Three alumni look back at their time in education and the road they eventually chose. In effect, even though they started on the same path, it took them to different places. Caroline Landsheere, Anja Goethals and Bas Bogaerts all studied archaeology. The passion for the past is still there, even though it doesn’t play as big a role as before for each of them.
Modern biotechnology in agriculture is a much-discussed topic. Geert De Jaeger is both a professor at UGent and a plant biologist. Ghent University alumni Dirk Holemans is a coordinator of the social-economic thinktank Oikos and a former politician for Groen – the Flemish green party. They are on opposite sides of the spectrum when it comes to the use of modern biotechnology in agriculture. This leads to a lively debate with the most important conclusion being that: they agree to disagree.
A year ago, Professor Frederik Anseel flew to the other side of the world to live in Sydney. The business school where he now works has about 300 professors. In the meantime, he had also taken on the role of talent management commissioner at Ghent University. Frederik’s ambition: to see as much of the (research) world as possible and learn from it.
A real gem, that's what the library of the Faculty of Architecture and Engineering is. Of course, it was also designed by two of the most promising architects in Belgium today: David Van Severen en Kersten Geers, two Ghent University alumni.
What Is it to be human? This is the question which Alicja Gescinska is attempting to answer. The Flemish philosopher with Polish roots does this through philosophy, but also by creating television programmes and writing novels.
