Frank Vandenbroucke studied economics in Leuven and Cambridge, UK, and received his D.Phil. in Oxford. He was Minister for Social Security, Health Insurance, Pensions and Employment in the Belgian Federal Government (1999-2004), and Minister for Education and Employment in the Flemish Regional Government (2004-2009). Vandenbroucke was closely involved with the launching of the Lisbon Strategy in 2000, notably with the development of its social dimension. Although he was full-time engaged in politics until 2011, he published in international journals (Mathematical Social Sciences, Journal of European Social Policy and recently Intereconomics) and Belgian social policy journals.
He is now a full time professor at the University of Leuven (KU Leuven). He also teaches at the Universities of Antwerp (UA), where he holds the chair “Herman Deleeck”, and the University of Amsterdam (UvA), where he holds the chair “Joop den Uyl”. His current research focuses on the impact of the EU on the development of social and employment policy in the EU Member States. He is a member of the Expert Group on Social Investment, set up by the European Commission, an advisory group associated with the EU’s Social Investment Package that was launched in February 2013.
More information and publications at www.econ.kuleuven.be/frankvandenbroucke
