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ALEXANDER DE BECKER PERSONAL INFORMATION
Status: Married Nationality: Belgian Age: 39 years (9th March 1977) Birth place: Halle (Belgium) PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
From 1 August 2015: Associate Professor “Public Law” and Vice-Dean at the University of Hasselt charged with the courses “Law and State”; “Administrative Law” and “Legal French”. From 1st August 2011: Associate Professor “Public Law” (full time) at the University of Hasselt charged with the courses “Law and State”; “Administrative Law” and “Legal French”. The first course is taught in English, the second in Dutch and the third in French. From 1st August 2010: Full Professor holding the Chair “The State as Employer: comparative legal aspects” (20%) at the University of Amsterdam (the Netherlands) later at the Leiden University (from 2015). The course is taught in Dutch and in English. From 1st October 2007: Independant Legal Consultant, first exclusively for the international law firm Lydian (later completely independent). I advise administrations (at national, regional and local level), public companies, barristers, counsellors or legal experts on all issues of public (employment) law. I have assisted administrations and public companies throughout restructurations reforms including redesigning the legal framework for major HR-reforms in the public sector. I have also written a lot of materials in litigation procedures. From 1st February 2009 till 1st February 2011: Guest Professor at the Université Libre de Bruxelles teaching the course “Comparative Employment Law in the Public Sector”. The course was taught in French. From 1st Januay 2008 till 1 st October 2011: Assistant Professor “Local government” (10%) at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgium) From 1st October 2007 till 30st September 2010: Postdoctoral Fellowship of the Belgian Research Council (FWO). The research was entitled: “The harmonisation of the legal status of the public officials and employees: is labour law useful for officials? A comparative analysis” From 1st February 2007till 1St October 2011: Assistant Professor “Employment Law and Labour Law in the Public Sector” (10%) at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgium)
From 1st February 2007 till 1st October 2007: Barrister at the Brussels Bar (Law Firm Van Olmen en Wynant) From 1st November 2005 till 31st January 2007: Scientific researcher on a researchproject entitled “Telework in the public services” granted by the Belgian Ministery of Employment, Labour and Collective Bargaining (supervisor Prof. Dr. Wilfried Rauws) From 1st October 2001 till 30th September 2005: predoctoral fellowship with a grant of the Belgian Research Council (FWO-aspirant) at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgium)
Preparation of the doctoral thesis entitled: the foundations of the specific legal status of the public officials” (supervisor Prof. Dr. Kaat Leus) 2000-2001 Scientific Researcher on the research project “Reform of the federal civil service”, granted by the Belgian Services for Scientific and Technical Cooperation (supervisor Prof. Dr. Kaat Leus) ACADEMICAL STUDIES
8th November 2006
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Doctor in Law after the public defense of the thesis “The foundations of the specific legal status of the public officials in a comparative context: Belgium, the Netherlands, and Denmark” (Promotor: Prof. Dr. Kaat Leus) (no grades awarded) 1995 - 2000 Vrije Universiteit Brussel Master in Law (magna cum laude) August 1999- January 2000 exchange student of the ErasmusSocratesprogram at the University of de Stockholm: result obtained magna cum laude 1996-1997: Bachelor in Law (magna cum laude) 30th June 1995: High school diploma (mathematics- sciences) maxima cum laude MEMBERSHIPS
From 1 February 2014: Member of the Academic Commission within the framework of the Belgian research council dealing with academic integrity From 1 February 2014: Responsible for the department “international contacts” at the Belgian Young Academy (Jonge Academie www.jongeacademie.be) From 1 May 2013: Chairman of the Research Group Administrative Law at the Law Faculty of the UHasselt From 17 February 2013: Member of the Belgian Young Academy (Jonge Academie: 40 young “top researchers” selected to think about the future of our universities) From 1st January 2012: Member of the Expert Panel (Law and Criminology) of the Belgian Research Council (FWO) granting advise for the funding by
