Maarten Degreef (Sciensano) and Anthony Longo (Tilburg University) on substance use and social media
How did the COVID-19 crisis affect our use of substances and social media, and what lasting traces has it left? During the second evening of U-turn: 5 years later, Maarten Degreef (Sciensano) and Anthony Longo (Tilburg University) explored this issue in depth. Watch the full recording here.
Keep Your Distance: Erika Vlieghe and Lindsy Desmet look back on the coronavirus crisis
What remains of the lessons learned during the COVID period? With that question, UCSIA opened the lecture series U-turn: 5 years later. During the first evening, infectious disease specialist Erika Vlieghe and researcher Lindsy Desmet reflected on a tension many people felt during the pandemic: how do we protect human lives without losing sight of humanity and human connection?
You can watch the full recording of the evening below.
Solidarity in the Making: Negotiating Migration in Co-Creation
In February, 21 participants from Europe and beyond – mainly master’s and doctoral students from various disciplines, as well as professionals from the sector – gathered in Antwerp for the second edition of the UCSIA Winter School. The weeklong programme focused on migration within the context of European solidarity.
Looking back at our New Year’s Event
What happens when research, commitment, and encounter come together?
Our New Year’s event focused on sustainable partnerships. In conversation with partners from the SOLIGION project and through the photo exhibition Connected in Care, we illustrated what solidarity looks like in practice.
The evening highlighted our shared ambition: to cherish and strengthen partnerships in order to continue building a warm, supportive society together.
This photo report shows moments from the speeches, the panel discussion with Antwerp partners, images from the photo exhibition Connected in Care, and the many encounters that brought the evening to life.
Looking back at the CEUC 2025
From 16 – 20 June 2025 UCSIA hosted the Conference of European University Chaplains at Drongen Abbey in collaboration with Zomaar een Dak (University of Antwerp), the University Parishes of KU Leuven and KU Leuven-KULAK, Rapenburg100 of Leiden University, the Studentenkerk of Radboud University Nijmegen and MoTiv of TU Delft.
Revisit the talk on the medieval ‘tables of the poor’ and social care
On Wednesday evening 21 May, UCSIA and the Ruusbroec Society organised a lecture by historian Hannelore Franck on the fascinating world of medieval ‘tables of the poor’.