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First double workshop in geoeconomics, geopolitics and preventing conflict studies

A workshop organized by BAFFI, IEP and IGIER jointly with CEPR and KIEL Institute for the World Economy

What do Italian and European Voters Think of EU Policies Towards Ukraine?

These findings stem from a survey conducted in December 2023, encompassing nearly 13,000 EU citizens. Our dataset is representative of the EU as a whole and, more specifically, of Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, and Spain. I...

The New Dutch Government Might Be Heading Towards a Collision Course with Brussels

Whatever one thinks of the European project, a collision course with Brussels is not only a waste of time, but will also likely undermine the Dutch position in the world.

Certification of Business Practices and Algorithms as a Complementary Approach to Platform Regulation

Digital platforms have transformed markets and created considerable value, mostly for their owners. We discuss the types of harm inflicted on consumers, suppliers, competitors, and society at large, and analyze the recent regulation of digital ...

Goulard Sylvie

Sylvie Goulard

Sylvie Goulard is President of the Deutsch Französisches Institut (Ludwigburg, Germany) and Vice President of the Institute for European Policymaking at Bocconi University (Milano, Italy). She is also Professor of Practice at SDA Bocconi.

In June 2023, she was designated co-chair (with Dame Amelia Fawcett) of a Franco British initiative aiming at creating nature related financial instruments to tackle climate change and biodiversity loss.

From January 2018 to December 2022, she was deputy governor of the Banque de France / Eurosystem with a portfolio comprising international issues, research, public financial education and financial stability issues, including those related to climate and the monitoring of the secretariat of the Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) that coordinates the work of around 120 Central Banks and supervisors committed to tackle climate related financial risks and encourage sustainable development. Within the NGFS, Mrs Goulard co-chaired the Task Force on nature-related risks.

After the presidential election in 2017, Mrs Goulard was Minister of Defense in the first Edouard Philippe Government.

From 2009 to 2017, she served as a member of the European Parliament (ALDE group / Econ committee).

She was before a political advisor to Romano Prodi during his time as President of the European Commission and Chair of the French European Movement.

In 2009 she received an award (Prix du livre Européen) for her book L’Europe pour les Nuls.

van der Lugt Sanne

Sanne van der Lugt

Dr Sanne van der Lugt is researcher and policy advisor on China in Africa, Chinese technological developments and the consequences for European strategic autonomy. Because of her background in Anthropology, International Political Economy and International Business, she studies these topics from different angles. As a researcher at the Center for Chinese Studies of Stellenbosch University in South Africa, she has conducted fieldwork in various African countries. She has carried out research projects for Oxfam, WWF and the European Commission, among others. She has experience with running a business in China and provides training and advice to European policy makers.

Why ASML is the EU’s most Important Bargaining Chip

ASML has a global monopoly on EUV, the most advanced lithography technology that is on the Wassenaar Arrangement list of dual-use technologies and requires an export license. The Dutch government approved the export license of EUV-technology to China...

The Future of the EU Institutions: Understanding the Role of the European Parliament in Shaping EU Action

In view of the European Parliamentary elections IEP@BU has launched a series of webinars on the future of the EU institutions. In the next event, we will discuss the increasing importance of the European Parliament. With Maurizio Ferrera, Simon Hix, ...

Belli Flaminia

Flaminia Belli

Interest Rate Cuts? If You Don’t Know What You Are Doing, Do it Gently

The Fed and the ECB conducted monetary policy reviews in 2019-2020, when most of the above shocks were still in the making or yet to come. Both of them seem largely obsolete today, or at least incomplete. There is no appetite to restart them.