Sylvester Eijffinger

Professor Sylvester C.W. Eijffinger is Full Professor of Financial Economics and Jean Monnet Professor of European Financial and Monetary Integration, CentER for Economic Research and Department of Economics, Tilburg University and Research Fellow, Centre for Economic Policy Research, London, UK and CESifo Research Network, Munich, Germany.

• Professor of European Financial Integration (part-time) at the Rotterdam School of Management (RSM) of Erasmus University Rotterdam (2005-2008)
• Research Coordinator (Head) of the Macro Research Group and permanent member of the Recruitment Committee for the Department of Economics, Econometrics and Operations Research, and Finance (since 2003)
• Jean Monnet Professor of European Financial and Monetary Integration (chair sponsored by the European Commission) at Tilburg University (since 1998)
• Professor of European Financial Economics at the CentER for Economic Research and the Department of Economics of Tilburg University (since 2000)
• Chairman of the Educational Programme International Economics and Finance of Tilburg University (1998 - 2003)
• Professor of Economic Policy (C4) at the Humboldt University of Berlin (1996-2000)
• Professor of Monetary Economics (part-time) at the Department of European Economic Studies of the College of Europe (1994-2004)
• Associate Professor of Monetary Economics at the CentER for Economic Research and the Department of Economics of Tilburg University (1991-1998)
• Assistant Professor of Monetary Economics at the Department of Economics of Tilburg University (1986-1991)
• Assistant Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics of the Free University of Amsterdam (1983-1986)
• Research Assistant at the Department of Economics of the Free University of Amsterdam (1980-1983)

Supervision of PhD Theses (Promotor or Co-Promotor)

• Eric Schaling, Institutions and Monetary Policy: Credibility, Flexibility and Central Bank Independence, CentER, Tilburg University, 4 May 1995 (with Theo C.M.J. van de Klundert)
• Geert J. Almekinders, Foreign Exchange Intervention: Theory and Evidence, CentER, Tilburg University, 2 October 1995 (with Jacques J. Sijben)
• Jan J.G. Lemmen, Financial Integration in the European Union: Measurement and Determination, CentER, Tilburg University, 9 December 1996
• Marco M. Hoeberichts, The Design of Monetary Institutions, CentER, Tilburg University, 11 December 1998
• Abolghassem Jamshidi, The Financial System and Monetary Policy in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Tilburg University (Iran Project supervised by the Rector), 29 September 2000
• Willem H. Verhagen, Inflation Targeting and Interest Rate Policy, CentER, Tilburg University, 20 June 2001
• Wolf B. Wagner, Risk Sharing under Incentive Constraints, CentER, Tilburg University, 14 June 2002
• Benedikt V.G. Goderis, Financial Crises and Monetary Policy, CentER, Tilburg University, 25 November 2005
• Mewael F. Tesfaselassie, Communication, Learning and Optimal Monetary Policy, CentER, Tilburg University, 16 December 2005 (with Eric Schaling)

• Brenda Gonzalez-Hermosillo, Transmission of Shocks across Global Financial Markets: The Role of Contagion and Investors' Risk Appetite, CentER, Tilburg University, 9 May 2008
• Carin A.B. van der Cruijsen, The Economic Impact of Central Bank Transparency, CentER, Tilburg University, 14 November 2008

Honorary Doctorate (Honorary Promotor)

• A.H.E.M. (Nout) Wellink, President of De Nederlandsche Bank and Member ofthe Governing Council of the European Central Bank, Honorary Doctorate on the Occasion of the 20th Anniversary of the CentER for Economic Research, Tilburg University, 12 June 2008