Jakob Vestergaard

PhD, International Political Economy; MSc, Economics
Senior Researcher, research unit on Global economy, regulation and development T: +45 3269 8653, E: , F: +45 3269 8600

Personal CV

Expertise

International economics and development, international financial regulation, international science and innovation policy, political economy, economic sociology.

Selected publications

Jakob Vestergaard (2009): Discipline in the global economy. International finance
and the end of liberalism. London: Routledge.

Jakob Vestergaard (2009): ‘More heat than light’. On the regulation of international
finance. Economic Sociology, European Electronic Newsletter, 10 (2).

Jakob Vestergaard (2007): 'The entrepreneurial university revisited. Conflicts and
the importance of role separation'. Social Epistemology, 21 (1): 41-54.

Jakob Vestergaard (2004): ‘The Asian crisis and the shaping of ‘proper’
economies'. Cambridge Journal of Economics, 28 (6): 809-828.

Selected commissioned work

2009-2010 Global reforms in light of the economic crisis, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
of Denmark.

2008 ‘Towards a strategy for innovation and sustainable development in Costa
Rica’, for The Costa Rican Ministry of Science and Technology (MICIT) and the
Inter-American Development Bank.

2007  ‘Malaysia and the Knowledge Economy. Building a world class higher
    education system’, World Bank study (Human Development Sector, Report No.
    40397), for the Malaysian Ministry of Education.

2006 ‘Supporting the contribution of universities to regional development: Jutland-
Funen review’, OECD study.

2005 ‘Innovation and university interaction with industry in Colombia: policies
    experiences and future challenges’, World Bank study (Working Paper, No. 40727),
    for the Colombian Institute for the Development of Science and Technology
    (Colciencias).

Selected research related activities

Reforming the Bretton Woods Institutions conference, 2009

Impacts, responses and initial lessons of the financial crisis for low income
countries, 2010

Coordinator of the Global Economy Monday seminar series

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