Collegium Helveticum
Switzerland
fellow
Christos Gortsos
2022-2023
Home institution
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, GR
Country of origin (home institution)
Greece
Discipline(s)
Economy and finance
Theme(s)
Labor, Capital & Innovation
Fellowship dates
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Biography
In his research, Christos Gortsos concentrates on central banking law, financial regulation, and institutional economics. For the academic year 2022–2023, he was a visiting scholar at the Faculty of Law of the University of Zurich with a research project on Swiss banking regulation through the lens of international financial standards. As a senior fellow at the Collegium, Christos explored the various pillars of central bank digital currencies from an interdisciplinary point of view.
Research Project
Central Bank Digital Currencies
The aim of this colloquium is an in-depth analysis of several issues relating to Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), such as the relationship between CBDCs and stablecoins, the global financial architecture and decentralized CBDC regimes, the perspective of the Swiss National Bank (SNB) and the European Central Bank (ECB) on CBDCs, as well as institutional and macroeconomic aspects relating to their introduction.
Research Interests:
Central Bank; Digital Currencies; CBDC; Swiss National Bank; SNB; the European Central Bank; ECB