Paul de Grauwe (Ukkel, Belgium, 1946) is full university professor of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, research director of the Center for Economic Studies (CESifo) of the university of Munich and member of the Center for Economic Policy Studies (CEPS).

Doctor by the John Hopkins University, has taught, among others, in the universities of Michigan, Libre de Bruxelles, Tillburg, Pennsylvania, Kiel and the College of Europe. Dr. De Grauwe has been economist of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), consultant of the Bank of Japan, of the Federal Reserve of the United States and of the European Central Bank. He has also been member and senator of the Belgian Parliament.

‘Honoris Causa’ Doctor by the universities of Genova, Sankt Gallen and the Turku School of Economics and Business Administration, he holds different awards and distinctions, among them the Woodrow Wilson, Prize of the European Communities and the Amex Bank Review Award.

Specialised in open macroeconomics, Dr. De Grauwe is recognised as one of the main specialists in the study of the monetary integration process in Europe.