Ulrich Volz

Biography

Ulrich Volz is Head of the Department of Economics and a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Economics at SOAS University of London. He is also a Senior Research Fellow at the German Development Institute, Chaire de Recherche Banque de France 2017 at EHESS in Paris, and Honorary Professor of Economics at the University of Leipzig. He is a member of the Advisory Council of the Asian Development Bank Institute in Tokyo, chairman of the Japan Economy Network, and co-editor-in-chief of the Asia Europe Journal. Ulrich has been working with the UN Environment Inquiry into the Design of a Sustainable Financial System since its launch in 2014. He is currently a Co-Investigator in a collaborative research project with Nankai University and Zhejiang University on “Developing financial systems to support sustainable growth in China – The role of innovation, diversity and financial regulation” which is jointly funded by the UK’s Economic and Social Research Council and the National Natural Science Foundation of China. Ulrich has taught at Peking University, Kobe University, Hertie School of Governance, Freie Universität Berlin, Central University of Finance and Economics in Beijing, and the Institute of Developing Economies (IDE-JETRO) in Tokyo. He has spent stints working at the European Central Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and held visiting positions at the University of Oxford, University of Birmingham, ECB, Bank Indonesia, and Aoyama Gakuin University in Tokyo. He was also a Fox International Fellow and Max Kade Scholar at Yale University. Ulrich has been an adviser to a number of central banks, international organisations and development agencies. His areas of expertise include money, banking and finance; green finance; open economy macroeconomics; international economic interdependencies; and global economic governance.

Research Interest

International Finance, Open Economy Macroeconomics, Financial Market Development and Stability, Development and Transition Economics, Global Economic Governance, East Asian Financial Markets