Experience

Vesalius College

• Belgium
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Adjunct Associate Professor

  • 2018 - Present

  Adjunct Associate Professor at Vesalius College (Brussels School of Governance) - Economics, in charge of courses: Introduction to Economics, Economic Growth and Development, The Belgian Brewery Industry in a Global Context: Business, Economics, Culture & Innovation Adjunct Associate Professor at Vesalius College (Brussels School of Governance) - Economics, in charge of courses: Introduction to Economics, Economic Growth and Development, The Belgian Brewery Industry in a Global Context: Business, Economics, Culture & Innovation



TrainWorld

• United States
• Retail
• 1 - 100 Employee

• member scientific committee

  • 2018 - 2021

  Member Scientific Committee, author and editor Dutch version of Pékin - Hankow, la grande épopée / Peking - Hankou, het grote epos - livre publié chez Kana, et exhibit at Trainworld in Brussels Member Scientific Committee, author and editor Dutch version of Pékin - Hankow, la grande épopée / Peking - Hankou, het grote epos - livre publié chez Kana, et exhibit at Trainworld in Brussels



CIEE

• Brazil
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Resident Director

  • Jul 2002 - Oct 2017

  Resident director of the Brussels Study Center and programs of the Council on International Educational Exchange, BCC (Business, Communications and Culture, in English - hosted by Vesalius College), ALA (Advanced Liberal Arts, in French - hosted by ULB), customized programs and International Faculty Development Seminars (in collaboration with IES, Institute for European Studies of VUB).Overseeing the Centers activities, and team of 1-5 collaborators, bugeting and financial reporting, program development, institutional relations, relations with US universities, Vesalius College and ULB, teaching the core courses:Contemporary Europe: the Belgian Experience (Vesalius College 2004-2017)Pratique du français et initiation à la situation politique et économique belge (ULB 2013-2017)



Bank for International Settlements

• Switzerland
• Banking
• 700 & Above Employee

• consultant

  • Feb 2004 - Jun 2004

  Consultant at the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) in Basel, Switzerland, on the project of the history of the Bank and in particular the negotiations in the 1920s leading to the creation of the bank Consultant at the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) in Basel, Switzerland, on the project of the history of the Bank and in particular the negotiations in the 1920s leading to the creation of the bank



NMBS-Holding

• Editor Book on Belgian Railways

  • Jan 1999 - Apr 2001

  Initiator, director and co-editor of the project on a volume on the history of the Belgian National Railway Company and Railways in Belgium (together with Bart Van der Herten and Greta Verbeurgt, Leuven University Press, 2001)This book was followed by a study on the history of the North-South railway Junction through Brussels (Un tunnel sous Bruxelles - éditions Racine, and Buitensporig Brussel - Lannoo - 2002), a interdisciplinary one day colloquium hosted by UL and SNCB/NMBS : Bruxelles et la Jonction Nord-Midi". Editions Studia Bruxellae, 2004. Actes d'un colloques tenu à l'initiative de l'ULB et de la SNCB. and a study on the Belgian railways during the First World War (Bestemming front. Spoorwegen in België tijdens de Grote Oorlog - Lannoo 2014, with P. Van Heesvelde, P. Pastiels, and B. Van der Herten, Destination le front. Les chemins de fer en Belgique pendant la Grande Guerre, en collaboration avec P. van Heesvelde, P. Pastiels et B. Van der Herten - Racine, 2014)



Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

• Spain
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• visiting professor

  • Jan 2000 - Sep 2000

  Visiting Professor Department of Economic History and Institutions, Universidad Carlos III (Madrid), teaching courses on globalization and integration in the 19th and 20th centuries (2 x 60 hours in spanish, 60 hours in english) to undergraduate students Visiting Professor Department of Economic History and Institutions, Universidad Carlos III (Madrid), teaching courses on globalization and integration in the 19th and 20th centuries (2 x 60 hours in spanish, 60 hours in english) to undergraduate students



Museum VanderKelen-Mertens

• curator of an exhibition

  • Jun 1999 - Feb 2000

  Curator of the exhibition on the Leuven canal at Museum Vander Kelen-Mertens (Leuven) (in charge of the organisation and co-ordination of the exhibition celebrating the 250th anniversary of the creation of the canal Leuven-Dijle, 'Vaart in de Geschiedenis', held at the Gasmuseum in Leuven February to August 2000) Curator of the exhibition on the Leuven canal at Museum Vander Kelen-Mertens (Leuven) (in charge of the organisation and co-ordination of the exhibition celebrating the 250th anniversary of the creation of the canal Leuven-Dijle, 'Vaart in de Geschiedenis', held at the Gasmuseum in Leuven February to August 2000)



Universitat Pompeu Fabra

• Spain
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• visiting professor

  • Sep 1998 - Jan 1999

  Visiting Professor Faculty of Economics, Universitat Pompeú Fabra (Barcelona), teaching course on economic history of the world (48 hours in spanish) to undergraduate students Visiting Professor Faculty of Economics, Universitat Pompeú Fabra (Barcelona), teaching course on economic history of the world (48 hours in spanish) to undergraduate students



Université catholique de Louvain

• Belgium
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• research fellow

  • Feb 1998 - Jun 1998

  Postdoc Research fellow at IRES (Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales), Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve (B), research on Belgian economic history 19th-20th centuries Postdoc Research fellow at IRES (Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales), Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve (B), research on Belgian economic history 19th-20th centuries



gemeentelijk havenbedrijf antwerpen

• temporary staff member

  • Feb 1997 - May 1997

  Temporary staff member study department Antwerp Municipal Port Authority (research on mobility and road-pricing, organization of a study visit of Members of the Flemish Parliament, the private sector and the Administration of Public Works) Temporary staff member study department Antwerp Municipal Port Authority (research on mobility and road-pricing, organization of a study visit of Members of the Flemish Parliament, the private sector and the Administration of Public Works)



K.U.Leuven

• Belgium
• Higher Education

• research assistant

  • Dec 1988 - Dec 1994

  Research-Assistant (Department of Economic History, Member of the Workshop on Quantitative Economic History directed by Prof. H. Van der Wee, participating in the project on the Reconstruction of the Belgian National Accounts 1790-1990 and working on the reconstruction and analysis of Capital Formation in Belgium in the 19th and 20th Centuries, occasional teaching of the introductory course of Economic History to undergraduate students in Economics) Center for Economic Studies, Cath. University of Leuven (K.U.LEUVEN) (B),