His research interests include deliberative and participatory democracy, social, democratic and public sector innovation, social entrepreneurship, innovation management and cooperative governance. He recently set up a lab experiment with professor Michael MacKenzie (University of Pittsburgh) on deliberation and long-term thinking regarding environmental policy, and he is currently involved in a stakeholder forum on the future of the Belgian justice system with professor Geert Vervaeke (KULeuven - www.oprechtmechelen.be).