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Willem VANLAER serves as a Visiting Professor in the Department of Economics within the Faculty of Business Economics at Hasselt University. His office is located at Campus Diepenbeek, Building D, Office B58.
Professor VANLAER's research focuses on public economy, international economy, and economic policy management. His discipline codes specifically cover public economy (05020111), international economy (05020107), and various aspects of consumption, saving, production, investments, labor markets and informal economy (05020501). His work examines critical economic policy issues with particular attention to government finance and macroeconomic management.
During academic years 2024-2025 and 2025-2026, Professor VANLAER teaches several core economics courses including Economic History and Current Affairs, Introduction to Economics, Macroeconomic Policy, and Public Finances, serving as both coordinating responsible and co-holder for these courses.
His recent research activity includes two projects conducted in 2021: 'Administratieve lastenmeting: Procedure 16 Single Digital Gateway' (August-December 2021) and 'Zorgt de overheidsschuld voor een crowding out effect bij de overheidsinvesteringen in de EU?' (November 2021), which investigated whether government debt causes crowding out effects for public investments in the EU.
Professor VANLAER is affiliated with the Research Group Economics and Policy Management and maintains an ORCID profile for his scholarly work.
