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For hundreds of thousands of years humans lived in hunter-gatherer societies, eating wild plants and animals. Inequality in these groups is thought to have been very low, with evidence suggesting food…
In Belgium as in Australia, there are no longer any surviving veterans of the Great War to witness the commemorations of its centenary. However, just as in Australia, there remains an immense interest…
In Luxembourg, European elections have traditionally been held on the same day as national elections. Until 2009 all party heavyweights stood in both elections to ensure a good result for their European…
Both from the outside and the inside, Belgium is often perceived as a pioneer of the European Union. Locked between France and Germany, the open economy of the country benefits largely from common rules…
It’s no longer enough for children just to be able to read, count or multiply. With computers now doing many mundane repetitive tasks for us, many jobs in today’s world require analytical skills and the…
The political fallout over the ill-fated Home Insulation Program continues, with former prime ministers Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard now having been summoned to appear before the Abbott government’s royal…
Turning wood and agricultural waste into biofuels is one step closer to being a truly green process, according to a recently published study in the journal Science. James Dumesic of the University of Wisconsin-Madison…
One year on from the Connecticut shootings and the “gun-control paradox” still reigns in US politics. In the wake of the murder of the 20 children and six staff at Sandy Hook Elementary School, the response…
How much would you pay for staying alive? How much would you pay for breathing pure air? That may seem a silly question since air is everywhere, accessible to all. Air is a global public good, part of…
The hobbyists who conduct biology in their garage are not a threat to society, according to a recent report published by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. They aren’t developing a new…
Energy efficient houses are often thought to be a promising way to reduce our environmental footprint by using less energy and producing fewer greenhouse gas emissions. Yet, surprisingly, if you consider…
Royal Mail has been privatised. Even after Margaret Thatcher’s frenzy in the 1980s, it was one of the last UK public enterprises left; now, the coalition government has sold 52% of Royal Mail. Whereas…
In a rare double, another Nobel Prize has gone to scientists who build models. The 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Martin Karplus, Michael Levitt and Arieh Warshel for their work that enables…
Protein is a shrinking part of the diets of humans and animals. The deficiency is spreading rapidly across the world, but is particularly pronounced in Africa, even though many sources of protein can be…
Never has “feeling blue” carried such a sense of finality. A new study has revealed the simple worm (Caenorhabditis elegans) meets its death in a flash of azure. And, according to researchers, the blue…
Researchers have discovered a fluorescent protein in a Japanese eel consumed as a popular sushi snack. The discovery could help develop simpler and more sensitive tests to detect jaundice and other diseases…
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Enseignant-chercheur à l'Université de Parakou et au Laboratoire d'Etudes et de Recherches sur les Dynamiques Sociales et le Développement Local (LASDEL), Bénin, Université de Parakou
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enseignant chercheur, Université Gaston Berger
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Postdoctoral fellow – Plasticity of esophageal cells, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)
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Docteur en science politique au Centre d'étude de la vie politique (CEVIPOL), Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)
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Research associate at FNRS / IRIBHM - group leader, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)
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Professeur en gestion durable, Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain)
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Criminologie, Université de Liège
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Doctorant en science politique, Université de Liège
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Biologiste, Immunologiste. Directeur de recherches au FNRS, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)
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Enseignant et chercheur en sociologie politique, Université de Lomé
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Enseignant en littérature romane, conservateur du Fonds Simenon, Université de Liège
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enseignant chercheur, Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar
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Associate professor, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)
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Senior Lecturer, Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar
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PhD Student & Researcher in Ecological Economics, Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain)
