Clément Fontan
Professeur
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
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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
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
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.
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.
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.
2018
Fontan, Clément. Do Central Banks Serve the People?, Polity Press: Cambridge, 2018. 978-1-509-52577-5.
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.