Alumni News - September 2025

Beyond the Lecture - Professor in the picture: Ive Marx

Twenty short questions and short answers give a light-hearted and personal view of a professor during his student days and outside the academic role.

Ive Marx, professor Social Economic Sciences:

"Because I failed everything in secondary school, I was recommended to go to vocational school. Carpentry, if I remember correctly. I probably would have liked that."

Thesis Prize Political Communication2025

On 8 September, a new edition of the thesis competition in the Master's programme in Political Communication took place.

A professional jury of experts from the broad field of political communication decided to award the prize to Janne Verschraegen for her thesis ‘Game of Tones: a longitudinal analysis of media tone towards political parties in Flemish newspapers (2004-2024)’.

Photo: the nominees (from left to right): Nassim Talbi, Merel Van der Schoot, Janne Verschraegen and Elias Fierens.

FSW Lecture - Jennifer E. Mosley

Mismeasuring Impact: Rethinking Nonprofit and Social Work Evaluation Practices to Advance Community Responsiveness

Friday 21 November 2025 from 4 pm to 6 pm

St-Jacobsstraat 2, Antwerp, De Meerminnen, Aula M.005

Participation free but registration mandatory

Podcast - Social Science Stories

In this series, we give alumni the floor. Why did they choose their programme? How did their job search go? Do they have any tips for (future) students?

Marie-Line Lormans takes you on her journey from campus to career! Curious about what film distribution entails? And what exactly does a project coordinator at an umbrella organisation for film distributors do? (in Dutch)

Give a student breathing space

For a growing group of students, the start of the academic year brings stress and uncertainty due to financial concerns. With your contribution to the Students in Need project, you can help them focus on what really matters: their wellbeing, education and future.