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Simon Ghiotto

Simon Ghiotto

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Educational staff at KU Leuven Faculty of Economics and Business (Brussels)

  • Education

    • Don Bosco College

      2002 - 2008
      Secondary school economics-mathematics

      Activities and Societies: class representative

    • Het Perspectief PCVO

      2017 - 2017
      French C1 - Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) French Language and Literature

      Parallel with my evening courses to teach Economics, I enrolled in evening classes French (C1 - professional proficiency) aimed at Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL). In CLIL, a non-language subject is taught in a foreign language, in my case teaching Economics in French.

    • Université catholique de Louvain

      2013 - 2014
      Master of Economics Development Economics - International Economics Cum Laude (with honours)

      Activities and Societies: Democra'Kot (Kot-à-Projet) Following my Master at Ghent University I enrolled for a second master at the Economics School of Louvain (Université Catholique de Louvain & University de Namur).I wrote my thesis under Prof. Gani Aldashev titled " The Effect of Foreign Aid on Political Stability" using an Instrumental Variable regression framework.

    • University of Ghent

      2008 - 2012
      Bachelors in Economics Economics

      Aside from my regular bachelor in Economics I also included an extracurricular course in Political Sciences.

    • Het Perspectief PCVO

      2016 - 2019
      Teachers' Training EDUCATION cum laude

      As Education always interested me, I decided to pursue a teachers' degree.

    • Ghent University

      2012 - 2013
      Master in Economics Economic Policy Cum Laude (with honours)

      I wrote my master thesis under prof. Koen Schoors on a topic which lies on the crossroads between International Economics, Natural Resource Economics and Institutional Economics titled "Sovereign Wealth Funds: Does the presence of a sovereign wealth fund alleviate capital flight in times of oil price volatility?".

    • Boğaziçi Üniversitesi / Bogazici University

      2011 - 2012
      Erasmus Exchange Programme Economics Magna Cum Laude

      During my Bachelor I participated in the Erasmus Exchange Programme spending a year in Istanbul. Courses were in English and the Erasmus programme allowed me to delve into Political Economy and Development Economy.

  • Experience

    • Municipality of Sint-Martens-Latem

      Aug 2012 - Aug 2012
      Administrative Assistant

      - Assisting municipal functionaries for Culture, Leisure and Sports- Organising the municipal fair- Key contact for fair holders

    • MaisonRouge

      Jan 2013 - Jan 2014
      Allround crewmember

      - Waiter & Bartender- Stagehand- Promotional and Marketing activitiesThroughout these different types of events I also led teams of up to 10 people.

    • Ghent University

      Feb 2013 - May 2013
      Administrative Assistant International Office

      Working part-time during my masters' in Ghent, my main responsibility was introducing incoming Exchange and Erasmus students, resolving any issues that they might have (academically and otherwise), selection of potential incoming and outgoing Erasmus applicants and maintaining relations with partner universities.

    • Municipality of Sint-Martens-Latem

      Jul 2013 - Aug 2013
      Administrative Assistant

      Tasks went from general administrative work to organising events and updating several databases, mostly in conjunction with the town clerk and the municipal treasurer.

    • Itinera Institute

      Jul 2014 - Aug 2014
      Research Intern

      Exploratory research into Belgian Family Policy, culmination into a fellowship at the Itinera Institute to implement the project.

    • Itinera Institute vzw

      Nov 2014 - now

      Research and policy recommendations regarding Social Policy & Labour Market Policy in Belgium and its regions, amongst others leading to several papers, a book on Family Policy (2016) and another on Universal Basic Income (2017, co-authored by prof. dr. Marc De Vos). Creator & Host of the bilingual Itinera Talks Podcast: https://anchor.fm/itineratalks

      • Associate

        Jun 2022 - now

      • Fellow

        Nov 2014 - Jun 2022

    • SBS Skill BuilderS

      Mar 2020 - Jan 2024
      Member Of The Board Of Advisors

    • KU Leuven

      Jan 2022 - now

      I teach various courses in Economics, both micro-economics & macro-economics.I also created & host the 'Economics & Society' podcast, where we use the tools of economics to look at society as a whole.https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/econ-cedon

      • Educational support staff - economics

        Sept 2022 - now

      • Teaching Assistant - Economics

        Jan 2022 - Sept 2022

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Infocyle

      Belgian Development Agency
      Jun 2013

    • HarvardX - Saving Schools Mini-Course 2: Teacher Policies

      EdX
      Oct 2015

    • IMFx - Debt Sustainability Analysis

      EdX
      Nov 2014
      View certificate certificate

    • IMFx - Financial Programming and Policies, Part 1: Macroeconomic Accounts & Analysis

      EdX
      Jul 2014
      View certificate certificate

    • MITx - Entrepreneurship 101 : Who Is Your Customer?

      EdX
      Apr 2015
      View certificate certificate

    • Georgetownx - Globalization's Winners and Losers

      EdX
      Dec 2014
      View certificate certificate

    • IMFx - Energy Subsidy Reform

      EdX
      Oct 2014
      View certificate certificate

    • HarvardX - Innovating in Health Care

      EdX
      Jun 2014
      View certificate certificate

    • Head Youth Leader Certificate

      Scouts en Gidsen Vlaanderen
      Feb 2013

    • MITx - Evaluating Social Programs

      EdX
      Nov 2014
      View certificate certificate

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Simon Ghiotto
      Prof. Beyaert Award Faculty of Economics and Business, Ghent University Sep 2013 For my Master I also received the Prof. Beyaert Award, a prize from the Faculty of Economics awarded to students who are planning further studies.

  • Volunteer Experience

    • Volunteer - Policy liaison

      Issued by vzw SODA+ on Feb 2016
      vzw SODA+Associated with Simon Ghiotto

    • Volunteer

      Issued by Act4Change on May 2019
      Act4ChangeAssociated with Simon Ghiotto

    • Head of the Board of Directors

      Issued by VZW Manitou on Oct 2012
      VZW ManitouAssociated with Simon Ghiotto

    • Principal Youth Leader

      Issued by Scouts en Gidsen Vlaanderen on Jan 2010
      Scouts en Gidsen VlaanderenAssociated with Simon Ghiotto

    • Volunteer Teacher Economics

      Issued by De Wingerd Secundaire School on Sept 2012
      De Wingerd Secundaire SchoolAssociated with Simon Ghiotto

    • Kot-à-Projet member

      Issued by Democra'Kot on Sept 2013
      Democra'KotAssociated with Simon Ghiotto

    • Member of the Board of Directors

      Issued by VZW Manitou on Sept 2010
      VZW ManitouAssociated with Simon Ghiotto

    • Youth Leader

      Issued by Scouts en Gidsen Vlaanderen on Jan 2008
      Scouts en Gidsen VlaanderenAssociated with Simon Ghiotto

    • Municipal Advice council for Architectural Cultural Heritage

      Issued by Municipality of Sint-Martens-Latem on Dec 2013
      Municipality of Sint-Martens-LatemAssociated with Simon Ghiotto

    • ESN Student Buddy

      Issued by Erasmus Student Network on Jan 2012
      Erasmus Student NetworkAssociated with Simon Ghiotto

    • Member

      Issued by Toastmasters International on Jul 2017
      Toastmasters InternationalAssociated with Simon Ghiotto