Biographie de Bart Vanhercke
The Editors : Philippe Pochet (born 1958) - associate Degree in co-operation to development, Bachelor of Science in political studies - has been director of the Observatoire social européen (Brussels) since 1992. He is Digest Editor of the Journal of European Social Policy and member of the research group on "EMU and the European Model of Society", Council for European studies. Philippe Pochet is a member of the Groupe d'Etudes Politiques Européennes (GEPE).
His main research fields are : social impacts of the monetary union, social dimension of the European Union and challenges of the globalisation process. Bart Vanhercke (born 1971) - Bachelor of Science in sociology - has been researcher at the "Observatoire social européen" since 1996. His major research fields are health (care) policy and the social consequences of the enlargement of the EU. He was responsible for the scientific guidance and practical organisation of the colloquium on the social challenges of Economic and Monetary Union (Brussels, 20 January 1998).
Bart Vanhercke recently published on the Belgian Public Centres of Social Welfare.