Articles by Lucia Quaglia

August 11, 2025

Central bank independence in a changing geopolitical world

Lucia Quaglia

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?

Lucia Quaglia

Professor of Political Science, University of Bologna

Lucia gained her MA and DPhil from the University of Sussex, and was a Professor at the University of York, from 2012–17.

She has guest co-edited seven special issues of academic journals, including the Journal of European Public Policy (2023, 2018), New Political Economy (2019, 2025), Review of International Political Economy (2015), Journal of Common Market Studies (2009) and Journal of European Integration (2023).

She has published nine books, seven of which are with Oxford University Press.

European Political Economy
Oxford University Press, 2024

The Perils of International Regime Complexity in Shadow Banking
Oxford University Press, 2022

The Politics of Regime Complexity in International Derivatives Regulation
Oxford University Press, 2020

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