Currently professor emeritus at the University of Louvain, he participates in a tradition that unites Christianity, personalism and solidarity principles.

[1] In 1991, he founded the Lisbon Group, which was composed of 21 academic, business, media and cultural decision-makers, so as to enhance the critical analyses of the current globalization.

He worked as a scientific secretary during the years 1967 to 1975, then he became Director of the European Centre for research coordination in Social Sciences in Vienna (Austria).

From 1976 to 1978, he was a senior researcher in the International Council of Social Sciences in Paris (France) and also a fellow of the Ford Foundation He led the FAST programme (Forecasting and Assessment in Science and Technology) in the European Commission in the time frame December 1978 – 1994.

[3] He was also visiting professor at the [VUB Free University of Brussels] from 1999 till 2005, and lectured on human ecology at the Accademia di Architettura de Mendrisio (CH).