Asser Institute to organize a Winter Academy on corporate social responsibility, January 8-12

The T.M.C. Asser Instituut is organising a Winter Academy on transnational corporate regulation entitled ‘Doing Business Right. Corporate social responsibility in transnational law and practice.’    The program, to be held at The Hague, caters specifically to master’s students in law, NGO employees, and early … Continue Reading

Call for Papers: Assessing the effectiveness of regulatory enforcement in the EU

The effectiveness of regulatory enforcement goes to the heart of all policy areas falling within EU competence, and is a key component of the EU’s credibility and legitimacy. The traditional ‘dual vigilance’ framework of enforcement has been overtaken by EU … Continue Reading

Harvard’s (Still Massive) Endowment Losing Steam

Bloomberg has reported that Harvard’s endowment has grown less than others, at a surprisingly small rate of 2%, according to a new report by Bloomberg.  This compares to a 20% growth by Yale, and  44% growth by Stanford. What’s been … Continue Reading

Call for papers: New Challenges of Regulation and Enforcement in the EU, Regulatory Governance Biennial Conference, July 4-6 2018, Switzerland

A call for papers has been announced for two ‘sister panels’ to be organized at the ECPR Standing Group on Regulatory Governance Biennial Conference, University of Lausanne, Switzerland, 4-6 July 2018. Title: New Challenges of Regulation and Enforcement in the … Continue Reading

Call for Proposals for Edited Book on “Good Data”

Editors: Angela Daly (Queensland University of Technology), Kate Devitt (Queensland University of Technology) & Monique Mann (Queensland University of Technology). In recent years, there has been an exponential increase in the collection, aggregation and automated analysis of information by government … Continue Reading

New Encyclopedia of International Economic Law Published!

This project has been a while in the making, but I’d like to put a plug in for Elgar’s Encyclopedia of International Economic Law.  Comprising over 250 entries written by scholars (including yours truly) and practitioners, traditional international economic law … Continue Reading

Georgetown Law’s WTO Academy Starts Next Week!

Global Trade Academy: Legal Foundations and New Directions, the WTO & Beyond in an Era of Globalization Backlash REGISTER FOR THE 2017 GLOBAL TRADE ACADEMY: NOVEMBER 13-17, 2017. Georgetown Law’s Institute of International Economic Law (IIEL) will hold the 12th … Continue Reading

Fully funded PhD Studentship on public policy development in the Centre of International Public Policy at Royal Holloway, University of London

Overview:The Centre of International Public Policy (CIPP) is a world leading academic research centre based within the Department of Politics and International Relations at Royal Holloway, University of London. We are currently offering a fully-funded PhD Studentship for three years from September 2018. The … Continue Reading

Michigan Fintech Conference, November 16-17, 2017

The Third Annual Financial Stability Conference, Co-hosted by the U.S. Office of Financial Research and the University of Michigan’s Center on Finance, Law, and Policy at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, will be held on November 16-17, 2017. … Continue Reading

Panel Proposal for “Regulatory State after the Crisis” for the Seventh Biennial Conference of the ECPR

David Levi-Faur and Reimut Zohlnhöfer are putting together a panel on the “Regulatory State after the Crisis” for the Seventh Biennial Conference of the ECPR Standing Group on Regulatory Governance, to be organized at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, from … Continue Reading