UCD-CEPR-CBI Trade-History Workshop: ‘’Uncertain Tides: The Past and Present of Trade Policy”
Dublin, 20 June 2025
Central Bank of Ireland, CEPR
and UCD are pleased to announce the Trade-History Workshop ’Uncertain Tides:
The Past and Present of Trade Policy’, to be held at the Central Bank of
Ireland in Dublin, on Friday 20 June 2025.
The aggressive and widespread use
of trade policy measures had become less prominent in the increasingly
globalised world of the last few decades. As such the opportunities to study
the impacts of trade policy changes have been relatively limited. History,
however, offers additional opportunities to assess the impact of trade policy,
and in particular to discover how trade policy works in different contexts.
With trade wars and trade sanctions reappearing as a part of doing
international business, this workshop will bring together researchers at the
intersection of international trade and economic history, exploring
perspectives from both modern and historical contexts.
Keynote speakers will be Prof. Kevin O’Rourke (Sciences Po) and Prof. Karen Helene Ulltveit-Moe
If you would like to attend, please register at the following link or else email [email protected] with your name and affiliation. For more details, see the programme.
Annual Workshop: ESCB Research Cluster 2
Dublin, 23-24 October 2025
Central Bank of Ireland and Banca d’Italia are pleased to announce the Ninth Annual Workshop of the ESCB Research Cluster 2, to be held at the Central Bank of Ireland in Dublin, on 23-24 October 2025.
Research Cluster 2 focuses on issues related to international macroeconomics, fiscal policy, labour economics, competitiveness, and EMU governance. The Annual Workshop seeks to foster awareness and collaboration in research initiatives across institutions, and so submissions will be considered over a wide range of topics. Both theoretical and empirical contributions are welcome. The workshop is open to European System of Central Banks (ESCB) and Bank of England (BoE) researchers only.
Keynote speakers will be Swati Dhingra (LSE and Bank of England) and Gianmaria Milesi Ferretti (Brookings Institution).
ESCB authors are invited to submit a draft paper or extended abstract, in PDF format, by 2 June 2025 writing to [email protected]. For more details, see the call for papers.
Call for Papers - Conference on Macro-Finance and Financial Stability Policies
Central Bank of Ireland, UCD, CEPR Conference on Macro-Finance and Financial Stability Policies
Dublin, 1-2 December 2025
Central Bank of Ireland, University College Dublin and CEPR are pleased to announce the 2025 conference in macro-financial research and policy. The conference will take place in Dublin on 1-2 December 2025, and will offer a venue for researchers in the field to present and discuss their research.
Macroprudential policymaking continues to adapt to an increasingly complex and uncertain economic and financial landscape. The sharp and uneven shifts in interest rates in recent years, coupled with increasing geopolitical and trade tensions, and the growing severity of climate shocks, pose new threats to financial stability. At the same time, the rapid expansion of non-bank financial intermediaries over the past decades has added complexity to the macroprudential policymaking environment and broadened the discussion to policy options beyond the banking sector.
Building on the success of the 2023 and 2024 events, the 2025 conference will contribute to the next chapter of the macro-prudential and financial-stability agenda. We are delighted to welcome Professor José-Luis Peydró (LUISS, EIEF and CEPR) as the keynote speaker. A detailed programme will be released in September 2025.
To contact the organising committee, please email [email protected].
Organising Committee
Fergal McCann (Central Bank of Ireland), Luca Riva (Central Bank of Ireland), Laura Moretti (Central Bank of Ireland), Oana Peia (University College Dublin), Yota Deli (University College Dublin).
Scientific Committee
Iñaki Aldasoro (BIS), Diana Bonfim (Banco de Portugal and CEPR), Jin Cao (Norges Bank), Francesco Ferrante (Federal Reserve Board), Georgios Georgiadis (ECB), Caterina Mendicino (ECB), Camelia Minoiu (FRB Atlanta), Enrico Sette (ECB and CEPR), Klaus Schaeck (University of Bristol Business School), Rhiannon Sowerbutts (Bank of England), Lena Tonzer (Magdeburg University).
Economics Winter Workshop - Call for Papers
Central Bank of Ireland, North Wall Quay, Dublin 1 - 19 December 2025 @8.30am
Central Bank of Ireland is pleased to announce a call for papers for the 2025 Economics Winter Workshop. This event will take place in our North Wall Quay building and provides an annual forum for economists- both domestic and foreign-based - to connect and discuss current issues related to our Research Agenda.
Our Research Agenda covers a wide range of topics, including many new, as well as long-standing issues, relevant to small open economies with complex financial systems. These engagements are a key contributor to our open and engaged Strategy and both enhance the quality of our policy positions and economic advice while contributing to the delivery of our Mandate.
This Workshop builds on the success of our 2023 and 2024 events and the organising committee invites submissions from researchers working on topics that address the questions and themes of our Research Agenda.
Submission Details
For consideration in the Workshop, papers must be submitted by 20 August 2025. Please email your paper to [email protected] with “Economics Winter Workshop” in the subject line.
Confirmed speakers
- Michael Devereux, University of British Columbia
- Doireann Fitzgerald, Minnesota Federal Reserve
- Philip Lane, European Central Bank
- Martin Brown, Study Center Gerzensee