Our Mission
To promote path-breaking scholarly research, enhance teaching in the area of international economics and finance, and contribute to the policy dialogue on these issues. Through its research initiatives, the Clausen Center will engage in continued dialogue with policy makers and pursue work that is rigorous, insightful, and firmly anchored in reality.
News & Events

CONFERENCE ON GLOBAL ECONOMIC ISSUES 2023
NOVEMBER 18, 2023 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY Program Venue Transport Hotel Contact UC Berkeley’s Clausen Center for International Business and Policy will hold its 4th biennial Conference on Global Economic Issues: Deglobalization and Fragmentation, on...

Sergii Kiiashko Named Clausen Ukraine Fellow
Sergii Kiiashko, an assistant professor at the Kyiv School of Economics and a senior researcher at the Department of Monetary Policy and Economic Analysis of the National Bank of Ukraine, has been named the Clausen Center Ukraine Fellow for the 2022-2023 academic...

Mathilde Muñoz Wins WTO 2022 Essay Award for Young Economists
The winner of the 2022 WTO Essay Award for Young Economists is Mathilde Muñoz of the James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Center on Wealth and Income Inequality at the University of California, Berkeley. Her paper, “Trading Non-Tradables: The Implications of Europe’s Job...

Panel on Economics and Geopolitics in U.S. International Relations: China, Europe, and the Global South
On Thursday, Feb. 16, starting at noon the Clausen Center and UC Berkeley Social Science Matrix will co-sponsor a panel discussion on 'Economics and Geopolitics in U.S. International Relations: China, Europe, and the Global South". The event will be held in the...

Clausen Center Faculty Director Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas Named IMF Economic Counsellor
Today, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced its intention to appoint the Faculty director of UC Berkeley’s Clausen Center, Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, as its new Economic Counsellor and Director of Research, starting January 24, 2022. Pierre-Olivier writes:...