Sebastian Diessner

Screenshot of the title page of linked article: "Noisy Politics, Quiet Technocrats: Strategic Silence by Central Banks" By Benjamin Braun and Maximilian Düsterhöft

🚨New article🚨 The consensus is that contestation pushed central banks to talk 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 about inequality & climate.

Our theory: At first, CBs seek to ward off politicization by talking 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 about controversial topics.

We tested this 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐡𝐲𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬.🧵
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

🚨 New open access article 🚨

Out now in Journal of Financial Regulation with Alex Goghie and Matteo Giordano

'Encumbered Security? Vertical and Horizontal Repos in the Euro Area and Their Inherent Ambiguity'

academic.oup.com/jfr/advance-...

The PEPP group at Leiden University’s Institute of Public Administration is pleased to announce the next PE_PP Talk by Aneta Spendzharova (Maastricht University) on May 12!
Details below

Please PM if interested
@sebdiessner.bsky.social @nataschavanderzwan.bsky.social @alexandreafonso.bsky.social

I shall give it more thought, but in the meantime I'll blame the food and weather 😉 Interesting political economy puzzle indeed!

Had a great time in Scotland for our pilot within the Leiden-Edinburgh "Global Futures Hub" with @alexandreafonso.bsky.social @nataschavanderzwan.bsky.social @eawolff.bsky.social @fbulfone.bsky.social

Thanks for having us @philiprathgeb.bsky.social @lukaslehner.bsky.social Daniel Clegg Elke Heins!

Thank you Zbig!!

🗣️ we have a new paper and new dataset just out on the transition to the knowledge economy in advanced democracies - both OA, available here academic.oup.com/ser/advance-... and here www.knowledge-economy-index.com

Excited to share my latest publication, written with colleagues from the New Economics Foundation (@sebmang.bsky.social and al) exploring why monetary and fiscal policies need to work together to improve inflation management. 🧵👇

#Inflation #MonetaryPolicy #CentralBanks

📢 We have an exciting event on *The Governance of Inflation* coming up in our Political Economy & Public Policy seminar on March 21st in The Hague @fggaleiden.bsky.social

With @jvtk.bsky.social @donatodc.bsky.social @lucacigna.bsky.social

Details 👇
www.staff.universiteitleiden.nl/events/2025/...

Huge thanks to @sebdiessner.bsky.social for his thoughtful review and insights! It’s an honor to have our books discussed so carefully alongside those of great colleagues. Looking forward to more conversations on teaching political economy ... esp in these turbulent times! #EuropeanPoliticalEconomy

Interested in teaching EU governance, political economy and crises—but don't know where to start?

Then this one’s for you
doi.org/10.1080/0703...

Thanks to 3 excellent recent volumes by @manuelamoschella.bsky.social+co-authors @amyverdun.bsky.social @achimhurrelmann.bsky.social
A Bongardt/F Torres

Join us for the next PE_PP talk organized by the Political Economy and Public Policy group at Leiden University's Institute of Public Administration! On March 21, @donatodc.bsky.social, @lucacigna.bsky.social and @jvtk.bsky.social will be presenting on the governance of inflation. Details 🔽

Many thanks Stefanie!

Great resource if you are planning to teach about European Political Economy!

With pleasure!

Thanks Sebastian for this review - and also to the shout-out to the EU Governance Videos (carleton.ca/eu-governanc...)! Your suggestions for topics to be covered in the next edition are very well taken.

Merci Lydie!

@brigidlaffan.bsky.social @francesconicoli.bsky.social @simonhix.bsky.social @dermothodson.bsky.social @uwepuetter.bsky.social @dovilerimkute.bsky.social @catherinedevries.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @gclebaron.bsky.social @jacquelinebest.bsky.social @fggaleiden.bsky.social

Maybe of interest @erik-jones.bsky.social @vanghel.bsky.social @adinaakbik.bsky.social @elsaclaramassoc.bsky.social @nataschavanderzwan.bsky.social @alexandreafonso.bsky.social @donatodc.bsky.social @benbraun.bsky.social @jvtk.bsky.social @steffenmurau.bsky.social @mbabic.bsky.social

With chapters @mcopelov.bsky.social @stefwalter.bsky.social @aidanregan.bsky.social
@angelawigger.bsky.social @lauralohorn.bsky.social @jonathanhopkin.bsky.social @elliotaposner.bsky.social @andrewpgeddes.bsky.social @leilahadjabdou.bsky.social @fredericmerand.bsky.social @micheleknodt.bsky.social

Interested in teaching EU governance, political economy and crises—but don't know where to start?

Then this one’s for you
doi.org/10.1080/0703...

Thanks to 3 excellent recent volumes by @manuelamoschella.bsky.social+co-authors @amyverdun.bsky.social @achimhurrelmann.bsky.social
A Bongardt/F Torres

Will check and report back!

@alexandreafonso.bsky.social @nataschavanderzwan.bsky.social @fbulfone.bsky.social @unileiden.bsky.social

📢 We have an exciting event on *The Governance of Inflation* coming up in our Political Economy & Public Policy seminar on March 21st in The Hague @fggaleiden.bsky.social

With @jvtk.bsky.social @donatodc.bsky.social @lucacigna.bsky.social

Details 👇
www.staff.universiteitleiden.nl/events/2025/...

@linagalvez.eu @dtoshkov.bsky.social @karolinapomorska.bsky.social @sarahwolff.bsky.social @fggaleiden.bsky.social

Much enjoyed the launch of @unileiden.bsky.social's Europe Hub in Brussels at @europarl.europa.eu today

With great contributions from - and very many thanks to - Leiden colleagues & organizers at the EP's Panel for the Future of Science and Technology (STOA)

www.europarl.europa.eu/stoa/en/even...

Why does the largest trading bloc on the planet have a miniature-sized currency? With Trump, the EU will again much regret this.

🎈In a new working paper, @steffenmurau.bsky.social and I set out to theorise failure and develop a new IPE perspective that foregrounds offshore money.

A thread 🧵

Ditching the Maastricht Model? The Evolving Role of the European Central Bank in the Economic and Monetary Union Thematic Issue, Vol 13 (2025)

Is the European Central Bank losing its independence by getting too political? Our new open access highlights how the ECB’s increasing involvement in crises and political issues has led to debates about its legitimacy and the need for stronger accountability.

Issue: shortt.link/pag386bsky

📊 Last week, we released our new central bank speeches database, which almost doubles the coverage of the @BIS_org
database.

We also released a tool to facilitate research on central bank communication: meet the #CBSpeeches explorer! Four tools for the price of one (=free!)

Had a really excellent time at @weareceu.bsky.social in Vienna this past Monday discussing @ankehassel.bsky.social's recent research works on the political economy of growth & welfare with some wonderful colleagues. Engaging and thought-provoking exchanges - thanks so much for hosting us!