the Belgian research Council of research projects and research grants in the fields of Law and Criminology From 1st November 2011: Member of the Editorial Board of the Flemish Journal on Public Management (Vlaams Tijdschrift voor Overheidsmanagement: VTOM) From 8th July 2011: Member of the editorial advisory board of the Labour Law Research Network, which I co-founded at Geneva in the framework of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) From 15th January 2011: Member of BEGASOZ (Belgian Academic association for Labour Law and Social Security Law). From 1st December 2010: Member of the editorial board of the Library on Constitutional Law (Bibliotheek Grondwettelijk recht) From 1st August 2009: Member of the editorial board of the Library on Administrative Law (Administratieve rechtsbibliotheek) From 1st February 2009: Member of the Belgian federal Commission on Public Transparency (Ministry of Internal Affairs) From 1st February 2009: Member of the editorial board of the Belgian Journal for Social Law (Tijdschrift voor Sociaal Recht) From 1st June 2008 till 30th September 2010: Member of the Faculty Board of the Law Faculty of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel From 1st June 2008 till 1st October 2011: Member of the Research Commission of the Law School of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel with the task to deliver proposals to further improve research results at the Faculty From 1st January 2008 till 1st October 2011: Member of the “Doctoral School Social Sciences and Humanities” at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel RESEARCH VISITS
From 28th March 2014 till 16th April 2014: Visiting Fellow at the Law Faculty of The University of Cassino and Lazio Meridionale (Italy) researching the legal status of officials in Italy. From 26th March 2012 till 16th April 2012: Global Legal Studies Visitor at the Law Faculty of the University of Madison-Wisconsin (United States) researching the legal status of public employees in the United States. From 1st July 2010 till 15th August 2010: Visiting Fellow at the Law Faculty of the University of Stockholm (Sweden) researching the legal status of Swedish public officials and comparing it with their Belgian, Dutch and British counterparts. I closely collaborated with Prof. Dr. Ronnie Eklund. From 24th August 2009 till 4th October 2009: Visiting Fellow at the Institute for European and Comparative Law of the Law Faculty of the University of Oxford (United Kingdom) in order to research the influence of EU Law on British public servants and to compare it with the EU-influence as regarded
under Belgian and Dutch public employment law. I collaborated with Prof. Dr. Mark Freedland. From 24th April 2008 till 29th May 2008: Visiting Fellow at the Law School of the University of Reading (United Kingdom) in order to research the legal status of British public employees and comparing it with the status of Belgian and Dutch public employees. I closely collaborated with Dr. Nicola Countouris (now reader at University College London). From 26th September until 2nd November 2003: Visiting Fellow at the Faculty of Law of the University of Copenhagen (Denmark) to execute the comparative part of my doctoral research. My supervisor there was Prof. Dr. Jens Kristiansen (professor labour law at the KU: Kobenhavn Universitetet). ACTIVE PARTICIPATION ON CONFERENCES
Speaker at the Conference “Convergences et divergences entre le droit de la function publique et le droit du travail dans le secteur privéé organised by the Unviersité de Neuchâtel (Switserland) on « Public Servants’ Law in Belgium » on 2 October 2015. Speaker at the World Congress on International Labour and Social Security Law on 16 September 2015 on “The right to strike for public servants in Denmark, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands” Speaker at the Labour Law Research Network on 25 June 2015 at the Unviersity of Amsterdam (the Netherlands) on “The State as Employer but Who is the State – a conmparative analysis in Denmark, Italy, the UK , Belgium and the Netherlands” Invited expert at the meeting of experts on legal reforms in the public sector. This meeting took place in Neuchâtel (Switzerland) on 2 and 3 October 2014. Speaker at the World Congress of Constitutional Law organized by the University of Oslo (Norway) about “Austerity measures and their legal impact on constitutional social rights” on 4 June 2014 Speaker at the closed conference “The Idea of Labour Law” of the Hugo Sinzheimer Institute and the Vrije Universiteit van Amsterdam about “The personal contract nexus” in Amsterdam on 11 September 2013. Confirmed speaker on the first Labour Law Research Network - conference in Barcelona (Universidad Pompeu Fabra) on 14 and 15 June 2013 about the impact of the financial crisis on governmental employees in Belgium and the Netherlands. Speaker at the conference “Tucht en deontologie” about “disciplinary matters for civil servants” organised in Brussels on 11 April 2013. Speaker at the conference “Contracting out” on the use of employment contracts in the public sector in Belgium. The conference was organised by the Law Faculty of the VUB (In Brussels) on 7th December 2012. Guest Lecture at the Hague Academy for International Law on 19 November 2012 on integrity in the civil service
