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Dr Stefano Pagliari

Head of Department, International Politics; Reader in International Politics

School of Policy & Global Affairs Department of International Politics

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About

Overview

Before joining City University London in July 2013, Dr Stefano Pagliari was a Fellow in International Political Economy in the International Relations Department at the London School of Economics, as well as a Visiting Scholar at Initiative for Policy Dialogue, Columbia University.

Dr Pagliari's expertise concentrates on the field of international and comparative political economy, and in particular on the political economy of financial regulation.

He has written on a number of issues related to the politics of the international monetary and financial system, such as financial industry lobbying, regulatory capture, EU-US financial diplomacy, and international financial institutions.

His work has appeared in a number of peer-reviewed journals including International Organization, Socio-Economic Review, Review of International Political Economy, New Political Economy, Journal of European Integration.

Teaching

Undergraduate

- Governance and economic diplomacy

Postgraduate

- International financial institutions
- Economic diplomacy

Research

Research interests

- Political economy of financial regulation (in particular OTC derivatives, hedge funds, rating agencies, banking)
- Financial industry lobbying and regulatory capture
- US-EU financial regulatory relationship
- International financial regulatory institutions (in particular the Financial Stability Board and IOSCO)

PhD supervision

Dr Pagliari welcomes applications from prospective PhD students in the following areas:

- International political economy (especially politics of international money and finance)
- Financial regulation (especially subjects focused on the regulatory policymaking process and lobbying)
- Global financial governance (especially subjects focused on international financial institutions, financial diplomacy, international cooperation)

Research students

1stsupervisor

  • Agni Poullikka, Research Student

Publications

Publications by category

Books (3)

  • Helleiner, E., Pagliari, S. and Spagna, I. (Eds.), (2018). Governing the World's Biggest Market. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780190864576.
  • Icfr, (2012). Making Good Financial Regulation - Towards a Policy Response to Regulatory Capture. International Centre for Financial Regulation. ISBN 9781781485484.
  • Helleiner, E., Pagliari, S. and Zimmermann, H. (Eds.), (2010). Global Finance in Crisis: The Politics of International Regulatory Change. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9780415564380.

Chapters (16)

  • Pagliari, and Kovras, I. (2025). Mañana Accountability. Understanding Accountability: New Perspectives on a Fractured World (pp. 125-145). Routledge.
  • Pagliari, S. and Young, K. (2020). How Financialization is Reproduced Politically. In Mader, P., Mertens, D. and van der Zwan, N. (Eds.), The Routledge International Handbook of Financialization London: Routledge. ISBN 9781138308213.
  • Pagliari, S. (2018). The Second Half. Oxford University Press.
  • Gravelle, M. and Pagliari, S. (2018). Global Markets, National Toolkits. Oxford University Press.
  • Helleiner, E., Pagliari, S. and Spagna, I. (2018). Governing the World’s Biggest Market. Oxford University Press.
  • Pagliari, S. (2014). Governing Financial Stability: the Financial Stability Board as the Emerging Pillar in Global Economic Governance. In Moschella, M. (Ed.), Handbook of Global Economic Governance Routledge. ISBN 9781857436358.
  • Pagliari, S. (2013). The Financial Stability Board as the new guardian of financial stability. Handbook of Global Economic Governance (pp. 143-155). Routledge.
  • Pagliari, S. and Young, K. (2013). The Wall Street - Main Street Nexus in Financial Regulation: Business Coalitions Inside and Outside the Financial Sector in the Regulation of OTC Derivatives. In Moschella, M. and Tsingou, E. (Eds.), Great expectations, slow transformations. Incremental change in post-crisis regulation Colchester: ECPR Press. ISBN 9781907301544.
  • Pagliari, S. (2012). Towards a Policy Response to Regulatory Capture. Making Good Financial Regulation - Towards a Policy Response to Regulatory Capture London: International Centre for Financial Regulation. ISBN 9781781485484.
  • Pagliari, S. and Young, K. (2012). Who Mobilizes? An Analysis of Stakeholder Responses to Financial Policy Consultations. In Pagliari, S. (Ed.), Making Good Financial Regulation - Towards a Policy Response to Regulatory Capture London: International Centre for Financial Regulation. ISBN 9781781485484.
  • Pagliari, S. (2012). How Can We Mitigate Capture in Financial Regulation? In Pagliari, S. (Ed.), Making Good Financial Regulation: Towards a Policy Response to Regulatory Capture (pp. 1-50). International Centre for Financial Regulation. ISBN 9781781485484.
  • Pagliari, S. and Helleiner, E. (2010). Crisis and the Reform of International Financial Regulation. In Helleiner, E., Pagliari, S. and Zimmerman, H. (Eds.), Global Finance in Crisis: The Politics of International Financial Regulation Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9780415564380.
  • Helleiner, E. and Pagliari, S. (2010). The End of Self-Regulation? Hedge Funds and Derivatives in Global Financial Governance. In Helleiner, E., Pagliari, S. and Zimmerman, H. (Eds.), Global Finance in Crisis: The Politics of International Regulatory Change Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9780415564380.
  • (2010). The end of self-regulation? Hedge funds and derivatives in global financial governance. In Global Finance in Crisis (pp. 88-104). Routledge.
  • (2010). Crisis and the reform of international financial regulation. In Global Finance in Crisis (pp. 15-32). Routledge.
  • Pagliari, S. and Helleiner, E. (2010). Between the Storms: Patterns in Global Financial Governance, 2001-07. In Underhill, G.R.D., Blom, J. and Mügge, D. (Eds.), Global Financial Integration Thirty Years On Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781107406902.

Journal articles (17)