Professor Dr Geert Bouckaert is teaching and researching at the Public Management Institute, of which he is de Director, of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, in Leuven, Belgium. He is specialised in public sector reform in general and financial management and performance measurement in the public sector in particular.

He received his graduate degrees in Business Engineering, Political Sciences, and Philosophy, and earned his Ph.D. in Social Sciences from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. Currently he is immediate Past President of the European Group of Public Administration (EGPA) and of the Flemish Association of Public Administration. He is a member of several international editorial boards.