Léonce Bekemans (born 20 September 1950 in

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) is a Belgian economist and scholar of

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. Since 2002, he holds the Jean Monnet Chair in "Globalisation, Intercultural Dialogue and Inclusiveness in the EU" at the

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. He is a former professor at the

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, where he was associate professor 1991–95 and full professor 1995–2001. He has previously been a research fellow at the

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. He is also a visiting professor at the

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and the

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, and has been Jean Monnet Visiting Professor of European Interdisciplinary Studies at the Polonia University. He is the president of the Ryckevelde Foundation, founded by Karel Verleye in 1956. He received an MA in economics and a BA in philosophy, both from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in 1974. He received an MA in international studies from

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in 1976 and a PhD in economics from the

in 1982. He is married to paediatrician Patrizia Morotti.

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External links

Léonce Bekemans website
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