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A success story for USF: indeed, after the examination of the needs of Côte d’Ivoire, and the implementation of a professional degree in nutrit

Côte d’Ivoire’s Minister of Health supports new professional degree in nutrition and dietetics

Pierre DIMBA, Minister of Health of Côte d’Ivoire Côte d’Ivoire has made significant progress in terms of economic growth, infrastructur

Animath: Extracurricular Math in Djibouti

Animath: Animath: ADAM-Maths, founded in January 2022, is the Djiboutian Association for the Development of Extracurricular Mathematical Activities in

PhD Position: Spatio-temporal causal modeling of shared electric vehicle demand

ETH Zurich is one of the world’s leading universities specializing in science and technology. It is renowned for its excellent education, its cuttin

Editorial 72

This issue includes four articles. The first deals with the important issue of the relationships between universities and companies, and particularly

For mutually beneficial relationships between universities and economic environments

Several years ago, I met the rector of a university in a large city, and she confessed to me that she had very few connections with the economic secto

A first essay written with AI: on “Hypnocracy” by Janwei Xun

  In the spring of 2025, a small book with a strident tone is published: “Hypnocracy” (subtitle: “Trump, Musk and the factory of re

Sustainable education in action

The Foundation for Responsible and Equitable Education (FERE) was established in 2010 by Professor Michelle Bergadaà, emeritus professor at the Unive

InterSol Conference in Ouagadougou

The 8th International Conference of the EAI on interdisciplinary innovations and solutions for disadvantaged areas, co-organized within the framework

Assistance in organizing a conference in Canton on Artificial Intelligence

At the request of Chinese colleagues, TANG Ziyuan and I helped the South China University of Technology organize a conference on Artificial Intelligen

Opportunity of Post doctoral Fellowship in UK

You hold a Doctorate in energy economics or mechanical energy, defended within the last eight years, and you could be welcomed as part of a postdoctor

Postdoc position at the Department of Geoinformatics, University of Salzburg, Austria

Tasks: Independent scientific research and teaching, scientific support in research and teaching activities as well as participation in administrative

Editorial, Information Letter 70

In this issue, we will present an agreement of cooperation with the University of Garoua, Cameroon. Then we will discuss the importance of AI in highe

Signature of a cooperation agreement with the University of Garoua, Cameroon

On April 15th, a meeting took place in Lyon with 4 colleagues from the University of Garoua, Cameroon, including its rector, to finalize a cooperation

Plagiarism in education and scientific integrity in the age of Generative IA: IAgiarism?

This article examines the challenges posed by generative AI (GAI) to plagiarism and scientific integrity in education and research. It begins by defin

University charters for the use of generative AI

As the use of generative AI expands, some universities have realized that rather than viewing this phenomenon as a dubious deviation, it is necessary

Nomadic science in the service of diplomacy

“What is a scientific attaché at an embassy? The term remains so vague, and the role is so rich in its diversity that a book, or better yet, me

AKTIION 2025 (International Conference on Advanced Knowledge, Techniques and decIsIons for DevelOpmeNt problems)

Main theme “Sustainable use of resources for regenerative and inclusive development” from 25 to 27 November 2025 in Conakry, Republic of G

Editorial of the newsletter 69

Dear Colleagues, USF is an association of academics, current or retired, with strong international experience, mobilizing their skills and their netwo

Guinean Academy of Sciences and USF: joint reflections undertaken

The Academy of Sciences of Guinea (ASG) is the highest scientific forum in the country, at the crossroads of the different disciplines. It encourages

Continuation of collaborations at the University of Fez, Morocco

It was in 2002 that the Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University of Fez invited Robert Laurini to reorganize computer science research in the Dar El Mahra

Generative AI and Academic Writing

Image generated by Deepai. The texts were then added manually. Generative artificial intelligence (Gen-AI) is coming like a wave shaking up the habits

Editorial of the newsletter n°68

First of all, please receive our best wishes for 2025 through the success of all your goals to modernize your institution, whether from the point of v

What is the status of the African Higher Institute of Information and Knowledge Technologies (ISATIC)?

USF had been contacted in 2010 by the founder of ISATIC and helped him in the design of this original institute in Africa with a great concern for the

Mobility in Africa

Please be advised that the call for proposals for the Intra-African Academic Mobility Programme (MOBAF) has just been launched by the European Union.

Animath in Africa

The year 2024 saw the affirmation of the associations recently created to promote the development of extracurricular activities in four countries: Dji

Reinventing Academic Integrity in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Link: https://www.eyrolles.com/Loisirs/Livre/reinventer-l-integrite-academique-a-l-ere-de-l-intelligence-artificielle-9782386301766/ In this third boo

In this issue, you will find 3 articles on general problems concerning higher education and research. The first one deals with open-access journals th

Brief presentation of Universitaires Sans Frontières/Academics Without Borders

Academics Without Borders (USF), headquartered in Lyon, France, actively works to promote academic cooperation with higher education institutions in d

Open-access Reviews: Pros and Cons “Publish or perish” is the well-known injunction of researchers. While traditional publishing, like dai