Rayp, Glenn

Biography

Prof. Dr. Glenn Rayp is a part time research fellow at UNU-CRIS. He worked as a researcher and research assistant at the University of Antwerp, after which he became professor in International Economics at Ghent University. Glenn Rayp teaches International Economics and History of Economic Thought at Ghent University. He is a former member of the (Belgian) High Council of Finance and the High Council of Employment, as well as the (Flemish) Council of Industry. From 2010 to 2015, he coordinated the FWO research community on Globalisation, Regionalisation and Economic and Social Inequality (GRESI) of which UNU-CRIS was a member. In his most recent research on regional integration, he was involved in the development of composite indicators of regional integration and the analysis of the relation between regional integration and institutions. He is part of the team that is updating and re-developing the RIKS platform of UNU-CRIS.

Research Interest

Globalization and regionalization indicators inequality International Trade Regional economic integration