Research Policy Network (RPNs)

Geoeconomics

Project lead

Moritz Schularick

President Kiel Institute For The World Economy; Professor of economics Sciences Po Paris; Director & Professor of Economics University Of Bonn

The global economic order is undergoing a fundamental transformation. The globalization paradigm has given way to new perspectives on the benefits and risks of economic interdependence as well as the geopolitical and security implications of market integration. The world is moving away from a rules-based system where economic integration was seen as an end in itself to one where geopolitical considerations increasingly dictate policy decisions and the extent of economic openness.

The Geoeconomics RPN will focus on these new challenges in a comprehensive way. The main goal of this network is to generate, coordinate and disseminate policy-relevant academic research on these questions, to develop a more precise understanding of geo-economic strategies and to foster the dialogue between academics and policy makers, working at the intersection of geopolitics and economics.

The RPN will address the concept of economic security in a world where strategic players exploit economic and financial vulnerabilities (“choke points”). Researchers will study how international economic policies can be used to achieve geopolitical, security and foreign policy goals and aim to quantify these vulnerabilities and the economic costs of potential disruptions of supply chains, production networks, financial networks, technology and market access. Other topics include the potential consequences of deglobalization for macroeconomic outcomes, as well as the effects of growing geopolitical risks and wars on growth and development, as well as on inflation, interest rates, and asset returns and the geography of capital flows.

The Geoeconomics RPN will bring together leading researchers and policymakers interested in these questions. Its main aim is to learn, discuss with each other, and produce new knowledge that can be shared with policymakers and the general public – via research papers, webinars, policy reports and columns on voxeu.org.

The Kiel Institute will host the new Geoeconomics RPN in a new office in Berlin, with regular events, policy interaction, and an international visitors program for top scholars doing research on the topic. This new push will complement and strengthen the Kiel-based Geopolitics and Economics Initiative founded last year. Sciences Po is a strategic partner in these initiatives, but we are keen to develop institutional ties beyond the Franco-German sphere.

Events and Output

The Geoeconomics RPN hosted an inaugural conference in Berlin in November 2023. This conference, jointly organized by the Kiel Institute and CEPR in cooperation with the Federal Foreign Office and Sciences Po, brought together world-leading scholars working at the intersection of geopolitics and (international) economics. A second conference is planned for October 2024.

On Tuesday, 12 December, 14:30 - 15:30 (Paris time), the Geoeconomics and International Lending & Sovereign Debt RPNs held a joint Session during the CEPR Paris Symposium 2023.

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Steering Committee

Christoph Trebesch

Director of Research Area "International Finance and Macroeconomics" Kiel Institute For The World Economy; Professor of Economics Kiel University

Members

Sandeep Baliga

John L and Helen Kellogg Professor of Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences and Director, Initiative on Conflict and Cooperation, Ford Center for Global Citizenship Northwestern University

RPN Member, Geoeconomics

Antoine Bouet

Professor of Economics Bordeaux School of Economics (BSE), University of Bordeaux; Director Cepii

RPN Member, Geoeconomics

Fernando Broner

Adjunct Professor Barcelona School Of Economics; Senior Researcher Centre De Recerca En Economia Internacional (CREI); Adjunct Professor Pompeu Fabra University

Fellow, International Macroeconomics and Finance / RPN Member, International Lending and Sovereign Debt / RPN Member, Geoeconomics

Nicole Deitelhoff

Professor of International Relations and Theories of Global Orders

RPN Member, Geoeconomics

Barry Eichengreen

George C. Pardee and Helen N. Pardee Professor of Economics and Political Science University Of California, Berkeley

Fellow, Economic History / Fellow, International Macroeconomics and Finance / Fellow, International Trade and Regional Economics / RPN Member, International Lending and Sovereign Debt / RPN Member, Geoeconomics

Gabriel Felbermayr

Director Austrian Institute of Economic Research; President Kiel Institute For The World Economy; Professor Kiel University; Professor

Linda S. Goldberg

Senior Vice President and Financial Research Advisor Federal Reserve Bank Of New York

Distinguished Fellow / RPN Member, Geoeconomics

Sergei Guriev

Provost and Professor of Economics Sciences Po Paris

Julian Hinz

Assistant Professor in International Economics Bielefeld University; Researcher Kiel Institute For The World Economy

RPN Member, Geoeconomics

Matteo Iacoviello

Senior Associate Director, Division of the International Finance of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

RPN Member, Geoeconomics

Matteo Maggiori

Moghadam Family Professor of Finance in the Graduate School of Business Stanford University

Alexey Makarin

Assistant Professor of Applied Economics MIT Sloan School of Management

Alberto Martín

Senior Researcher Centre De Recerca En Economia Internacional (CREI); Senior Adviser, DG Research European Central Bank; Research Professor ICREA-Universitat Pompeu Fabra and Barcelona School of Economics

Fellow, International Macroeconomics and Finance / RPN Member, International Lending and Sovereign Debt / RPN Member, Geoeconomics

Thierry Mayer

Professor of Economics Sciences Po Paris

Arnaud Mehl

Adviser in the International Policy Analysis Division European Central Bank

Isabelle Mejean

Professor Sciences Po Paris

Fellow, International Macroeconomics and Finance / Fellow, International Trade and Regional Economics / RPN Member, Geoeconomics

Josefin Meyer

Head of International Macroeconomics Research Group of the Macroeconomics Department Deutsches Institut Für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW Berlin); Research Fellow Kiel Institute For The World Economy

RPN Member, International Lending and Sovereign Debt / Affiliate, International Macroeconomics and Finance / RPN Member, Geoeconomics

Benjamin Moll

Professor of Economics London School Of Economics And Political Science

Massimo Morelli

Professor of Political Science and Economics, Director of the Research Unit Pericles in the Baffi Carefin Center Bocconi University

Nicholas Mulder

Assistant Professor of History and Milstein Faculty Fellow Cornell University

RPN Member, Geoeconomics

Gernot Müller

Professor of Economics University of Tübingen

Abraham Newman

Professor Georgetown University

RPN Member, Geoeconomics

Kevin O'Rourke

Professor of Economics New York University Abu Dhabi

Evgenia Passari

Associate Professor in Finance, DRM Dauphine university, CNRS

Affiliate, International Macroeconomics and Finance / RPN Member, Geoeconomics

Loriana Pelizzon

Full Professor of Economics Ca' Foscari University of Venice; Full Professor and Chair of Law and Finance Goethe University Frankfurt; Department Director of "Financial Markets" and Coordinator of Gender Equality Leibniz Institute For Financial Research (SAFE)

RPN Member, European Financial Architecture / Fellow, Asset Pricing / Fellow, Banking and Corporate Finance / RPN Member, Geoeconomics