BIRA-IASB is proud of its international recognition and working environment. The countries of birth of the institute’s staff give a good indication of the diversity of people we find among our collaborators: 49 out of 172 staff members are from foreign origin. They were born in 31 different countries. Some have lived for a long time in Belgium and even obtained the Belgian nationality.
By the end of 2022, 21% of our workforce (36 persons) still have a foreign nationality, while 10 years ago, in 2013, this was only 18% (28 persons). As of 2022, the institute hosts 18 different nationalities (including Belgian).
| 1 | Argentina |
| 119 | Belgium |
| 1 | Bosnia-Herzegovina |
| 2 | Canada |
| 1 | Chili |
| 2 | China |
| 1 | Cyprus |
| 1 | Czech Republic |
| 2 | Denmark |
| 11 | France |
| 1 | Georgia |
| 1 | Germany |
| 3 | Greece |
| 1 | Hungary |
| 2 | India |
| 3 | Italy |
| 1 | Ivory Coast |
| 1 | Madagascar |
| 1 | Mauritania |
| 1 | Poland |
| 3 | Portugal |
| 1 | RDCongo |
| 3 | Rumania |
| 1 | Senegal |
| 1 | Spain |
| 1 | Sri Lanka |
| 1 | The Netherlands |
| 1 | Ukraine |
| 1 | United Kingdom |
| 2 | United States |
| 1 | Vietnam |
| 1 | eGOVer from Ecuador |