Guest Lecture at the University of Madison-Wisconsin on the legal status of public servants in Belgium, the Netherlands, Sweden and the UK on 10 April 2012. Guest Lecture on the role of general principles of law at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel on 16 December 2011. Yearly guest lectures on Public Employment Law at the KULeuven since December 2011. Key note Speaker at the workshop “Autonomous Communities and the decision making process in the EU” organised by the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (UAB) in Barcelona on 14th November 2011 Guest lecturer at the Europe College in Bruges lecturing on “Legal framework and HR Policies in the EU-Member States” on 8th November 2011 Speaker at the Conference “Pensions in the public sector: current tendencies” organised by the International federation of executives on 26th June 2012 in Brussels Speaker on the annual conference of the Ien Dales chair (which I currently occupy) in The Hague on “employability and enjoyability in civil services in comparative perspective” Oration “We are keeping a secret: the increasing equivalence of the civil service in the EU” at the Chapel of the University of Amsterdam on 19th May 2011 (Agnietenkapel) Speaker at the conference “The consequences of new Dutch collective bargain model in the public sector” organised by the CAOP (Centrum voor Arbeidsoverleg en Personeelszaken – Centre for collective negotiations and staff matters) which took place in The Hague on 6th April 2011. Speaker at the conference “Fraud and local entities ”on legal issues and implications of fraud at local level. This conference was held at the Vlerick Management School in Ghent on 2nd February 2011. Chairman of the “Day of the Dutch officials: ethics”: organized by Nyenrode Business School in Utrecht op 24th November 2010. Chairman of a bilingual conference on Belgian Constitutional Law organised in the Belgian Chamber of Representatives on 19th November 2010. Speaker at the conference “Law as a unifying factor in Europe” on the role of the Regions in EU governance. This conference took place at Comenius University of Bratislava (Slovakia) on 22nd and 23rd October 2010. From October 2007-October 2014: Speaker at the annual conference “Recent developments in labour law in the public sector ” on the recruitment of staff. This conference takes place in Brussels or Antwerp and is organized by the International Federation for Executives (IFE). Speaker at the conference on multilevel governance in Flemish Administrative Law. This conference took place on 13th November 2009 in Brussels and was organised by the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB).
Speaker at the conference “Current problems in Belgian Labour Law” on the dismissal of public employees. This conference took place in Antwerp on 12th October 2009 en was organised by the University of Antwerp (UA). Speaker at the first international REALAW-conference on European Administrative Law on the role van de regions in de EU governance. This conference took place on 3rd June 2009 in Groningen (The Netherlands) en was organised by the University of Groningen. Speaker at the International Conference of the “Socio-Legal Studies Assiociation” on judicial review in Belgium, France, the Netherlands and the UK. This conference took place in Leicester (UK) op 3rd April 2009 and it was organized by the de Montfort University Leicester. Speaker at the conference “Recent developments in labour law in the public sector ” on the recruitment of staff on 12th October 2008. This conference took place in Antwerp and was organised by the International Federation for Executives (IFE). Spreker at the conference “Legal status of public officials in municipal entities” on 25th April 2008 on the recruitment and the career of staff. This conference took place in Brussels and was organised by the VUB. Speaker at the conference “Telework: Legal and sociological aspects” on 11th December 2007 on the legal aspects of telework. The lecture took place at the Belgian Ministry of Employment, Labour and Collective Bargaining. Speaker at the conference “Telework in the public sector” on 13th december 2006 concerning the legal aspects of telework in the public sector. This conference was organised by the Belgian Ministry of Employment, Labour and Collective Bargaining. Speaker concerning “The procedure before the Belgian Council of State” on 23rd May 2006. This lecture was a part of the permanent education programme for adults organised by the Flemish Community. The lecture was given in Mechelen. Speaker at the conference “Recent tendencies and evolutions in civil service law” on 25th January 2006 concerning the recruitment of civil servants. The conference, organised by the IFE, found place in Antwerp. Speaker at the conference “The Constitution and the use of military forces” on 4th of February 2005 concerning the Dutch Constitution and the use of military forces. The conference took place in the Belgian Parliament. Speaker at the conference “Modernisation of public services” on the 3rd of June 2003 concerning the reformed legal status of the federal civil servants. This conference was held at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Speaker at the conference “The reform of the federal civil service” on 25th of April 2002, in cooperation with Mister Bruno Lombaert concerning the legal relation between the state and its personnel. This conference was organised by the Belgian Ministry of Personnel and Organisation. I was interviewed on regular basis concerning public law items by some Belgian and Dutch newspapers.
NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATIONS
A. DE BECKER, comments under the decision of the Belgian Council of State Raad van State, Cremers, nr. 86.984, 2 mei 2000, in X, Jaarboek Mensenrechten 1998-2000, Leuven, Maklu, 2002, 352-356. S. BAETEN and A. DE BECKER, “Rechtspraakrubriek: Raad van State” in X, Jaarboek Mensenrechten 1998-2000, Leuven, Maklu, 2002, 309-358. S. BAETEN and A. DE BECKER, “Rechtspraakrubriek: Raad van State” in X, Jaarboek Mensenrechten 2000-2001, Leuven, Maklu, 2002, 281-317. A. DE BECKER and B. LOMBAERT, “La nature juridique de la rélation de travail entre l’administration et ses agents” in K. LEUS en R. ANDERSEN, La réforme de la fonction publique, Brussels, La Charte, 2002, 75-117. A. DE BECKER and B. LOMBAERT, “De juridische grondslag van de arbeidsverhoudingen tussen de overheid en haar personeel” in K. LEUS en R. ANDERSEN, Hervorming van het openbaar ambt, Bruges, die Keure, 2002, 81-125. A. DE BECKER, comments under the decision of the Belgian Council of State R.v.St., Demblon, nr. 97.055, 27 juni 2001 in X, Jaarboek mensenrechten 2001-2002, Leuven, Maklu, 2003, 291-293. A. DE BECKER, comments under the decision of the Belgian Council of State R.v.St., A.S.B.L. Association pour la Défense du droit des Etrangers, nr. 99.587, 9 oktober 2001 in X, Jaarboek mensenrechten 2001-2002, Leuven, Maklu, 2003, 295-299. A. DE BECKER, “Anders dan het heterohuwelijk: het homohuwelijk”, Tijdschrift voor Mensenrechten, 2003/1, 11-14. A. DE BECKER, “De vreemdeling: wie is hij, wat doet hij en vooral waarom?”, Tijdschrift voor Mensenrechten, 2003/3, 9-12. E. ALOFS and A. DE BECKER, “De Antidiscriminatiewet en het bestuursrecht”, NjW., 2004, 578-593. K. LEUS, A. BERGS, A. DE BECKER and M. MARTENS, Proeve tot een geïntegreerd en hervormd statuut voor het federaal openbaar ambt, Gent, Academia Press, 2004, 249p. A. DE BECKER, G. LAENEN, M. VAN DAMME, E. VANDENBOSSCHE (eds.), De grondwet en het inzetten van strijdkrachten, Antwerpen, Maklu, 2005, 224p. A. DE BECKER, “Offentlige personaleforhold i en juridisk usikker verden: ikke kun et dansk problem”, Juristen, 2005, 141-146. A. DE BECKER and J. DEBIEVRE, “Over de keuzevrijheid inzake het personeel bij de intergemeentelijke samenwerkingsverbanden na het Decreet van 6 juli 2001 houdende de intergemeentelijke samenwerking”, T.B.P., 2006, 67-90.
