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June 2025, Outstanding Lecture by Dr. A. Nevetaïlova

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On the occasion of the Graduation Ceremony of CERIS, Dr. Anastasia Nesvetaïlova, Director of the Macroeconomic and Development Policies Branch of UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in Geneva, delivered an outstanding conference on “The Inflection of Globalization: Understanding Current Shifts in Global Political Economy” on Friday June 27th, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. The ceremony took place in the presence of the Minister of State André Flahaut, many ambassadors,  the President of Academic Board of CERIS (Since 2016) Professor em. Baron Marc Bossuyt (Graduation Ceremony Prof. em. Marc Bossuyt speech PDF), the President of Executive Board of CERIS (Since 2022) Professor Guy Olivier Faure, the Vice President of CERIS (Since 2021) Nicholas Williams, the General Secretary of CERIS Ms. Nadia Karorero and the Director of CERIS Mr. Nicolas Cornil.

Dr. Anastasia Nesvetaïlova is the Director of the Macroeconomic and Development Policies Branch of UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in Geneva. There, she leads the team responsible for the flagship Trade and Development Report. Prior to this position Anastasia was a Professor of International Political Economy at City, University of London and held visiting fellowships at the University of California, the Levy Institute of Bard College, the Danish Institute of International Studies and CERIS-Diplomatic School of Brussels.

In 2015-2016, Anastasia served as a member of the Economic Advisory Council to the Shadow Chancellor of the UK. In 2017-2019, she led one of the research teams commissioned by the OECD to analyze the risks of illicit finance in energy trading.

Anastasia’s main research has focused on the political economy of finance. She has published widely on issues of financial instability, financial innovation and regulation, including three monographs (Fragile Finance: Debt, Speculation and Crisis in the Age of Global Credit, 2007; Financial Alchemy in Crisis: The End of Liquidity Illusion, 2010; and Sabotage: The Business of Finance, 2020, with R. Palan), as well as numerous academic and policy articles on the global financial system. [read more]

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Dr. Anastasia Nesvetaïlova is the Director of the Macroeconomic and Development Policies Branch of UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in Geneva. There, she leads the team responsible for the flagship Trade and Development Report. Prior to this position Anastasia was a Professor of International Political Economy at City, University of London and held visiting fellowships at the University of California, the Levy Institute of Bard College, the Danish Institute of International Studies and CERIS-Diplomatic School of Brussels. In 2015-2016, Anastasia served as a member of the Economic Advisory Council to the Shadow Chancellor of the UK. In 2017-2019, she led one of the research teams commissioned by the OECD to analyze the risks of illicit finance in energy trading. Anastasia’s main research has focused on the political economy of finance. She has published widely on issues of financial instability, financial innovation and regulation, including three monographs (Fragile Finance: Debt, Speculation and Crisis in the Age of Global Credit, 2007; Financial Alchemy in Crisis: The End of Liquidity Illusion, 2010; and Sabotage: The Business of Finance, 2020, with R. Palan), as well as numerous academic and policy articles on the global financial system.