Research themes

• Regulation and Transformation in the Financial Systems: Sustainable Finance; Financial Innovation; Fintech Regulation, Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies; Internet and Mobile Money; Non-Bank Payment Services Providers (PSPs) and other Innovative Financial Services
• Law and Political Economy: socio-political, economic, and legal dimensions of governance; competition law; labor markets; intellectual property; power and democracy; property rights; corruption; contract-based institutional arrangements; informal markets
• Monetary and Fiscal Policy: taxation; inflation; spending; austerity; interest rate determination; budget deficits; foreign debt; insolvency and sovereign debt regulation; money and markets, etc.
• Global Economic Governance: Trade and Development; Trade Wars and Economic sanctions; International Investment Law; Geopolitics; the role of cities and communities in global economic governance, etc.
• Economy and Socio-Environmental: Social Economy, sustainable finance, social business, integral development, integral ecology, equal agency of social civil actors, fraternal economy, food systems, etc.

Research questions

• What are the social and economic effects of the ongoing reorientation of antitrust law to address
  power imbalances in labor markets? What legal reforms are necessary to guarantee workers’
  freedom of occupation around the world?
• How should policymakers respond to increasing inflation rates? What can we learn from the legal and
  economic responses of governments in previous episodes of stagflation?
• What are the economic justifications and legal bases for progressive policy proposals (e.g. wealth
  taxes, minimum corporate global taxes, federal ban of non-compete clauses, suspension of
  intellectual property rights)?
• How can central banks adequately regulate a fast changing financial system? What kinds of
  international agreements are necessary in this regard?
• How can an economy with a new perspective be built? What does it take to create an economy that
  serves to create a positive social and environmental impact?
• How do we enhance collaboration between lawyers and economists when addressing
  multidisciplinary challenges?
• How will Central Bank digital currencies (CBDCs) affect monetary economics, the future of money, or the nature of money?
• How can we switch from value extraction to value creation?
• How or why has COVID-19 exacerbated international inequality?
• What is the impact of COVID-19 on the above mentioned research areas?