Filip Spagnoli

www.spagnoli.be +32478981417 Hubert Frère-Orbanlaan 633 9000 Ghent, Belgium

Summary CV

Born in Hasselt, Belgium on December the 14th, 1965, I obtained my PhD at the University of Brussels in 2000. I have written numerous OpEd articles in leading Belgian newspapers, specialized articles in philosophical periodicals, and three books.

My main topics of interest are political philosophy (especially human rights, democracy and globalization...), statistical analysis, music, poetry, photography and drawing.

I'm currently employed by the research and statistics directorate of the Belgian Central Bank, I am a regular guest speaker at conferences and universities and a participant in European Commission study visits to Eastern European countries with the aim of delivering statistical expertise and helping these countries to achieve membership of the European Union.

Experience

  • Most recent speaking occasions

    free lance

    November 2005 – Present

    2005: Paper on Poverty presented at the roundtable discussion "Rethinking Socio-economic Rights in an Insecure World", November 28-29, 2005, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary

    2006: Paper on Sovereignty presented at the conference "Anthropology in an Uncertain Age", April 20-22, 2006, Society for the Anthropology of North America (SANA), City University of New York, Baruch College, New York

    2006: Paper on Freedom and Equality presented at the conference "Too Pure an Air: Law and the Quest for Freedom, Justice, and Equality", June 18-20, 2006, Texas Wesleyan University School of Law, University of Gloucestershire, Gloucester, England

    2006: Paper on Religious Freedom presented at the CESNUR conference "Religion, Globalization, and Conflict: International Perspectives", July 13-16, 2006, San Diego State University, San Diego, California

    2006: Paper on Peace, Human Rights and Democracy presented at the Global Studies Association Sixth Annual UK Conference "Peace In Our Time? Peace and Conflict Resolution in a Globalised World", September 4-6, 2006, Roehampton University, London, UK

    2007: Paper on Human Rights and Citizenship presented at the Association for Legal & Social Philosophy Conference 2007, "Aliens and Nations, Citizenship, Sovereignty and Global Politics in the 21st Century", April 19-21, 2007, Keele University, UK

    2007: Paper on International Human Rights Law presented at the conference "Law and Justice in the Age of Globalization", July 19-21, 2007, Texas Wesleyan University School of Law, University of Gloucestershire, Gloucester, England

    2007: Paper on Economic Rights presented at the Global Studies Association Annual Conference 2007, "Global Social Justice in Theory and Practice", September 3-5, 2007, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, England

    2007: Paper on Religious liberty presented at the conference "Rights and righteousness: Religious Pluralism and Human Rights", November 1-2, 2007, Trinity College Dublin, Irish School of Ecumenics and the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission, Belfast, UK

    2008: Paper on Truth and opinion presented ar the conference "World Universities Forum", January 31-February 2, 2008, Davos, Switzerland

    2008: Paper on Cultural Relativism presented at the Eaclals triennial conference "Try Freedom", March 25-29, Venice, Italy

    2008: Paper on Cultural Relativism presented at the Association for Legal and Social Philosophy conference "Global Justice", March 27-29, Nottingham, UK

  • Consultant

    Artemis/Eurostat

    January 2000 – Present

    Trade statistics expert, assisting Eastern European countries in their efforts to apply European Union trade statistics legislation and to achieve membership of the European Union

  • Consultant

    Icon/Eurostat

    January 2000 – Present

    Trade statistics expert, assisting Eastern European countries in their efforts to apply European Union trade statistics legislation and to achieve membership of the European Union

  • Head of Division, Statistician

    Belgian Central Bank

    January 1995 – Present

    Analysis of trade globalization

  • Statistician

    National Institute for Statistics, Belgium

    January 1990 – December 1994

    Analysis of trade globalization

Education

  • PhD in Philosophy

    Free University of Brussels (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)

    January 1993 – January 2000

    with a doctoral dissertation entitled Homo Democraticus, On the Universal Desirability but the Not So Universal Possibility of Democracy and Human Rights

