Marc De Vos holds a Licentiate and Doctorate in Law (Universiteit Gent), a Master in Social Law (Université Libre de Bruxelles), and a Master of Laws (Harvard University). He is the director of the Itinera Institute and teaches Belgian, European and international employment and labour law, as well as American law, at Ghent University and the University of Brussels (VUB). He frequently publishes, lectures and debates on issues of labour and employment law, European integration, labour market reform, pensions, healthcare, ageing and the welfare state, both nationally and internationally, and in academic, professional and policy circles, as well as in the media.

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Nancy Vercammen graduated as an Industrial Engineer for the Farming- and foodindustries at Ghent, followed by a Postgraduate Marketing. She built her professional career as a Communications Director and spokeswoman of the VDAB. As a spokesperson, she regularly appeared in leading written and audiovisual media.  Afterwards she became Communications Director at GAIA working on different strategies such as brand positioning, Corporate Communications and the development of long-term fundraising. She often performs as a guest lecturer for communication courses and guest speaker at various forums on communications.

Jean Hindriks obtained his BA, MA and PhD in Economics at the University of Namur. A former lecturer in economics at the University of Exeter and at Queen Mary, University of London, he is a senior fellow at the Itinera Institute and professor in Economics at the Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL). He also serves as co-director of Center of Operations Research and Economics (CORE) and as director of Undergraduate Studies in Economics and Management at the UCL. A co-editor of several academic journals and a member of the International Monetary Fund’s panel of fiscal experts, he has published widely and internationally on issues of public economics and political economy.

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Dave Sinardet is doctor in political and social sciences at the University of Antwerp. He is a post doctoral researcher of FWO Vlaanderen and also a part-time professor at the Facultés Universitaires Saint-Louis and the VUB.  He is an expert in state reform and Belgian community issues. He dedicates his research and teaching to federalism, nationalism, language politics, political decision-making processes, consensus democracy, political communication and public opinion.

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Laurent is business engineer – finance specialisation – from the Solvay Brussels School of Economics & Management (2008). Laurent also holds a master in European Economic Studies (College of Europe, 2009). Before he joined Itinera in January 2011, Laurent worked on several projects for the ‘Conseil d’Analyse Economique’ in Paris and the National Bank of Belgium in Brussels. He also worked as an analyst for the Delhaize Group. At Itinera, he is running analysis on public policy issues such as immigration policy or the economics of higher education and writes frequently in Belgian main newspapers. On top of his research activities at Itinera, Laurent also teaches a seminar on the political economy at the Free University of Brussels (ULB).

Miriam is the office manager of the Itinera Institute. She obtained a professional Bachelor in the Marketing, as well a Pedagogic degree. Miriam fluently speaks 5 languages, and built up a broad work experience in large and smaller companies in several functions, as Marketing Assistant, Account & Business Development Manager and Personal Assistant.