Medical Humanities: Ethics, Policy and Pedagogy for the Social Sciences and Biomedicine The «Medical Humanities: Ethics, Politics and Pedagogy for Social Sciences and Biomedicine» (MedHEPP) course aims to develop a curriculum in ethics and medical humanities within the Faculty of Medicine. Among other things, it focuses on the implementation of the OneHealth paradigm in relation to the issue of antibiotic resistance. New courses are being developed and delivered to enable healthcare staff to understand how healthcare can contribute to the goals of reducing inequalities and building resilience, from a health promotion perspective. The aim of this course is to enable students to perceive ethically problematic situations and to take a reasoned stance on them. THE FOUNDATION FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS REWARDS FOUR ULIÈGE STUDENTS As a Belgian foundation dedicated to the transition of society towards a sustainable mode of development, the Foundation for Future Generations supports, through the HERA awards (Higher Education & Research Awards for Future Generations), young graduates who have presented high-quality dissertations and thesis on «transforming the world.» This programme of prizes for excellence is designed to reward students and researchers who include an inspiring cross-disciplinary approach in their Master’s dissertations or Doctoral theses. The awards ceremony was held on 25th April 2023 at ULiège, and opened with a lecture by Sybille Mertens, Advisor to the Rector on Environmental and Social Transition, on the theme: «Which university for which social project? Aspirations, blockages and transitions.» In a forward-looking exercise, she stated that «supporting a sustainable world through knowledge and training has become the University’s raison d’être, and sustainability and transition are becoming issues common to all research and teaching institutions, an inclusive and unifying project.» Of the seven young ULiège graduates nominated at this year’s event, four were rewarded in the Sustainable & Responsible Finance, Sustainable Health, Sustainable Engineering and Sustainable Law categories The awards went to: • Cécilia Labiouse who won the Master’s Thesis Award - Sustainable & Responsible Finance. Her Master’s dissertation in Management Sciences at HEC Liège was entitled «The link between shareholding and companies’ ESG scores” (“Le lien entre l’actionnariat et le score ESG des entreprises”) (2022, supervisor: Georges Hübner. FIND OUT MORE • Éléa Piccard who won the «Master’s Thesis Award - Sustainable Health» for her Master’s dissertation in Public Health Sciences at the Faculty of Medicine entitled “Study of the integration of a green and sustainable component into asthma patient education in pharmacies” («Étude de l’intégration d’une composante verte et durable dans l’éducation du patient asthmatique à l’officine”) (2022; supervisors: Sylvie Streel and Geneviève Philippe). FIND OUT MORE • Yannis Govaerts who was the winner of the «Master’s Thesis HERA Award - Sustainable Engineering» for his Master’s dissertation in Environmental Sciences and Technologies at the Faculty of Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech. The dissertation dealt with «Transition prospects for the individual sanitation sector in Wallonia» (2022; supervisors: Angélique Léonard and Luc Minne). FIND OUT MORE • Romain Defrang who won the «Master’s Thesis HERA Award - Sustainable Law» for his Master’s dissertation in Architecture at the Faculty of Architecture: «Could the development of residents’ cooperatives become a strategy for the future of urban housing in the face of current challenges? Switzerland as a model for cooperative housing» (2021; supervisor: Mariette Dorthu). FIND OUT MORE The three other nominees from ULiège were: • Marie Collard, in the category: Master’s Thesis Award - Sustainable & Responsible Finance; • Lorren Mernier, in the category: Master’s Thesis Award - Sustainable & Responsible Finance; • Anissa Lkhamrichi, in the category: Master’s Thesis HERA Award - Sustainable Behaviour Specialised Master’s Degree in Gender Studies This specialised Master’s degree, coordinated by the Faculty of Social Sciences, and based on the expertise of six FWB universities, offers multi- and interdisciplinary training in the field of gender studies, based on an intersectional perspective. It focuses on understanding the processes that determine how social relations of gender and sexuality are integrated and constructed at different levels of society and affect social, political and cultural practices and relations. 31 | ACTIVITY REPORT SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AT ULIÈGE | 2022 – 2023
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