Making a democratic constitution
After the financial crash of 2008, Iceland’s prospects looked promising in two respects. First, the government decided to call the […]
First Crowd-sourced Constitution: The Case of Iceland – the Use of ICT for Facilitating Policy Dialogue on Constitutional Issues
ICT is Not a Substitute for Politics Lecture at a conference Towards a New Paradigm in Communication between Public Institutions and […]
Social Aspects of Economic Crises — Precursors and Consequences
Keynote Address at 34th Arne Ryde Symposium in honor of Prof. Lars Jonung at Lund University, Sweden, 3-4 October 2014. […]
Constitution on Ice
Presentation at a workshop on Constitutions organized by the Constitutional Studies Group in University College Dublin in conjunction with the […]
Can and Should the EU’s Eastern Partnership be Saved?
Presentation at a workshop on Trade Policy Regimes at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in Laxenburg, Austria, […]
A way out of the Ukrainian quagmire
The Ukraine saw EU soft power met by Russian hard power. This column argues that the EU should counter this […]
Avoiding the Resource Curse and Consequences for the Financial Sector
Presentation at a Plenary Session at Partnership Forum: Making Finance Work for Africa, sponsored by the World Bank and held […]
Natural Resources: Economic and Legal Aspects
Presentation at a Policy Lab on Natural Resource Management organized by the Global Development Network and held in Dakar, Senegal.
How free trade can help convert the ’Arab Spring’ into permanentændum peace and democracy
With Inmaculada Martínez-Zarzoso and Per Magnus Wijkman.
Meeting Russia’s challenge to EU’s Eastern Partnership
With Per Wijkman. The EU’s Eastern Partnership is currently in turmoil. Armenia and Ukraine – two of the four partner […]