Frank Vandenbroucke studied economics in Leuven and Cambridge, UK, and received his D.Phil. in Oxford. He was Minister for Social Security, Health Insurance, Pensions and Employment in the Belgian Federal Government (1999-2004), and Minister for Education and Employment in the Flemish Regional Government (2004-2009). He is now a full time professor at the University of Leuven (KU Leuven). He also teaches at the Universities of Antwerp (UA), where he holds the chair “Herman Deleeck”, and the University of Amsterdam (UvA), where he holds the chair “Joop den Uyl”. His current research focuses on the impact of the EU on the development of social and employment policy in the EU Member States and on the link between the distribution of jobs over households and poverty.
He is the chair of a Commission on Pension Reform, set up by the Belgian Government, which report was published in June 2014.
