Amina Vandenheuvel
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“When I used to look at parliament, I didn’t see anyone like me”

VUB student Amina Vandenheuvel is elected Flemish MP

Kwame Anthony Appiah
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"We need to go back in search of a way to speak with each other and embrace differences."

Philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah in lecture series ‘Ties that bind us’

Karen Celis
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VUB political scientist Karen Celis on emotion-sensitive democratic innovation

“Traditional parties are heavily outclassed by the emotional, affective strategies of populists”

Land of Hope
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VUB scientists and students collaborate to write The Land of Hope

“Many young people try to live sustainably, but systems also have to change”

Studenten op campus
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Historian Niels De Nutte on secular humanism in turbulent times

“Many young people support secular humanist ideas without realising it”

Opening Vechtsport Centrum
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Construction of Martial Arts Expertise Centre on VUB campus begins

Supporting martial arts as a social lever for young people

Harry Zekollari
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“Europe’s glaciers are melting faster than elsewhere”

VUB glaciologist and ERC grant holder Harry Zekollari investigates glaciers in a warming world

Fellows 2024
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28 inspiring figures appointed VUB Fellows

Rector Jan Danckaert: “We can only succeed if we remain deeply connected to society”

Winners UDC Career Award 2024
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Recipients of 2024 UDC Career Award: Professors Ann Nowé & Geert Angenon

For everything the award stands for: nurturing partnerships and being an inspiration to others

Dave Sirnadet
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“If young people don’t engage with politics, politics will engage with them”

VUB political scientist Dave Sinardet advocates democratic and constitutional reform

Nel De Muelenaer voor de verzetshelden
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New Chair on Traces of the Resistance at VUB

"The VUB has a historical affinity with the history of the resistance"

Indi en Blue
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"Do you dress for how you feel and who you are, or be more discreet because it feels safer?”

Pride Week: Safe Everyday Everywhere

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