Professor Engelbert Stockhammer
Professor of International Political Economy
Biography
Engelbert Stockhammer is Professor of Political Economy in the department of European and International Studies. He did his PhD in Economics at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, USA, and has worked at the Vienna University of Economics and Business (2000-2009) and Kingston University London (2010-2018), where he led the Political Economy Research Group, before joining King’s College London in 2018. He has taught or held visiting positions at Bilkent University, Turkey, German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), Germany, Maastricht University, Netherlands, Macroeconomic Policy Institute (IMK), Germany, and Sabanci University, Turkey. He has done research projects for the Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET), the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) and the International Labour Office (ILO). Engelbert does research in political economy and macroeconomics, on issues of financialisation, distribution and growth and economic policy in Europe. He has published more than 70 articles in peer reviewed journals.
Office hours
Tuesday: 14.00 - 15.00 (usually via Teams)
Wednesday: 14.00 - 15.00 (usually in-person, VWB 4.20)
Please book via the link here.
Research Interests
- Financialisation, financial stability
- Distribution and growth
- Macroeconomics
- Post-Keynesian theory
- Economic policy in Europe
Teaching
- International Political Economy: Theories and Issues
- Macroeconomics of demand, distribution and finance
Research projects
The Political Economy of Growth Models in an Age of Stagnation
Expertise and public engagement
Engelbert has published or appeared in the Guardian, Al Jazeera, Profil and ORF. He has worked with international organisations, like the International Labour Office (ILO), and think tanks like the New Economics Foundation, the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Renner Institute, Rosa Luxemburg Foundation and the Foundations for European Progressive Studies.
Research
Centre for German Transnational Relations
The centre examines Germany's changing transnational role in the economic, political and cultural spheres. We study how the recent rise of Germany to a position as a 'reluctant hegemon' shapes European economies as well as the world economy.
The Political Economy of Growth Models in an Age of Stagnation
The Political Economy of Growth Models in an Age of Stagnation
Project status: Ongoing
The International Political Economy Research Group
International Political Economy research group focuses on the examination of contemporary socioeconomic and political dynamics of crisis and limitations of European and global order.
Comparative Politics Research Group
The Comparative Politics research group hosts a research agenda based on political institutions, representation and regimes.
News
Academic joins panel at international trade union event
A King’s academic was invited to speak at a panel event organised by international trade unions in preparation for the G20.
Conference to examine growing divide between global superpowers
An upcoming conference will examine the growing divide between China and the US and the emerging perception of a new Cold War.
Regulators must act to prevent 'boom/bust' cycles in financial markets
Financial regulators should tighten monetary policy to prevent continued cycles of boom and bust in asset and housing markets, according to new research.
Major new project receives grant funding
A research team featuring academics from the Department of European and International Studies has been awarded a grant to work on a major new project.
Events
The Demise of the Global Market Economy and the Rise of a Two-sphere World
Are we seeing the demise of the global market economy?
Please note: this event has passed.
The Demise of the Global Market Economy and the Rise of a two-sphere World
Are we seeing the demise of the global market economy?
Please note: this event has passed.
Inclusive Economic Growth: SDGs 8 and 10
Please join us for this SDG 8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth) and 10 (Reduced Inequalities) workshop at King's Business School.
Please note: this event has passed.
Another public debt crisis looming? The political economy of the COVID-19 response in Europe
This panel event, organised by the International Political Economy Research Group at King’s College London’s Department of European & International Studies,...
Please note: this event has passed.
Launch of the Geoforum special issue: Placing Surplus Populations in Global Capitalism
A discussion on the themes of the upcoming special issue of Geoforum between the editors, contributors and discussants
Please note: this event has passed.
Research
Centre for German Transnational Relations
The centre examines Germany's changing transnational role in the economic, political and cultural spheres. We study how the recent rise of Germany to a position as a 'reluctant hegemon' shapes European economies as well as the world economy.
The Political Economy of Growth Models in an Age of Stagnation
The Political Economy of Growth Models in an Age of Stagnation
Project status: Ongoing
The International Political Economy Research Group
International Political Economy research group focuses on the examination of contemporary socioeconomic and political dynamics of crisis and limitations of European and global order.
Comparative Politics Research Group
The Comparative Politics research group hosts a research agenda based on political institutions, representation and regimes.
News
Academic joins panel at international trade union event
A King’s academic was invited to speak at a panel event organised by international trade unions in preparation for the G20.
Conference to examine growing divide between global superpowers
An upcoming conference will examine the growing divide between China and the US and the emerging perception of a new Cold War.
Regulators must act to prevent 'boom/bust' cycles in financial markets
Financial regulators should tighten monetary policy to prevent continued cycles of boom and bust in asset and housing markets, according to new research.
Major new project receives grant funding
A research team featuring academics from the Department of European and International Studies has been awarded a grant to work on a major new project.
Events
The Demise of the Global Market Economy and the Rise of a Two-sphere World
Are we seeing the demise of the global market economy?
Please note: this event has passed.
The Demise of the Global Market Economy and the Rise of a two-sphere World
Are we seeing the demise of the global market economy?
Please note: this event has passed.
Inclusive Economic Growth: SDGs 8 and 10
Please join us for this SDG 8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth) and 10 (Reduced Inequalities) workshop at King's Business School.
Please note: this event has passed.
Another public debt crisis looming? The political economy of the COVID-19 response in Europe
This panel event, organised by the International Political Economy Research Group at King’s College London’s Department of European & International Studies,...
Please note: this event has passed.
Launch of the Geoforum special issue: Placing Surplus Populations in Global Capitalism
A discussion on the themes of the upcoming special issue of Geoforum between the editors, contributors and discussants
Please note: this event has passed.