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Jean Luc De Meulemeester (born 1965) studied Economics (MA, 1987), History (BA, 1990) and Econometrics (MA, 1991) at ULB.  He began his career at the Institute of Sociology (1990-97), while doing his PhD in Economics (PhD, 1996).  He spent a year at the Royal Military Academy (1992-93) and was a Wiener-Anspach Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Oxford (1997-98).  He is professor at ULB since 1999.  He wrote scientific papers on economics of education and economic history, while contributing to several newspapers (Belgian and foreign). He was co-editor of Cliometrica (Springer) from 2007 to 2017.  He is now working at CEBRIG.

 

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  • Delegate (since December 2021) of the Academic Faculty at the Central Level of the University (Conseil Académique)
  • Member of the Board of the SBS-EM (since January 2022; and also 2008-2017) (various roles: representative of the Faculty, of the small research centers, as member of the Delegation at the Central Level…)
  • Representative of the SBS-EM at the Bibliothèque des Sciences Humaines  (the University Library) as well as to the Conseil de l’Information Documentaire.
  • Representative (suppléant of C. Toma) at the Commission de Discipline de l’ULB.
  • Vice-President of the Extension de l’ULB
  • President of the Société des Amis de la Bibliothèque de l’ULB
  • Member of the Scientific Board of the Department of Economic and Financial History at CEBRIG
  • Management of the External Admissions at the BA of Economics
  • Formerly: Member of the Commission d’Appel contre les refus d’inscription; representative of the Scientific Members of the University to the Commission Interfacultaire de Classement, President of the jury of Mémoires (Economics Department), President of the Jury (department of Economics), Member of the Board of the Post-Graduate Studies in International Politics (REPI),…
  • Representative of the Faculté SBS-EM at the Commission d’Equivalence (section: sciences économiques et de gestion) of the Ministry of Higher Education of the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles (Communauté française de Belgique) (Direction générale de l’enseignement supérieur, de l’enseignement tout au long de la vie et de la recherché scientifique) (since 2008).

 

  • Formerly: President of the Conseil des Usagers of the Insurance Cooperative Company P&V (2011-2015); Member of the Jury of the Prix de la Citoyenneté (Citizenship Prize) of the Foundation P&V (2011-2015); advisory role for theatre activities (Transquinquennal collective); member of the jury for the selection of projects at the faculty of Architecture (prof. G. Martin) for the Concrete Design Competition (2019/2020)…
  • ECONS2002: (par time): Economic Ethics (part of Labour Economics and Economic Ethics, with F. Rycx) (BA2 Economics) (24h)
  • ECONS303: History of Economic Thought (BA3 Economics as well as Philosophy and Social Sciences) (24+12h)
  • ECONS307: Séminaire d’économie appliquée (Socio-économie) (BA3 Economics) (24h)
  • POLIS426 : Economie politique des Revenus et Inégalités (MA Economics, as well as Social Sciences) (24h)
  • Introduction à l’économie politique et publique (15h) (part of the module : « Economie et systèmes de santé ») (M.MI.S.S. : Maîtrise en Management des Institutions de Soins de santé).
  • Formerly / elsewhere / abroad : HISTB125 : Introduction aux Sciences économiques et sociales (BA History and Geography) ; EDUCD500 : Education et Capital Humain (MA Econ up to 2012) ; ECONS312 : Etude approfondie de questions de socio-économie (BA and MA Economics and Social Sciences), Microeconomics (Sofia, IFAG, 2005-2010), European Higher Education Policy (Novosibirsk, 2006), European Integration (Casablanca, 2003)…
  • De Meulemeester, J.L. (2021), « Le financement des universités, de Humboldt au New Public Management.  De quelques préconditions à la liberté académique », in : Frangville, V., A. Merlin, J. Sfeir and P.E. Vandamme (éds.) La liberté académique.  Enjeux et menaces.  Bruxelles, Editions de l’Université de Bruxelles (Maison des Sciences Humaines).
  • De Meulemeester, Jean Luc, “Universités belges francophones. Réflexions sur l’enseignement de l’économie », La Revue Nouvelle, 2019, numéro 7, pp. 46-56.
  • Kusman D. and J-L. De Meulemeester (2016), “From Near-default to Debt-restructuring: The Inventive Methods of the Duke of Brabant and his Council around 1290-1320 for the Salvation of the Public Finances”, in Cattini M. (Ed.), The Financial Crises. Their Management, Their Social Implications and Their Consequences in Pre-industrial Times, Fondazione Datini, Firenze University Press, 2016, pp. 263-281.
  • Nadir Altinok & Claude Diebolt & Jean-Luc Demeulemeester (2014), “A new international database on education quality: 1965–2010,” Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 46(11), pages 1212-1247.
  • Deer, C. and J.L. De Meulemeester (2004), “The political economy of educational reform in France and Britain: 1980-2000”, Compare. A Journal of Comparative and International Education, vol. 34, n°. 1, march, pp. 33-51.
  • De Meulemeester, J.L et D. Rochat (2001), “Rational Choice under Unequal Constraints: the Example of Belgian Higher Education”, Economics of Education Review, 20, pp. 15-26.
  • De Meulemeester, J.L. and Rochat, D. (1995), “A Causality Analysis of the Link Between Higher Education and Economic Development”, Economics of Education Review, vol. 14, nr. 4, pp. 351-361.
  • SKOPE (A Centre on Skills, Knowledge and Organisational Performance, Department of Education, Oxford University) Associate https://skope.ox.ac.uk/people/skope-associates/
  • Associate Member of BETA (Bureau d’Economie Théorique et Appliquée) https://beta-economics.fr/presentation/ Université de Strasbourg (France)
  • Past-(co-)Editor of Cliometrica.  Journal of Historical Economics and Econometric History (Springer) (2007-2017)
  • Expert on Research projects submitted to the Foudation I-SITE-ULNE (Université Lille Nord-Europe).
  • Member of the Scientific Committee of the journal Pyramides.  Revue du Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches en Administration Publique (Institut de Sociologie, ULB)
  • Articles published in various national (La Libre Belgique, L’Echo…) and international newspapers (Courrier International, Libération…)