# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/luc-sels
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:11:42.642Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/luc-sels"
name: "Luc Sels"
slug: "luc-sels"
description: "Luc Sels is a Belgian sociologist who has served as the president of Leiden University since 1 November 2025. Previously, he served as rector of KU Leuven from August 2017 to August 2025."
tagline: "Belgian university professor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rector_Luc_Sels_at_the_opening_of_the_academic_year_2023-2024.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1967"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.93
  momentum:             0.2857142857142858
  historical:           5.686106666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://feb.kuleuven.be/luc.sels"
sources:
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    title: "Luc Sels"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D9%83_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B3"
    title: "لوك سيلس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luc_Sels"
    title: "Luc Sels"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luc_Sels"
    title: "Luc Sels"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luc_Sels"
    title: "Luc Sels"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luc_Sels"
    title: "Luc Sels"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16069692"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump