Luc Sels
| Luc Sels | |
|---|---|
| Rector of KU Leuven | |
|
Assumed office 1 August 2017 |
|
| Preceded by | Rik Torfs |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1967 Merksem, Belgium |
| Alma mater | Katholieke Universiteit Leuven |
| Profession | Professor of Work and Organisation Studies |
| Website | www |
Luc Sels (born in 1967 in Merksem) is a Belgian sociologist.
From August 2017 on he is the rector of the KU Leuven. He won the elections for new rector in the first round on Tuesday 9 May 2017 by beating Rik Torfs with 51.12% to 48.88%. Before becoming rector, he was dean of the Faculty of Economics and Business from 2009 till 2017.
Luc Sels obtained a master’s degree in Sociology of KU Leuven summa cum laude in 1989. From 1989 till 1990 he was a researcher at the Research Institute for Work and Society (HIVA). From 1990 till 1995 he worked with a Doctoral grant National Fund for Scientific Research. He obtained a Ph.D. in Social Sciences in 1995. In 1996 he was awarded the triennial ‘Joseph Merlot - Joseph Leclercq’ award, granted by the Centre International de Recherches et d’Information sur l’Economie Publique, Sociale et Coopérative (CIRIEC), for his doctoral thesis "De overheid viert de teugels".
He became a project manager at HIVA in 1995 and Professor at the Department of Applied Economics in 1996. From 2004 on he is Full Professor at the Faculty of Economics and Business of KU Leuven. As of 2010 he is part-time professor in the Rochester-Bern Executive MBA Program at the Simon Business School of the University of Rochester. The program is organised in Bern, Switzerland in conjunction with the Institut für Finanzmanagement at the Universität Bern. From 2011 on he is research fellow at the Vlerick Business School and from 2015 till 2020 Honorary Professor of Cardiff University (Cardiff Business School).
...
Wikipedia