Francqui Chair

Francqui Chairs organized by the FaSS

(P. Desmarez - copyright Houet 2015)

2018: Francqui Chair by Patrick SIMON (Director of Research at the Institut National d'Etudes Démographiques in Paris)

"The challenges of diversity in multicultural societies"

• National models of integration and national identities: belonging, cohesion and recognition.
• Categories of diversity: methods and political debates on ethno-racial classifications.
• Racism and discrimination: theories, concepts and policies.
• Secularism, religious accommodation and the place of Islam in Europe.

2014-2015: Pierre Desmarez Francqui Chair (ULB)

"Labor market dynamics: comparative and longitudinal approaches"

• Borders and segments.
• Norms and institutions.
• Organizations and transactions.
• Flexibilities and interdependencies.