdju Katrin, Qualified Researcher of the F.R.S.-FNRS at UMons
Iconologies
Objective: To bring together researchers, art historians, philosophers, semioticians, etc., working in this field within the universities of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation, while establishing scientific collaborations with colleagues from Dutch-speaking Belgian universities, in order to better publicize this research at the national and international level and promote interdisciplinary crossovers.
President : Falque Ingrid, Qualified Researcher of the F.R.S.-FNRS at UCLouvain
In Practice (inter-university research group of practicing architects)
Objective: Create a link between academic research and professional practice of architecture through a place of exchange and publication accessible to architect-practitioners, researchers and teachers.
President : Vandebulcke Benoît, Lecturer at ULiège
International Political Sociology Belgiulm (IPS BELGIUM)
Objective: To provide a framework for scientific collaboration and professionalization in Belgium and Europe for researchers in international relations interested in approaches relating to the political sociology of the international based in the universities of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation and in Belgium, and to facilitate the organization of regular seminars as well as an annual study day.
President : Julien JEANDESBOZ, Lecturer at ULB
The Platonic tradition in antiquity
Objective: Allow specialists in the Platonic tradition in Antiquity to meet and develop joint research projects
President : Delcomminette Sylvain, Professor at ULB
Language(s) and policy(ies)
Objective: Study the relationships between language(s) and politics(s) through the linguistic analysis of speeches and the political representations they convey
President : Perrez Julien, Lecturer at ULiège
European Union Law
Objective: This group brings together academic and professional members of European Union law in Belgium. It aims to become a central hub for reflection, training and debate around European Union law.
President : Bailleux Antoine, professor at the Catholic University of Louvain
Gender: from theories to research strategies
Objective: Reflect on the methods adopted in so-called “gender” or “feminist” research and lead a critical and interdisciplinary debate on the construction of knowledge and research strategies in this field
Co-presidency :
Degavre Florence, Full Professor at UCLouvain
Loriaux Stéphanie, Lecturer at ULB
Pragmatic approaches to the land
Objective: Explore the philosophical resources, mainly coming from pragmatism, allowing us to think about the relationships between anthropology, the scientific constitution of nature and the question of the earth in the situation
President : Debaise Didier, Research Master of the F.R.S.-FNRS at ULB
GRIF notebooks
Objective: This group studies the first European French-speaking feminist magazine. The Cahiers du GRIF contributed to identifying the political structure (Arendt) of feminism: creating spaces for exchange and writing and establishing public visibility
President : Cormann Grégory, Faculty Associate at ULiège
Constructions across languages: corpus-based approaches
Objective: Aims to strengthen collaboration between linguists who compare constructions between languages, in particular French and Dutch, drawing on comparable and parallel corpus data.
Co-presidents :
Ms. VAN GOETHEM Kristel, F.R.S.-FNRS research professor at UCLouvain
Ms. VANDERBAUWHEDE Gudrun, Professor at UMons
Data humanities
Objective: Stimulate reflection on the application of data-oriented quantitative methods to different disciplines in the human and social sciences, as well as on their specificities in this area
President : Bertrand Paul, Full Professor at UCLouvain
Creation places
Objective: To bring together academics (historians of literature, art, architecture, etc.), artists and writers around the question of places of creation (workshop, office, bedroom, etc.) of the 19th century e century to the present day.
President : Reverseau Anne, Qualified Researcher of the F.R.S.-FNRS at UCLouvain
Linguistics of Belgian sign languages
Objective: Linguistic study of the sign languages of Belgium (VGT, Vlaamse gebarentaal and LSFB; sign language of French-speaking Belgium), specifically in the areas of corpus and discourse linguistics
President : Meurant Laurence, Qualified Researcher of the F.R.S.-FNRS at UNamur
Collective memories, crossed approaches
Objective: Interdisciplinary contacts between researchers studying collective memory (psychology, history, sociology, international relations), research seminars, meetings with international specialists, joint publications
President : Luminet Olivier, Research Director of the F.R.S.-FNRS at UCLouvain
Models, exchanges and artistic achievements (15th - 16th centuries)
Objective: The group intends to promote the sharing of knowledge on the arts produced in the 15th and 16th centuries. The modalities of exchanges, artistic crossings, the circulation of artists and works will be highlighted.
