George Papaconstantinou holds the Chair of International Political economy at the School of Transnational Governance of the European University Institute. He is an economist who holds a PhD from the London School of Economics and has served government at the highest level, as Greece’s Finance Minister during the Greek and Eurozone crisis, and subsequently Minister of Environment and Energy. In the earlier part of his career, he was a senior economist at the OECD. Since leaving public office, his work has focused on economic and financial policy-related analysis and governance issues. He has recently published ’New World, New Rules: Global Cooperation in a World of Geopolitical Rivalries’ (with Jean Pisani-Ferry), where he explored emerging global governance arrangements and collective action in key policy areas.