CV
Highlights
Authored more than 150 publications
Cited more than 3600 times
Received several awards
Obtained large grants from NWO, FWO & EU
Frequently invited to give keynotes
Alumnus of the Young Academy of Flanders
Proud supervisor of several phds & postdocs
Education
2008-2011 PhD in Sociology of Education, Ghent University
2005-2007 MA in Sociology (cum laude), KU Leuven
2003-2005 BA in Sociology, KU Leuven
Research positions
2022 Visiting professor, Mindanao State University - Iligan Institute of Technology, Philippines
2020 Associate Professor at KU Leuven
2020 Lector Academica UoAS
2015 Assistant professor at KU Leuven
2014 Assistant professor at University of Amsterdam
2012 Fulbright Fellow at UCLA
2008 PhD researcher at Ghent University
Awards
2022 Best Lecturer Award, UvA
2018 Education Council Prize for outstanding education achievement, by KU Leuven
2014 Prize Frans Van Cauwelaert, by the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science
2012 Charles Ullens Prize, Best PhD Thesis, by King Baudouin Foundation
2012 Research on Early School Leaving (PhD-Thesis), by Foundation P&V
2012 PhD Dissertation Prize, by VOR and VFO
2008 Best Master Thesis, by Alumni Association Social Science