Reinhilde Veugelers

Reinhilde Veugelers is a Full Professor at K.U.Leuven's Faculty of Business and Economics, specifically in the Management, Strategy and Innovation Department. She holds additional affiliations as a Senior Fellow at Bruegel in Brussels and a Research Fellow at CEPR (London) in Industrial Organisation and International Trade. She is also a member of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Sciences and currently President-Elect of EARIE.

• PhD in Economics (1990), K.U.Leuven

Her research combines analytical frameworks from microeconomics, game theory, and economics of information with empirical econometric analysis. Key research areas include:

• Cooperative R&D
• International technology transfers through MNEs
• Young innovative companies
• Innovation for climate change mitigation
• University-industry collaboration
• Technology transfer offices
• Scientific productivity analysis

Her most cited work focuses on innovation complementarity, R&D cooperation, make-or-buy strategies, and technology transfer mechanisms. She has held visiting positions at top institutions including MIT, Université Paris I, and Universitat Pompeu Fabre.

• Senior Fellow at Bruegel
• Research Fellow at CEPR
• Member of Royal Flemish Academy
• President-Elect of EARIE

Veugelers' research has been funded by grants like the FWO Aspirant Grant during her PhD studies. She has extensively published on innovation strategy, technology diffusion, and university-industry collaboration.