Seminars

Spring Term 2012
Professor Eric Jones, Emeritus Professor of Economic Systems and Ideas, La Trobe University Economics without history: 1688 and the property rights mirage 16:15, Wednesday 11 April 2012 in ADRB1
Mr Alan Booth, formerly CEO of Encore Oil, by training a geologist, Mr Booth is uniquely qualified to assess the future of oil in the UKCS The Future of North Sea Oil and Gas Wednesday 18 April 2012 in ADRB1
Mr Warwick Lightfoot, former international economist, Royal Bank of Scotland; former Special Adviser to Chancellors Nigel Lawson, John Major and Norman Lamont; author of Sorry, We Have No Money: Britain’s Economic Problem (2011). America’s Exceptional Economic Challenge Wednesday 2 May 2012 in ADRB1
Seminar given in conjunction with the Beloff Centre Professor Robert Pearce, Former Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Professor of Law, University of Buckingham; Former Vice-Chancellor, University of Wales Lampeter Super Injunctions, Privacy and Press Freedom Wednesday 9 May 2012 in ADRB1

Recent seminars
Dr Raouf Tajvidi, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Westminster Containment of Iran: realism, hegemony and the failure of American policy 16:15, Wednesday 14 March 2012 in ADRB1
Mr Anthony Teasdale, Visiting Professor in Politics, University of Buckingham; former Special Adviser, UK Foreign Office and HM Treasury; currently acting Director, DG Internal Policies, European Parliament, Brussels How the Eurozone crisis is changing the European political system 16:15, Wednesday 22 February 2012 in ADRB1
Dalibor Rohac, Deputy Director of Economic Studies, Legatum Institute What have we learned from post-communist transitions? 1 February 2012
Dr Ruprecht von Heusinger, Geschäftsführer bei eu-photon GmbH, Hontheim, Germany, University of Buckingham Alumnus and member of Council Possible Future Scenarios of the European Monetary Union
 24 November 2011
Anthony Teasdale, Visiting Professor in Politics, University of Buckingham; Lord (Roger) Liddle, Chairman, Policy Network think tank and former European Adviser to Prime Minister Tony Blair; Warwick Lightfoot, economist, former Special Adviser to Chancellors of the Exchequer Nigel Lawson, John Major and Norman Lamont, author of Sorry, We Have No Money: Britain’s Economic Problem (2011); and Graham Bishop, former chief European economist, Salomon Brothers, author of The EU Fiscal Crisis (2011). Britain and the European Union: Are we heading towards a two-speed Europe and does it matter? 2 November 2011
Seminar given in conjunction with the Beloff Centre:
Mr Jose Stelle, Visiting Fellow, Beloff Centre for the Study of Liberty, University of Buckingham		 Liberalism and Democracy: Allies, or Enemies?
 27 October 2011
Mr William W. Beach, Director, Center for Data Analysis The Heritage Foundation Washington D.C. Saving the American Dream 12 October 2011
Professor Juan E. Castañeda, Professor of Economics, Economía Aplicada y Gestión Pública, UNED Madrid & Professor Pedro Schwartz, Chairman of the Competition Tribunal of the Madrid Autonomous Community, Professor Extraordinary in the Department of Economics of the University San Pablo CEU (Madrid) and Director of the Centre for Political Economy and Regulation Spain under the Great Contraction: the benefits of an independent monetary policy 5 October 2011
Professor Sir Alan Peacock, DSC, FBA, FRSE Professor Emeritus and Former Principal and Vice-Chancellor, University of Buckingham Climate change: doubtful science and messy economics? 3 October 2011