Luc Sels

Luc Sels (born 1967 in Merksem) is a Belgian sociologist.

From August 2017 on he is the rector of the KU Leuven. Sels won the elections for new rector in the first round on Tuesday 9 May 2017 by beating Rik Torfs with 51.12% to 48.88%. Before becoming rector, he was dean of the Faculty of Economics and Business from 2009 till 2017. On 11 May 2021 Sels got reelected as rector with 64% of the votes against 33% for his challenger, toxicologist Jan Tytgat. Provided by Wikipedia