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Place Montesquieu 1/L2.08.07
1348 Louvain-la-Neuve
Clément Fontan
Professeur
Professeur
I am a professor of European economic policy at UcLouvain and Université Saint-Louis Brussels and I co-edit the journal Politique Européenne since 2018. My fields of specialisation are political economy, European studies, financial ethics, central banks and financial crises. I received my PhD in political science from Sciences-Po in Grenoble in December 2012. Supervised by Sabine Saurugger, my thesis analyses how the ECB extended its political influence and competences during the eurozone crisis. After my PhD, I taught at Sciences Po Lille and did post-doctoral research stays at the Centre de Recherche en Éthique of the University of Montreal, at the PACTE/CNRS laboratory for the H2020 project EmuChoices and for the Financial Ethics research group at the University of Gothenburg.
I am involved as a collaborator or principal investigator in research projects on the history of macroeconomic models at the Bank of England (collaborator) and on European taxonomy (PI, see research tab).
I am the author of numerous publications in scientific journals in French and English (see publication tab) and I am co-author of the book "Do Central Banks serve the People" (Polity, 2018), translated into French (ed. Raisons d'agir, 2019). I regularly disseminate the results of my research in English speaking media such as Social Europe or Euractiv.
I am currently promoting or co-promoting the following research:
- Antoine de Cabanes' thesis (FNRS candidate) comparing the political work done on the Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank
- Tanguy Brun's thesis (Fonds Spéciaux de Recherche, UCLouvain) on the strategies of financial firms towards regulatory projects of greening finance
- Aurélien Goutsmedt's post-doctoral thesis (FNRS Research Fellow) comparing the ECB and European Commission's macroeconomic forecasting models
- Claire Debucquois' post-doctorate (Fonds Spéciaux de Recherche, UCLouvain) on the precautionary principle in the European Green Deal and the extractivism of rare metals (co-promoted with Pieter-Augustijn Van Malleghem)
- Tiago Moreira Ramalho's post-doctorate (Research Project, UCLouvain) analysing the ideas and instruments of the European "just transition" (co promotion with Amandine Crespy)
- Diploma
Year Label Educational Organization 2012 Docteur spécialité science politique Université de Grenoble
My teaching mostly focuses on political economy issues at MA level. In my classes, i develop innovative pedagogical dispositifs (Wikipedia writing, theortical theater) and I tackle recent issues (inflation & energy, pandemic governance) etc.
In 2022-2023, I'm teaching these classes:
- LEUSL2031 European Political Economy
- CEUSL2702 Fondements Economiques et Monétaires de l'intégration européenne
- LEUSL2112 Economic & Monetary Union
- LLSMS2064 - European Public Affairs
- LEUSL2003 - Séminaire Méthodologique
- Courses
2023
Goutsmedt, Aurélien ; Sergi, Francesco ; Cherrier, Béatrice ; Acosta, Juan ; Fontan, Clément ; Claveau, François. To Change or Not to Change: The Evolution of Forecasting Models at the Bank of England. In: Journal of Economic Methodology, (2023) (Soumis).
2022
Cherrier, Béatrice ; Acosta, Juan ; Claveau, François ; Goutsmedt, Aurélien ; Fontan, Clément ; Sergi, Francesco. Six Decades of Economic Research at the Bank of England. In: History of Political Economy, Vol. Forthcoming (2023).
2021
Fontan, Clément ; Howarth, David. The European Central Bank and the German Constitutional Court: Police Patrols and Fire Alarms. In: Politics and Governance, Vol. 9, no.2, p. 241-251 (2021). doi:10.17645/pag.v9i2.3888.
2020
van ’t Klooster, Jens ; Fontan, Clément. The Myth of Market Neutrality: A Comparative Study of the European Central Bank’s and the Swiss National Bank’s Corporate Security Purchases. In: New Political Economy, p. 1-15 (2019). doi:10.1080/13563467.2019.1657077.
2020
Larue, Louis ; Fontan, Clément ; Sandberg, Joakim. The promises and perils of central bank digital currencies. In: Revue de la régulation, Vol. 28, no.4, p. en ligne (2020). doi:10.4000/regulation.18018.
2019
Fontan, Clément ; Saurugger, Sabine. Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Preference Formation in France During the Eurozone Crisis. In: Political Studies Review, Vol. 17, no.4, p. 147892991986860 (2019). doi:10.1177/1478929919868600.
2019
Fontan, Clément. Contribution to the Symposium on “Financial Citizenship: Experts, Publics, and the Politics of Central Banking” by Anne-Lise Riles. In: Accounting, Economics, and Law: A Convivium, Vol. 1, no.1, p. 1 11 (2019). doi:10.1515/ael-2019-0017.
2019
Fontan, Clément ; Dietsch, Peter ; Claveau, François. Les banques centrales et la justice sociale. In: Éthique publique, Vol. 21, no.2, p. 1-23 (2019). doi:10.4000/ethiquepublique.4856.
2019
Saurugger, Sabine ; Fontan, Clément. The judicialisation of EMU politics: Resistance to the EU's new economic governance mechanisms at the domestic level. In: European Journal of Political Research, (2019). doi:10.1111/1475-6765.12322.
