Titulars
The below list is arranged alphabetically by city name of the host universities.
The complete list of titulars of the Francqui Chair, per host university, can be uploaded through this link.
UNIVERSITEIT ANTWERPEN (UA)
2025-2026
Carola EBERT (Francqui)
Professor, Berlin International University of Applied Science, Berlin, Germany
Human Sciences
Architecture and design: Interior-specific Approaches to Reuse.
Inaugural Lecture: to be fixed.
Anne-Laure VAN BRUAENE (Francqui)
Professor, UGent
Human Sciences
Faculteit Letteren en Wijsbegeerte
Rederijkerscultuur in de “lange zestiende eeuw”: “Tussen kerk en kroeg: stedelijke cultuur en samenleving van de Lage Landen, 1450-1650”.
Inaugural Lecture: to be fixed.
2024-2025
Bram VANDERBORGHT (Francqui)
Professor, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
BruBotics research institute.
Exact Sciences
Oprichter van “FARI”, the VUB-ULB independent center on AI for the common good.
ERC Starting Grant 2013
Inaugural Lecture 29 April 2025: Sustainable robotics
Bert WECKHUYSEN (Chaire Francqui)
Professor, Utrecht University
Inorganic chemistry and catalysis.
Exact Sciences
ERC Advanced Grant 2012
Inaugural Lecture 23 April 2025: Towards a Circular Society: Dreams Become Reality with Catalysis.
2023-2024
Wim Verbeke (UGent) – Professor of agri-food marketing and consumer behaviour in the Department of Agricultural Economics at the Universiteit Gent.
Inaugural Lecture Wednesday 6 March 2024 : « A quarter century of protein transition: insights from agri-food marketing and consumer research ».
Piet Hoebeke (UGent – UZ Gent) – Collen-Francqui Chair – Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences ; Paediatric urology & urogenital reconstruction.
Inaugurale Lezing Wednesday 8 April 2024 : « Gender in de Blender ».
2022-2023
Britta van Beers – (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, NL) – Departement rechtstheorie en rechtsgeschiedenis.
Inaugurale Lezing 25 april 2023 : « Het einde van de juridische persoon? ».
Mieke Van Houtte (UGent) – Sociologie.
Inaugurale Lezing 30 november 2022 : « Maatschappelijke verwachtingen van onderwijs ».
2021-2022
Ann Dooms – (VUB) – Mathématique et science des données.
Inaugural Lecture 22 February 2022 : « Those who kan imagine anything, can create the impossible ».
Per T. Sangild (University of Copenhagen, DK) – Collen-Francqui Chair – Comparative Pediatrics and Nutrition – Veterinary Science.
Inaugural Lecture 26 April 2022 : « Survival of weak newborns – how to do science around birth ».
VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL (VUB)
2025-2026
Mieke VANDENBROUCKE (Francqui)
Associate Research Professor in Linguistic Pragmatics, UA
Human Sciences
Sociolinguistics and pragmatics: “Language and identity in a post-globalized world”
Inaugural Lecture: to be fixed.
Istvan Heckenberger (Francqui)
Philippe-Universität Marburg, Germany
Exact Sciences
Mathematics : Non-commutative algebra, particularly in the theory of Hopf algebras and quantum groups.
Inaugural Lecture: to be fixed.
2024-2025
Min REUCHAMPS (Francqui)
Professor, Université Catholique de Louvain
Political Sciences.
Human Sciences
Président de l’École des Sciences Politiques et Sociales de Louvain (PSAD)
Inaugural Lecture 21 February 2025: Challenges and innovations in Belgian democracy
Philippe VAN PARIJS (Francqui)
Professor Emeritus, Université Catholique de Louvain
Human Sciences
Chaire Hoover d’éthique économique et sociale
Faculté d’Art et Philosophie –Multilinguisme, politique et société
Inaugural Lecture 15 January 2025 : Key challenges for Brussels
2023-2024
Stéphane Jaffard (Université Paris Est Créteil, FR) – Mathématique.
Inaugural Lecture Thursday 28th of March 2024 : « Detection and characterization of the singularities of functions ».
Lutgarde Arckens (KU Leuven) – Collen-Francqui Chair – Head of Neuroplasticity and Neuroproteomics lab.
