Former professional activities (also available in 
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Consulting
- 1991-2022: external member of the (Knowledge Center of the) Belgian Data Protection Authority
Management
- 2009-2021: member of the board of directors of Ignatius Scholen Brussel (an administrative merger of Jan-van-Ruusbroeckollege and Sint-Jan-Berchmanscollege)
- 2013-2018: independent member of the board of directors of the St.-Dimpna hospital in Geel
Policymaking
- 1986-1988: advisor to the Belgian Minister of Social Affairs Jean-Luc Dehaene
- 1988-1991: advisor to the Belgian Prime Minister Wilfried Martens
- 2000-2001: coordinator of the eGovernment program of the Belgian federal government headed by Guy Verhofstadt, and afterwards founder and first president of Fedict
Research
- 1985: researcher at Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy in Munich
- 1985-1991: researcher at Institute of Social Law of K.U.Leuven
- 1991-2013: co-founder of and affiliated researcher at Interdisciplinary Centre for Law and Information Technology (ICRI) of K.U. Leuven, nowadays Centre for IT and IP law
Teaching
- 1988-1990: social law at Sociale Hogeschool in Heverlee (Leuven)
- 1990-1996: ICT-law at Erasmushogeschool in Brussels
- 2004-2009: fundamentals in management at Faculty of Law of K.U. Leuven