Bruno van Pottelsberghe

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Bruno J. M. T. G. van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie (born 17 August 1968 in Uccle, Brussels, Belgium) [1] is a Belgian economist. He is a full-time Professor at the Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management (SBS-EM), Brussels, Belgium, of which he was the Dean from 2011 [2] to 2017, and a Senior Fellow at the Bruegel think-tank in Brussels.

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Education

He graduated in Economics at the Université Libre de Bruxelles in 1995 and obtained a Master in Econometrics there in 1994. In 1998, he obtained a PhD in Economics there.

Career

From September 1996 to September 1997, he was a research fellow at the Université Libre de Bruxelles. From November 2005 to December 2007 he was chief economist at the European Patent Office. [3] In October 1999, he became Associate Professor at the Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management of the Université Libre de Bruxelles, holding the Solvay Chair of Innovation, where he is now a Full-Time Professor since October 2008. He was also an honorary professor at the School of Business, Management and Economics of the University of Sussex from Jan. 2010 to Dec. 2012. [4]

As of April 29, 2024, he is participating in the elections for the position of rector of Corvinus University of Budapest. [5] On March 22 the Senate of Corvinus and the university's Board of Trustees have endorsed van Pottelsberghe for the position of rector, initiating the process of his appointment. [6]

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