Together with Stellenbosch University (SU) and the University of the Western Cape (UWC) in South Africa, Ghent University is involved in the collaborative project Responsive Governance and Population Well-being in Late Antiquity (3rd–5th c.). This project, jointly funded by the FWO and the South African NRF, studies the role of government in ensuring population well-being in the later Roman Empire—one of the fundamental tasks of governance, both past and present.

Colleagues from UWC and SU visited UGent some weeks ago, which resulted in brainstorming sessions, research discussions, and presentations - alternated by visits to Ghent, Bruges, and Brussels. The project will culminate in an international conference, taking place in Stellenbosch from 12 to 15 November 2025.

The PoMiSA project represents a collaborative endeavour among leading Southern African and European universities (including Ghent University), national councils, and strategic partners, aimed at exploring and leveraging the transformative potential of microcredentials within the Southern African region.

Stay tuned for future output of the project, which will include national concept papers for the systematic introduction of regional guidelines and policy frameworks on microcredentials.

This lecture is part of a Short Training Programme focusing on the ways in which East African Literary Curricula address SDG 15, that aspires to protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss.

Through the lecture and a performance workshop, we will jointly explore the potential connections between narratives and objects in our research.

Surrounded is an ethnography of new colonialism. Putting together a series of articles written over a period of four years, this book touches on the informal, ignorable, subtle and seemingly benevolent ways through which new colonialism has encircled the continent.

The University of Bern, The Guild, and SwissCore are jointly organizing a Research and Innovation Briefing on ‘Africa – Europe 360° cooperation based on equitable R&I partnerships: role and contribution from Switzerland’.

This event will take a closer look on the Africa-Europe Clusters of Research Excellence (CoRE) launched by the African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) and The Guild of European Research-Intensive Universities and how this initiative contributed to creating equitable partnerships. Furthermore, leading scientists will present their initiatives, achievements and challenges faced while engaging in international cooperation.

Plan International Belgium, çavaria and ARGO-CCGD invite you to participate in a series of seminars addressing the critical theme of gender equality and LGBTQI+ rights in international cooperation. These events aim to provide practical knowledge, foster dialogue, and promote structural changes to promote gender equality and LGBTQI+ Inclusion in policies and programmes.

In June 2025, Prague will become the center of international activity in the field of ethnobotany, as the Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences at the Czech University of Life Sciences will host The Society for Ethnobotany Annual Meeting. This event, which attracts experts and students from all over the world, represents a unique opportunity to share scientific knowledge and discuss key issues in ethnobotany.

Ghent University is organizing an online free-of-charge Master Class in three modules, open for Ghent University staff, or for postdoctoral fellows who have the support of a Ghent University supervisor to apply with Ghent University as their Host Institution.

These interactive training days focus on proposal preparation for the 2025 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships call.

Tropentag is an annual international conference on research in tropical and subtropical agriculture, natural resource management and rural development. Tropentag 2025 will take place at the University of Bonn and invites all scientists, students, and experts addressing topics related to environmental management, agricultural production, forestry, fisheries, food and nutrition sovereignty. Young scientists are particularly encouraged to present their research projects and results.

Africa might be construed as the centre of the world historically. More than other continents, it has been the ground for earliest waves of human evolution. As the most diverse continent on the planet, Africa, in a sense, contains the world within it, and the world around it simultaneously contains it.

These dual dynamics and all the possibilities and tensions they engender are what we aim to capture with this conference's theme: Globalised Africa - Africa as the microcosm of the globe and Africa within the global order. 

The Royal Academy for Overseas Sciences will organize its sixth Theme Day on Monday 1 December 2025. The goal of this conference is to allow researchers, who are active in overseas countries, to meet each other, whatever their specialization, but also to let them know about the Royal Academy for Overseas Sciences and its activities (www.kaowarsom.be).

ECHO (Home - ECHO) will host the IV International Symposium on Underutilized Plant Species on 20-24 October 2025 at their North America Regional Impact Center in Fort Myers, Florida.

The event is under the auspices of the International Society for Horticultural Science. Registration and abstract submission are open!