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| Welcome to Guntram Wolff We are pleased to announce that Guntram Wolff who has been appointed to the Euroclear Chair in Sustainable Development is now a member of ECARES. His research focuses on European integration, geoeconomics and defense, climate change, and macroeconomics. Guntram’s work has been widely published in prestigious academic journals, including Nature, Science, Nature Communications, Energy Policy, Climate Policy, Research Policy, the Journal of European Public Policy, the European Journal of Political Economy, Public Choice, and the Journal of Banking and Finance.Throughout his career, Guntram has held key positions at institutions such as the European Commission, the Kiel Institute, the German Council on Foreign Relations, the French “Conseil d’Analyse Economique,” and the IMF. From 2013 to 2023, he served as Director of Bruegel and is now a Senior Fellow there. |
| Welcome to Lisa Delfosse We are excited to welcome Lisa Delfosse to the Sustainable Development Initiative. Lisa is a bioengineer with a strong interest in sustainability. At SDI, she will assist faculty members in developing course materials and teaching activities related to sustainability. Additionally, she will be responsible for creating an online assessment tool for the SBSEM sustainability learning compass.Lisa is passionate about all things related to nature, so feel free to reach out to her with any questions on biodiversity, agriculture, life-cycle analysis, carbon footprints, and more |
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HAIOPOLICY aims to (i) study the socio-economic impact of COVID-19 on households and firms, (ii) document its implications for inequality in Belgium, and (iii) develop policy recommendations to make the Belgian economy more resilient in response to adverse shocks. To do so, the project: Now nearing the end of the second year of the project, …
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