Walter SERMEUS is emeritus professor of healthcare management, Leuven Institute for Healthcare Policy, University of Leuven KU Leuven, Belgium. He holds a PhD in Public Health, a MSc in Biostatistics, a MSc in Healthcare Management and a BA in Nursing. He is Head of KU Leuven WHO Collaboration Centre for Human Resources for Health Research & Policy. He is Senior Fellow to the Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research at the University of Pennsylvania School, USA, Fellow of the European Academy of Nursing Science, the American Academy of Nursing, the Belgian Royal Academy of Medicine, the Royal Society of Medicine, UK and the Academia Europaea. He is the European coordinator of the EU-funded Magnet4Europe study. He is president of the Plexus hospital network, consisting of the University Hospital Leuven and the three regional hospitals of Leuven, Diest and Tienen. Interests in Health Workforce, healthcare Integration, health services research.

Raf Van Gestel is professor organisation and financing of healthcare, Leuven Institute for Healthcare Policy, KU Leuven. He obtained his PhD in Applied Economics at the University of Antwerp in 2017, after which he started as a postdoctoral researcher and assistant professor at the Eramus School of Economics and the Erasmus School of Health Policy &Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Interests in Health Workforce, Healthcare Quality, Global Health, Population Health, Applied Statistics

Sule KURT is post-doc researcher of haealthcare management, Leuven Institute for Healthcare Policy, University of Leuven KU Leuven, Belgium. She holds a PhD in Nursing/Nursing Management, a MSc in Fundamental Nursing and Nursing Management and BA in Nursing. She is coordinating the International Coordination Action funded by Belgian Science Foundation FWO.She is interested in human resources planning/resources management, advocacy in nursing, nursing and midwifery education.