2018
Fontan, Clément. Frankfurt’s double standard: the politics of the European Central Bank during the Eurozone crisis. In: Cambridge Review of International Affairs, no. online, p. 1-21 (2018). doi:10.1080/09557571.2018.1495692.
2018
Fontan, Clément ; Carré, Emmanuel ; L’Oeillet, Guillaume. Theoretical perspectives on the new era of central banking. In: French Politics, Vol. 16, no. 4 (2018). doi:10.1057/s41253-018-0067-8.
2016
Fontan, Clément ; Claveau, François ; Dietsch, Peter. Central banking and inequalities : Taking off the blinders. In: Politics, Philosophy & Economics, Vol. 15, no.4, p. 319-357 (2016). doi:10.1177/1470594x16651056.
2016
Fontan, Clément. Une banque centrale au-dessus des nations ? Faire peser les intérêts nationaux au sein de la Banque Centrale Européenne. In: Revue française d'administration publique, Vol. 158, no.2, p. 491 (2016). doi:10.3917/rfap.158.0491.
2014
Fontan, Clément. L'art du grand écart : La Banque centrale européenne face aux dilemmes provoqués par la crise de la zone euro. In: Gouvernement et action publique, Vol. 2, no.2, p. 103 (2014). doi:10.3917/gap.142.0103.
2013
Fontan, Clément. Frankenstein en Europe : L'impact de la Banque centrale européenne sur la gestion de la crise de la zone euro. In: Politique européenne, Vol. 42, no.4, p. 22 (2013). doi:10.3917/poeu.042.0022.
2019
Peter Dietsch ; Francois Claveau ; Fontan, Clément. Les banques centrales servent-elles nos intérêts? , Raisons d'agir: Paris, 2019. 9791097084028.
2018
Fontan, Clément. Do Central Banks Serve the People?, Polity Press: Cambridge, 2018. 978-1-509-52577-5.
2022
Fontan, Clément. Central Banking and Inequalities: Old Tropes and New Practices. In: Kappes, S., Rochon, L.P. & Vallet; G. (eds)., Central Banking, Monetary Policy and Social Responsibility, Edward Elgar: Cheltenham, UK:, 2022. 978-1800372221.
2022
Fontan, Clément ; Antoine de Cabanes. Central banks. In: Martino Maggetti, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Lausanne, Switzerland, Fabrizio Di Mascio, Professor o, Handbook of Regulatory Authorities, Edward Elgar, 2022, p. 528. 9781839108983.
2022
Fontan, Clément. The Euro Crisis: The Battle of Ideas. How to Address the Euro Crisis – and its Effects on European Integration. In: Sybille Munch, The EU at a crossroad. EU Policies after the Negotiations about the Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027, Edward Elgar: Cheltenham, UK:, 2022. 9781788111041.
2021
Fontan, Clément. Deux poids, deux mesures ? L’action de la BCE pendant la crise de la zone euro . In: Sabine Saurugger, Les politiques publiques dans la crise 2008 et ses suites, Presses de Sciences Po: Paris, 2021, p. 336. 9782724627008.
2020
Fontan, Clément ; Larue, Louis. Central Banking. In: Christian Borch and Robert Wosnitzer, Routledge Handbook of Critical Finance Studies, Routledge: Abingdon, 2020. 9781138079816.
2019
Fontan, Clément. Dépolitisation et (re)politisation des enjeux monétaires en Europe. Les politiques d’indépendance de la Banque centrale européenne. In: Bastien François, Antoine Vauchez, Politique de l'indépendance Formes et usages contemporains d'une technologie de gouvernement, Presses du septentrion: Paris, 2019, p. 20 - 40. 2757429485.
2019
Fontan, Clément ; De Cabanes Antoine. La Cour de Justice face à Gauweiler. La mise en récit de l’indépendance de la BCE. In: Antoine Bailleux, Elsa Bernard, Sophie Jacquot, Les récits judiciaires de l’Europ: concepts et typologie, Bruylant, 2019, p. 170 - 191. 280276487X.
2019
Fontan, Clément ; Caune Helene. Le choix de l’austérité pour faire face à la crise. Que reste-t-il aux États comme marge de manœuvre économique et sociale ?. In: Sabine Saurugger Simon Persico, Sauver l'Europe ? Citoyens, élections et gouvernance européenne par gros temps, Dalloz: Paris, 2019, p. 110 - 119. 224718958X.
2018
Fontan, Clément. La crise financière de 2007. In: Colin Hay Andy Smith, Dictionnaire d'économie politique, Presses de Sciences-Po: Paris, 2018, p. 123-134. 272462310X.
2018
Fontan, Clément ; Adrien Faudot. Monnaie. In: Colin Hay Andy Smith, Dictionnaire d'économie politique, Presses de Sciences-Po: Paris, 2018, p. 319-325. 272462310X.
2018
Fontan, Clément. Resisting in times of crisis: the implementation of European rigor plans in the Irish and Greek cases. In: Nikolaos Zahariadis and Laurie Buonanno, The Routledge Handbook of European Public Policy, Routledge: Londres, 2018, pp.349-356. 1138927333.
2018
Claveau, François ; Dietsch, Peter ; Fontan, Clément. The ethics of central banking. In: A. Lever & A. Poama, The Routledge Handbook of Ethics and Public Policy, Routledge: London, 2018, p. 178-190. 9781315461724.