Bio
Richard Pomfret is Senior Adjunct Professor at SAIS Europe
Professor of Economics Emeritus, University of Adelaide
Professor of Economics, University of Adelaide, since 1992. Jean Monnet Chair on the Economics of European Integration (2018-2020). Previously Professor of Economics at SAIS in Bologna, Washington D.C. and Nanjing (1980-1991), Assistant Professor of Economics at Concordia University, Montréal, and Research Fellow at the Institut für Weltwirtschaft in Kiel. PhD, economics, Simon Fraser University. Seconded to the United Nations 1992-4 and also consultant to the UN Development Programme, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the World Bank, and the Asian Development Bank. Pomfret is author of numerous books and articles on international economics, economic development, and other subjects.
Courses
- European Economic Integration
Reviews the role of economic forces in the process of deeper European Economic Integration (EEI). The course will offer arguments to substantiate future policy making with an adequate conceptual background, placing each topic into the historical context of the last 70 years. The core of the course is devoted to the main areas of EEI: trade, agriculture, money and finance, industry, services, regional development and welfare, with special attention to the changes brought about by the 1992 Single Market, the 1999 Single Currency and the 2004-07 enlargement. The empirical analysis is framed within economists’ theoretical frameworks on customs unions, economic convergence and polarization, the impact of technological innovations on labor markets and management styles, growing inequalities and welfare systems, and the impact of international political instability on migration flows. Special reference is made to the implications of Brexit and the consequences of war in Ukraine.
