Insight into the community outreach of Bram De Rock

Bram De Rock is a double PhD holder from the KU Leuven in mathematics (2006) and economics (2007). He is a full professor in micro economics and fellow of ECARES.  He also holds a part time position at the KU Leuven and visiting positions at the University College London, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) and the College of Europe. His research focuses on decisions (consumption, time use, marriage, etc.)  made by households and their impact on individual well-being.

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• Vice-dean of research of SBS-EM since 2017.
• Member of the board of the research council of ULB since 2016.
• Director of ECARES from 2013 to 2021.
• Supervisor of almost 20 PhD students (defended and ongoing).

• Regional representative of CEPR, a European network that aims at bringing together politicians and economists.
• Featured in the national written media (De Morgen, De Standaard, Moustique) and on national radio (RTBF).
• Helped the child benefit fund My Family to develop the tool Kindkompas that allow people to compute an estimate of the cost of children. Featured in the national written media (De Morgen, De Standaard, De Tijd, Het Nieuwsblad, Het Laatste Nieuws, Metro, Le Soir) and on national television (VTM).
• Working with consulting firm Bain & Company on using Twitter data to quantify the impact of posts about the climate on consumers.

• Open enrolment lifelong learning engagement: math bootcamp in the advance master in political economy.
• Microeconomics theory: consumer and producer choice (ECON-S202) – coordinateur
• Mathématique générale (analyse – math-S1011; algèbre linéaire – Math S1012)
• Mathématique : fonctions de plusieurs variables (MATH-S201)
• Mathematics and economic modelling (MATH-S400)
• Dynamic optimization (MATH-S401)

• “Well-being in Belgium: Beyond Happiness and Income”(2020), Capéau, L. Cherchye, K. Decancq, A. Decoster, B. De Rock, F. Maniquet, A. Nys, G. Périlleux, E. Ramaekers, Z. Rongém E. Schokkaert and F. Vermeulen. Springer, Series in Economic Studies in Inequality, Social Exclusion and Well-Being, Heidelberg.
• “Married with children. A collective labor supply model with detailed time use and intrahousehold expenditure information”(2012), L. Cherchye, B. De Rock and F. Vermeulen. American Economic Review, 102, p. 3377-3405.
• “The revealed preference approach to collective consumption behavior: nonparametric testing and sharing rule recovery”(2011), Cherchye . B. De Rock and F. Vermeulen, Review of Economic Studies, 78, p. 176-198.

• According to Google Scholar more than 2000 citations and an H-index of 23.
• Promoter of more than 20 research grants, including an ERC starting grant and an EOS grant.
• Associate Editor of Mathematical Social Sciences.
• Winner of several prestigious prizes, including the Francqui prize in human sciences in 2019.
  • M/V van de dag|Laurens Cherchye, Bram de Rock en Frederic Vermeulen.
  • Le prix Francqui honore pour la première fois une équipe.