A. DE BECKER, “The influence of the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice on the European Public Services”, Griffin’s View on International and Comparative Law, 2006/2, 163-173. A. DE BECKER, Een onderzoek naar de juridische grondslagen van de rechtspositie van de ambtenaar, Brussel, VUB-proefschrift, 2006, 529p. A. DE BECKER, “De motivering van het ontslag van een arbeidscontractant in de publieke sector”, R.W., 2007-2008, 90-102. A. DE BECKER, “Hoe de sneltrein een boemeltrein werd: de gevolgen van het arrest Jadot voor de Copernicushervorming”, C.D.P.K., 2007/3, 33-45. A. DE BECKER, De overheid en haar personeel: een onderzoek naar de juridische grondslagen van de rechtspositie van de ambtenaar, Brugge, die Keure, 2007, XV+672p. E. MARTINEZ, A. DE BECKER, J. DE SCHAMPHELEIRE and E. KRSESZLO, Telewerk in de publieke sector - Télétravail dans le secteur public, Brussel, Federale Overheidsdienst Werkgelegenheid, Arbeid en Sociaal Overleg, 120p. A. DE BECKER and J. DEBIEVRE, “De aanwerving van personeel na het Besluit van de Vlaamse Regering van 7 december 2007” in J. DUJARDIN and M. VAN DAMME (eds.), Rechtspositieregeling van het personeel bij de lokale besturen, Brugge, die Keure, 2008, 55-95. P. BERCKX, W. APPELS, A. DE BECKER F. FRANCEUS and M. VAN SANDE, Statutenzakboekje overheidspersoneel 2008, Mechelen, Kluwer, 2008, 951p. A. DE BECKER, “Kroniek van het Belgisch ambtenarenrecht (19992008)”, R.W., 2008-2009, 1153-1184. W. APPELS, A. DE BECKER, F. FRANCEUS and M. VAN SANDE, Statutenzakboekje overheidspersoneel 2009, Mechelen, Kluwer, 2009, 1011p. A. DE BECKER, “Collectieve arbeidsverhoudingen in de publieke sector: van eenzijdigheid naar wederkerigheid?” in D. RENDERS and P. NIHOUL (eds.), Liber Amicorum Prof. Dr. Robert Andersen, Brussels, Bruylant, 2010, 163181. A. DE BECKER, “Het algemeen bestuurlijk toezicht tot de regel verheven” in J. DUJARDIN (ed.), De nieuwe regelingen inzake het bestuurlijk toezicht, Brugge, die Keure, 2010, 1-35. W. APPELS, A. DE BECKER, F. FRANCEUS and M. VAN SANDE, Statutenzakboekje overheidspersoneel 2010, Mechelen, Kluwer, 2010, 971p. A. DE BECKER, “The Legal Status of Public Employees or Public Servants: Comparing the Regulatory Frameworks in the UK, Belgium, France and the Netherlands” Comparative Labor Law and Policy Journal, 2011/3, 949-990. C. PANARA and A. DE BECKER (eds.), The Role of the Regions in EU governance, Heidelberg, Springer, 2011, 348p.
C. PANARA and A. DE BECKER, “Introduction” in C. PANARA and A. DE BECKER (eds.), The Role of the Regions in EU governance, Heidelberg, Springer, 2011, xv-xviii A. DE BECKER, “Belgium: all (sub)state entities are equal, but are some state entities still more equal than the others?” in C. PANARA and A. DE BECKER (eds.), The Role of the Regions in EU governance, Heidelberg, Springer, 2011, 251-274. C. PANARA and A. DE BECKER, “Conclusion: regional blindness of both the EU and its Member States” in C. PANARA and A. DE BECKER (eds.), The Role of the Regions in EU governance, Heidelberg, Springer, 2010, in press, 299-348. A. DE BECKER, “Het ontslag van een arbeidscontractant in de publieke sector” in W. RAUWS en M. RIGAUX (eds.), Actuele problemen van het arbeidsrecht 8, Antwerpen, Intersentia, 2010, 145-178. A. DE BECKER, “De invloed van de EU regelgeving en de rechtspraak van het Hof van Justitie op het Belgisch ambtenarenrecht”, C.D.P.K., 2010/4, 503-521. A. DE BECKER, “Een vergelijking van de rechtspositieregeling bij vijf grote Vlaamse steden twee jaar na de inwerkingtreding van de respectieve rechtspositiebesluiten”, Tijdschrift voor Gemeenterecht, 2011/1, 3-20. A. DE BECKER en E. VANDENBOSSCHE (eds.), Sleutel- of scharnierelementen in de Grondwet – Eléments clés ou éléments charnières dans la Constitution, Brugge, die Keure, 2011, 260p. A. DE BECKER, “De rol van de EU: de ene ambtenaar lijkt steeds meer op de andere, maar we zeggen het hen niet”, Den Haag, CAOP, 2011, 35p. A. DE BECKER, “De rol van de EU: de ene ambtenaar lijkt steeds meer op de andere, maar we zeggen het hen niet”, T.S.R., 2011/2, 195-218. A. DE BECKER, “Het bestuurlijk toezicht op de lokale belastingen” in M. DE JONCKHEERE (ed.), Lokale en regionale belastingen, Brugge, die Keure, 2011, in press, 13p. A. DE BECKER, “Er zijn geen geheimen meer in het recht of toch nog enkele … maar hou het stil” in C. DECLERCK, P. FOUBERT and A. OOMS (eds.), Geheimen in het recht, Antwerpen, Intersentia, 2011, 275-280. A. DE BECKER, “Arbeidsverhoudingen in de publieke sector in historisch en rechtsvergelijkend perspectief” in R. BEKKER (ed.), Staat van de ambtelijke dienst, The Hague, CAOP, 2011, 156-161. A. DE BECKER, “We are keeping a secret: The Increasing Equivalence of Civil-Service Concepts in the European Union”, European Labour Law Journal, 2011/4, 356-378. A. DE BECKER, “Het bestuurlijk toezicht op de verwerving van onroerende goederen door lokale besturen” in J. GHYSELS en R. PALMANS (eds.), Grondverwering en onteigening door lokale besturen, Antwerp, Intersentia, 2012, 215234.