Inaugural Lecture 8 February 2024 : « How the brain copes with permanent damage in different phases of life ».
2022-2023
Pierre Purseigle (University of Warwick, UK) – Modern European History.
Johan Neyts (KU Leuven) – Collen-Francqui Chair – Virology.
Inaugural Lecture 20 April 2023 : « The battle against viruses: a lot has been achieved, yet still a long way to go ».
2021-2022
Jeroen Darquennes (UNamur) – Littérature et Philosophie.
Leçon inaugurale le 6 mai 2022 : « La linguistique et l’architecture de la société européenne ».
Mien Segers (Maastricht University, NL) – Psychologie & Sciences de l’éducation
UNIVERSITE LIBRE DE BRUXELLES (ULB)
2025-2026
Hilde Heynen (Francqui)
Professor, KUL
Department for Architecture, Urbanism and Planning
Human Sciences
Théorie de l’architecture, de la modernité et des études de genre
Inaugural Lecture: to be fixed.
Nora Ventosa (Collen-Francqui)
Professor, Conseil Supérieur de la Recherche Scientifique (CSIC) espagnol
Institut des Sciences des Matériaux de Barcelone (ICMAB-CSIC).
Biological and Medical Sciences.
Processing and nanostructuration of molecular materials for biomedical applications, nanoformulation of therapeutic biomolecules, eco-efficient technologies
Inaugural Lecture: to be fixed.
2024-2025
Jean-Luc BRACKELAIRE (Collen-Francqui)
Professor, Université Catholique de Louvain et Université de Namur
Faculté de Psychologie et Sciences de l’éducation.
Biological and Medical Sciences.
Chercheur au Laboratoire d’Anthropologie prospective (LAAP) et à l’Institut
pour l’Analyse du Changement dans les Sociétés Contemporaines et historiques (IACS)
Prof. Taija Juutinen FINNI (Collen-Francqui)
Professor, University of Jyväskylä, Finlande,
Faculté de Sport et Sciences de la Santé
Biological and Medical Sciences.
Vice-doyenne responsable de l’éducation à la Faculté de Sport et Sciences de la Santé
2023-2024
Robert Verpoorte (Universiteit Leiden, NL) – Collen-Francqui Chair – Pharmacognosy – plant cell biotechnology.
Inaugural Lecture Monday 15th of April 2024 : « Learn from nature and our ancestors »
Véronique Hoste (UGent) – Faculté de Lettres, Traduction et Communication.
Inaugural Lecture Thursday 15th of February 2024 : « Putting the L back in the limelight: a reappraisal of the linguistic perspective in NLP ».
2022-2023
Philippe Grandjean (University of Southern Denmark, DK and Harvard School of public Health, UK) – Chaire Collen-Francqui – Environmental Medicine, Public Health.
Leçon Inaugurale le 6 février 2023 : « Je suis toxique, alors ne me mangez pas ! ».
Vinciane Despret (ULiège) – Philosophie.
Leçon Inaugurale le 24 avril 2023 : ! »Apprendre à poser les bonnes questions ».
2021-2022
Cathy Macharis (VUB) – Co-Director MOBI (Mobility, Logistics & Automotive Technology Research Center – Applied Economic Sciences-Commercial Engineering.
Leçon Inaugurale le 12 mars 2022 : « Sustainable mobility and logistics : with a factor 8 to a new mobility system ».
Stein Aerts (VIB/KU Leuven) – Collen-Francqui Chair – Génétique humaine.
Inaugural Lecture 1 February 2022 (visioconférence) : « Decoding gene regulation in the single-cell era ».
UCL SAINT-LOUIS BRUXELLES
2024-2025
Amandine CRESPY (Francqui)
Professor, Université Libre de Bruxelles
Political Sciences and European Sciences.
Human Sciences.
Inaugural Lecture 20 November 2024 : Social Europe: Insignificant, Catching Up or Dangerous?
2023-2024
Ike Picone (VUB) – Communication Sciences.
Leçon Inaugurale le 14 mars 2024 : « Le trouble informationnel comme mythe culturel : démêler nos fictions sur les faits ».
2022-2023
David Bellos (Princeton University, US) – Comparative Literature.
Leçon Inaugurale le 13 mars 2023 : « Les mots et les choses : l’objet de travail du traducteur ».
