Walter SERMEUS is an emeritus professor of healthcare management at Leuven Institute for Healthcare Policy, University of Leuven KU Leuven, Belgium. He holds a PhD in Public Health, an MSc in Biostatistics, an MSc in Healthcare Management, and a BA in Nursing. He is the Head of the KU Leuven WHO Collaboration Centre on Human Resources in Health Research & Policy (2016-2028).  He is the European coordinator of the EU RN4CAST network, Nurse Forecasting in Europe, and the EU-funded Magnet4Europe study (2020-2024)