Financial Inclusion & Societal Change

Financial transactions are an essential element of daily economic life. Households depend on reliable structures for purchasing goods, obtaining credit, making investments, and acquiring insurance. Accordingly, it is essential for the general welfare of society that people are financially literate and have equal access to financial services.

The digital transformation and internationalization are bringing about fundamental shifts in the relationship between consumers and financial service providers. Financial market actors must also respond to demographic trends and changing social values. The diverse regulations on social sustainability enacted in recent years are a reflection of such normative change.

Research at the intersection of societal change and financial inclusion benefits not only from expertise within the House of Finance, but also from interdisciplinary collaboration with various university departments. As part of our Visiting Professorship of Financial History, we invite distinguished scholars to shed light on long-term changes in the world’s financial and monetary systems.