Phd defense jury in Belgium I have been invited to be an external jury member for a PhD defense at a Belgian university. Apart from reimbursement of my travel expenses, am I going to be paid for this work? In UK (where I am based), there will be payment for external examiners. It would be embarrassing for me to ask them directly:)

Thanks for any info!
On the continent, my understanding is that it’s considered part of “service duties” and thus while travel is (often) compensated for, your time is not.