2021-2022
Barbara Stiegler (Université Bordeaux-Montaigne, FR) – Philosophie politique.
Leçon Inaugurale le 20 avril 2022 : « L’esprit de l’Université, laboratoire de la démocratie ».
GEMBLOUX AGRO-BIO TECH/ULiège
2025-2026
Wim CORNELIS (Francqui)
Full Professor, UGent
Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Department of Environment
Exact Sciences.
Soil-Environment Systems Exploration & Engineering
Inaugural Lecture: to be fixed.
2024-2025
Christine AUBRY (Francqui)
Docteure en agronomie (AgroParisTech)
Exact Sciences.
Directrice de la Chaire partenariale « Agricultures urbaines, services écosystémiques et alimentation des villes » de la Fondation AGroParisTech.
Membre correspondant de l’Académie d’Agriculture de France.
Inaugural Lecture 3 April 2025: Les agricultures urbaines de par le monde : de quoi parle-t-on ?
2023-2024
Christelle Didier (Université de Lille, FR) – Etudes pluridisciplinaires sur l’Ingénierie.
Leçon Inaugurale 14 décembre 2023 : « Pour une éthique de l’ingénierie porteuse de sens pour ses acteurs ».
2022-2023
Koen Dewettinck (UGent) – Collen-Francqui Chair – Bioscience engineering – Food technology.
Inaugural Lecture 9 Novembre 2022 : « Product innovation in an ever-changing complex food system ».
UNIVERSITEIT GENT (UGent)
2025-2026
Antoine Clinquart (Collen-Francqui)
Professor, ULiège
Unit of Food Technology
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Biological and Medical Sciences.
Centre for Fundamental and Applied Research for Animal and Health (FARAH) / Sustainable Livestock Production
Inaugural Lecture: to be fixed.
2024-2025
Pierre COULIE (Collen-Francqui)
Professeur émérite, Université Catholique de Louvain
Institut De Duve.
Biological and Medical Sciences.
Membre de l’Académie Royale de Médecine de Belgique
Inaugural Lecture 5 March 2025: Cancer immunology: from dreams to first clinical successes and more to come.
Pamala WIEPKING (Francqui)
Associate Professor, Indiana Purdue University Indianapolis.
Human Sciences.
Stead Family Chair in International Philanthropy.
Lilly Family School of Philanthropy
Études philanthropiques & charité
Professor, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Professor at the ‘Center for philanthropic studies’
2023-2024
Freya Baetens (Oxford University, UK) – Public International Law; “Current Challenges to Common Conceptions of International Law”.
Inaugural lecture postponed to autumn 2024.
Sigrid Adriaenssens (Princeton University, USA) – Civil and Environmental Engineering; Director Program in Mechanics, Materials and Structures; Digital Architecture Design: Form, Force and Technology.
Inaugural Lecture Wednesday 28th of February 2024 : « Building the Future for People and Planet – Digital Architectural Design”
2022-2023
Bernard Dan (ULB) – Collen-Francqui Chair – Paediatric Neurologist and Professor of Neurophysiology and developmental neurology.
Inaugural Lecture 28 March 2023 : « Towards the end of disability ? »
Arthur Frank (University of Calgary, CA) – Sociology.
Inaugural Lecture 22 February 2023 : « Anxious Voices in Shakespeare,Heidegger, and Healthcare ».
2021-2022
Steve Majerus (ULiège) – Psychologie et Neurosciences Cognitives.
Inaugural Lecture 8 March 2022 : « Working memory : a cognitive interface for the past the present and the future ».
Tim Schwanen (Oxford University, UK) – Transport Studies and Geography and Director of the Transport Studies Unit.
Inaugural Lecture 21 February 2022 : « The Need for Just Transformations in Urban Mobility ».
UNIVERSITEIT HASSELT (UHasselt)
2025-2026
Hans Van Dyck (Francqui)
Full Professor of Behavioural Ecology & Conservation, UCL
Earth & Life Institute
Exact Sciences.
Ecologie, gedragsbiologie en natuurbehoud
Inaugural Lecture: to be fixed.
Stefania Milan (Francqui)
Professor of Critical Data Studies, Department of Media Studies, University of Amsterdam
Faculty Associate, Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, Harvard University
Research Associate, Chair in AI & Democracy, School of Transnational Regulation, European University Institute.
Human Sciences.
Critical data studies, Digital sociology, Governance of and by digital technology, Methodological innovation and computational social science, Data and research ethics.
Inaugural Lecture: to be fixed.
2024-2025
Sascha KRAUS (Francqui)
Full Professor for Management, La Libera Università di Bolzano, Italy
Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen.
Human Sciences.
Inaugural Lecture 26 November 2024 : Entrepreneurial Orientation in Family Firms
Piet VAN AVERMAET (Francqui)
Hoogleraar Emeritus, Universiteit Gent
Faculteit Letteren en Wijsbegeerte – Taalkunde – Diversiteit en discriminatie in lerende omgevingen.
Human Sciences.
Directeur van de onderzoekcentrum “Steunpunt voor Diversiteit en Leren”
Inaugural Lecture 14 December 2024 : Hardnekkige Grammatica’s van Onderwijs(on)Gelijkheid
2023-2024
Suzanne Guidetti (Karolinska Instituut, SE) – Collen-Francqui Chair – Faculteit Revalidatiewetenschappen. Division of Occupational Therapy, Department of Neurobiology.
Inaugural Lecture 29 February 2024 : « Make my day : primary prevention by using engaging activities ».
Johan Swinnen (KU Leuven) – Collen-Francqui Chair – Faculteit Geneeskunde en Levenswetenschappen. Laboratory of the Lipid Metabolism and Cancer.
Inaugural Lecture 19 February 2024 : « Het leven ontrafeld ».
2022-2023
Pierre J. Verlinden (University of New South Wales, AU and Sun Yat-Sen University, CN) – Photovoltaic Technology.
Inaugural Lecture 11 September 2023 : « Challenges and Opportunities for Solar Energy ».
Constantinos (Costas) Antoniou (University of Munich, DE) – Transportation Systems Engineering.
Inaugurale Lezing 22 mei 2023 : « Transport, open data en artificiële intelligentie – Uitdagingen en opportuniteiten ».
2021-2022
André Loeckx (KU Leuven) – Architecture – Processus de changement spatial, renforcement des capacités en matière de développement urban et de projets urbains, critique de projet et théorie du projet.
Inaugural Lecture 17 March 2022 : « Urban Renewal ».
Paul Lemmens (KU Leuven) – Belgisch rechter in het Europees Hof voor de Rechten van de Mens – Les droits de l’homme.
Inaugurale Lezing 18 januari 2022 : « Mensenrechten in Europa : uitdagingen voor de nationale rechters en het Europees Hof voor de Rechten van de Mens ».
KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN (KU Leuven)
2025-2026
Bram Wauters (Francqui)
Associate Professor, UGent
Human Sciences.
Political Science: participation (with special attention to party membership) and representation (with special attention to diversity).
Inaugural Lecture: to be fixed.
Paolo Samorì (Francqui)
Distinguished Professor (PRCE) Class 2 (PRCE-2), Université de Strasbourg
Senior member of Institut de Science et d’Ingenierie Supramoleculaires (I.S.I.S)
Director of the Nanochemistry Laboratory Of the University of Strasbourg
Exact Sciences.
Nanochemistry, Materials chemistry, Graphene and other 2D materials, Functional nanomaterials
Inaugural Lecture: to be fixed.
2024-2025
Ivan BAUTMANS (Collen-Francqui)
Hoogleraar, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Gerontology – Head of Frailty in Ageing research group.
Biological and Medical Sciences.
Faculteit Geneeskunde en Farmacie; Bewegingswetenschappen en Revalidatiewetenschappen.
Inaugural Lecture 6 February 2025 : Unveiling Vitality: The Key to Healthy Aging interactions in a complex system.
Alexei LAPKIN (Francqui)
Professor, University of Cambridge
Department of Chemical Engineering and Biothechnology<
Exact Sciences.
Head of the Innovation centre in Digital Molecular Technology
Inaugurale Lezing op 24 februari 2025: The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Transition to Sustainable Chemistry
2023-2024
Mira Meeus (UGent en UA) – Collen-Francqui Chair – Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy.
Inaugurale Lezing 13 maart 2024 : « Chronische pijn : waar ligt het pijnpunt ? ».
