Caen is the first in Belgium to be promoted to "doctor in conservation-restoration" (University of Antwerp, November 2009).“Op de grens van kunst en wetenschap. Joost Caen, ambassadeur van de glaskunst”, in Info Schoten, gemeentelijk magazine, March 2010, p. 18. At present, he is full professor at the same university and chairs the research group "Heritage & Sustainability."Website of the University of Antwerp: https://www.uantwerpen.be/nl/personeel/joost-caen/ He regularly publishes with Brepols about stained glass. For his main research on small glass panes and panels, he works together with art historian Cornelis J. Berserik from The Hague, Netherlands.Website of Brepols Publishers: http://www.brepols.net/Pages/ShowProduct.aspx?prod_id=IS-9789079528240-1
