Events archive
Political Economy of Financial Markets (PEFM)
Stuart Sweeney (Investment Director, Social and Sustainable Capital)
11 November 2019 - 5:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
Book discussion In The Europe Illusion , Stuart Sweeney considers Britain’s relationships with France and Prussia-Germany since the map of Europe was redrawn at Westphalia in 1648. A timely and far-... Read more
Political Economy of Financial Markets (PEFM)
Thomas Wieser (Former EU Economic and Financial Committee, EU)
19 June 2019 - 5:00pm
Nissan Lecture Theatre
The Max Watson Lecture The EU has more than once gone through a phase of reflection on how to deal with decision making in a grouping of countries with heterogeneous preferences: Europe à plusieurs... Read more
Political Economy of Financial Markets (PEFM)
David Llewellyn (Loughborough University)
14 May 2019 - 5:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
The lecture considers the process of the Brexit decision and negotiations from the time the decision was made to hold a referendum to when Parliament made one of the most far-reaching decisions in... Read more
Political Economy of Financial Markets (PEFM)
Sean Hagan (Exeter College, Oxford)
6 May 2019 - 5:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
Although international financial crises vary, both in terms of their underlying causes and their manifestations, they also share certain patterns. In his remarks, Mr. Hagan will explore these... Read more
Political Economy of Financial Markets (PEFM)
William Keegan (The Observer)
29 April 2019 - 5:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
Please join us for drinks and nibbles after the talk. BOOK PRESENTATION A collapsing pound, spiralling oil prices, near-rationing of electricity... over the past half-century, Britain's economy has... Read more
Political Economy of Financial Markets (PEFM)
Mahmood Pradhan (IMF)
11 March 2019 - 5:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
POSTPONED Mahmood Pradhan is deputy director of the European Department, International Monetary Fund. Mahmood does research in Financial Economics, Monetary Economics and Econometrics. Their most... Read more
Political Economy of Financial Markets (PEFM)
Gillan Edgeworth (Wellington Management)
4 March 2019 - 5:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
Abtract: The newer EU states have managed an impressive pace of real convergence, significantly outpacing the EM average. Integration into European manufacturing chains have been central to this.... Read more
Political Economy of Financial Markets (PEFM)
Adrienne Cheasty (St Antony’s College, Oxford)
25 February 2019 - 5:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
The December 2018 Euro summit mandated the Eurogroup to develop ‘a budgetary instrument’ for the euro area, with features to be agreed in June 2019. This seminar examines design issues for an... Read more
Political Economy of Financial Markets (PEFM)
Sean Hagan (Exeter College, Oxford)
11 February 2019 - 5:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
The number of high profile instances of corruption has - justifiably - generated considerable moral outrage, particularly at a time of growing inequality. But there is also ample evidence that... Read more
Political Economy of Financial Markets (PEFM)
Valerie Herzberg (Central Bank of Ireland)
21 January 2019 - 5:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
Has Europe’s Hamilton moment arrived? On June 19, 2018, the Meseberg declaration featured a proposal by France and Germany to establish a Eurozone budget in that spirit, starting in 2021. However,... Read more
Political Economy of Financial Markets (PEFM)
Marcin Piatkowski (World Bank)
26 November 2018 - 5:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
Book presentation Over the last twenty-five years Poland has transitioned from a perennially backward, poor, and peripheral country to unexpectedly join the ranks of the world's high income countries... Read more
Political Economy of Financial Markets (PEFM)
Charles Enoch (St Antony's College, Oxford)
19 November 2018 - 5:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
Abstract: Much analysis of the European Union (EU) has focused on the process of “ever closer union”. The Junker 2022 plan is one example of this approach. The key question in the alternative... Read more
Political Economy of Financial Markets (PEFM)
Daniel Hardy (IMF)
8 November 2018 - 5:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
Abstract: The recent IMF Euro Area Financial Sector Assessment Program undertook an in-depth, critical examination of euro zone financial sector policies and especially the functioning of the Banking... Read more
Political Economy of Financial Markets (PEFM)
Julian Adams (Prudential)
5 November 2018 - 5:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
Abstract: In his talk, Mr Adams will consider how the current international environment is shaping the insurance sector and discuss how trends including demographics and technological innovation are... Read more
Political Economy of Financial Markets (PEFM)
Mujtaba Rahman (Eurasia Group, Europe)
22 October 2018 - 5:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
Mujtaba (Mij) Rahman leads the firm's analysis on Europe, helping clients navigate elections, Brexit, EU-Turkey dynamics, bailout politics in Greece, European Central Bank politics and policy and EU... Read more