Kris Verheyen (UGent) – Collen-Francqui Chair – Applied Biological Sciences; Forest Ecology and Management; Climate change research.
Inaugural Lecture Friday 23rd of February 2024 : « Forests in a changing world: unravelling a network of interactions in a complex system ».
2022-2023
Frank Verstraete – Prix Francqui 2018 – (UGent) – Theoretical physics and more specifically on the topic of quantum physics.
Inaugural Lecture 8 May 2023 : « From Max Planck to Peter Shor: the big ideas in Quantum Physics ».
Carol Harrison – Lady Margaret, Professor of divinity at the University of Oxford and Canon of Christ Church Cathedral, UK – Theology.
Inaugural Lecture 25 Octobre 2023 : F »inding a voice : from sound to sense ».
2021-2022
Florence Caeymaex (ULiège) – Phénomènologie, philosophie politique, éthique de l’anthropologie.
Inaugural Lecture 23 March 2022 : « A systemic view : ethics and social reproduction ».
Sahana Udupa (Lüdwig-Maximiliaans-Universität München, DE) – Media Antropology.
Inaugural Lecture 28 March 2022 : « The digital condition ».
KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN – CAMPUS KORTRIJK (KULAK)
2025-2026
Achim KRÜGER (Collen-Francqui)
Professor, TUM School of Medicine and Health, Munich
Head of the Institute of Experimental Oncology and Therapy Research at the TUM School of Medicine and Health TUM University Hospital
Biological and Medical Sciences.
Structure-function analysis and cell-signaling of metastasis-promoting multi-functional protease Inhibitors
Inaugural Lecture: to be fixed.
2024-2025
Olli Ikkala (Chaire Francqui)
Professor, Aalto University
Applied Physics and bioinspired materials sciences.
Exact Sciences.
ERC Advanced Grants (2012-2016, 2017-2022, 2024-2031)
Inaugural Lecture 6 May 2025 : Bioinspiration for static and dynamic soft matter functional materials
2023-2024
Marco Zorzi (Università di Padova, IT) – Collen-Francqui Chair – Research in Computation Cognitive Neuroscience Lab; “Artificial Intelligence and the Human Mind”.
Inaugural Lecture 6 March 2024 : « Minds and Machines: A Dialogue Between Cognitive Science and AI ».
2022-2023
Antal van den Bosch (Utrecht University, NL) – Directeur Meertens Instituut en Research fellow European Association for Artificial Intelligence. – Language, Communication and Computation.
Inaugurale Lezing 23 februari 2023 : « 1001 manieren om hetzelfde te zeggen : Computermodellen van taalvariatie ».
2021-2022
André U. Janssen (Radbout University, NL) – Law.
Inaugural Lecture 20 April 2022 (visioconférence) : « Performance by artificial intelligence : the end of contract law as we know it ».
UNIVERSITE DE LIEGE (ULiège)
2025-2026
Marie-Sophie DEVRESSE (Francqui)
Professor, UCL.
Ecole de de Criminologie
Human Sciences.
Pénalité, Justice pénale, Exécution des peines, Surveillance électronique, Technologies de contrôle, Transformations pénales, Sociologie de la déviance, Justice pénale internationale, Expérience des condamnés, Mesures en milieu ouvert, Vidéosurveillance
Inaugural Lecture: to be fixed.
Nicolas CERF (Francqui)
Professor, ULB
Exacte Sciences.
Information quantique (Director of the Centre for Quantum Information and Communication (QuIC), ULB)
Inaugural Lecture: to be fixed.
2023-2024
Ralph Dekoninck (UCLouvain) Historien de l’art – spécialiste de l’art baroque.
Leçon Inaugurale le 8 février 2024 : « L’image-témoin. Une iconologie du martyre au premier âge moderne ».
2022-2023
Hans Nauwynck (Head of the laboratory of Virology at UGent) – Collen-Francqui Chair – Veterinary Medicine
Inaugural Lecture 5 May 2023 : « Increased circulation of infectious agents facilities their genetic evolution and leads to more co-infections and severe diseases-can human medicine learn from veterinary experience ? ».
Valérie Swaen (UCLouvain) – Sciences de Gestion – enseigne le marketing et la responsabilité sociétale de l’entreprise.
Inaugural Lecture 2 May 2023 : « Marketing au service de la transition : impératif ou imposture ? ».
