Over recent decades, central banks have gained new powers. Nowadays, they are involved in areas as diverse as the greening of the economy and in digital finance. But is it a problem, wonder Lucia Quaglia and Amy Verdun, that despite their broader role, central banks remain independent from politicians?
Professor of Political Science, University of Victoria / Guest Professor, Leiden University
Amy is a professor of international political economy, comparative politics and European integration.
Her work focuses on questions pertaining to governance, financial integration in Europe and relations within Europe, as well as with countries outside Europe.
She has published 23 books, with one forthcoming in 2025.
She has been guest editor or co-editor of 20 special issues of academic journals, including the Journal of Common Market Studies (2022), Journal of Economic Policy Reform (2020), Journal of European Integration (2023, 2017), Journal of European Public Policy (2023, 2018), New Political Economy (2025), Review of International Political Economy (2015), and West European Politics (2013).
Amy has published more than 90 articles in refereed academic journals in the fields of public policy, political economy, and EU studies.
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