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
Scholarly Pursuits
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