Events archive
Political Economy of Financial Markets (PEFM)
Gordon Menzies (University of Technology Sydney)
31 October 2016 - 5:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
Abstract We outline a narrative of changing attitudes to social responsibility by managers in the finance industry, in response to bonus-based compensation crowding out other-regarding preferences (... Read more
ESC Core Seminar Series
Jan Zielonka (St Antony’s College, Oxford)
25 October 2016 - 5:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre
Political Economy of Financial Markets (PEFM)
Cyrus Ardalan (OakNorth Bank)
24 October 2016 - 5:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
Abstract In the past few years there has been rapid growth in new banks, often referred to as challenger banks, in the UK. At the same time technology and regulatory changes in recent years have had... Read more
21 October 2016 - 10:00am to 22 October 2016 - 2:00pm
European Studies Centre
Concerns for national sovereignty have been a mainstay of European integration. These concerns were at the margins for much of the history of European integration ("permissive consensus"), until... Read more
SEESOX
Kenneth Morrison (De Montfort University)
19 October 2016 - 5:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
Sarajevo’s Holiday Inn on the Frontline of Politics and War charts the rich history of the city’s famous Holiday Inn hotel. Describing in detail the tumultuous events that took place within its walls... Read more
SEESOX
Gerald Knaus (European Stability Initiative)
19 October 2016 - 12:30pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
Gerald Knaus (Austria) is ESI's founding chairman. After having studied in Oxford, Brussels and Bologna, he taught economics at university in Ukraine in 1993/94 and spent five years working for NGOs... Read more
ESC Core Seminar Series
Patricia Clavin (Jesus College, Oxford)
18 October 2016 - 5:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre
Political Economy of Financial Markets (PEFM)
John Mellor (School of Management, University of Leicester)
17 October 2016 - 5:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
Abstract The financial crisis in 2007/2008 revealed shortcomings in bank governance and also raised serious questions about the culture in banks. Both require resolution to preserve the financial... Read more
ESC Lunchtime Seminar
Gijs de Vries (St Antony's College)
12 October 2016 - 12:30pm
Seminar Room, ESC
ESC Core Seminar Series
Margaret MacMillan (St Antony’s College, Oxford)
11 October 2016 - 5:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre
ESC Core Seminar Series: Fortress Europe? What is Europe? A Historian’s View
Political Economy of Financial Markets (PEFM)
Alan Morrison (Saïd Business School), John Thanassoulis (Oxford-Man Institute, University of Oxford)
10 October 2016 - 5:00pm
Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HR
Abstract We introduce ethical agents into an analysis of decision making in a profit-maximising firm. Agents can adopt a profitable new practice that may harm customers. Their decision reflects moral... Read more