Curriculum Vitae
Prof. Dr. Barbara Fritz
Freie Universität Berlin
Economics Department / Institute for Latin American Studies
Ruedesheimer Str. 54-56, D-14197 Berlin, Germany
Phone: ++49 – 030 – 8385 3063
E-mail: bfritz@zedat.fu-berlin.de
Website: http://www.lai.fu-berlin.de/homepages/fritz
Current Position
since 04/2015 | Director of the Institute for Latin American Studies, Freie Universität Berlin |
since 08/2010 | Full professor at Freie Universität Berlin for Latin American Economies, joint appointment between the Department of Business and Economics and the Institute for Latin American Studies |
since 2010 | Dean of students of the Institute for Latin American Studies, Freie Universität Berlin |
since 2007 | Deputy Director of the Institute for Latin American Studies, Freie Universität Berlin |
Education
2009 | Habilitation (academic degree for full professorship) | Thesis: Beyond Growth by Debt: New Approaches to Money, Finance and Development | Universität Flensburg |
2001 | PhD Economics | Thesis: Development through exchange rate-based stabilization? The case of Brazil [Entwicklung durch wechselkurs-basierte Stabilisierung? Der Fall Brasilien] Marburg: Metropolis, 2002 | Freie Universität Berlin |
1993 | Diplom (Master's Degree equivalent), Economics | Freie Universität Berlin | |
1986 | Vordiplom (Bachelor's Degree equivalent), Economics with regional focus on Latin America | Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen |
Professional Engagement
since 2013 | Founding Member of the Graduate School of East Asian Studies, Freie Universität Berlin |
since 2012 | Senior Research Scholar, KFG Europe, Freie Universität Berlin |
08/11-12/11 | Organisation and participation in an exchange of visiting scholars between Freie Universität Berlin and Unicamp, Campinas, Brasil |
10/09 – 4/10 | Senior Economic Affairs Officer, UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development), Geneva; project coordination on regional monetary cooperation (on leave from Freie Universität Berlin for this period) |
2005 to 2010 | Junior Professor in Latin American Economics, Freie Universität Berlin |
9/01 – 9/05 | Senior Research Fellow, GIGA Institute for Latin American Studies, Hamburg |
4/96 – 8/01 | Research Fellow at the Institute for Latin American Studies, Freie Universität Berlin |
7/94 – 1/96 | Research Fellow, Institute for Ibero-American Studies, Hamburg |
3/93 – 9/93 | Research on behalf of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation in São Paulo |
Third-Party Funded Research Projects
since 2015 | Co-Director of the DAAD network "Comparative Economic Development Studies" |
since 2013 | University Meets Microfinance II: European Commission funded transfer project to join academic research and project experience in microfinance; in cooperation with Planet Finance |
since 2010 | Co-Director of the Forschungszentrum Brasilien/Centro de Pesquisas Brasileiras, Freie Universität Berlin |
2009 to 2014 | Leading Member of the Research Network “Interdependent Inequalities”, funded by the German Ministry for Research and Education, Coordinator of the Research Area "Socio-Economic Inequality" |
2009 to 2014 | Founding Member of the Graduate School “Between Spaces”, funded by the DFG (German Research Fund) |
2009 to 2011 | University Meets Microfinance: European Commission funded transfer project to join academic research and project experience in microfinance; in cooperation with Planet Finance |
2009 to 2010 | Direction of the e-learning project “Development economics for non-economists” (CeDIs, Freie Universität Berlin) |
6/09 | Conceptualisation of a Blankensee-Colloquium: “Bridging the Gap Between Economics and Area Studies: Economic Theory and the Diversity of Policies and Institutions” (with Carsten Herrmann-Pillath und Stephan Panther); funded by the Institute of Advanced Study (Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin) |
2007 to 2009 | Direction of the research project on “Financial development and macroeconomic stabilisation through remittances: Potential benefits and modes of Governance” within the Research Center 700 (SFB) “Governance in Areas of Limited Statehood”, funded by the DFG (German Research Fund), with 2 PhD students and 2 student assistants |
2004 | Conceptualisation and organisation of a workshop on “New Issues in Regional Monetary Coordination: Understanding North-South and South-South Arrangements”, financed by the Fritz Thyssen Foundation, co-financed by UNCTAD |
Additional Professional Activities, Fellowships, Honours
03/15-04/15 | Visiting Professor at Unicamp, Campinas, Brazil |
2014 to present | Member of the International Center Celso Furtado |
2014 to 2015 | Member of the selection committee for the award "Tiburtiuspreis der Berliner Hochschulen" |
10/2013 | Guest Researcher at Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
03/13-04/13 | Visiting Fellow at Unicamp, Campinas, Brazil |
03/12-04/12 | Visiting Fellow at Unicamp, Campinas, Brazil |
09/11-10/11 | Visiting Fellow at Unicamp, Campinas, Brazil |
2009 to present | Advisor of the G8 Working Group on Remittances, leaded by the World Bank |
3/2007 | Guest researcher at Oxford University |
2007 | Price of outstanding achievements in blended learning at the Institute for Latin American Studies |
2005 to present | Member of the Academic Advisory Board, Cadernos PROLAM/USP, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil |
2004 to present | Member of the Advisory Board, “The European Journal of Economics and Economic Policies: Intervention" (EJEEP) |
2004 to present | Liaison, Heinrich Böll Foundation |
2001 to 2005 | Chief editor of the refereed journal “Lateinamerika Analysen” |
2000 to 2006 | Member of the executive board, ADLAF |
1997 to 2002 | Advisor to German-Brazilian trade union networks |
11/98 – 10/99 | Graduate fellowship from the Friedrich Ebert Foundation |
03/97 – 10/97 | Research fellowship from the Instituto Rio Branco, Brasilia |
07/89 – 10/89 | ASA Fellowship for Work and Study in Asia, Africa and Latin America: Examination of a public state program for the promotion of small businesses in rural areas of Ceará, Brazil |
International Consulting and Teaching Activities
since 12/13 | Consultancy for UNCTAD for the project "Regional monetary and financial cooperation with a focus on Latin America and Africa" |
4/2008 | Consultancy for the Ministry of Economics, Ecuador, on regional financial integration and potential leverage effects of remittances for domestic financial development, in collaboration with the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Bonn / Ecuador |
6/04 and 4/05 | Teaching at ESAF (School of Governance of the Brazilian Ministry of Finance, Brasília, Brazil) within a professional training program for staff members of the Brazilian Ministry of Finance; financed by the European Union |
9/1995 | Short-term consultancy Angola: feasibility study for a micro-credit program in South Eastern Angola, in collaboration with Luso Consult, Hamburg |
Professional Memberships
Verein für Socialpolitik (German Economists Association)
LASA – Latin American Studies Association
LACEA – Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association
ADLAF – German Federation for Latin American Research
Languages
German – mother tongue; English; Portuguese; Spanish – Very good; French – Good
Marital Status
Married, two daughters