LCSS-London Centre for Social Studies

The seminar has been held on the current global economic crisis, specifically its implications on world economies. Prof Serin talked about the third wave of globalization and how it changed the financial institutions underlying the differences from the previous financial crisis.  In her analysis, Prof Serin also told that the modern world system has gone through several rounds of hegemonic shifts and several cycles for centuries and mentioned the effects of the global crisis on the shifts of world `s economic power with particular attention to emerging economies.

Assessing the Impacts of the Recent Credit Crunch on Emerging Market Economies

 

 

 Prof. Vildan Serin from Keele University

The seminar took place in University College London (UCL), Roberts building. 

Biography:
Vildan Serin is a Visiting Professor of Economics in Clause Moser Centre for Politics & International Studies at Keele University. After receiving her PhD in Economics from Ege University in 1979 she taught in Dokuz Eylul University and Marmara University as an Assistant Professor until 1984, as an Associate Professor until 1992 and as a Professor of Economics until 1998.  She then served as the Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences in Fatih University until 2001. Her research and teaching interests include Energy Economics, Sustainable Development, International Economics and Turkish Economy and European Economic Integration. She is the author of more than 15 books and 100 articles on Economics.

LCSS Seminar Series 08/09
This seminar is organised by the London Centre for Social Studies (LCSS) and SOAS Turkish Society. It was the third of the LCSS 2008/2009 seminar series.

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