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JRS Belgium — Jesuit Refugee Service — is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. As social initiative of the Jesuits in Belgium, the organization is part of the Ignatian family, just like UCSIA. JRS Belgium supports people living at the margins of our society: every week, staff members visit people in administrative detention centres for migrants, seek alternatives to detention and work to raise broader societal awareness through their advocacy programmes.

To mark this anniversary, we spoke with Jörg Gebhard, director of JRS Belgium, about the organization’s mission, its work on the ground and his views on the current migration debate.

How can Hannah Arendt and Albert Camus help us navigate times of polycrisis, remaining upright in both thought and action? This question was the focus of the study day Thinking as Revolt in Times of Crisis – Hannah Arendt and Albert Camus, which took place in December 2025 at the University of Antwerp.

The contributions have now been developed and published by Streven Vrijplaats, the online platform of the philosophical-cultural journal of the same name. Below you will find an overview of all the essays.

A new colleague, a new winter school, a new European project — the 2025 activity report shows that UCSIA was active on many fronts last year. We not only delivered a full programme, but also launched a range of new initiatives.