Team
The Centre of Expertise for Budget and Financial Well-Being consists of a multidisciplinary team with backgrounds in social sciences, psychology, social work, commercial engineering, computer science, marketing and communication. Our team complements each other, leading to creative solutions.
Discover them all below.
Bérénice Storms
Coordinator of the research line on reference budgets and experienced researcher. Believes that preventing poverty costs less and yields far more than fighting it.
Leen Van Thielen
Experienced researcher with an interest in poverty reduction and equal opportunities. Prefers to work behind the scenes to help make every project a success.
Ilse Cornelis
Experienced researcher with a focus on decent income and financial well-being. Committed to promoting financial self-sufficiency and evidence-based support.
Nele Peeters
As innovation manager, responsible for the valorisation, services, and communication of the expertise centre. Coordinator of the research line Money & Behaviour. Experienced researcher in budget and debt counselling and financial well-being.
Marieke Frederickx
Experienced researcher with an interest in decent income and effective social policy. Pursuing a PhD at the University of Antwerp. Aims to translate research findings into policy that makes a real difference.
Tess Penne
Experienced researcher with an interest in poverty reduction and effective social policy. Committed to translating research for practitioners and policymakers.
Quinten Cockaert
Software developer who translates research findings into practical tools and web applications, with a focus on reliability, scalability, and user-friendliness. Lives and breathes IT.
Alexander Exelmans
Master and professional bachelor in Social Work. Active in the research lines 'Poverty' and 'Money & Behaviour'. Fascinated by decent incomes, financial well-being and strengthening social work practices.
Martine Dingemans
Martine graduated in Applied Communication and has been the Valorization Coordinator at CEBUD since 2021.
Sin Mei Chiu
Research assistant with a passion for communication. Organisational talent with graphic design skills.
Monique De Busser
Research assistant who monitors the financial aspects of projects. A helping hand for both small and large administrative tasks.
Daan Deferm
Master in Agogical Sciences, passionate about research on poverty and social inclusion.
Tim Goedemé
Dr in sociology (University of Antwerp). Tim has been engaged in research on poverty and social policy, as well as the interaction between inequality and climate change, for nearly two decades.
