The concept, analysis and policy implications of systemic risk will be discussed in a lecture in Cambridge this week.

Jean-Claude Trichet, President of the European Central Bank, will deliver the Clare College annual Distinguished Lecture in Economics and Public Policy on Thursday, December 10.

It will be Jean-Claude Trichet’s first visit to the University of Cambridge and this will be his only public lecture in the UK this year.

A former Governor of the Bank of France, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, Jean-Claude Trichet was appointed President of the European Central Bank on November 1 2003.

The discussant for the lecture will be Willem Buiter, Professor of European Political Economy at the European Institute of the London School of Economics, and a world authority on central banks.

Previous Clare Distinguished Lecturers have been the Nobel Economics laureate Joseph Stiglitz (2006); the President of the Asian Development Bank, Haruhiko Kuroda (2007); and the Vice-Chair of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Mohan Munasinghe (2008).

The annual Clare Distinguished Lecture in Economics and Public Policy is sponsored by The Smithers & Co Charity, established by Andrew Smithers, a graduate in Economics from Clare College, Cambridge.

Its purpose is to raise the profile of Economics at Cambridge and at Clare, by attracting speakers of international distinction to Cambridge to give topical lectures on aspects of economics and public policy.

Jean-Claude Trichet’s lecture, Systemic Risk, will take place at 5:30pm on Thursday, December 10 in the Riley Auditorium, Lerner Court, Clare College.

Attendance is open to all but places are strictly limited and must be pre-booked in advance. To register for the lecture please use the link at the top of this page.

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