Clément Fontan

Professeur
Professeur

SSH/ESPO -- Faculty of Economic, Social and Political Sciences and Communication

SSH/SPLE -- Institut de sciences politiques Louvain-Europe (SPLE)

SSH/ESPO -- Faculty of Economic, Social and Political Sciences and Communication

SSH/ESPO/EURO -- Ecole interfacultaire en études européennes

Postmail address

SPLE
Place Montesquieu 1/L2.08.07
1348 Louvain-la-Neuve

clement.fontan@uclouvain.be

Social Networks

ESPO

Phone

+32 10 47 85 47

: Clément Fontan is professor of European Economic Policy at UcLouvain and University of Saint-Louis Brussels. He is co-director of the journal Politique Européenne. His fields of specialization are: political economy, European studies, financial ethics, central banking and financial crises. He is the supervisor of the Phd thesis of Antoine de Cabanes He is scientific coordinator of the permanent research group « Regulation, markets, capitalisms » of the French Political Sciences Association.

His PhD thesis was defended in 2012 at Sciences-Po Grenoble under the supervision of Sabine Saurugger. He analyzed how the European Central bank extended its competences and influence during the Eurozone crisis. After teaching at Sciences-Po Lille (2012-2014), he led his post-doctoral research at the Center of Ethics (University of Montreal), the PACTE/CNRS laboratory for the H2020 EMUchoices project and the Financial Ethics Research Group (University of Göteborg).

He published in many scientific journals in French and English (cf. research section) and he is co-author of " "Do Central Banks serve the People" (Polity, 2018), translated in French (Raisons d'Agir 2019) and Korean. He often presents his research results in front of policymakers (Belgium Finance Minister, French National Bank, European Central Bank) and in media outlets such as La vie des idées, Mediapart, ou France Culture.

- Politiques économiques européennes LEUSL2031 https://uclouvain.be/cours-2018-LEUSL2031.html

- Fondements Economiques et monétaires de l'intégration européenne (USL-B)

- Economic & Monetary Union LEUSL 2104

Courses

Name	ID
European economic policies	LEUSL2031
Economic and Monetary Union	LEUSL2112
The economic and monetary basis of the European Integration	LEUSL2702

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Book

“Do Central Banks Serve the People?”, Polity editions (Future of capitalism serie), avec Peter Dietsch and François Claveau. 2018

Peer-reviewed articles

"The judicialisation of EMU politics: Resistance to the EU's new economic governance mechanisms at the domestic level." (with Sabine Saurugger) European Journal of Political Research (2019).

“Frankfurt's double standard : the politics of the European Central Bank during the eurozone crisis”. British Review of International Affairs, 2018

"Theoretical perspectives on the new era of central banking". avec Carré, E., & L’Oeillet, G. (2018). French Politics, 1-18. 2018

“La BCE doit elle mener une politique industrielle à la place des États?” La Revue Nouvelle, Vol.6, pp. 6774, 2017

“Central Banking and Inequalities, taking off the blinders” (avec Peter Dietsch and Francois Claveau) Politics, Philosophy & Economics, No.15(4), pp. 319-357. 2016

« Une banque audessus des Nations ? Faire peser les intérêts nationaux au sein de la Banque Centrale Européenne », Revue Française d'Administration Publique, 158, pp.491-504. 2016

« L’art du grand écart : le modèle ordolibéral de la BCE face à la crise », Gouvernement et Action Publique, No.2, pp. 103-123. 2014

« La BCE dans la crise: qui décide quoi? », Pouvoirs, No. 149, pp. 91-100.2014

« Frankenstein en Europe : l’impact de la BCE sur la gestion de la crise de la zone euro », Politique Européenne, No.42, pp.1133.2013

« Chantiers de recherche : transfert d'idée et résistances au changement : le cas de la banque centrale européenne après la crise. Questionnement scientifique et objectifs de la thèse », Politique européenne, No. 30 (1), pp. 225234. 2010

Chapters in edited volumes

“The ethics of monetary policy” (avec Peter Dietsch and Francois Claveau) in The Routledge Handbook of Ethics and Public Policy, dir. Andrei Poama et Annabelle Lever. 2018

“Banque Centrale Européenne”, in l’Encyclopédie de la gouvernance européenne(Editions Bruylant, dir. Michel Mangenot et al.). 2018

“Monnaie” et “La Crise Financiere de 2007” in Dictionnaire du rapport-capitalisme, Dir. Colin Hay and Andy Smith, Paris : Sciences-Po Press). 2018

“Die Bürgerdividende einer gerechteren Lösung der Eurokrise” with Joakim Sandberg in Helfer, J., Meyer, M. & Wettig, K. (eds.), Wenn ich mir etwas wünschen dürfte, Göttingen: Steidl, pp. 221-231. 2017

“Resisting in times of crisis: the implementation of European rigor plans in the Irish and Greek cases” (avec Sabine Saurugger et Nikos Zahariadis), The Routledge Handbook of European Public Policy, dir. Nikolaos Zahariadis et Laurie Buonanno. pp. 349-357 2017

“The new Behemoth? The ECB and the financial supervision reforms during the Eurozone crisis” in Erturk, I. and Gabor D. (eds.), The Routledge Companion to Banking regulation and Reform, pp. 175-192. 2016