Prof. dr. Samantha BIELEN

+3211268714 Campus Diepenbeek
Gebouw D
Office B50

Prof. dr. Samantha BIELEN

Associate Professor

Faculty of Business Economics
Capacity group Economics
Research group Economics and Public Policy

Membership

Vice-President Capacity Group Board ECO

Research

Discipline codes: Law and economics (05020109), Health, education and welfare economics (05020105)

Supervised PhDs

De positieve verplichtingen van bestuurders van vennootschappen met volkomen rechtspersoonlijkheid en de afdwinging ervan in de rechtspraktijk

Isabelle Vanwalleghem for the title Doctor of Law (doctorate in progress)

Supervised as Copromotor

Behavioural change of regulatory authorities in a goal-based regulatory regime

Belén Garcia-Guisasola for the title Doctor of Business Economics (doctorate in progress)

Supervised as Promotor

A Law and Economics Analysis of the Belgian Judiciary

Jinte Peeters for the title Doctor of Business Economics (doctorate in progress)

Supervised as Promotor

The Efficiency of the justice system

Deborah Kaut for the title Doctor of Business Economics (doctorate in progress)

Supervised as Promotor

Co-creation and citizen participation: Insights into design, channels, and outcomes

Loes Reijnders for the title Doctor of Business Economics (doctorate in progress)

Supervised as Promotor

View all 9 supervised PhD's of Prof. dr. Samantha BIELEN

Essays on the Health Economic Evaluation of Remote Monitoring in Healthcare

Marie-Lien Gerits for the title Doctor of Business Economics in 2026

Supervised as Promotor

A Law and Economics Analysis of Rulings Issued by the Belgian Council for Alien Law Litigation.

Diego Vaes for the title Doctor of Business Economics in 2024

Supervised as Promotor

Essays on the drivers of physician and patient behaviour in the context of medical incidents. Empirical analysis of defensive medicine and defensive communication.

Lotte Daniels for the title Doctor of Business Economics in 2022

Supervised as Copromotor

Essays on the impact of financial and informational incentives on consumer behavior

Benneth Dirkx for the title Doctor of Business Economics in 2020

Supervised as Promotor

View all 9 supervised PhD's of Prof. dr. Samantha BIELEN

Publications

View all UHasselt publications by Prof. dr. Samantha BIELEN

Projects

19 research projects have been found

View all 19 UHasselt research projects of Prof. dr. Samantha BIELEN

An empirical law and economics analysis of director's liability case law (Research)

01/01/2025 - 31/12/2028

A Law and Economics Analysis of the Belgian Judiciary (Research)

01/12/2024 - 01/12/2028

GOBAREG: Legitimate Goal-Based Regulation in a Hybrid MultiActor Regulatory Regime (Research)

01/10/2023 - 30/09/2027

Research on targets, metrics, and policy indicators for equal opportunity and diversity policy in the Flemish administration (Research)

23/03/2025 - 22/07/2026

Essays on public spending in health care (Research)

16/01/2022 - 15/01/2026

Research on discrimination in the rental housing market (Research)

01/12/2020 - 31/10/2025

Efficient Justice for All: Improving Court Efficiency through EU Benchmarking (Research)

12/10/2021 - 11/10/2025

An empirical law and economics analysis of director's liability case law (Research)

01/01/2023 - 31/12/2024

The Costs of Trial: Theoretical and Experimental Insights (Research)

01/10/2019 - 30/09/2023

Jobplacement and -counselling with voucher (Research)

27/08/2020 - 31/12/2022

Study of the interventions of the Civil Protection (Research)

06/12/2021 - 31/10/2022

Discrimination in the labour market (Research)

01/03/2020 - 01/03/2020

Determining the optimal forecasting method for the simultaneous equation system of criminal litigation. In search of accurate forecasts for the influx of prosecutor's offices and criminal courts in Belgium. (Research)

01/10/2016 - 30/09/2019

The impact of terrorism on judicial decisions (Research)

01/07/2019 - 31/07/2019

FWO travel grant for a short stay at the Washington and Lee University at Lexington for the period of 29/10 untill 12/11/2018 (Research)

29/10/2018 - 12/11/2018

Finalization joint paper and start up new project (Research)

