José Tavares is full professor at New School of Business and Economics and Research Fellow at the Centre for Economic Policy Research, London. PhD in Economics at Harvard University, he was previously a visiting professor at University of California, Harvard University, Columbia University and the European University Institute. José´s specialized in Political Economy, and his work has been covered in Time magazine, the New York Times, Handelsblatt and La Repubblica, among others. José participated in research initiatives in public policy for the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and the Asian Development Bank. Recently, José Tavares co-organized, with Francesco Caselli and Mário Centeno, the volume After the Crisis: Reform, Recovery, and Growth in Europe, published by Oxford University Press, and published the essay Europe is Not a Foreign Country. José is a member of the Scientific Committee of the Gulbenkian Future Forum.