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Curriculum Vitea<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Current Academic Positions<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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2022 – present<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Assistant Professor of Finance at Open Universiteit (the Netherlands)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2022 – present<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Guest Professor at KU Leuven (Belgium)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Past Academic Positions<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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2020 – 2022<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Postdoc Assistant Finance at KU Leuven (Belgium)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2021 – 2022<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Guest Lecturer at Universiteit Antwerpen (Belgium)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2020 – 2022<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Senior Research Associate at UHasselt <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2016 – 2020<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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PhD Researcher at KU Leuven<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2013 – 2016<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Teaching Assistant at Universit\u00e9 Saint-Louis <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2012 – 2013<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Teaching Assistant at Universiteit Antwerpen (part-time)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2012 -2013<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Teaching Assistant (part-time) at Universit\u00e9 Saint-Louis<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2011<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Research Assistant at Universiteit Antwerpen<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Other Affiliations<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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2024 – present<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Research Fellow at G53 Financial Literacy and Personal Finance Research Network<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2024 – present<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Research Fellow at Netspar<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2024 – present<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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President of the Fund for Financial Literacy of the King Baudouin Foundation<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Education<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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2022 – 2023<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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University Teaching Qualification, Open Universiteit<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2016 – 2020<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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PhD Business Economics – Finance, KU Leuven<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2013 – 2015<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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M.Sc. Advanced Studies in Economics, KU Leuven<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2011 – 2012<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Teacher Degree, Universiteit Antwerpen<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2010 – 2011<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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M.Sc. Applied Economics<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2010<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Exchange Program, Georgetwon University (USA)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2007 – 2010<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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B.Sc. Applied Economics<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Awards and Grants<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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2025<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Faculty of Management Nominee for the 2025 Teacher of the Year Award, Open Universiteit<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2023<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Best Teacher Recognition 2022 – Faculty of Economics and Business, KU Leuven<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2022<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Top Downloaded Article Journal of Consumer Affairs<\/em> in the 12 months following online publication<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2022<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Top Cited Article 2020-2021 Journal of Consumer Affairs<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2022<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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EU Erasmus+ \u2018Best practice award\u2019 received for EUFin project: Innovative integrated tools for financial literacy education across Europe<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2020<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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ACCI Student\/Young Professional Conference Scholarship Award<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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