A. DE BECKER, “De benoeming van de burgemeester” in J. DUJARDIN (ed.), Het statuut van de burgemeester, Bruges, die Keure, 2012, 7-63. A. DE BECKER, “La representacion de Belgica en el consejo de la UE y la participacion directa de las regiones”, CIDOB- Revista d’Afers Internacionales, 2012, 39-54. W. APPELS, A. DE BECKER, F. FRANCEUS and M. VAN SANDE, Statutenzakboekje overheidspersoneel 2012, Mechelen, Kluwer, 2012, 1017p. A. DE BECKER, “Local government between autonomy and hierarchy: the case of Belgium” in C. PANARA and M. VARNEY (eds.), Local government in Europe, London, Routledge, 2013, 23-45. A. DE BECKER en K. DECKERS, “De normalisering van de ambtelijke status”, Tijdschrift voor Recht en Arbeid, 2013, 5-11. W. APPELS, A. DE BECKER, F. FRANCEUS and M. VAN SANDE, Statutenzakboekje overheidspersoneel 2013, Mechelen, Kluwer, 2013, 1128p. A. DE BECKER, “Lokale samenwerkingsverbanden inzake personeelsbeheer: juridische aspecten” in S. LIERMAN (ed.), Actualia gemeenterecht, Bruges, die Keure, 2013, 15-27. A. DE BECKER, “Tucht en deontologie bij ambtenaren”, Deontologie en Tuchtrecht, 2013/2, 181-192. A. DE BECKER, “De moeilijke positie van weigerambtenaren in internationaal perspectief” in R. BEKKER (ed.), Staat van de Ambtelijke Dienst, The Hague, CAOP, 2014, 265-272. A. DE BECKER and R. JANVIER (eds.), Geannoteerd wetboek lokale besturen, Brugge, die Keure, 2014, 1118p. A. DE BECKER, “Juridische status van een ethische code: waar plaats je zo’n code in de hiërarchie van de continentale normen?, Bestuurskunde, 2014/4, 30-42. A. DE BECKER, “Overdracht van jaarlijkse vakantie bij ziekte: alle ambtenaren zijn gelijk zelfs de EU-ambtenaren zijn niet langer (on)gelijker dan de ambtenaren van de Lidstaten”, Arbeidsrechtelijke Annotaties, 2014/3, 8198. A. DE BECKER, “De impact van de rechtsmachtsverdeling tussen de Raad van State en de gewone (arbeids)rechter bij geschillen in personele aangelegenheden in de publieke sector”, TSR, 2015/1, 181-211. A. DE BECKER, M.A. VAN NOORLOOS and K. SPARRIUS, “Vrijheid van meningsuiting van ambtenaren in Nederland”, TRA, 2015/8-9, 10-16. A. DE BECKER, “De impact van de rechtsmachtsverdeling tussen de Raad van State en de gewone (arbeids)rechter bij geschillen in personele aangelegenheden in de publieke sector” in R. JANVIER en A. DE BECKER (eds.), Rechtspositie van het overheidspersoneel in beweging, Brugge, die Keure, 2015, 159-182.
