Since July 2009, Kurt is the Secretary-General of the League of European Research Universities (LERU). Before joining LERU, he was the chief legal advisor (2004-2007) and the chief of staff (2007-2009) of the Flemish Minister for Public Works, Energy, Environment and Nature.
 
Since 1995, he is also a professor of law (on parttime leave since 2007) at the University of Leuven, the university where he studied law (1984-1989), obtained his PhD in Law (1989-1995) and spent (until now) his whole academic career.
 
Furthermore, he is an honorary professor of law at the University of Malta and the University of Dundee, was awarded the Hou-De Honorary Chair at the National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan, and has been a visiting professor of law at the Universities of London, Sydney and Singapore. He is a member of the International Advisory Board of IE University (Madrid) and Humanitas University (Milano), and the High Level Advisory Board of the Insight Foresight Institute (Madrid).
 
Kurt published extensively in the field of EU Environmental, Energy and Climate Change Law, and is the editor of several leading bookseries and journals in that field.
 
Finally, he chairs the Board of Directors of the Flemish Energy Regulator (VREG), is chair of the Flemish Environmental Damages Commission, co-chair of the Malta Legal Forum on Adaptation to Climate Change, and is on the board of a number of profit (MRBB, AIF) and non-profit (I-Cleantech, VVBBCI) organisations in Belgium.
 
More information on his past and present activities is available on Kurt's website.
 
Fuente: www.leru.org
 

Nació el 25 de marzo de 1969 en Madrid, casado, con 1 hijo.
 
Licenciado en Ciencias Económicas por la Universidad Complutense de Madrid y en Derecho por la UNED. MBA (especialización en finanzas y políticas públicas) Simon School, University of Rochester (Estados Unidos) y Doctor en Economía por la Universidad Rey Juan Carlos.
 
Es profesor titular en el Departamento de Economía Aplicada I en la Universidad Rey Juan Carlos de Madrid y ha sido profesor e investigador invitado en universidades españolas y extranjeras habiendo publicado más de 50 artículos en revistas científicas, de divulgación y libros.
 
Profesionalmente ha sido Economista jefe de sala del broker de deuda Pública Intermoney/CIMD; responsable de análisis start up tecnológico Bescos.com y responsable de Comercio Electrónico en Yahoo! España.
 
En la Administración Pública ha sido Asesor del Gabinete de la Consejera de Educación de la Comunidad de Madrid y Subdirector General de Investigación de la Consejería de Educación de la Comunidad de Madrid. En el Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte ha sido director del Gabinete del Ministro y en la actualidad es Director General de Política Universitaria en la Secretaria de Estado Educación, Formación Profesional y Universidades.
 
Fuente: www.mecd.gob.es