In 2022, Jan joined the Real Estate and Territorial Development team at Idea Consult. He holds a degree in Architecture, Spatial Planning and Urbanism. For many years Jan worked as an urbanist, spatial planner and researcher for the Flemish department of Environment and Spatial Development. He specialises in regional research by design, spatial-economic policy, planning processes for individual companies and …
Daphné Valsamis
Daphné has a Master in Science of Economics, with a specialisation econometric analysis and labour market, from the Université Libre de Bruxelles. She has almost 15 years of experience in evaluation and research in the fields of employment and competence policies. At IDEA Consult, Daphné is senior expert in Labour market and Socio-Economic Policy. She also worked as a researcher …
Ella Desmedt
Ella Desmedt combines a pedagogical background with theoretical and practical expertise in the field of government management, policy management and evaluation. She holds a doctorate in pedagogical sciences (UGent, 2004) and a master’s degree in government management and policy (KULeuven, 2014). She developed her evaluation expertise as an auditor at the Court of Audit, where she evaluated specific policy measures …
Vincent Duchêne
Dr. Vincent Duchêne is senior expert, Team Leader of IDEA’s “Competitiveness and Innovation” department and Managing Partner. Vincent has more than 25 years’ experience in the field of Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) policies, and more than 15 years’ experience in industrial policy and regional policy. After having obtained his PhD in Economic History at the Catholic University of Louvain …
Tine Jans
Tine Jans studied marketing & communication, complemented by a further specialisation in digital marketing and multimedia design at AP Hogeschool and HoGent. She has already worked in various profit and non-profit sectors as an employee and also as a freelancer. She has a strong interest in culture, sustainability and science communication and has already worked on projects for Croix Rouge …
Tille Peters
Tille Peters is a consultant in culture and creative sectors at IDEA Consult. In 2022, Tille obtained her master’s degree in product development with a specialization in interaction and strategic design. She then pursued a master’s program at Erasmus University Rotterdam, graduating in 2023 with a Master of Arts in Cultural Economics & Entrepreneurship. During this master’s program, Tille explored …
Cathy Cardon
Cathy enjoys contributing her skills and knowledge to cultural, heritage, and tourism projects, particularly those focused on vision development, collaboration, and/or infrastructure. She has previously worked in event management (Act! Events), collaborative arts marketing (Publiq), heritage (Herita), and contemporary art (Kunst in Huis). As the General Director of Kunst in Huis, a non-profit art rental organization for young artists, she …