Conference: The Digital Euro – Which Ways Forward?

Description

Digital central bank currencies are the subject of heated debate among the general public and in academia – and this also applies to the possible introduction of a digital euro. Although the potential introduction of a digital functional equivalent to cash has far-reaching social consequences, the current debate is dominated by technological and, in a narrower sense, economic aspects. The conference aims to counterbalance this by focusing on issues such as access to financial infrastructures, sovereignty over personal data and the monetary sovereignty of currency areas. It marks the conclusion of the work of the Zevedi project group ‘The Normative Foundations of the Digital Euro (DINO)’ and brings together researchers from the disciplines of economics, law, sociology and business informatics. The keynote speeches at the conference will be given by Prof. Dr Peter Bofinger (Würzburg) and Dr Carola Westermeier (MPI for Social Research, Cologne).

However, the conference is not purely academic in nature. Practitioners, policy makers and representatives of civil society will also be represented. For the European Central Bank, the head of the project, Evelien Witlox, will take part in the event.

We welcome meaningful abstracts for presentations in German or English from young researchers who are dealing (in the broadest sense) with normative issues of digital central bank currencies and/or the digital euro. The presentations should focus not on technical (individual) aspects of digital central bank currencies, but on questions concerning the desirable design of digital central bank currencies/the digital euro. The presentations may address these questions from an intra-disciplinary or an inter- or transdisciplinary perspective.