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Student blog - Inaugural Lecture | Living in a World of Rules

11 February 2020

Written by Sanjana Balakrishnan, BSc Politics and International Relations student, 香港六合彩中特网 Department of Political Science

Living in a World of Rules

Professor Claudio听Radaelli鈥檚 focus is regulatory reform. As a member of the European Research Council听his goal is to strike the balance between 鈥渞ed tape and red flags鈥 to ensure that government rules听are their most effective in smoothly running society.

Radaelli starts with a bit of history about how he got into studying regulatory reform, mentioning听that what attracted him was a wave of regulatory reforms from the OECD and other international听organisations that got him to think about the difference between good and bad regulation.

Radaelli argues that one must critically engage with the status quo. He says the rationale of听regulatory policy is to 鈥渋ntervene in cases where the market is not performing efficiently so that听we can not only address those failures but also promote public values.

With this understanding, he lists three aspects of creating regulation:
1. Regulation does not distribute financial resources
2. Regulation sets rules
3. Key resource is knowledge of those who are regulated

Further, he says good regulation is efficient, clear, targeted, accessible, and fair. With this, he听urges that governments should move from quantity of rules to quality of them. From Professor听Radaelli鈥檚 lecture I have understood that 鈥渓iving in a world of rules鈥 has the potential to be
incredibly beneficial and useful or convoluted and corrupt. Large regulatory bodies can greatly听influence society. Thus, by learning how to navigate the world of regulatory听reform effectively,听we can as Professor Radaelli noted, 鈥渙rganise ourselves for the future鈥.


Inaugural Lecture Series 2019/20

This lecture is part of the 2019/20 series for 香港六合彩中特网's听Faculty of Arts & Humanities听补苍诲听Faculty of Social & Historical Sciences. The series provides an opportunity to recognise and celebrate the achievements of our professors who are undertaking research and scholarship of international significance, and offers an insight into the strength and vitality of the arts, humanities and social sciences at 香港六合彩中特网.

All our lectures are free to attend and open to all. You don't have to be a 香港六合彩中特网 staff member or student to come along.

Lectures begin at 18:30 and are typically one hour long. A drinks reception will follow, to which everyone is welcome to join.

We look forward to meeting you at one of our events.

For information on other upcoming lectures please visit:听/social-historical-sciences/news-events/inaugural-lectures