I am a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in the School of Economics and Finance at the University of St Andrews. I am also a member of the Institute of Legal and Constitutional Research and Centre for Global Law and Governance. Previously, I was a Research Fellow in the Faculty of Economics at the University of Cambridge, a Max Weber Fellow in the Robert Schuman Centre and the Department of Economics at the European University Institute and a Marie Curie Research Fellow at the London School of Economics. My research interests include Financial Regulation, Banking, Political Economy, Law and Economics, Economic History, Macro-Finance, International Macroeconomics and Finance. Website: http://joaorafaelcunha.wixsite.com/home