President : Fagnart Laure, Research Master of the F.R.S.-FNRS at ULiège
ModerNum. Network of French-speaking modernists in Belgium
Objective: Develop its own identity and encompass the fields of History, Arts and Letters for the period of Modern Times (ca. 1500-1800) in order to breathe dynamism into this field of research
President : Delfosse Annick, Full Professor at ULiège
Museums and contemporary art
Objective: Historical and interdisciplinary approach to museums in their relationship to contemporary art
President : Bawin Julie, Lecturer at ULiège
Neoliberalism(s)
Objective: Explore the materialization and consequences of rationality and neoliberal governing techniques on public policies in Belgium
President : Piron Damien, Part-time temporary lecturer at ULiège
Number and brain
Objective: The aim of the Contact Group is to bring together and develop communication between the different teams of Belgian researchers working in the field of digital cognition.
President : Gevers Wim, Professor at ULB
Ostia Antica, port of Rome
Objective: Promote exchanges between researchers working on Ostia, port of ancient Rome, one of the best preserved Roman sites in the Mediterranean, by promoting an interdisciplinary approach
President : Van Haeperen Françoise, Full Professor at UCLouvain
Papyrology
Objective: Interdisciplinary study of Greco-Roman Egypt, based in particular on documents in Greek (and Latin)
President : Martin Alain, Full Professor at ULB
Thinking about religion in Europe
Objective: Multidisciplinary research on the "religious fact", in its operating logic and its multiple resonances, as well as in its processes of narration, interpretation and structuring of the powers of the imagination
President : Leclercq Jean, Extraordinary Professor at UCLouvain
Thinking about social and ecological justice
Objective : The members of this group reflect together on the connection between ecological and social issues. The group aims not only to produce scientific expertise but also to co-create knowledge and action capabilities.
President : Coolsaet Brendan, FNRS Qualified Researcher at UCLouvain
Phenomenology
Objective: Develop collaborations and promote phenomenological thinking in future-oriented research in Belgium. Create a synergy in the service of a phenomenology in renewal, without claiming any orthodoxy
President : Mazzu Antonino, Lecturer at ULB
Clinical Phenomenology
Objective: Organization of transdisciplinary scientific meetings (psychology, philosophy, criminology, psychiatry, anthropology, etc.) around clinical and psychopathological issues
President : Englebert Jérôme, Professor at ULB
Modern philosophy
Objective: Platform for discussion and exploration of European metaphysics and natural philosophies of the 17th and 18th centuries, as well as their different receptions until today
President : Pelletier Arnaud, Lecturer at ULB
Prehistory
Objective: Organization of meetings relating to recent developments in prehistory research in Belgium and surrounding countries (north-west Europe)
President : Rots Veerle, Research Master of the F.R.S.-FNRS at ULiège
Prisons, extremism, radicalism
Objective: Organization of transdisciplinary and transinstitutional scientific meetings around the problem of violent extremism in prison, in Belgium and occasionally beyond our borders
President : Scheer David, Professor at UCLouvain
Psycholinguistics and Neurolinguistics
Objective: Bring together researchers active in the study of the mental and cerebral mechanisms of language, its acquisition and its disorders, to promote exchanges of information and collaborations
President : Majerus Steve, Research Director of the F.R.S.-FNRS at ULiège
Systemic research in clinical psychology
Objective: Reflect on existing methodologies in systemics, design paradigms specific to systemic research in the field of clinical psychology, promote new research (DEA and own funds)
President : D’Amore Salvatore, Lecturer at ULB
Research on Aristotle's philosophy
Objective: To allow Aristotle specialists to meet to compare the results of their research and to work together on the most difficult questions of this philosophy
Co-presidency :
Destrée Pierre, Qualified Researcher of the F.R.S.-FNRS at UCLouvain
Stevens Annick, Lecturer at ULiège
Research on Hegel's philosophy
Objective: To allow Hegel specialists to meet to compare and exchange the results of their research and to work together to reformulate the most difficult questions of this philosophy in order to identify current issues
President : Carré Louis, Qualified Researcher of the F.R.S.-FNRS at UNamur
Research on text-image relationships
Objective: To systematize, on the epistemological, interpretive and methodological levels, research which focuses on text-image relationships, exploit the results and encourage the development of collaborations in French-speaking Belgium and abroad
President : Tilleuil Jean-Louis, Lecturer at UCLouvain
Redefining prosperity
Objective: Redefining prosperity seems a necessary step to meet the challenges of the 21st century. Only the crossing of disciplines will make it possible to address questions in their complexity and open new avenues of reflection and action.
