ECARES @30 : Where Research Meets Society

In the context of Solvay 120 years, ECARES is organizing a conference showcasing the main research fields of our centre and their connection to economic policy. The conference – entitled ECARES@30 : Where Research Meets Society – will take place on June 30 and July 1. Please find attached the program of the conference. You …

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The Silicon Valley Bank collapse: Prudential regulation lessons for Europe and the world

Peter Praet, André Sapir and Mathias Dewatripont published a column on VoxEU. While the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank appears to be an example of failure of both bank management and supervision, it also offers insights about prudential regulation. This column draws two main lessons in this respect.

David Preinerstorfer awarded the 2022 Wetrems Prize

Congratulations to our ECARES colleague and friend David Preinerstorfer who on December 17 received the 2022 Wetrems Prize for Mathematics and Physics awarded by the Classe des Sciences of the Royal Academy of Belgium.

Inflation : la récession économique guette l’Europe

Avec une augmentation du coût de la vie jamais vue en 50 ans, le portefeuille des Belges se porte mal en cette fin d’année. Bram De Rock revient sur les événements qui ont provoqué cette inflation record, et les conséquences sur le pouvoir d’achat des ménages.

‘Het succes heeft China verblind en arrogant gemaakt’

Begraaf het idee dat internationale handel autocratieën helpt te liberaliseren. ‘China is uitgegroeid tot een frankensteinregime. En Rusland stevent af op een bloedig intern conflict’, zegt de Belg Gérard Roland, een wereldautoriteit in de evolutie van voormalige planeconomieën.

Impromptu workshop on electricity markets

December 5, 2022 – 9 am – 13:30 pm – av. Roosevelt 42, room R42.3.110

WE ARE HIRING

4 positions : Strategy-Macro-Econometrics-Information economics/regulation/public policy (Deadline : 30 Nov 2022)

8 milliards de terriens: faut-il arrêter de faire des enfants ?

Le 15 novembre, l’humanité passera un nouveau cap : nous serons 8 milliards sur terre. C’est 2 milliards de plus qu’en 1998, 5 milliards et demi de plus que dans les années 50. 

L’Europe cherche la porte de sortie de sa crise énergétique

Some thoughts on possible electricity markets intervention by our colleague Estelle Cantillon: competition policy has a role to play, as well as retail price regulation.

Noether Distinguished Scholar Award

The American Statistical Society selected Marc Hallin as the recipient of this prestigious award

The Fight to Save Ukraine’s 5.2 Million Displaced Kids From Trauma of War

an interview of Philip Verwimp by Adam Piore (July 6, 2022)

Best Paper Prize

We are very proud to announce that our PhD student Fabrizio Leone has won the best paper prize at the “XX SIEPI Workshop” for his work “Foreign Ownership and Robot Adoption“.

« Quel bilan tirer de la vaccination anti-Covid sur le plan industriel et économique ? »

Tribune: Mathias Dewatripont pointe, dans une tribune au « Monde », les succès et les échecs de la stratégie européenne de soutien à la recherche pharmaceutique, d’achat et de distribution des vaccins menée pendant la pandémie de Covid-19.

3 FNRS ASP Grants

Congratulations to our PhD students who obtained FNRS reasearch grants : Dimitri Konen, Fabrizio Leone and Giovanni Marianni.

First UCB-SBSEM symposium on Business and Society on June 27, 2022

This symposium is part of UCB and the Solvay Brussels School’s aspiration to contribute to a healthy debate on the roles and responsibilities of business in the ecosystem that “makes society”, so that society can flourish and set the path to a desirable future for the generations to come.