UNIVERSITE CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN (UCL)
2025-2026
Alexander Eggermont (Collen-Francqui)
Professor, University Medical Center Utrecht, Netherlands
Board of the Comprehensive Cancer Center Munich (CCCM), Technical University Munich & Ludwig Maximilians University
Biological and Medical Sciences.
Clinical &Translational Immunotherapy, melanoma, sarcoma, drug development.
Inaugural Lecture: to be fixed.
Peter Van Petegem (Francqui)
Full Professor, UA
Department of Training and Educational Sciences of the Faculty of Social Sciences
Human Sciences.
Education Sciences
Founder of the Edubron research group.
Inaugural Lecture: to be fixed.
2024-2025
Leo Van BROECK (Francqui)
Hoogleraar Emeritus, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Burgerlijk Ingenieur – Architect.
Exact Sciences.
Medeoprichter van het architectenbureau Bogdan & Van Broeck
Inaugural Lecture 17 October 2024 : The position of a Master in eco-territories in view of global ecosystem collapse.
Sarah VAN DE VELDE (Collen-Francqui)
Hoofddocent, Universiteit Antwerpen
Faculteit Sociologie.
Human Sciences.
Directeur van de ‘Centre for Population Family and Health’
Inaugural Lecture 21 February 2025 : Why deeply personal problems are deeply social. The role of social stratification in mental health problems.
2023-2024
Kathy Steppe (UGent) – Collen-Francqui Chair – Ecophysiologie des plantes.
Inaugural Lecture Thursday 22nd February 2024 : « The magic power of water in plants under climate change »
Broadcasted live via this link
Barbara Cagnie (UGent) – Collen-Francqui Chair – Rehabilitation sciences and physiotherapy.
Inaugural Lecture Thursday 22nd of February 2024 : « Putting the L back in the limelight: a reappraisal of the linguistic perspective in NLP ».
2022-2023
Bart Preneel (KU Leuven) – Informatique & cryptographie.
Inaugural Lecture 8 February 2023 : « New Developments in Cryptography Land ».
2021-2022
Nicole Van Lipzig (KU Leuven) – Géographie.
Inaugural Lecture 22 February 2022 : « From equator to pole : climate change processes and impacts around the world ».
Theodorus Jan (Olle) ten Cate (Universiteit Utrecht, NL) – Collen-Francqui Chair – Médecine et médecine dentaire.
Inaugural Lecture 18 October 2021 : « How to deal with the ambitious project of reforming a curriculum ».
UNIVERSITE CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN EN HAINAUT (UCL-Mons)
2025-2026
Frédéric Merkt (Francqui)
Professor, ETH Zurich
Exact Sciences.
Molecular physics, VUV, frequency metrology, fundamental physics, test of the standard model, non-linear optics, cold chemistry, Rydberg atoms and molecules, trilobite, molecular hydrogen, proton size puzzle, high-resolution spectroscopy, photoionization
Inaugural Lecture: to be fixed.
2024-2025
Petra MEIER (Francqui)
Hoogleraar, Universiteit Antwerpen
Political Sciences.
Human Sciences.
Consequences of formal and informal institutions on the production of inequalities.
Inaugural Lecture 12 February 2025 : Démocratie et pouvoir de la représentation.
2023-2024
Massimo Faggioli (Villanova University, US) Historien de l’église.
Leçon Inaugurale le 19 octobre 2023 : « Que reste-t-il de Vatican II ? Sexisme, racisme, crise des abus et tradition catholique ».
2022-2023
Benjamin Huybrechts (IESEG School of Management, FR) – Busness & Society.
Inaugural Lecture 13 October 2022: « Transitioning towards sustainable business : social enterprise as a source of inspirations ».
Serge Schiffmann, MD (ULB) – Collen-Francqui Chair – Neurophysiologie.
Inaugural Lecture 6 February 2023 : « Flashing Brain Networks : from functions to future therapeutics in and ou of the brain ? ».
2021-2022
Ann Buysse (UGent) – Géographie – Les relations interpersonnelles au sein de la famille et des relations de couple
Inaugural Lecture 16 February 2022 : « (UN)Talking family : Until the lions have a voice, the glory of the hunt will always be the tale of the hunter » (Nigerian proverb).
