My work draws on critical and political economic theory to understand how systems and structural processes impact society, economy, and environment. My PhD research explores the extent to which different types of financial systems (e.g. state-led in China, bank-based in Germany, market-based in the UK) are contributing towards the climate crisis in a world where the macro-financial capitalist structure promotes convergence across national systems and geographies. The main mechanism of interaction between financial systems and the climate crisis I explore is those capital flows (loans, bond or equity purchases, etc.) that move from financial institutions into specific sectors like renewable or fossil fuel energy that contribute or impede efforts to mitigate/adapt to the climate crisis. Marshalling finance is one of the key issues in meeting sustainability goals this century, and I’m interested in understanding how we can better construct our financial systems to meet these goals.

University of Bristol Research Profile:

https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/persons/stefan-a-zylinski