
Emeritus Professor at the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences at KU Leuven
Prof. em. Ides Nicaise (KU Leuven) has a PhD in economics and is senior research manager at HIVA (Research Institute for Work and Society). He specialised in social policy, more precisely the relationships between education, labour market policy and social inclusion (in rich as well as developing countries). At the Department of Education Sciences of his university, he taught the subjects ‘economics of education’, ‘lifelong learning and equal opportunities’ and ‘education and society’. Besides his professional activities, he is chairing the Belgian Combat Poverty Service.