Academic record

• • 1999–present:  Professor of macroeconomics, Ghent University

  • 1993–1999: Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in macroeconomics, Ghent University

  • 1992–1993: Post-doctoral researcher, University of Antwerp

  • 1992:  PhD in Economics, University of Antwerp, Labour market characteristics and macroeconomic performance. 

  • 1986: Master of Arts in Economics, KULeuven

  • 1985: Licentiate in Economics, University of Antwerp (UFSIA)

• • 2011:  Visiting professor at IRES, UCLouvain

  • 2017: Promoter of the Honorary Doctorate awarded by Ghent University to Olivier Blanchard (MIT and Peterson Institute for International Economics)  

Main academic services (limited selection)

• • 2024-... : Co-editor De Economist, Netherlands Economic Review

  • 2018–2022: Chair of the Department of Economics (https://www.ugent.be/eb/economics/en)

  • 1994–2000, 2001–2002, 2016–2018, Chair of the Scientific Research Committee of the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration

  • 2015–2018, Member of the Commission for Scientific Integrity, Ghent University

  • 1999–2017, Member of the Research Council (Onderzoeksraad), Ghent University

  • 2006–2012, Member of the expert panel ‘Economics, business and management’ of the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO)

  • 2007–2011, Ghent University promoter of the ‘Policy Research Centre Fiscal Policy’ of the Flemish Community