  • Master’s degree in Philosophy

    Free University of Brussels (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)

    September 1984 – July 1989

    with a dissertation on Hannah Arendt, Claude Lefort and the subject of totalitarian government

Skills

  • Dutch language +++++
  • English language +++++
  • Writing +++++
  • Public speaking +++++
  • Teaching +++++
  • French language +++++
  • IT: statistical analysis, data mining, querying, web design +++++
  • German language +++
  • Italian language ++
  • Polish language ++

Affiliations

  • National Bank of Belgium (Belgian Central Reserve Bank)

  • National Institute for Statistics, Belgium

Publications

  • Book: Making Human Rights Real, Algora Publications, New York (isbn 978-0-87586-569-0), 2007
  • Journal article: In Defense of the Compatibility of Freedom and Equality, Texas Wesleyan Law Review, Volume 13, Number 2, 2007
  • Book contribution: The Horizontal Priority of Economic Rights, in "Re-thinking Socio-Economic Rights in an Insecure World", edited by N. Udombana/V. Besirevic, Central European University Press, Budapest (isbn 9638656980), 2006
  • Book review: Albert Breton, Gianluigi Galeotti, Pierre Salmon and Ronald Wintrobe, Rational Foundations of Democratic Politics, Political Studies Review, Volume 3, Number 1, 2005
  • Book: Democratic imperialism, A Practical Guide, Cambridge Scholars Press, London (isbn 1904303390), 2004
  • Journal article: De verzorgingsstaat moet er zijn maar alleen als al het andere heeft gefaald (article on the welfare state), Filosofie Magazine (monthly Dutch philosophy journal), 2004
  • Book: Homo Democraticus, On the Universal Desirability but the Not So Universal Possibility of Democracy and Human Rights, Cambridge Scholars Press, London (isbn 1904303269), 2003
  • Newspaper article: De angst voor het volk (on direct democracy), De Standaard (leading Belgian newspaper), 1998
  • Newspaper article: De principes van de mensenrechten (on the limits on human rights), De Morgen (leading Belgian newspaper), 1998
  • Newspaper article: Met tweepartijenstelsel is politiek besluitvaardiger (on the merits of a two party system), De Standaard (leading Belgian newspaper), 1997
  • Newspaper article: Het leven is meer dan alleen maar leven (on economic human rights), De Morgen (leading Belgian newspaper), 1997
  • Newspaper article: De dubieuze zoektocht naar de waarheid (on the relationship between truth and politics), De Morgen (leading Belgian newspaper), 1997
  • Newspaper article: Hof moet wetten toetsen aan mensenrechten (on judicial review), De Standaard (leading Belgian newspaper), 1997
  • Newspaper article: Geslachtofferd voor de soevereiniteit (on sovereignty and intervention), De Morgen (leading Belgian newspaper), 1997
  • Newspaper article: Democratie en duurzame welvaart (on the relationship between democracy and economic rights), De Morgen (leading Belgian newspaper), 1997
  • Newspaper article: Een gevaarlijke theorie (on the clash of civilizations), De Morgen (leading Belgian newspaper), 1997
  • Newspaper article: Een wet is niet om het even wat (on the definition of a law), De Morgen (leading Belgian newspaper), 1997
  • Newspaper article: Het einde van de scheiding der machten (on the separation of powers), De Standaard (leading Belgian newspaper), 1996
  • Newspaper article: Collectieve mensenrechten bestaan niet (on collective human rights), De Standaard (leading Belgian newspaper), 1996
  • Newspaper article: De rechten van een volk (on the link between nationalism and racism), De Standaard (leading Belgian newspaper), 1994
  • Newspaper article: Het mensbeeld dat mij het meest bevalt (on the link between nationalism and racism), De Standaard (leading Belgian newspaper), 1994
  • Newspaper article: Rechten van de mens zijn universeel (on the universality of human rights), De Standaard (leading Belgian newspaper), 1994
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