Associate Professor, Founder of the Start-up “European Spatial Research and Design Accelerator”

1. Practice-based Scientific Research and Consulting in Computational Architectural Design with a focus on ICT-enabled Co-creation, Participatory and Inclusive Spatial Design

Supervised 14 PhDs and 51 Master’s Theses
Chair of the SCI-indexed eCAADe 2022 Conference “Co-creating the Future” https://kuleuven.ecaade2022.be
Lead Editor of the forthcoming 2024 Special Issue of the Scientific Journal “International Journal of Architectural Computing” themed “Co-creation and Inclusion in and through Spatial Design”
DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.21712.79368

2. Practice-based Research Project Supervision and Grant Acquisition

Experienced Principal Investigator (PI-Promotor) of international projects and acquired funding from JPI Urban Europe, the European Commission (EC), Innoviris-Brussels, FWO Vlaanderen, Kunstendecreet Vlaanderen

3. Teaching (Master’s and PhD Level)

Design Studio Courses, Elective Courses, Workshops and GIS Courses (Urban-Architectural Design Track in the International Master’s Program at KU Leuven)
Licensed to teach in Belgium and NL Universities - Certificaat Basiskwalificatie Onderwijs (BKO 2022)
Initiated the first Commuity-Engaged-Learning track at KU Leuven Faculty of Architecture
4. Academic Management
Founder and Director of the Research Group “Altering Practices for Urban Inclusion” with 20 members
KU Leuven Faculty Board Member
KU Leuven PhD Committee Member
Founding Member of KU Leuven Digital Society Institute
eCAADe board member (as the organizer of the eCAADe 2022 Co-creating the Future Conference

5. Academy, Civil Society and Industry Integration and Social Service

Received Universitate special mention award for community-engaged service learning, a network led by Pope Francis
Started and Executed the Solidary Mobile Housing Co-creation Project with Samenlevingsopbouw and CAW
Designed the Woonbox Cinoco project for the houseless with students, realized in Brussels.

Architecture

Sint-Lucas School of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture and Arts, Association KU Leuven

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