The Fondation pour les Générations Futures, through the HERA Awards, rewards young graduates who have presented high-quality final-year works, adopting a 360° systemic approach to sustainable development. Among this year's winners, six ULiège graduates were selected in various categories
HERA (Higher Education & Research Awards for Future Generations) is a program of excellence awards designed to support the high standards and excellence of those - students and researchers - who integrate a cross-disciplinary approach to sustainable development into their doctoral theses or master's dissertations, with a view to gradually inspiring the entire academic community.
The six ULiège students received awards in the HERA Award categories Sustainable Behaviour, Sustainable Democracy, Sustainable Food Systems, Sustainable Architecture, Sustainable Economy and Social Economy.
Their contributions will be honored at the HERA Awards ceremony, to be held on Thursday April 17 at UCLouvain Saint-Louis Bruxelles.
Hasna Taous Khammoume was nominated for her master's thesis in sociology entitled " Navigating Adversity and Uncertainty: A Qualitative Study on The Resilience Process Among Undocumented Migrant Women in Belgium "defended at the Faculty of Social Sciences under the supervision ofElsa Mescoli.
Coline Prévost was nominated for her master's thesis entitled " "Faire paysan" around the co-design of agricultural tools. Le cas d'une charrette maraîchère "defended at Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech under the supervision of Barbara Van Dyck and François Mélard.
Lucien Rayp won the HERA Award Sustainable Economy | Social Economy for his master's thesis entitled " What are the consequences of capitalist management of agricultural land in Wallonia? What impact can an initiative such as Terre-en-Vue have on the consequences of this management? "defended at HEC under the supervision of Kevin Maréchal.
Zoé Rossion was nominated for her dissertation entitled " L'insertion socioprofessionnelle des personnes porteuses de handicap invisible dans les entreprises d'économie sociale : bilan et perspective "defended at HEC under the supervision of Frédéric Dufays.
Marie Hervier was nominated for her Master's thesis entitled " Design of bioclimatic compressed earth brick housing archetypes in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso "defended at the Faculty of Applied Sciences under the supervision of Shady Attia.
Oriane Tasiaux is the winner of the HERA Award Sustainable Behaviour for her Master's thesis entitled " In search of a new paradigm for thinking about the socio-ecological transition of museums: degrowth in the museums of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation "defended at the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters under the supervision of Nicolas Navarro
The HERA Award ceremony will take place on Thursday April 17 atUCLouvain Saint-Louis Bruxelles, and will be preceded by a poster exhibition highlighting the winning theses and dissertations.
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The HERA Awards are an initiative of the Foundation for Future Generations. Founded in 1998, the Foundation for Future Generations is the Belgian foundation dedicated exclusively to the transition of our society towards a sustainable mode of development, one of the greatest challenges of the 21st century. A non-profit foundation with a staff of 15, it is pluralist, independent and active in all three regions of the country. As a platform for transformative philanthropy, it enables its partners, patrons and donors to invest in future generations. It has extensive experience in supporting organizations and project leaders implementing sustainable initiatives in Belgium and Europe.
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