01/06/2018 - 30/06/2018

FWO travel grant for a short stay at the Washington and Lee University at Lexington (Research)

06/07/2017 - 16/07/2017

Travel grant for a short stay to participate in research at Washington and Lee University (Research)

02/06/2016 - 23/06/2016

FWO travel grant for a short stay at the Washington and Lee University at Lexington (Research)

18/01/2015 - 01/06/2015

View all 19 UHasselt research projects of Prof. dr. Samantha BIELEN

Education

Involved in the following courses

Academic year 2026 - 2027

5058

Advanced econometrics: Causal inference

Coordinating lecturer

2877

Policy project

Coordinating lecturer

5074

Policy Evaluation Lab

Co-lecturer

4683

Research applications in TEW

Member of the teaching team

5073

Policy development and evaluation

Co-lecturer

5054

Project TEW

Member of the teaching team

Academic year 2025 - 2026

5058

Advanced econometrics: Causal inference

Coordinating lecturer

2877

Policy project

Coordinating lecturer

1706

Causal inference

Coordinating lecturer

5074

Policy Evaluation Lab

Co-lecturer

2211

Methods in Impact Assessment

Coordinating lecturer

4683

Research applications in TEW

Member of the teaching team

5073

Policy development and evaluation

Co-lecturer

5054

Project TEW

Member of the teaching team

4044

Applications in policy evaluation

Co-lecturer

Samantha BIELEN

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Prof. dr. Samantha BIELEN

Membership

Research

Supervised PhDs

De positieve verplichtingen van bestuurders van vennootschappen met volkomen rechtspersoonlijkheid en de afdwinging ervan in de rechtspraktijk

Behavioural change of regulatory authorities in a goal-based regulatory regime

A Law and Economics Analysis of the Belgian Judiciary

The Efficiency of the justice system

Co-creation and citizen participation: Insights into design, channels, and outcomes

Essays on the Health Economic Evaluation of Remote Monitoring in Healthcare

A Law and Economics Analysis of Rulings Issued by the Belgian Council for Alien Law Litigation.

Essays on the drivers of physician and patient behaviour in the context of medical incidents. Empirical analysis of defensive medicine and defensive communication.

Essays on the impact of financial and informational incentives on consumer behavior

Publications

Projects

An empirical law and economics analysis of director's liability case law (Research)

A Law and Economics Analysis of the Belgian Judiciary (Research)

GOBAREG: Legitimate Goal-Based Regulation in a Hybrid MultiActor Regulatory Regime (Research)

Research on targets, metrics, and policy indicators for equal opportunity and diversity policy in the Flemish administration (Research)

Essays on public spending in health care (Research)

Research on discrimination in the rental housing market (Research)

Efficient Justice for All: Improving Court Efficiency through EU Benchmarking (Research)

An empirical law and economics analysis of director's liability case law (Research)

The Costs of Trial: Theoretical and Experimental Insights (Research)

Jobplacement and -counselling with voucher (Research)

Study of the interventions of the Civil Protection (Research)

Discrimination in the labour market (Research)

Determining the optimal forecasting method for the simultaneous equation system of criminal litigation. In search of accurate forecasts for the influx of prosecutor's offices and criminal courts in Belgium. (Research)

The impact of terrorism on judicial decisions (Research)

FWO travel grant for a short stay at the Washington and Lee University at Lexington for the period of 29/10 untill 12/11/2018 (Research)

Finalization joint paper and start up new project (Research)

FWO travel grant for a short stay at the Washington and Lee University at Lexington (Research)

Travel grant for a short stay to participate in research at Washington and Lee University (Research)

FWO travel grant for a short stay at the Washington and Lee University at Lexington (Research)

Education

Involved in the following courses

Academic year 2026 - 2027

Advanced econometrics: Causal inference

Policy project

Policy Evaluation Lab

Research applications in TEW

Policy development and evaluation

Project TEW

Academic year 2025 - 2026

Advanced econometrics: Causal inference

Policy project

Causal inference

Policy Evaluation Lab

Methods in Impact Assessment

Research applications in TEW

Policy development and evaluation

Project TEW

Applications in policy evaluation

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