UNIVERSITE DE MONS (UMons)
2025-2026
François Loeser (Francqui)
Professor, Sorbonne Université
Exact Sciences.
Mathematics : Non-archimedean Geometry, Non-archimedean Topology, Motivic Integration, Model Theory, Mathematical Logic, Number Theory
ERC advanced grant, 2010
Inaugural Lecture: to be fixed.
2024-2025
Annemie BOGAERTS (Francqui)
Hoogleraar, Universiteit Antwerpen
Plasma Chemistry.
Exact Sciences.
Head of the interdisciplinary research group PLASMANT (Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – ANTwerp)
ERC Synergy Grant 2019-2026,
ERC Proof-of-concept Grant (PREPARE)2022
Inaugural Lecture 24 March 2025 : From the sun to plasma-TVs: Plasmas in our daily life.
2023-2024
Tiphaine Samoyault (EHESS, FR) – Domaine des sciences humaines et sociales, de la traduction et de la littérature.
Leçon Inaugurale le 26 février 2024: « Doit-on transformer les œuvres du passé ? ».
2022-2023
Pedro-José Arrazola (Mondragon University, ES) – Mechanical Senior Lecturer of Mechanical Engineering.
Inaugural Lecture 8 May 2023 : « Future of Machining: trends, modelling and impact of near net shape processes such as Additive Manufacturing ».
UNIVERSITE DE NAMUR (UNamur)
2025-2026
Delphine Misonne (Francqui)
Professor, UCL
Director of the CEDRE (Centre d’étude du droit de l’environnement)
FNRS Senior Research Associate
Human Sciences.
Droit, Gouvernance et Développement durable
Specialized Master Programme in Environmental Law and Planning Law
Inaugural Lecture: to be fixed.
Sander Jacobs (Francqui)
Research Program Coordinator , INBO (Research Institute for Nature and Forest)
Guest Professor Human and Political Ecology – UGent
Exact Sciences.
Nature’s contributions to people, Ecosystem services, Natural capital, Diverse values of nature, Plural valuation, Socio-ecosystems, Nature-based solutions, Biodiversity conservation, Trade-offs in ecosystem services, Spatial planning, Relational values, Decision-making frameworks, Sustainability science, Urban ecology, Policy assessments
Inaugural Lecture: to be fixed.
2024-2025
Jan DUMOLYN (Francqui)
Hoogleraar, Universiteit Gent
Faculteit Letteren en Wijsbegeerte – Medievale Geschiedenis
Human Sciences.
Inaugural Lecture 12 March 2025 : « Een canon, een verhaal en de kritiek », une vulgarisation de l’histoire « nationale » en Belgique et en Flandre.
Arie VAN DEURSEN (Francqui)
Professor, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
Department of Software Technology in the faculty of Electrical.
Exact Sciences.
Engineering, Mathematics, and Computer Science
Inaugural Lecture 25 March 2025 : Explainable Software Engineering in the Public Sector.
2023-2024
Jean-Benoit Pilet (ULB) Science politique (ERC + EOS).
Leçon Inaugurale le 9 avril 2024 : « Une démocratie en crise(s)? ».
Marius Gilbert (ULB) – Collen-Francqui Chair – Recherche d’épidémiologie spatiale SpELL.
Leçon Inaugurale le 7 Mars 2024 : « Changements globaux et émergences de maladies infectieuses: où en sommes-nous ? ».
2022-2023
Lucie Cluzel-Metayer (Université de Paris Nantere, FR) – Droit public.
Leçon Inaugurale le 16 février 2023 : « Quels Défis pour les droits humains à l’ère de l’administration numérique ? ».
Ginestra Bianconi (Queen Mary University of London, UK) – Applied Mathematics.
Inaugural Lecture 17 Avril 2023 : « Topology shapes higher-order network dynamics ».
2021-2022
Vinciane Despret (ULiège) – Philosophie.
Leçon Inaugurale le 26 avril 2022 : « Faire histoire avec les animaux ».
Schahram Dustdar (Technische Universität Wien, AT) – Institute of Information Systems Engineering – Head of the distributed systems group – Computer Science.
Inaugural Lexture 29 Mars 2022 : « Engineering the new fabric of the compute continuum – IoT, Edge and Cloud ».