Short Bio

After graduating as licentiate in applied economics (1987) at the University of Antwerp, Lode Vereeck obtained a Ph.D. in economics from Maastricht University (1993).

From 1992 till 2004, he worked as part-time senior lecturer of law & economics at the Maastricht Law Faculty.

In 1994, Lode Vereeck was appointed assistant professor of economics at the Faculty of Applied Economics of the Limburg University Center, where he co-founded the Institute for Social-Economic Studies (SEIN).

In 1998, he became visiting professor of law & economics at the Universidad Torcuato di Tella Law School in Buenos Aires.

From 1999 till 2000, Lode Vereeck was the Belgian deputy chief of cabinet for small-and-medium-sized enterprises.

In 2000, the Flemish government appointed him as executive member of the board of the transnational University of Limburg (tUL).

Lode Vereeck returned to academics full-time from 2004 till 2009 as associate professor of Economics and Policy Management at Hasselt University, where he coordinated the Policy Research Centre for Traffic Safety and cofounded the Transportation Research Institute (IMOB). In recent years, he is working in the area of better regulation (law & economics).

Until 2009, he was also an expert member of the Flemish Strategic Advisory Council for Transportation (MORA), executive officer of the Flemish Interuniversity Center for Better Regulation (ICW vzw) and associate senior research fellow of the Center for European Policy Studies (CEPS). Currently, he is still a part-time senior lecturer at Hasselt University.

In 2009, Lode Vereeck was elected as MP in the Flemish Parliament, representing the province of Limburg.

Education

• 1983-1987:   Licentiate Applied Economics, University of Antwerp, Belgium
  Major: Public Economics – International Economic and Diplomatic Relations
• 1988-1993:  Ph.D. Economics, Maastricht University, the Netherlands
Major: Public Economics and Public Choice

Career

• 1987-1992:  Assistant Macro-Economics.
University of Antwerp, Faculty of Applied Economics, Belgium.
• 1992-2004:  Senior Lecturer Law and Economics.
Maastricht University, Faculty of Law, the Netherlands.
• 1994-1999:  Assistant Professor Economics and Policy Management.
Limburg University Center, Faculty of Applied Economics, Belgium.
• 1998-2009:  Visiting Professor Law and Economics.  
Universididad Torcuato di Tella, Law School, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• 1999-2000:  Federal Deputy Chief of Cabinet for SME's.
Ministry of Agriculture and SME's, Brussels, Belgium.
• 2000-2004: Executive Director.
transnational University of Limburg, Maastricht-Hasselt.
• 2000-now: Associate Professor Economics and Policy Management.
Hasselt University, Faculty of Applied Economics and Faculty of Law, Belgium.
• 2009-now:  Member of Parliament.
Flemish Parliament, Brussels, Belgium.