Current functions
Associations
2009- Member of the general assembly of Academische Stichting Leuven, which provides financial support for young researchers and for science communication at the University of Leuven
Editing
2022- Co-editor of Typological Studies in Language
2020- Associate editor of Journal of Historical Linguistics
2018- Associate editor of Linguistic Typology
2006- Member of the editorial board of Folia Linguistica
Evaluation
2025- Member, Linguistics panel, Research Foundation Flanders
2024- Member, Appointments & promotions committee, Faculty of Arts, University of Leuven
2023- Member, Council for international cooperation projects, University of Leuven
Science popularization
2017- Advisory board member of Eos Wetenschap, a generalist science journal in Dutch
Past functions
Associations
2009-2025 Member of the board of Academische Stichting Leuven, which provides financial support for young researchers and science communication at the University of Leuven
2017-2022 Secretary of Academische Stichting Leuven
2007-2015 Secretary-Treasurer, Association for Linguistic Typology
2007-2015 Member of the Executive Committee, Association for Linguistic Typology
Editing
2016-2022 Co-editor of Empirical Approaches to Language Typology
2009-2015 Editor-in-chief of Karakter.Tijdschrift van Wetenschap, a generalist science journal in Dutch
2003-2006 Reviews editor of Functions of Language (Benjamins)
Research evaluation
2017-2021 Member, Research Council, University of Leuven
2019-2021 Member, Executive, Research Council, University of Leuven
2015 & 2016 Member, EURIAS Selection Committee
2012 & 2013 Member and vice-chair, Committee SHS2, Agence Nationale de la Recherche
Science popularization
2006-2016 Coordinator of Science Week at the Arts Faculty of the University of Leuven, which introduces science to secondary-school students
University service
2015-2019 Coordinator of research unit FunC, University of Leuven
2007-2010 Head of the curriculum committee for linguistics, University of Leuven
2000-2007 Representative of non-tenured staff in the councils of the Department of Linguistics and the Faculty of Arts, University of Leuven
Ad hoc reviewing
Journals
Language, Linguistic Typology, Oceanic Linguistics, Journal of Linguistics, Journal of the International Phonetic Association, Lingua (then) / Glossa (now), Linguistics, International Journal of American Linguistics, Journal of Pragmatics, Australian Journal of Linguistics, Studies in Language, Language and Linguistics Compass, Language Sciences, Folia Linguistica, Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, Languages in Contrast, Text & Talk, Language Documentation and Conservation, International Journal of Bilingualism, Nordic Journal of Linguistics, Spanish Journal of Psychology, Journal of French Linguistics, Discours, Pragmatics, Nederlandse Taalkunde, Functions of Language, World Englishes, Leuven Contributions to Linguistics and Philology, English Text Construction, I.T.L Review of Applied Linguistics, Faits de Langues, Journal of Historical Linguistics, Open Linguistics, Studia Linguistica, Word Structure
Books and book proposals
Various, for John Benjamins Publishers, Routledge, Oxford University Press, de Gruyter Mouton, Asia-Pacific Linguistics
Projects
National Research Councils: Netherlands, Germany, Austria, France, Australia, Norway, US, Estonia
Other: Endangered Languages Documentation Programme, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, Netherlands Institute of Advanced Studies