R. JANVIER en A. DE BECKER (eds.), Rechtspositie van het overheidspersoneel in beweging, Brugge, die Keure, 2015, 323p. W. APPELS, A. DE BECKER, F. FRANCEUS en M. VAN SANDE, Statutenzakboekje overheidspersoneel 2015, Mechelen, Kluwer, 2015, 1098p. A. DE BECKER, “De groei van het aantal administratieve rechtscolleges: een analyse in het licht van ons grondwettelijk model” in J. ACKAERT, A. DE BECKER, P. FOUBERT, N. TORFS, B. VANHEUSDEN en S. VERBIST (eds.), Liber Amicorum Anne Mie Draye, Antwerpen, Intersentia, 2015, 239-252. J. ACKAERT, A. DE BECKER, P. FOUBERT, N. TORFS, B. VANHEUSDEN en S. VERBIST (eds.), Liber Amicorum Anne Mie Draye, Antwerpen, Intersentia, 2015, 365p. A. DE BECKER, "The State as employer, but who is the State?: a short comparison of the situations in Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark and Italy”, 2015, paper at LLRN-conference Amsterdam 25-27 June 2015, 8 p. A. DE BECKER, “The Right to Strike in the Public Sector: A Catch 22 between Fundamental Right and Fundamental Prohibition – The Cases of Denmark and Germany with Some Comparative Belgian and Dutch Elements”, Bulletin of Comparative Labour Relations, 2016, .
A. DE BECKER, “Le recrutement universitaire en Belgique en aux Pays-Bas” in R. PERIN and C. BARBATI (eds.), Il reclutamento universitario. Modelli a confronto, Turijn, Virga, 2016, in press. A. DE BECKER, "La situation juridique des fonctionnaires et du personnel contractuel dans le secteur public en Belgique : quelle unité dans la diversité ? « in J.-P. DUNAND et P. MAHON (eds.), Convergences et divergences entre le droit de la fonction publique et el droit du travail du secteur privé, Neuchatel, 2016, 23p. in press.
LANGUAGES
Mother tongue: Dutch Proficient knowledge: French and English Sufficient knowledge: Danish, German, Swedish Notions: Spanish, Italian. EXTERNAL RESEARCH FUNDING AS RESEARCHER
1st October 2000 – 30th September 2001: scientific research project funded by the Belgian Services for Research and Technical Aspects (under supervision of Prof. Dr. Kaat Leus). I executed a part of the research which led to the book (in Dutch) “Trial of integral and reformed status of national
public servants” (Proeve tot een geïntegreerd en hervormd statuut voor het federaal openbaar ambt), Ghent, Academia Press, 2004, 249p. 1st October 2001- 30 September 2005: Doctoral Fellow of the Belgian Research Council. My doctoral research was entitled: a research of the legal foundations of the specific status of the public servant (Een onderzoek naar de juridische grondslagen van de rechtspositie van de ambtenaar). My supervisor was again Prof. Dr. Kaat Leus. 1st October 2005 -1st Februari 2007: (Postdoctoral) Researcher concenring “Telework in the public sector: legal aspects”. My supervisor was Prof. Dr. Wilfried Rauws. 1st October 2007- 30th September 2010: Postdoctoral Fellow of the Belgian research. The research project was entitled “A uniform legal status for public servants and employees: the use of labour law for public servants: a comparative analysis” Within the framework of this project, I was selected as research fellow at the Universities Reading(2008), Oxford (2009) and Stockholm (2010). This research project constitutes the basis for the monograph I would like to finish during my research stay at the EUI. EXTERNAL RESEARCH FUNDING AS (CO-)SUPERVISOR
Since 15 July 2014: I am supervisor of Miss Sophie Aerts (UHasselt) who prepares a policy-oriented research in order to adapt Belgian regulation to facilitate the collaboration and the exchange of workers between hospitals and education. Since 1 January 2014: I am supervisor of Miss Elisabeth Aerts (UHasselt) who will prepare a doctoral dissertation on the reform of collective negotiations procedures in the Belgian public sector. The research will compare the Belgian case with the evolutions in Denmark and France. The research is funded by the Belgian FWO. Since 1 October 2012: I am the supervisor of Miss Karen Deckers (UHasselt) who will prepare a doctoral dissertation on the role of pulic services in current Belgian administrative law. The research will compare the specific role of public services in Belgian administrative law with the role of the services of general interest at EU-level and with the development of the theory of public services in France. Since 1 February 2012: I am the supervisor of Mrs. Aarti Soertbalie (University of Amsterdam) who is preparing a doctoral thesis on the freedom of speech of the Dutch officials. She is an official herself and executes her taksks as “external researcher”. Since 1 October 2012: I am co-supervisor of Miss Sofie Hennau (UHasselt) who is currently researching the impact of new legislation on governance methods in Belgian municpalities. She is a political scientist and her supervisor is my colleague Johan Ackaert (UHasselt). 