Researcher

Ruben Korsten

Research disciplines
  • Social sciences
    • Law and economics
    • Comparative law
    • Economic, commercial and financial law
    • Law not elsewhere classified
Expertise
Law and Economics Competition law antitrust cartels corruption
Bio
Dr. Ruben Korsten. E-mail address: ruben.korsten@ugent.be. Ghent University, Universiteitstraat 4, 9000 Ghent, Belgium. Dr. Ruben Korsten is a teaching assistant and researcher at the Center of Advanced Studies in Law and Economics (CASLE) at Ghent University Law School, Belgium. He graduated law “cum honore” and obtained his master degree in Private Law (LL.M) at the University of Amsterdam (the Netherlands). Ruben Korsten also holds master degrees in Law and Economics (Msc./LL.M.) from the Indira Ghandi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai (India), Hamburg University (Germany) and the University of Bologna (Italy). In 2023, he completed his PhD in Law and Economics at Ghent University. He was a visiting scholar at the Pontifical Xavierian University, Bogota (Colombia) and Loyola University, Baltimore (MD, US). Besides his activities for Ghent University, he is a full-time legal counsel at the Colruyt Group (a Belgium-based retail group), with a primary focus on matters pertaining to competition. He also offers policy advice as a law and economics consultant.