is a professor of Social and Political Philosophy at KU Leuven. He works on issues of linguistic justice, federalism in multinational states, nationalism and nation-building, migration and citizenship, and the case for non-territorial jurisdictional authority. He also has a strong interest in 18th century philosophy of language. He is the director of RIPPLE, the Leuven research group in political philosophy, and a member of the CETRA’s steering group.