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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

Professor at Freie Universität Berlin for Latin American Economics

Joint appointment between the Department of Business and Economics and the Institute for Latin American Studies 

Academic Career

Since 2020

Full Professor (W3), Latin American Economics, Freie Universität Berlin

Since 2010

Full Professor (W2), Latin American Economics, Freie Universität Berlin

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 FU for this period)

2005 to 2010

Junior Professor in Latin American Economics, FU Berlin

9/01 – 9/05

Senior Research Fellow, GIGA Institute for Latin American Studies, Hamburg

4/96 – 8/01

Lecturer, Economics department / Institute for Latin American Studies, FU 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 inSão Paulo


Education

  • Habilitation (academic degree for full professorship), Universität Flensburg, 2009; Thesis: Beyond Growth by Debt: New Approaches to Money, Finance and Development
  • PhD Economics, Freie Universität Berlin, 2001; Thesis: Development through exchange rate-based stabilization? The case of Brazil [Entwicklung durch wechselkurs-basierte Stabilisierung? Der Fall Brasilien. Marburg: Metropolis, 2002]
  • Diplom (Master's Degree equivalent), Economics, Freie Universität Berlin, 1993
  • Vordiplom (Bachelor's Degree equivalent), Economics with regional focus on Latin America; Universität Tübingen, 1986


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 2024

Director of the Graduate School EQUALFIN (Finance and inequality in times of polycrisis)

2023-2024

Director of the Alumni Program re:connect, funded by DAAD

Since 2019

Founding Member of the Graduate School “Temporalities”, funded by the DFG (German Research Fund), FU

Since 2016

Co-director of the Graduate School trAndeS (Programa de Posgrado en Desarrollo Sostenible y Desigualdades Sociales en la Región Andina), funded by DAAD, 2. Funding period 2021-25

Since 2013

Founding Member of the Graduate School of East Asian Studies, FU

Since 2010

Co-Director of the Forschungszentrum Brasilien/Centro de Pesquisas Brasileiras, FU

2015 - 2018

Co-Director of the DAAD network “Comparative Economic Development Studies”

2009 - 2018

Founding Member of the Graduate School “Between Spaces”, funded by the DFG (German Research Fund), FU

2012 to 2016

Senior Research Scholar, Kollegforschergruppe “The Transformative Power of Europe”, FU

2009 to 2014

Lead Researcher in the Research Network “Interdependent Inequalities”, funded by the German Ministry for Research and Education; Co-ordinator of the Research Area “Socio-Economic Inequality”

2009 to 2015

Academic direction of the project “University Meets Microfinance”: European Commission funded transfer project to join academic research and project experience in microfinance; in cooperation with Planet Finance (two funding periods)

2009 to 2010

Head of e-learning project “Development economics for non-economists” (CeDIs, Freie Universität Berlin)

June 2009

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

Head of 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

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

 

Policy Advice and academic functions outside the FU Berlin

Since 2023

Member of the Economic Advisory Network (Ökonomisches Beratungsnetzwerk) of the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)

Since 2023

Member of the Editorial Board of Region & Periphery

2018 to present

Editorial board member of Ola Financiera

2018 to present

Editorial board member of Journal of Latin American Studies

2015 to present

Berliner Chancengleichheitsprogramm selection committee member

2015 to present

Centro Internacional Celso Furtado, member

2009 to 2011

Advisor to the G8 Working Group on Remittances, led by the World Bank

2005 to present

Academic advisory board member, Cadernos PROLAM/USP, Universidade de São Paulo

2004 to present

Advisory board member European Journal for Economics and Economic Policies

2004 to present

Liaison, Heinrich Boll Foundation

2001 to 2005

  Chief editor of the refereed journal “Lateinamerika Analysen”

2000 to 2006

  Executive board member of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutsche Lateinamerikaforschung ADLAF

1997 to 2002

  Advisor to German-Brazilian trade union networks

Academic functions at the FU Berlin 

Since 4/2024

Director of the Institute of Latin American Studies, FU Berlin

Since 2023

Vice-Chairman of the Budget Commission of the FU Berlin

Since 2023

Member of the BUA Forum on Diplomatic Resilience

Since 2023

Vice-Director of the Institute of Latin American Studies, FU Berlin

2018 – 2019

Director of the Institute of Latin American Studies, Freie Universität Berlin

2015 -2017

Director of the Institute of Latin American Studies, Freie Universität Berlin

2015 to 2019

Director of the FU Kommission zur Förderung vonNachwuchswissenschaftlerinnen

2014-16

Committee member for the Tiburtius-Preis

2007 – 13

Deputy Director of the Institute of Latin American Studies, Freie Universität Berlin

2009 – 13

Dean of students of the Institute of Latin American Studies, Freie Universität Berlin


Fellowships, Honours 

2022

Supervisor Award for Excellent Supervision of PhD students of the Dahlem Research School, FU Berlin

2007

Award for outstanding achievements in blended learning at the Institute for Latin American Studies

3/2016

Visiting Professor at Colegio de México

3/2014

Visiting Professor at UERJ (State University of Rio de Janeiro)

10/13

Guest researcher at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil

9/2011; 3/12; 3/15    

Visiting Professor at State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil

4/2010

Visiting Professor at Universidad Nacional de México (UNAM), Institute for Economic Studies

3/2007

Guest researcher at Oxford University, Nuffield College

11/98 – 10/99

Graduate fellowship from the Friedrich Ebert Foundation

3/97 – 10/97

Research fellowship from the Instituto Rio Branco, Brasilia

7/89 – 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


Professional Affiliations

IEA – International Economics Association

ISA – International Studies Association

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 (*1998; *2000)