IRES Annual Report

Within LIDAM, IRES has its own research policy, affiliated researchers and administrative staff. The Research Director’s annual report provides a comprehensive overview of the research output and activities of the Institute for Economic and Social Research (IRES) for the academic year, starting in September and ending in August.

Download the 2022-2023 annual report

For previous years, go to the archives' section of this page.

IRES research key figures in 2022-2023

Researchers

• 19 faculty members
• 5 Postdoctoral researchers
• 37 PhD students

More information can be found in our people section.

Doctoral dissertations

• In progress : 31
• Defended : 6

The list of all completed PhD Thesis since 2008 is available on our Completed PhD Thesis page.

Job Market Placement

• 4 researchers found a new position in 2022-2023. If you want further information about it, please visit our Job Market Placement page.

Publications

• Articles: 22
• Book chapters: 5
• Discussion Papers: 25

Citations

• Scopus 88 papers cited more than 25 times
• Google Scholar:
  • 159 papers cited more than 50 times
  • 68 papers were cited more than 100 times
• RePEc : 13,4 abstract views and 4 file downloads per day

Research projects under contracts

• 32 research projects were ongoing in 2022-2023. To get more information, please visit our Research page.

Events

• Conference organized : 2
• UCLouvain Economics Seminars : 23
• IRES Lunch Seminars: 24

Network

• 71 Corresponding members from foreign universities regularly collaborates with IRES Staff.

Policy

• The Service d’Analyse Économique produced its detailed analysis of short-term economic prospects in Belgium each quarter, complemented by forecasts of the Belgian economy
• Regards économiques:
  • 8 issues
  • 1 focus