Professor
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Professor
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Fellow, Research Member, Board Member
Director of the Institute of Global Affairs (IGA)
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Professor Erik Berglof (pictured) became the inaugural Director of the Institute of Global Affairs (IGA) on 1 February 2015. He joined the School as a Professor in Practice in the Department of Economics.
The IGA was established last year and already includes a number of constituent Centres - IDEAS, the Middle East Centre, the Saw Swee Hock Southeast Asia Centre and the recently-approved Centres for the United States, and South Asia. Professor Berglof will help to realise the School’s high ambitions for the IGA across the full breadth of its research, public engagement and teaching mission.
The IGA was established last year and already includes a number of constituent Centres - IDEAS, the Middle East Centre, the Saw Swee Hock Southeast Asia Centre and the recently-approved Centres for the United States, and South Asia. Professor Berglof will help to realise the School’s high ambitions for the IGA across the full breadth of its research, public engagement and teaching mission.
Previously he was the Chief Economist and Special Adviser to the President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). He is a widely published and internationally respected specialist in the field of transition economics, as well as financial contracting, corporate governance, financial development and EU reform. As expert on policy-related issues in transition economies, he has regularly provided advice to national governments and international institutions including the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank and OECD.
Prior to joining the EBRD in 2006, Erik Berglöf held the position of Director of the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) and Professor at the Stockholm School of Economics. He was previously Assistant Professor at the Université Libre de Bruxelles and has held visiting positions at Harvard, Stanford and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He was the founder and President of the Centre for Economic and Financial Research (CEFIR) in Moscow.
Erik Berglöf was also Programme Director at the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) in London. Currently, he is Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C., Board Member and Research Fellow of the European Corporate Governance Institute, Board Member of the New Economic School in Moscow, Board Member of the Institute for New Economic Thinking in New York, and Trustee of the Bianca Jagger Human Rights Foundation. In 2013 he was awarded the Leontief Medal "for contributions to economic reform".
Prior to joining the EBRD in 2006, Erik Berglöf held the position of Director of the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) and Professor at the Stockholm School of Economics. He was previously Assistant Professor at the Université Libre de Bruxelles and has held visiting positions at Harvard, Stanford and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He was the founder and President of the Centre for Economic and Financial Research (CEFIR) in Moscow.
Erik Berglöf was also Programme Director at the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) in London. Currently, he is Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C., Board Member and Research Fellow of the European Corporate Governance Institute, Board Member of the New Economic School in Moscow, Board Member of the Institute for New Economic Thinking in New York, and Trustee of the Bianca Jagger Human Rights Foundation. In 2013 he was awarded the Leontief Medal "for contributions to economic reform".
