Mark Van Hoecke
Mark VAN HOECKE studied philosophy and law at the University of Ghent. M.A. Eastern European Studies. PhD at Ghent University in 1979
After having been assistant professor at the University of Antwerp and advocate at the bar in Ghent, he held professorial positions at the universities of Antwerp, Brussels (Katholieke Universiteit Brussel (now the Brussels campus of Leuven University), of which he was the rector from 2002 till 2007), Leuven and Tilburg. In 2001-2002 he was a visiting professor at the European University Institute (Florence, Italy).
From February 2008 until September 2014 he has been a full time research professor for ‘Legal Theory & Comparative Law’ at the University of Ghent. From October 2011 until September 2014 he also held the position of Director of the Doctoral School Arts, Humanities & Law at this university.
In December 2015 he took up a position as Professor of Comparative Law at Queen Mary University of London.
In 2010 he was the ‘Julius Stone Institute for Jurisprudence Distinguished Visiting Professor’ at the University of Sydney.
He also held visiting professorships at the University of Münster (Germany), the University of Lagos (Nigeria), Renmin University Beijing (China).
Since 1989 founding co-director (with François Ost) of the European Academy of Legal Theory, organising the Master's Course in Legal Theory in Brussels from 1992 till 2009, in Vienna in 2012-13 and at Goethe University Frankfurt as from the academic year 2014-15. He is also still teaching in this program.
After having been assistant professor at the University of Antwerp and advocate at the bar in Ghent, he held professorial positions at the universities of Antwerp, Brussels (Katholieke Universiteit Brussel (now the Brussels campus of Leuven University), of which he was the rector from 2002 till 2007), Leuven and Tilburg. In 2001-2002 he was a visiting professor at the European University Institute (Florence, Italy).
From February 2008 until September 2014 he has been a full time research professor for ‘Legal Theory & Comparative Law’ at the University of Ghent. From October 2011 until September 2014 he also held the position of Director of the Doctoral School Arts, Humanities & Law at this university.
In December 2015 he took up a position as Professor of Comparative Law at Queen Mary University of London.
In 2010 he was the ‘Julius Stone Institute for Jurisprudence Distinguished Visiting Professor’ at the University of Sydney.
He also held visiting professorships at the University of Münster (Germany), the University of Lagos (Nigeria), Renmin University Beijing (China).
Since 1989 founding co-director (with François Ost) of the European Academy of Legal Theory, organising the Master's Course in Legal Theory in Brussels from 1992 till 2009, in Vienna in 2012-13 and at Goethe University Frankfurt as from the academic year 2014-15. He is also still teaching in this program.
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