Reinhilde Veugelers (born 1963 in Hasselt) is a Belgian economist and Professor of Managerial Economics, Strategy and Innovation at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven from Belgium, known for her research on science and innovation.
She is also a scholar at Bruegel in Brussels[1] and at the Peterson Institute for International Economics in Washington D.C.[2] Born in Hasselt, Veugelers received her PhD in Economics from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven on the thesis entitled "Scope Decisions of Multinational Enterprises".
She is a full professor at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, the Faculty of Business and Economics, the Management, Strategy and Innovation (MSI) Department.
[4] She is a member of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Sciences and of the Academia Europeana.
Other advisory positions include membership of: With her research concentrated in the fields of industrial organisation, international economics and strategy, innovation and science, she has authored numerous well cited publications in leading international journals.