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Inaugural Lecture by Professor Yuemei Ji

06 March 2025, 6:00 pm–8:00 pm

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Professor of Political Economy and Finance at UCL SSEES, Yuemei Ji, will giver her Inaugural Lecture on 'Trust and Central Banking in Europe'.

This event is free.

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Jeremy Bentham Room
Wilkins Building
Gower Street
London
WC1E 6BT

Professor of Political Economy and Finance at UCL SSEES, Yuemei Ji, will giver her Inaugural Lecture on 'Trust and Central Banking in Europe'.

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This lecture examines the evolution of public trust in the European Central Bank (ECB) since its establishment in 1999. It discusses the key factors influencing trust in this pivotal institution and highlights the impact of critical events such as the sovereign debt crisis of 2010–12, the global pandemic of 2020, and recent energy price shocks in shaping public trust. The lecture also addresses future challenges for central banks, focusing on the ECB’s evolving mandate, the complexities of maintaining trust amidst an expanding membership, and the growing pressures to balance monetary stability with societal expectations on issues such as fairness.

About the Speaker

Professor Yuemei Ji

Professor of Political Economy and Finance at UCL SSEES

Yuemei Ji is Professor of Political Economy and Finance at University College London. She completed her undergraduate studies in Economics at Fudan University in Shanghai and obtained her PhD in economics from the University of Leuven. She was an associate research fellow at the Centre for European Policy Studies (Brussels) and a visiting fellow at the European Institute at LSE.

Her research interests include international macroeconomics, European monetary integration, behavioural macroeconomics and structural reforms.

She serves as a member of the Monetary Experts Panel for the European Parliament. She is a fellow of the CESifo research network and an editor of International Journal of Finance & Economics.

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