The RCEA Colloquium 2023
5th International Conference on European Studies
12-14 June 2023, Zurich
Swiss Economic Institute KOF-ETH
The KOF Swiss Economic Institute (KOF) and the Center for European Studies of the University of Milano-Bicocca (CefES-DEMS), jointly with the Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis Europe ETS (RCEA-Europe ETS), the European Institute of the London School of Economics and Political Science (EI), the Joint Research Center of the European Commission (JRC-EC), the Bocconi Lab for European Studies (BLEST), and the Robert Schuman Center for Advanced Studies (EUI), are organizing the 5th International Conference on European Studies at the Swiss Economic Institute, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland, on June 12-14, 2023
The Conference gathers scholars from different fields in Economics and Social Sciences, with the objective of contributing to the empirical and theoretical debate on Europe. The Conference provides a forum of discussion for scholars interested in the European economic, social, and political situation, in the evaluation and design of institutions and policies in and for Europe, with a particular focus on North-South, East-West, and Rural-Urban Divide in Europe.
Conference topics are:
1. Macro, money, banking, and finance
2. European governance
3. Wellbeing, inequality, and polarization
4. Migration, cooperation, and trade
5. Climate change and energy policies
6. The economic, social, and political impact of COVID-19 and the Russian war in Ukraine
The Network for European Studies is proud to carry on this initiative. The 5th Conference on European Studies aims to connect scholars working on European issues all over the world and to strengthen their cooperation, particularly in this period of high human, social, economic, and political distress.
Program Details
Keynote Speakers
Pierpaolo Benigno (University of Bern)
Tanja Anita Börzel (University of Berlin)
Oleksandra Matviychuk (Kyiv Center for Civil Liberties)
Waltraud Schelkle (European University Institute)
Keynote Panelists
Michele Lenza (European Central Bank)
Frank Schimmelfennig (ETH Zurich)
Conference Program:
The Conference Program is published here.
Conference venue:
The in-person conference will take place at the Swiss Economic Institute (KOF, ETH Zurich), Zentrum Campus, Rämistrasse 101, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland.
Deadlines and submission
Paper submission deadline: April 10, 2023
Notification: April 30, 2023
Registration: May 1-10, 2023
Late Registration: May 11-20, 2023
Registration fee
Standard fee: €250 (Senior researchers); €130 (PhD students)
Late fee: €500 (Senior researchers); €260 (PhD students)
Paper submission:
Please submit through Conference Maker
Programme Committee
Lucia Alessi (JRC, European Commission)
Nuno Cassola (University of Lisbon)
Vittoria Cerasi (Italian Supreme Audit Institution)
Paul De Grauwe (London School of Economics and Political Science)
Catherine De Vries (Bocconi University)
Axel Dreher (University of Heidelberg)
Mario Gilli (University of Milano-Bicocca)
Erik Jones (Robert Shuman Center for Advanced Studies, EUI)
Silvia Marchesi (University of Milano-Bicocca)
Mariapia Mendola (University of Milano-Bicocca)
Claudio Morana (University of Milano-Bicocca)
Bruno Parigi (University of Padova)
Eleanor Spaventa (Bocconi University)
Jan-Egbert Sturm (ETH Zurich)
Patrizio Tirelli (University of Pavia)
Further Information
Claudio Morana claudio.morana@unimib.it
RCEA-Europe International Conference on
Global Threats to the World Economy
An online crowdfunding conference to support Ukrainian students
2-3 February 2023
Online on zoom (Europe, CET; North America EST through PST)
Due to the pandemic shock, inflation has returned. The energy crisis triggered by Russia's war in Ukraine has added further price pressure, particularly in Europe, leading to double-digit inflation rates in many advanced countries. Short-term inflationary pressure originates mainly from energy markets, supply chains, and labor market developments. The risk of stagflation cum weakening financial markets hampers the implementation of disinflationary monetary policies, posing threats of financial disruptions stemming from interest rate hikes. However, the inflationary outlook is also gloomy in the medium term, as most of the favorable supply-side developments during the Great Moderation are at risk of undoing due to de-globalization forces reducing international trade and technological, capital, and migratory flows. Climate change and environmental degradation pose further threats in terms of extreme weather disruptions to economic activity and harvests and the spread of new pandemic waves. Energy prices might be further subject to increases as the green transition appears to occur before the supply of renewable resources can adequately meet energy demand.
Against these scenarios, the conference aims to present and discuss recent scientific results and advance policy solutions. Topics of interest, without being exhaustive, concern inflation and stagflation, globalization and de-globalization, climate change and its economic and financial effects, green transition risk, financial crises, macroeconomic regimes, macroprudential and resilience policies, fiscal and monetary policy in a time of crisis.
The conference's revenue will finance scholarships for Ukrainian students to enroll in the MSc programs in International Economics or Global Management at the University of Milano-Bicocca or similar programs at other European universities. Co-funding is a requirement for suitable institutions to compete for the allocation of the RCEA-Europe scholarships. Scholarships are awarded in collaboration with the Ukrainian Global University initiative at the Kyiv School of Economics.
