Researchers

Professors

Herwig Reynaert

Dean

• office: Sint-pietersnieuwstraat 41 9000 Ghent
• e-mail: Herwig.Reynaert@UGent.be
• phone: +32 9 264 68 71
• LinkedIn: https://be.linkedin.com/in/herwig-reynaert-0615a033
• Twitter: @herwigreynaert

Research area: local and regional politics in the European Union, Belgian politics

publications

 

 

Kristof Steyvers

Professor

• office: Sint-pietersnieuwstraat 41 9000 Ghent
• e-mail: Kristof.Steyvers@UGent.be
• phone: +32 9 264 68 24
  
  

Research area: recruitment in local politics, local and regional politics in the European Union

publications

 

Tony Valcke

Professor

• office: Sint-pietersnieuwstraat 41 9000 Ghent
• e-mail: Tony.Valcke@UGent.be
• Phone: +32 9 264 84 73

Research area: Local and provincial politics (reforms included), political participation and citizenship, youth and politics, education politics, political leadership, elections.

publications

 

Koenraad De Ceuninck

Professor

• office: Sint-pietersnieuwstraat 41 9000 Ghent
• e-mail: Koenraad.DeCeuninck@UGent.be
• phone: +32 9 264 68 05
  
  

Research area: local politics: focus on scale, municipal mergers, local decision-making, reformation of local government, intermunicipal cooperation.

publications

 

 

Pascal Delheye

Professor - UGent Chair Frans Verheeke - The Future of Sport

• office: Sint-pietersnieuwstraat 41 9000 Ghent
• e-mail: Pascal.Delheye@UGent.be

Research area: Sport, policy and politics

publications

 

 

Tom Verhelst

Assistant Professor

• office: Sint-pietersnieuwstraat 41 9000 Ghent
• e-mail: Tom.Verhelst@UGent.be
• phone: +32 9 264 84 73
  
  

Research area: Europeanization of local government, local council and local councillors

publicaties

 

Predoctoral assistants

Elizaveta Gjurova

• office: Universiteitstraat 8 9000 Ghent
• e-mail: Elizaveta.Gjurova@UGent.be
• Cell phone: +32 492 7179 15
• linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elizaveta-gjurova-1bbb54178/

Research Area: region building in Flanders

 

 

Eduard Delputte

• office: Sint-pietersnieuwstraat 41 9000 Ghent
• e-mail: Eduard.Delputte@UGent.be
• Cell phone: +32 496 90 23 97
• linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/edelputte/ 
• Twitter: @edelputte

Research Area: Europeanization of local government, lobbying on the European level

 

 Lieven Boelen

• office: Universiteitstraat 8 9000 Ghent
• e-mail: Lieven.Boelen@UGent.be
• Cell phone: +32 485 89 30 86
• linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lieven-boelen/
• Twitter: @lieven_boelen

Research Area: Citizen participation, innovation of local democracy

Willem Goutry

• office: Vakgroep Politieke Wetenschappen, Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 41 9000 Gent
• e-mail: Willem.Goutry@UGent.be
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/willem-goutry/

Research area: local democracy, innovation of local democracy 

 

Lise Allegaert

• Office: Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 41 9000 Gent
• e-mail: Lise.Allegaert@UGent.be

Research Area: Employee engagement, Local advisory councils