The Francqui Chair is a title awarded by the Francqui Foundation to a professor from another university on the proposal of the universities and is intended to give lectures for a series of more or less 10 teaching hours.
Francqui Chair aims to promote cooperation between universities, further develop higher education and stimulate scientific research in Belgium.
In 2025-2026, UNamur's Faculty of Sciences has the honor and privilege of hosting Professor Sander Jacobs on the occasion of a Francqui Chair awarded to him by the Francqui Foundation: "Repairing our relationship with Nature to transform our societies".
Sander Jacobs is Senior Researcher at INBO (Institute for Nature and Forest), Nature & Society research group, Coordinator of the Urban Nature research program and Visiting Professor at Ghent University