4th Workshop of the Political Economy Working Group — Programme
Workshop
The Political Economy Working Group organised a workshop entitled “The EU Political Economy in Times of Crisis” at ICHEC Brussels (Boulevard Brand Whitlock 4, Woluwe-Saint-Pierre), the 23rd of May 2025.
Below is the programme of the workshop.
Welcome
08:45 — Welcome
Tea, coffee, and introduction by the organisers
09:05 – 09:15 — Opening Remarks
Doctoral Morning I
Theme: EU Political Economy at the Public-Private Boundary
Chair: Tom Duterme
Session I (09:15 – 09:55)
- Manon Fitzpatrick (University of Geneva) —
“Securing raw material supply chains in a geoeconomic EU: how public-private interactions shape, constrain or advance geopolitical goals”
Session II (09:55 – 10:35)
- Matteo Frisoni (King’s College London) —
“Between Climate Ambition and Financial Dependence: The Political Economy of Climate Industrial Investment in the European Union”
Session III (10:35 – 11:15)
- Loris Gathy (ULiège) —
“The use of green bonds in Belgium: greening the state through a financial instrument”
11:15 – 11:30 — Coffee Break
Doctoral Morning II
Theme: Asset Manager Capitalism
Chair: Zsuzsanna Szeredi
Session IV (11:30 – 12:10)
- Santiago Dierckx (UCLouvain) —
“From failure to failure? The political economy of asset management regulation and supervision in the EU”
Session V (12:10 – 12:50)
- Gaston Bronstering (LSE) —
“Varieties of asset manager capitalism: how the rise of index investing is creating new dominant actor constellations in corporate governance and global finance”
Lunch Break
12:50 – 14:00 — Vegetarian Lebanese buffet on site
Afternoon Session I
Theme: Regulatory Governance
Chair: Dealan Riga
Session VI (14:00 – 14:40)
- Giuseppe Montalbano (University of Luxembourg) —
“Digital Finance as a fix to European capital markets’ competitiveness problem? The Politics of Crypto-assets Regulation in the EU”
Session VII (14:40 – 15:20)
- Clément Fontan (UCLouvain) —
“Riders on the delegated act storm: power struggles and expertise in the evolution of the EU Taxonomy”
Session VIII (15:20 – 16:00)
- Pierre Wokuri (Sciences Po Rennes) —
“How to capture the emergence of a decommissioning, liquidating or stranding state? Proposing a new research agenda and analytical framework”
16:00 – 16:15 — Coffee Break
Keynote Session
Chair: Santiago Dierckx
Session IX (16:15 – 17:00)
- Aneta Spendzharova (University of Maastricht) —
“Go green, go brown, go bust: The EU green transition in times of geopolitical turmoil and fragmentation”
17:00 – 17:30 — Plenary Assembly
17:30 — Drinks
