Chair: Prof. Wim Naudé (naude[at]wider.unu.edu)
Coordinator: Mr Joni Valkila (joni.valkila[at]helsinki.fi)
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In the wake of the financial crisis which broke in 2008 and spilled over into a global economic crisis, this working group invites presentations that consider three broad challenges posed by the crisis for social scientists. One, what are the proximate causes of the crisis, how is it related to earlier financial crises, and what are the underlying behavioural causes of repeated financial crises? Two, how does the crisis impact on different countries, different groups, and can we separate the short from the long-term impacts? Will the crisis make adaptation and mitigation of climate change more difficult? And three, what are the challenges facing policymakers on different levels (local, national, regional and global) in responding to the crisis?