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Masterclass: Managing your business in the face of global challenges
Take part in the Masterclass "Managing your business in the face of global challenges", a cycle of three webinars presented by Dr Karl-Friedrich Israel, economic policy expert and lecturer at Université catholique de l'Ouest.
In an ever-changing global economic context, marked by successive crises, persistent inflation, housing market tensions and growing public debt, business leaders face major challenges.
This masterclass in 3 webinars aims to help UCO alumni understand the global economic context to develop their business in this complex environment.
1st webinar: "Economic crises: understanding cycles to better manage your business".
Tuesday, September 30, 2025 from 12:45pm to 1:45pm
Program: Analysis of the underlying mechanisms of recent economic crises (Covid-19 pandemic, geopolitical tensions), which have revealed the vulnerability of companies to macroeconomic shocks.
Objective : Better anticipate economic cycles and adapt strategies accordingly.
2nd webinar: "Inflation and the housing crisis: what impact for companies?
Tuesday, October 14, 2025 from 12:45pm to 1:45pm
Program: Explore the causes of inflation and the housing crisis (notably expansionary monetary policies and real estate speculation), but also their consequences on consumption, worker mobility and corporate operating costs, with a particular focus on the situation in France.
3rd webinar: "Public debt and international trade".
Tuesday, November 4, 2025 from 12:45pm to 1:45pm
Program: Examine the implications of sovereign debt on economic stability and competitiveness, while analyzing recent developments in global trade relations.
Objective: Offer insights into how companies can adapt to a rapidly changing economic environment.
These webinars are free and open to all Université catholique de l'Ouest graduates, so register now!
Contributor : Karl-Friedrich Israel
Currently Senior Lecturer at the Université Catholique de l'Ouest (UCO) in Angers, Karl-Friedrich Israel has previously held visiting professorships at the Institute for Economic Policy at the University of Leipzig, and at Saarland University in Saarbrücken, Germany.
He completed his undergraduate and postgraduate studies in Berlin, Paris and Oxford, before defending a doctoral thesis in economics at the University of Angers in 2017, focusing on the costs and benefits of central banking. He obtained his habilitation to direct research (HDR) from the Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne in 2023, for his work on the concept of monetary neutrality and the perverse effects of monetary policy.
His research interests mainly cover macroeconomics, the history of economic thought, economic methodology, econometrics and the Austrian school of economics.
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