MERCATOR is a five year (2020-2025) research project financed by an Advanced Grant from the European Research Council. The research explores the extent to which the memory of previous financial crises can explain practices threatening the stability of the financial system. The project stems from two simple questions: do financial actors have any knowledge, memory and understanding of previous financial crises? And, more generally, how far are they aware of the inherent instability of the financial system?
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Journal Articles | Giuseppe Telesca
Two articles by Research Fellow Giuseppe Telesca have been published recently. You can find more about them in our Publications page.
Lecture by Prof. Youssef Cassis | ELTE Business History Research Group
Budapest | 14 November 2024
Featured Article | EU Research Magazine
Autumn 2024
Learning from the history of financial crises
The MERCATOR Project is featured on the latest issue of EU Research Magazine. You can read more about it here or in the link above:
The MERCATOR Conference has been a great success. Gillian Tett, who delivered the keynote closing speech, reflected on the themes of the conference on her FT article:
Crisis memory, geopolitics and the risks of financial contagion
PRESS ARTICLE | Giuseppe Telesca per Il Sole 24 ore
Italy | 23 January 2024
Research Seminar | Adam Smith Business School
Glasgow | 13 December 2023
15 years from the Global Financial Crisis. What memory is left?
Conference | Centre de Recherche en Économie de Grenoble
Grenoble | 16 November 2023