The conference features keynote speeches by Robert Engle (New York University), Refet S. Gürkaynak (Bilkent University), David F. Hendry (Oxford University), Jesus Gonzalo (University of Madrid Carlos III), Frank Smets (Ghent University; ECB), Raphael Schoenle (Brandeis University; Center for Inflation Research – Cleveland Fed). Online participation is free through zoom.
The full Conference Program including zoom links can be found here
Keynote Panel Session 1: Climate and Financial Risk Watch here
David Hendry (University of Oxford), Taking Stock of Climate Change: Earth, Air, Fire, and Water
Jesus Gonzalo (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid), Warming Dominance in the Planet
Robert Engle (NYU Stern), Have Capital Markets Forgotten about Sustainability? Portfolios, Greenwashing, Stress Tests, and Long-Run Risk
Keynote Panel Session 2: Inflation and Macroeconomic Risk Watch here
Frank Smets (European Central Bank) Sectoral Shocks and the Persistence of Inflation
Refet Gurkaynak (Bilkent University) External shocks, Self-Inflicted Wounds, and Inflation Control
Raphael Schoenle (Brandeis University) Greater Than the Sum of the Parts: Aggregate vs. Aggregated Inflation Expectations?
We are still collecting donations to fund scholarships for Ukrainian students.
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Special issue of Research in Globalization
Submit your work on Europe at the SI we publish on Research in Globalization on the Future of Europe. Please click here for info about the SI.
Scientific Committee
Karim Abadir (Imperial College London, RCEA)
Lucia Alessi (Joint Research Center – European Commission)
Richard Baillie (Michigan State University, RCEA)
Pierpaolo Benigno (University of Bern, RCEA Europe, RCEA)
Marcelle Chauvet (University of California-Riverside, RCEA)
Guillaume Chevillon (Essec Business School)
Ana Herrera (University of Kentucky, RCEA)
Fredj Jawadi (University of Lille)
Michele Lenza (European Central Bank)
Corrado Macchiarelli (RCEA-Europe, CefES)
Anastasios Magdalinos (University of Southtampton)
Claudio Morana (University of Milano-Bicocca, RCEA-Europe, RCEA, CefES, CeRP-CCA)
J. Isaac (Zack) Miller (University of Missouri, RCEA)
Tommaso Proietti (University of Roma - Tor Vergata, RCEA)
Livio Stracca (European Central Bank)
Patrizio Tirelli (University of Pavia, RCEA Europe, RCEA, CefES)
Scientific Committee Chair
Claudio Morana (University of Milano-Bicocca, RCEA-Europe, RCEA, CefES, CeRP-CCA)
Contact address: RCEA
Sponsors and donors
First RCEA Panel on Predictability in Science and Society
Thursday, 26 January 2023
Online on zoom (EU: 5 pm - 7 pm CET, Milan; US: 8 am - 10 am PST, Riverside)
RCEA is organizing an interdisciplinary colloquium on predictability in the Natural and Social Sciences with prominent researchers from various disciplines. Even in their more quantifiable disciplines, such as Economics, Social Sciences have always struggled with experimentation, measurement, and predictability limitations. Lucas (1977), in the wake of Frisch (1938) and Marschak (1953), elaborated on the inherent difficulties in identifying structural relationships. Such challenges have marred economic policy analysis, which requires structure invariance under potential interventions. Physics (more generally, Natural Sciences) may be converging toward an impasse that has slowed progress in the Social Sciences: "During the last few decades, our view upon matter, the fundamental forces, and the geometry of spacetime have undergone a metamorphosis, enabling us to extrapolate our knowledge towards time- and distance scales that in fact cannot be directly probed by experiment." (Gerard t ‘Hooft, 2001). The impossibility of experimentation, measurement, and predictability could obstruct scientific progress and open epistemological precipices.
RCEA wishes to bring together researchers from different fields to debate predictability in relation to the common thread of the effect of experimentation limits on the ability to make predictions. Is Predictability feasible even without experimentation? Is verifiability essential, while experimentation is not? These and similar questions could emerge from an interdisciplinary conversation. Cross-discipline cooperation and cross-pollination of ideas have, in the past, helped develop path-breaking insights. It has happened recently with the marrying of Economics and Psychology by Kahneman and his co-authors (Fleming, 2004) or the application of earthquake modeling to predictions in financial markets (Rundle, 2016). We hope that this colloquium could bring similar fruits.
The First Panel features keynote speeches by Nancy Cartwright (Durham University and University of California San Diego), David F. Hendry (Oxford University), and Carlo Rovelli (Aix-Marseille University). Chair: Paolo Giordani (Norwegian Business School, RCEA).
Panel Program
David F. Hendry (Oxford University), Predictability, Forecasting, and Randomness
Carlo Rovelli (Aix-Marseille University), Predictability and uncertainty play the same role in life, society, and science
Nancy Cartwright (Durham University and University of California San Diego), Singular causation and its evidence: Warranting causal predictions in the single case
The recording of the webinar is available on the RCEA YouTube channel. Please click here.
Organizers: Karim Abadir (Imperial College London, RCEA), Marcelle Chauvet (University of California-Riverside, RCEA), Paolo Giordani (Norwegian Business School, RCEA), Claudio Morana (University of Milano-Bicocca, RCEA) Gianluigi Pelloni (RCEA).
Participation is free upon registration in zoom here