Clément Fontan

Position: Professor at UcLouvain

I am a Professor of European Economic Policy at UcLouvain since 2018 and I was the co-editor of the journal Politique Européenne between 2018 and 2024. My research focuses on critical political economy, European economic governance, financial ethics, central banking and the politics of sustainable finance.

Research Projects

Excavating the Academia/Policy Pipeline in Central Banks

Economic Analysis at the Bank of England Pre and Post-Crisis

This research project examines the Bank of England’s distinctive research and policy approach. Through archives, interviews, and databases, it assesses how its knowledge production influences decision-making.

March 1, 2026

Aurélien Goutsmedt, Clément Fontan

Publications

Acosta, Juan, Beatrice Cherrier, François Claveau, Clément Fontan, Aurélien Goutsmedt, Francesco Sergi. (2024). Six Decades of Economic Research at the Bank of England. History of Political Economy, 56(1): 1–40. [Preprint]

Claveau, François, Peter Dietsch, Clément Fontan. (2018). The Ethics of Central Banking. The Routledge Handbook of Ethics and Public Policy, London: Routledge, 178–190.

Dietsch, Peter, Clément Fontan, Jérémie Dion, François Claveau. (2022). Green Central Banking. The philosophy of money and finance.

Dietsch, Peter, François Claveau, Clément Fontan. (2019). Les Banques Centrales Servent-Elles Nos Intérêts?. Paris: Raisons d’agir.

Dietsch, Peter, François Claveau, Clément Fontan. (2018). Do Central Banks Serve The People?. Cambridge: Polity.

Fontan, Clément. (2025). Finance Verte. Dictionnaire d’écologie Politique, Paris: Presses de Science Po, 259–264.

Fontan, Clément. (2025). Riders on the Delegated Act Storm: Power Struggles and Expertise in the Dismantling of the EU Taxonomy. Journal of European Public Policy.

Fontan, Clément. (2022). Central Banking and Inequalities: Old Tropes and New Practices. NA.

Fontan, Clément. (2019). Dépolitisation et (Re) Politisation Des Enjeux Monétaires En Europe. Les Politiques d’indépendance de La Banque Centrale Européenne. NA.

Fontan, Clément. (2017). La BCE Peut-Elle Mener Une Politique « Industrielle » à La Place Des États ?. La Revue Nouvelle, 6.

Fontan, Clément. (2016). Une Banque Centrale Au-Dessus Des Nations? Faire Peser Les Intérêts Nationaux Au Sein de La Banque Centrale Européenne. Revue française d’administration publique, NA(2): 491–504.

Fontan, Clément. (2016). The New Behemoth? The ECB and the Financial Supervision Reforms during the Eurozone Crisis. The Routledge Companion to Banking Regulation and Reform, London: Routledge, 175–192.

Fontan, Clément. (2014). L’art du grand écart. Gouvernement et action publique, N° 2(2): 103–123.

Fontan, Clément. (2014). La BCE Dans La Crise: Qui Décide Quoi?. Pouvoirs, NA(2): 91–100.

Fontan, Clément. (2013). Frankenstein en Europe. L’impact de la Banque centrale européenne sur la gestion de la crise de la zone euro. Politique européenne, 42(4): 22–45.

Fontan, Clément. (2012). Une Institution Politique à l’épreuve de La Crise: La Banque Centrale Européenne Dans l’Union Économique et Monétaire (Août 2007-Janvier 2012). NA.

Fontan, Clément, Antoine De Cabanes. (2019). La Cour de Justice Face à Gauweiler. La Mise En Récit de l’indépendance de La BCE. Les Récits Judiciaires de l’Europe: Concepts et Typologie, Bruxelles: Bruylant, 170–191.

Fontan, Clément, Antoine de Cabanes. (2022). Central Banks. Handbook of Regulatory Authorities, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 96–112.

Fontan, Clément, Antoine de Cabanes. (2022). The Euro Crisis: The Battle of Ideas How to Address It-and Its Effects on European Integration. EU Policymaking at a Crossroads, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 74–93.

Fontan, Clément, Aurélien Goutsmedt. (2025). Capital, Labor, and Technocratic Neutrality: The ECB and Inflation Monsters (2010–2025). Mouvements, 120(2): 24–33.

Fontan, Clément, David Howarth. (2021). The European Central Bank and the German Constitutional Court: Police Patrols and Fire Alarms. Politics and Governance, 9(2): 241–251.

Fontan, Clément, Emmanuel Carré, Guillaume L’Oeillet. (2018). Theoretical Perspectives on the New Era of Central Banking. French Politics, 16(4): 453–470.

Fontan, Clément, François Claveau, Peter Dietsch. (2016). Central Banking and Inequalities: Taking off the Blinders. Politics, Philosophy & Economics, 15(4): 319–357.

Fontan, Clément, Nikolaos Zahariadis, Sabine Saurugger. (2017). Resisting in Times of Crisis: The Implementation of Austerity Plans in Ireland and Greece. The Routledge Handbook of European Public Policy,, Londres: Routledge, 349–357.

Fontan, Clément, Peter Dietsch, François Claveau. (2019). Les banques centrales et la justice sociale. Éthique publique. Revue internationale d’éthique sociétale et gouvernementale, 21(vol. 21, n° 2).

Goutsmedt, Aurélien, Clément Fontan. (2025). La BCE Face à Ses Monstres : Les Transformations Du Cadrage de La Stabilité Des Prix (1998-2023). Revue Française D’histoire Économique, 23. [Preprint]

Goutsmedt, Aurélien, Clément Fontan. (2024). The ECB and the Inflation Monsters: Strategic Framing and the Responsibility Imperative (1998-2023). Journal of European Public Policy, 31(4): 999–1025. [Preprint]

Goutsmedt, Aurélien, Francesco Sergi, Béatrice Cherrier, François Claveau, Clément Fontan, Juan Acosta. (2025). To Change or Not to Change: The Evolution of Forecasting Models at the Bank of England. Journal of Economic Methodology, 32(2): 66–86. [Preprint]

Goutsmedt, Aurélien, Francesco Sergi, François Claveau, Clément Fontan. (2025). Not a Steamroller, a 3D Process: Scientization at the Bank of England. Finance and Society, 11(2): 231–252. [Preprint]

Saurugger, Sabine, Clément Fontan. (2019). The Judicialisation of EMU Politics: Resistance to the EU’s New Economic Governance Mechanisms at the Domestic Level. European Journal of Political Research, 58(4): 1066–1087.

Van’t Klooster, Jens, Clément Fontan. (2020). The Myth of Market Neutrality: A Comparative Study of the European Central Bank’s and the Swiss National Bank’s Corporate Security Purchases. New political economy, 25(6): 865–879.