2016
Office in the Belgian Order of Leopold
2015
BOF-research professorship (UGent)
2013
Laureate in Humanities of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium (2013)
2012
Wilhelm Friedrich Von Bessel-Research Award, Humboldt-Foundation (2012)
2010
BOF-research professorship (UGent)
2005
BOF-research professorship (UGent)
2001
Prix Baron de Saint-Genois, Académie Royale de Belgique (2001)