Co-presidency :
Bauler Tom, Lecturer at ULB
Thiry Géraldine, Guest lecturer at UCLouvain
Religions and regulations
Objective: To study various forms of concrete regulation of religions and philosophical beliefs by strengthening the capacity of legal analysis to deal with factual, scientific and multidisciplinary observations
President : Christians Louis-Leon, Full Professor at UCLouvain
Network of French-speaking Belgian medievalists
Objective: Promotion of the interdisciplinarity of medieval studies in French-speaking Belgium, within a meeting forum primarily but not exclusively open to young researchers
President : Ruffini-Ronzani Nicolas, Works manager at UNamur
French-speaking network of sociology of law
Objective: Development of connections between researchers from the Wallonia-Brussels Federation who are dedicated to the sociology of law (organization of workshops, invitation of international researchers, doctoral training, etc.)
President : From Munck Jean, Professor at UCLouvain
SCULPTURE
Objective: Promote meetings and dialogue between researchers and specialists in ancient sculpture in Belgium, and help the visibility of their scientific work
President : Lefftz Michel, Professor at UNamur
Sociobiography of activists of the labor movement in Belgium
Objective: Encourage the writing of biographical notices as part of the collaborative project of the Belgian Dictionary of the Workers' Movement and stimulate original transversal thematic research
President : Geerkens Eric, Professor at ULiège
Sources and methods for the history of social control from the Middle Ages to the present: deviance, maintenance of order and social regulation
Objective: Promote dialogue between historians, archivists and archive producers, discuss research on social regulation since the Middle Ages, reflect on methods of communication, interpretation and exploitation of data
President : Tousignant Nathalie, Professor at UCLouvain
Legal theory
Objective: Work on the theory of law from a historical and comparative point of view by integrating religious rights. The idea is to invite legal practitioners, particularly non-Western law practitioners, in order to develop a theory of law that is not confined to the Western world. It is a question of extracting from the most technical legal problems enough to fuel a theory of law which will be enlightening for the linguist, the philosopher, the jurist, the comparativist, the legal historian and for the legal anthropologist.
President : Stefan Goltzberg, Qualified F.R.S.-FNRS researcher at ULB
Transformation of work and its representation: comparative perspectives
Objective: Conduct a collective reflection on specific theoretical and methodological tools to compare collective labor relations and the international issues of union action.
President : Ms. Isil ERDINÇ, Lecturer at ULB
Translation. Late Antiquity - Early Western Middle Ages (4th - 10th century)
Objective: Promote research carried out in French-speaking Belgium on Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages (4th - 10th centuries), by offering researchers an interdisciplinary platform for meetings and scientific exchanges
President : Ms. Close Florence, Professor at ULiège
Aging
Objective: The group aims to contribute, through systematic interdisciplinary analysis, to better management of aging by social and political decision-makers, service producers and older people themselves.
President : Rigaux Nathalie, Professor at UNamur
Surveillance, Technology and Society (STS)
Objective: Bring together in an interdisciplinary perspective researchers active in the field of surveillance in the digital age and who study its implications in terms of fundamental rights, privacy, social control, inequality, automation or resistance.
President : Pieret Julien, Lecturer at U.L.B.
History and anthropology of the state
Objective: Our activities focus on the study of the massive object that is the State, over the long term, its institutions, seized by multifactorial crises and crossed by competing or complementary strategies of distinct social groups.
President : Cervera-Marzal Manuel, F.R.S.-FNRS Qualified Researcher at ULiège