Online-seminar «Scenarios for a post-corona world that is ... still pre-pandemic» by Peter van Bergeijk

It will take significant time, energy and investment to get a hold on the COVID-19 pandemic, but the real challenge is to start to prepare for the next pandemic. Professor Peter van Bergeijk presents work in progress for his book Pandemic Economics that is to be published by Edward Elgar in the autumn of 2020. Following an update on where we stand in the battle against the economic fallout of the Corona virus, Peter will argue that our mindset needs to change; we need to realize that our society is always pre-pandemic. Based on five different settings that run from a Darwinian society to an autarkic autocracy, the seminar will investigate how the organization of society could influence the impact of the next pandemic

Speaker

Peter A.G. van Bergeijk is Professor of International Economics and Macroeconomics at the Institute of Social Studies (Erasmus University). His research interests in the field of international economics include economic sanctions, diplomacy, development, competition policy regimes and trade uncertainty. His most recent publications include Deglobalization 2.0: Trade and openness during the Great Depression and the Great Recession (2019) that he presented in November 2019 at 7th Annual Conference on the Global Economy at HSE as well.

Peter has a Ph.D. in International Economics from Groningen University and a MA in theoretical economics from Erasmus University, where he was a Professor of Economic Policy in the Research Centre for Economic Policy (1998–2004). He was a Visiting Professor in Monetary Policy at the University of Zurich, Switzerland (1999-2001).

Peter has been strongly involved in policy making and banking. He served several high-ranking functions in economic diplomacy including the Bureau of the OECD’s EPC Working Party 1 (2007-2009), the steering committee of the EU’s ECN chief competition economist network (2004-2006) and the EU’s Monetary Committee (1997-1999). He was a Chief Economist at the Dutch competition authority NMa (2001-2006) and the Directorate General for International Economic relations (2006-2009). Previous positions include Departmental Director of the Monetary and Economic Policy department of De Nederlandsche Bank NV (Central Bank) (1997-1999) and Director of UBS Group Economic Research, Zurich, Switzerland (1999-2001).

The presentation will take about 40 minutes, the rest of the time will be devoted to the discussion. Join us!

Time: June 11, 4 p.m-5.30 p.m.

Location: Zoom

Language: English

To access to the conference, please register here. The link to the Zoom conference will be send to you 1 hour before the event.

If any questions arise, please do not hesitate to contact manager of the School of World Economy, Marina Starodubtseva (mstarodubtseva@hse.ru).