Apocaloptimist and energy enthusiast with an academic background in Geography and Political Sciences. Passioned about looking at the world in energy landscapes and thinking about how these affect socio-political systems. Former Deputy Mayor of Eeklo, responsible for building a unique democratic model for renewables that allowed the locally owned and supported construction of 22 windturbines, a new heat and solar strategy and an energy poverty scheme which won the EU Social Innovation award in 2023. “We rebranded energy as a local product”. Currently employed by ICLEI as City Advisor for EU Cities Mission and passionately exploring new opportunities to envision the shared use of (big) sport stadiums and -infrastructure as catalysers for neighbourhood transitions.
