The PhD and PostDoc Society at ULB is open to all PhD candidates and PhD holders, both French and English speakers, from all disciplines and at all stages of their research journey. Our mission is to provide resources, support, and a welcoming community to help you navigate your PhD with greater efficiency and peace of mind.
We offer practical tools, strategies, and tips on a wide range of topics, including:
You are welcome to participate in any or all of our activities — whether you simply wish to benefit from the resources, or actively engage with the community.
About the Society
While we benefit from the material and institutional support of several ULB entities , such as the Doctoral Unit and the University Libraries, the heart of the Society is an organically formed group of motivated, volunteer PhD candidates from across ULB's faculties.
Our motto, By PhDs, for PhDs, reflects our commitment to providing relevant, practical, and peer-driven support.
If you would like to get involved in our activities or help shape the direction of the Society, feel free to contact us here.
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Dr Anne Sophie Crosetti
Admin, Contributor
Anne-Sophie Crosetti est postdoctorante Chargée de Recherche à l'Université libre de Bruxelles, financée par le FNRS. Elle a réalisé sa thèse en sociologie en tant qu'aspirante du FNRS sur la prise en charge de la planification familiale, de l'avortement et de la contraception par des groupes catholiques en Belgique durant la "révolution sexuelle", dans le cadre de l'action de recherche collective et interdisciplinaire "Sex&Pil". Elle est diplômée en sciences sociales de l’École Normale Supérieure de Paris et en sciences politiques de l’Université Paris VIII. Elle a également étudié en tant que research graduate student à l’Université de Cambridge. Son projet de recherche porte sur les mouvements "pro-vie" en Belgique, en France et en Irlande, dans une perspective internationale et socio-historique. Ses recherches se situent plus généralement au croisement de la sociologie du genre, des sexualités et du religieux.
Prof Marius Gilbert
Contributor
Marius Gilbert graduated in Agricultural Sciences at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) in 1995. He was then a visiting researcher for two years at the department of Zoology, University of Oxford and obtained a PhD on the spatial epidemiology of a forest insect pest at ULB in 2001. In 2006, he was awarded a permanent academic position with the Belgian FNRS. In 2016, he founded the Spatial Epidemiology Lab (SpELL) that he now leads as F.R.S.-FNRS research director. During the COVID pandemic, he joined the Expert Group on the Exit Strategy (GEES) that was assembled by the prime minister Sophie Wilmes to advise the government on the lockdown exit strategy. In september 2020 he joined the team of the rector Annemie Schaus as vice-rector of resarch and valorization.
Prof Marc Geers
Contributor
In 2000, he was appointed full professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at TU/e. He was a visiting scientist at EPFL in 2003 and at the Ecole des Mines de Paris in 2011.Marc has published over 300 papers in international journals, with a significant citation impact (Web-of-Science h-index=51). In the past 10 years, he presented more than 15 plenary lectures at international conferences (e.g. ESMC, ECCOMAS, CFRAC, ECCM, GAMM,…) and over 50 keynote and invited lectures. Since 2019, he is the President of the European Mechanics Society EUROMECH. He is Associate Editor of the European Journal of Mechanics A/Solids and serves on the Editorial Boards of more than 15 international journals. He is also serving the national and international community in other roles, e.g. as the scientific director of the Dutch Engineering Mechanics graduate school (2008-2017), as the chairman of the European Mechanics of Materials Conference committee (2007-2017), as a member of more than 50 scientific conference committees (past 10 years) and scientific evaluation panels (e.g. NWO, ERC). He is a member of the board of the Netherlands Mechanics Committee, Cluster coordinator of the cluster Multiscale fundamentals of materials and Program Committee member of M2i. He served on the Board of Governors of the Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter (NWO-FOM) in the period 2009-2017.