At KU Leuven, we make great efforts to bring our research results and insights to the attention of society. The multitude of communication channels, working methods and partners paints a richly varied picture of what goes on at KU Leuven. It gives colleagues the opportunity to communicate in a targeted manner and showcase their research to society. At the same time, we sometimes miss (communication) opportunities because our approach is too fragmented, because we miss target groups or because we often hear from the same colleagues, while others may have equally important insights to share but don’t know how. We will therefore work closely with the colleagues at our central services to map out exactly how KU Leuven currently interacts with society and develop a feasible approach to make the outreach and valorisation of research more systematic and purposeful, and therefore more effective.

Together, we make KU Leuven

Thank you very much for the vote of confidence you have placed in me during what has already been an intense campaign. Now we are steaming ahead to the final round of voting! Because if you really want to bring a breath of fresh air to the university, you need to know exactly what is going on, what the needs are and how we can realistically address them. In short, you need to know KU Leuven inside out so that we can move forward together and leave no one behind. That’s why I am keen to continue the dialogue with you, because yes, together, we make KU Leuven.