A new colleague
Johanna Greiß joined the team as a philosopher and sociologist, bringing a doctorate on food aid and EU financing. She strengthens UCSIA’s work on ethics and economics, and — as the foreword notes — fits the organization as if she had always been part of it.
A new winter school
February marked the launch of the very first UCSIA Winter School, where fifteen students from eleven countries spent a week diving into questions of migration and European solidarity, with lectures, NGO visits and a trip to the European Parliament, and a service-learning track with Antwerp-based organizations. It was a concrete expression of UCSIA’s commitment to bridging academic reflection and social engagement.
A new European project
Service-learning remained a strategic priority throughout the year. The approval of the Erasmus+ project SL4DC — coordinated by UCSIA in partnership with twelve organizations across nine European countries — gave that commitment a new three-year European dimension.
A rich programme
2025 also brought:
- an extensive lecture series on compassion (in collaboration with MAS),
- the sixth edition of the FUCE Summer School on populism and humanism,
- the international CEUC conference for university chaplains,
- the nineteenth edition of the UCSIA Summer School on Religion, Culture and Society, and
- the first season of the podcast Solidariteit Spreekt.