Education
Born in Hasselt, Veugelers received her Doctor of Philosophy in Economics from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven on the thesis entitled "Scope Decisions of Multinational Enterprises".
Born in Hasselt, Veugelers received her Doctor of Philosophy in Economics from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven on the thesis entitled "Scope Decisions of Multinational Enterprises".
She is a proud mother of two daughters. She has been a visiting scholar at the Kellogg School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management, New York University Stern School of Business, ECARES/Université libre de Bruxelles, Pantheon-Sorbonne University, Pompeu Fabra University & Autonomous University of Barcelona, and Maastricht University. With her research concentrated in the fields of industrial organisation, international economics and strategy and innovation, she has authored publications on multinationals, R&Doctorate cooperation and alliances, industry-science links, and market integration in academic journals.
She obtained research grants from the Belgian Science Policy Office, the European Union (Directorate General Research and Directorate General ECFIN), and the Flemish Government (VRWB-IWT).
From 2004-2008 she was on academic leave, as advisor at the Bureau of European Policy Advisers. She is also "co-promotor" for the Flemish Government "Steunpunt" on R&Doctorate Statistics.
She is currently a senior fellow at Bruegel, a Centre for Economic Policy Research research fellow, and a member of commissioner Potocnik"s "Knowledge for Growth" expert group.