Prof. Dr. Rayp, Glenn

Position 
Professorial Fellow
Phone 
+32 50 47 11 03
Nationality 
Belgium
At UNU-CRIS 
18/04/2017
Research Interests 

Globalisation
Technological Innovation
Income Inequality
International Trade
Firm Productivity
The Monitoring of Regional Integration

Education 

PhD Applied Economic Sciences, University of Antwerp
MSc Statistics and Econometrics, University of Brussels (VUB)
MSc Economics, University of Brussels (VUB)
MA Philosophy, Ghent University

Biographical Statement 

Glenn Rayp is a part-time Professorial Fellow at UNU-CRIS since April 2017. He worked as a researcher and research assistant at the University of Antwerp, after which he became a professor in International Economics at Ghent University. Glenn Rayp teaches International Economics and History of Economic Thought at Ghent University. 

He is a former member of the (Belgian) High Council of Finance and the High Council of Employment, as well as the (Flemish) Council of Industry. From 2010 to 2015, he coordinated the FWO research community on Globalisation, Regionalisation and Economic and Social Inequality (GRESI) of which UNU-CRIS was a member.

In his most recent research on regional integration, he was involved in the development of composite indicators of regional integration and the analysis of the relationship between regional integration and institutions. He is part of the team that is updating and re-developing the RIKS platform of UNU-CRIS.