A lawyer by training (bachelor, master, PhD at KU Leuven, Flanders, Belgium), Kurt Deketelaere is working, in various capacities (director, advisor, entrepreneur, academic, public affairs manager), in the field of EU research, innovation, education, energy, environment, climate change and sustainability policy and law.
As a director, Kurt is presently on the board of MRBB, AIF, Arvesta, VITO, and M-Tech. He also acts as an advisor to Eneco Belgium, Crowdhelix, and Humanitas University. Furthermore, Kurt runs his own consultancy firm, BV KDK, and chairs Sustainability College Bruges. He is still full professor of environmental, energy, climate and construction law at KU Leuven and, last but not least, Secretary-General of the League of European Research Universities (LERU).