Prof. dr. Luc Lavrysen

e-mail: luc.lavrysen@ugent.be

Biography

Luc Lavrysen (1956)

1997: Doctor in Law - Ghent University, PhD: "The development of the European, Belgian and Flemish environmental law in a changing institutional context. Research on the development of environmental law from a public law perspective ".

1979-1980: Legal advisor to the ‘Woonfonds’, Ghent and ‘Federatie van Buurtwerken’, Brussels (1980-1982).
1983-1985: Researcher at Ghent University.
1985-2000: Legal Secretary at the Court of Arbitration (now Constitutional Court), Brussels.
2000-2001: State Councillor.
2001 – 2020: Judge at the Constitutional Court (http://www.const-court.be)
2020 – now: President of the Constitutional Court)
He successively combined these functions with the position of scientific researcher (1985-1989), voluntary assistant (1989-1991), academic counsel (1991-1992) and visiting professor (1992-1998) at Ghent University in the domain of environmental law.
Since February 1998 : part-time (20 %) professor in environmental law, charged with courses in environmental law at various faculties.
Since January 2000: senior lecturer at the Centre of Environmental and Energy law.
Since January 2008: full professor
Since October 2021: emeritus professor

Former Secretary to the Centre for Sustainability and member of the board of the Centre for Environmental Science & Technology (CES&T).
Former Chief editor of an Environmental Law Review: ‘Tijdschrift voor Milieurecht’.
Former Member of the Federal Council for Sustainable Development and president of their Product Policy Working Party.
Former Visiting professor at the University of Antwerp, member of the Environmental Law Network International and of Avosetta (ww.avosetta.org)
President of the European forum of Judges for the Environment (www.eufje.org)

He is also involved in the judicial program of UNEP (united nations environment program).