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WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION
This workshop is organized around sessions that address the following questions:
- Can the legitimacy of contemporary forums of global governance be enhanced?
- How should international financial regulation be reformed?
- What are the key drivers of institutional change in global economic governance in the aftermath of the financial crisis?
- How should responsibility for global economic governance be divided between international organizations and states?
- What are the medium- and long-term implications of the financial crisis for the shifting balance of power in the world economy?
WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS
André Broome
University of Birmingham
Liam Clegg
University of Birmingham
Lena Rethel
Center for Citizenship, Globalisation, and Governance
University of Southampton
University of Birmingham
Liam Clegg
University of Birmingham
Lena Rethel
Center for Citizenship, Globalisation, and Governance
University of Southampton
WORKSHOP TIMETABLE
All sessions will be held in Room 112, Muirhead Tower, University of Birmingham
THURSDAY 27th MAY
1.15 –– INTRODUCTIONS
1.30–3.00 –– ROUNDTABLE:
Global Governance in Crisis?
Colin Thain, University of Birmingham (Chair)
Ronen Palan, University of Birmingham
Jan Aart Scholte, University of Warwick
Diane Stone, University of Warwick
3.00–3.15 –– REFRESHMENTS
3.15–4.45 –– PANEL SESSION I:
The Dynamics of the Global Financial Crisis
Chair: André Broome, University of Birmingham
Paper 1: “Financial Booms, Crisis Politics and Macroprudential Regulation: The Political Economy of an Ideational Shift”
Andrew Baker, Queen’s University Belfast
Paper 2: “This Time Is Different: The Politics of Debt and De-leveraging”
Lena Rethel, Centre for Citizenship, Globalisation, and GUniversity of Southampton
Paper 3:“IMF and Institutional Reform: What do we know?”
Manuela Moschella, University of Trento
5.00–6.00 –– KEYNOTE ADDRESS:
Professor Colin Thain, University of Birmingham
6.00–7.00 –– WINE RECEPTION
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FRIDAY 28th MAY
9.30–11.00 –– PANEL SESSION II:
International Organizations and the Financial Crisis
Chair: Lena Rethel, University of Southampton
Paper 1: “Global Governance Is Crisis: Trauma, Fear, and Shame as Governmentality”
James Brassett, University of Warwick
Paper 2: “Mark-to-Market Accounting in the Financial Crisis: A Cleavage within Banking Capital”
James Perry, Copenhagen Business School
Paper 3: “Back to the Future: Financial Crisis and Historical Representation in Trans-Organizational Space”
Amin Samman, University of Birmingham
11.00–11.15 –– REFRESHMENTS
11.15–12.45 –– PANEL SESSION III:
Legitimacy and Global Governance
Chair: Diane Stone, University of Warwick
Paper 1: “Traders in the Lost Ark: New Activism and Political Unwillingness in the Current WTO Doha Round”
Donna Lee, University of Birmingham
Paper 2: “The New Politics of Accountability at the World Bank”
Liam Clegg, University of Birmingham
Paper 3: “The IMF and Disaster Capitalism”
André Broome, University of Birmingham
12.45–2.00 –– LUNCH
2.00–3.30 –– PANEL SESSION IV:
The Future of Global Governance
Chair: Liam Clegg, University of Birmingham
Paper 1: “Authority and Accountability in Global Governance”
Ole-Jacob Sending, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs
Paper 2:“Paradigm shifts in post-crisis financial regulation: A comparison across domains and polities”
Daniel Mügge, University of Amsterdam
Paper 3: “Multilateralism in the Age of Obama”
Alexandra Homolar, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt
3.30–3.45 –– CONCLUDING REMARKS
THURSDAY 27th MAY
1.15 –– INTRODUCTIONS
1.30–3.00 –– ROUNDTABLE:
Global Governance in Crisis?
Colin Thain, University of Birmingham (Chair)
Ronen Palan, University of Birmingham
Jan Aart Scholte, University of Warwick
Diane Stone, University of Warwick
3.00–3.15 –– REFRESHMENTS
3.15–4.45 –– PANEL SESSION I:
The Dynamics of the Global Financial Crisis
Chair: André Broome, University of Birmingham
Paper 1: “Financial Booms, Crisis Politics and Macroprudential Regulation: The Political Economy of an Ideational Shift”
Andrew Baker, Queen’s University Belfast
Paper 2: “This Time Is Different: The Politics of Debt and De-leveraging”
Lena Rethel, Centre for Citizenship, Globalisation, and GUniversity of Southampton
Paper 3:“IMF and Institutional Reform: What do we know?”
Manuela Moschella, University of Trento
5.00–6.00 –– KEYNOTE ADDRESS:
Professor Colin Thain, University of Birmingham
6.00–7.00 –– WINE RECEPTION
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FRIDAY 28th MAY
9.30–11.00 –– PANEL SESSION II:
International Organizations and the Financial Crisis
Chair: Lena Rethel, University of Southampton
Paper 1: “Global Governance Is Crisis: Trauma, Fear, and Shame as Governmentality”
James Brassett, University of Warwick
Paper 2: “Mark-to-Market Accounting in the Financial Crisis: A Cleavage within Banking Capital”
James Perry, Copenhagen Business School
Paper 3: “Back to the Future: Financial Crisis and Historical Representation in Trans-Organizational Space”
Amin Samman, University of Birmingham
11.00–11.15 –– REFRESHMENTS
11.15–12.45 –– PANEL SESSION III:
Legitimacy and Global Governance
Chair: Diane Stone, University of Warwick
Paper 1: “Traders in the Lost Ark: New Activism and Political Unwillingness in the Current WTO Doha Round”
Donna Lee, University of Birmingham
Paper 2: “The New Politics of Accountability at the World Bank”
Liam Clegg, University of Birmingham
Paper 3: “The IMF and Disaster Capitalism”
André Broome, University of Birmingham
12.45–2.00 –– LUNCH
2.00–3.30 –– PANEL SESSION IV:
The Future of Global Governance
Chair: Liam Clegg, University of Birmingham
Paper 1: “Authority and Accountability in Global Governance”
Ole-Jacob Sending, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs
Paper 2:“Paradigm shifts in post-crisis financial regulation: A comparison across domains and polities”
Daniel Mügge, University of Amsterdam
Paper 3: “Multilateralism in the Age of Obama”
Alexandra Homolar, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt
3.30–3.45 –– CONCLUDING REMARKS
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