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Read more at: Sovereign debt restructuring: the ECB’s troubling policy conundrum

Sovereign debt restructuring: the ECB’s troubling policy conundrum

Professor John Ryan has published in Policy Review "Sovereign debt restructuring the ECBs troubling policy conundrum". http://www.policyreview.eu/sovereign-debt-restructuring-the-ecbs-troubling-policy-conundrum/


Read more at: Professor John Loughlin elected a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales

Professor John Loughlin elected a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales

Professor John Loughlin , a Fellow of St Edmund's College and Director of the Von Hugel Institute, has been elected a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales. Professor Loughlin held the Chair of European Politics at Cardiff University for fifteen years and was elected an Honorary Fellow there in 2010 when he moved to...


Read more at: VHI researcher Dr Sara Silvestri quoted in international news

VHI researcher Dr Sara Silvestri quoted in international news

Dr Sara Silvestri has been recently quoted in two recent news articles on the Queen's visit to Pope Francis (La Razon, Spain) and on the UK Government's investigations on the Muslim Brotherhood (Le Point.fr) .


Read more at: Professor Ryan delivers lecture at the Madariaga College of Europe Fundation in Brussels

Professor Ryan delivers lecture at the Madariaga College of Europe Fundation in Brussels

Professor John Ryan gave a lecture on “Eurozone Debt Restructuring – undesirable but unavoidable” at the Madariaga - College of Europe Foundation “Thinking the Unthinkable: Time for a Sovereign Debt Restructuring?” A Citizen’s Controversy Seminar Series on 25 March 2014, Brussels.


Read more at: VHI Director attends reception at Buckingham Palace

VHI Director attends reception at Buckingham Palace

Professor John Loughlin, Director of the Von Hügel Institute and Fellow of St. Edmund's College, was one of 300 guests invited by H. M. the Queen to attend a reception at Buckingham Palace on 25 March 2014 to celebrate the contribution made by Irish people in the UK to academic life, the arts, industry and other fields...


Read more at: A French study on Big Society

A French study on Big Society

The Institut de l’entreprise , an indipendent French Think Tank that conducts research on major economic and social issues, had launched a study on the UK's "Big Society" . In 2013 the institute conducted about thirty interviews in the UK among British actors and observers of the Big Society - within politics, think tanks...


Read more at: Professor Loughlin to deliver the 'Gaudium Et Spes Lecture 2014’ on 18th March in Malta

Professor Loughlin to deliver the 'Gaudium Et Spes Lecture 2014’ on 18th March in Malta

Professor John Loughlin, Director of the Von Hügel Institute, Fellow of St Edmund's College and Senior Fellow at the Department of Politics and International Studies, will deliver the Gaudium et Spes Lecture 2014 : "Religion in the Public Sphere" on Tuesday, 18th March 2014 at 7pm in Malta. The Institute for Research on...


Read more at: Former St Edmund's Visiting Fellow Tomas Halik wins 2014 Templeton Prize

Former St Edmund's Visiting Fellow Tomas Halik wins 2014 Templeton Prize

Prof. Tomáš Halík, a Czech priest and philosopher who risked imprisonment for illegally advancing religious and cultural freedoms after the Soviet invasion of his country, and has since become a leading international advocate for dialogue among different faiths and non-believers, has won the 2014 Templeton Prize. Prof...


Read more at: Cancellation of seminar on 14 March 2014

Cancellation of seminar on 14 March 2014

We regret to announce that the sixth seminar in the 2013-14 Seminar Series Faith and Governance to be delivered by Professor Stefano Zamagni, which was scheduled for Friday 14 March, has unfortunately been cancelled. The VHI will try to reschedule this seminar during Easter term and advertise it again closer to the time...


Read more at: Television interview by Dr Silvestri on counter-terrorism power in Russia

Television interview by Dr Silvestri on counter-terrorism power in Russia

A Channel One (main Russian TV) interview with Dr Sara Silvestri on British counter-terrorism experiences in the context of a report on the ongoing Duma debates about increasing counter-terrorism powers in Russia, broadcast 15 January 2014. Dr Silvestri was also interviewed on BBC Radio 4, Sunday Programme, on the topic of...


 

 

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