1 November 2011- 1 June 2012: Supervisor of a research project funded by the Flemish Region on alternative administrative sanctioning of infractions of building law. This research project contained an important comparative aspect (the Netherlands, the UK, Germany and France). The research was executed in collaboration with Prof. Dr. Daniel De Wolf (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) Two researchers executed this project, one at the VUB and one at
the UHasselt. The research report of 150 pages may not be made public but may be used as basis for a significant reform of the legislation within the Flemish region. MEMBERSHIP OF DOCTORAL COMMITTEES
I was a Member of the Doctoral Committee of Mister Robert Gerits who defended his thesis on 28th June 2010 which was entitled Critical analysis of military disciplinary law. He defended his thesis at the Law faculty of aan de the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Supervisor: Marnix Van Damme) MEMBERSHIP OF DOCTORAL COMMISSIONS
I am a Member of the Doctoral Commission of Mister Freek Louckx (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) who prepares a doctoral thesis on the impact of the principles of public services on health law. His supervisor is my colleague (and Dean) Guido Van Limberghen (Vrije Universiteit Brussel). I also am a Member of the Doctoral Commission of Miss Nilde Marrocchi (Universiteit Hasselt) who prepares a doctoral thesis on the different forms of legal discrimination in labour relations. Her supervisor is my colleague Petra Foubert (UHasselt). I am a member of the doctoral commission of Miss Inger De Wilde (Universiteit Antwerpen) who currently prepares a doctoral thesis on unilateral variation of employment conditions in the public sector. Her supervisor is my colleague Prof. Dr. Ria Janvier (UAntwerpen) I am a member of the doctoral commission of Mister Sebastian Devos (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) who prepares a doctoral dissertation on the powers of the Crown in the contemporary constitutional and EU framework. His supervisor is my colleague Prof. Dr. Marnix van Damme (Vrije Universiteit Brussel). I am a member of the doctoral commission of Miss Sophie Aerts (UAntwerpen) who currently prepares a doctoral dissertation on the labour accidents regulation in the Belgian public sector. Her supervisor is my colleague Prof. Dr. Ria Janvier (UAntwerpen)
TRAINING TO CIVIL SERVANTS
I gave many trainings to civil servants on legal and HR-issues. In January 2009, I trained for two days some Belgian federal civil servants on the legal aspects of freedom of speech. In April 2010, I trained civil servants of the Flemish Administration on aspects of Constitutional and Administrative Law. In February 2011, I trained Belgian federal civil servants on the aspects of non-disciplinary dismissal (in French). In November 2011, I trained Russian civil servants on aspects of HR Policies in the Public sector. This training was given at the invitation of the Europe College in Bruges.
In November 2012 I trained civil servants of the different Eastern European Countries on integrity issues within the framework of the Hague Academy of International Law. The participants originated from Albania, Kosovo, Croatia, Serbia, Turkey and FYROM. In December 2012 and January 2013 I trained Belgian federal civil servants on general principles of administrative law. In December 2013, I trained civil servants on the difficult applicability of the principle of freedom of speech. I frequently seated as an expert in recruiting committees for highly qualified civil servants on all levels in Belgium (national, regional and local). PEER REVIEW ACTIVITIES
I acted as peer reviewer in Belgium for major legal journals and for major legal publishers including the Tijdschrift voor Sociaal Recht and the Administrative Law Library, Intersentia, Larcier, Publiekrechtelijke Kronieken, het Tijdschrift voor Bestuurswetenschappen en Publiekrecht, de Sociaalrechtelijke kronieken en het Rechtskundig Weekblad. I also acted as peer reviewer for non-Belgian publications such as the Leiden University Press and the Tilburg Electronic Journal of Comparative Law as well as for the British Research Council and the von Humbodt Stiftung.
