VUB TODAY

'Language' of seal pups more similar to humans than thought

Each day, de Reus used a microphone to record the calls of 64 pups for ten to 15 minutes

Sexual revolution in the animal kingdom

Wen-Juan Ma awarded ERC Starting Grant to unravel the remarkable diversity and evolution of sex chromosomes

‘Women Shaping Science’

VUB honours women scientists with an exhibition, article series and experts list

‘The cuts pose a huge threat to our meritocratic principles’

Professor Eva Ulrike Pirker's MERLIT research examines how ideas about merit and success have evolved over the centuries in literature

Conditional optimism in dark times

Rentrée interview with Rector Jan Danckaert on values, science and the role of the university in turbulent times

"I discovered mathematical formulas for wavelets, which can be used to compress images without any loss of quality"

New science prizes named after VUB pioneers: the Ingrid Daubechies Prize

"What appeared to be a “failed attempt” in mice led to the birth of a baby"

André Van Steirteghem honoured with new science prize bearing his name: the Liebaers–Van Steirteghem Prize.

"I was the first to apply political science to contemporary history"

New science prizes named after VUB pioneers: the Els Witte Prize

Peter Singer: “For the price of a vacation, you can save lives in a poor country”

VUB awards honorary doctorate to one of the most influential thinkers of our time

“StartLab Brussels launches programme for researchers”

“Where dreamers become do-ers”

“This grant is recognition that my work is valuable”

Marta Marco Aragón, one of four VUB researchers awarded a grant by Kom op tegen Kanker

The role of the environment in colonial Central Africa

VUB historian Benoît Henriet looks beyond the human in his research

Flanders invests €8.6 million in the purchase of a new Flemish supercomputer

VUB to host and manage the supercomputer at Research Park Zellik

"I wouldn’t advise citizens to play police and record footage of criminals"

Surveillance Experts Lucas Melgaco and Rosamunde Van Brakel on the Fight Against Drug Crime

"There's still the image of an engingeer around the construction site in boots and a helmet"

Annick Hubin on female engineers and academics

Gender equality improves the quality of research

Tania Van Loon gives concrete tips to promote gender diversity in research

Valentine’s Dates Between Researchers and Politicians

‘Science Meets Parliament’ Aims to Bridge the Gap Between Science and Politics

"It's just a matter of time before the trolls move in with us"

Privacy expert VUB pro Rob Heyman on X, Bluesky, TikTok and DeepSeek

“As soon as a youth slang term is picked up by an ‘outsider’, it’s no longer ‘cool’”

VUB Researcher Melissa Schuring: “The series Putain is a striking reflection of Brussels youth language”

AI: A Man’s World?

Diversity as the Key to Ethical and Socially Responsible Technology

Cracking the Code of Mud Crabs

VUB Researcher Works on Sustainable Aquaculture in Indonesia

Rhythm During Sex in Bonobos provides New Insights into the Evolution of Communication

Brussels, 17/02/2026 – An international research team, including VUB data scientist Yannick Jadoul, has shed new light on the rhythmic nature of sexual behavior in bonobos. By precisely analyzing the tempo of movements during sex, researchers aim to bette

Opening of ‘Women Shaping Science’ in the Braem Building

A tribute to all women scientists around the world

“Young people do not have the same opportunities to engage in volunteering.”

VUB researchers make key contribution to the book JONGeren in Meervoud

Is the Brussels impasse a symptom of the times?

Opinion piece by VUB researcher Cian De Greve in Knack.

Tiny new dinosaur Foskeia pelendonum reshapes the dinosaur family tree

VUB research aims to uncover the origins of the genus Homo

The inter- and multidisciplinary approach combines insights from geomorphology and landscape evolution with paleoclimatology, functional morphology, biomechanics, (zoo)archaeology, and evolutionary theory

VUB research highlights the importance of the brining bath in Gouda production

Not just milk, season or processing conditions, but also microbial dynamics in the factory and bacterial cultures determine the flavour of Gouda cheese.

VUB links AI expertise with sustainability

Facts & Figures: the numbers behind the digital future

StartLAB.BRUSSELS seeks new cohort of entrepreneurs

Students, researchers and alumni can apply until 9 February