Services

The members of the department of General Economics deliver, in addition to education and research, also important services to the community. We distinguish between external and internal services (services delivered within Ghent University).

External services

External services mainly include the active membership and/or chairmanship of various advisory boards, committees, editorial boards, board of directors, etc. as well as refereeing articles for scientific journals.

Professor Marc De Clercq:

• Member of the Scientific Committee of the Belgian Institute for the National Accounts
• Independent member of the board of directors of VDK Spaarbank
• Member Board of Directors CVBA Artevelde
• Chairman Board of Directors Roeland Taalkampen
• Member Organising Authorities Stella Matutina college
• Member General Council Vlerick Leuven Ghent Management School
• Member Scientific Board Belgian Institute for International Relations
• Chairman Council of Wisemen (Voka Oost-Vlaanderen)
• Member Board of Directors of VRT (Flemish Radio and Television Company) and VAR (Vlaamse Audiovisuele Regie)
• Member of the Scientific Committee for Price Observation and Price Analysis

Professor Glenn Rayp:

• Member High Council for Employment
• Expert Central Economic Council

Professor Koen Schoors:

• Member executive committee ACES (Association for Comparative Economics)
• Member executive committee EACES (European Association for Comparative Economics)
• Delegated Manager Russian Institute
• Board of Directors VOSEKO (alumni association)
• Board of Directors CCBLR (Chambre de Commerce Belgo-Luxembourgoise Russe)
• Board of Directors social artistic non-profit organisation De Vieze Gasten

Professor Johan Albrecht:

• Senior fellow Itinera Institute
• Member Commission on Energy 2030

Internal Services

The members of the department of General Economics are also active members of several faculty and university commissions (Education Committees, Library Committee, Computer Science Committee, Committee for Internationalisation, Doctoral Committee, steering committee for the information technology applications of the student administration, Advisory Committee for Studies, Top-class sports etc.) Professor Marc De Clercq is dean of the Faculty of Economics and Business Adminitration.