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I am Assistant Professor of International Political Economy at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. My current research is animated by questions surrounding the politics and governance of finance, production and energy systems under conditions of heightened geopolitical competition. A recurring theme in my work is the role of transnational firms in shaping divergent trajectories of industrial development in Europe, China, and the Global South.

I am currently writing a book titled 'Financialising Global China and the Remaking of Liberal Economic Order' (under contract with Bristol University Press). My work has featured in journals across political science/international relations, geography and development studies, including New Political Economy, Development and ChangeJournal of Economic Geography, Contemporary Politics, Geopolitics, Dialogues in Human Geography, Socio-Economic Review, and Finance and Space. I am an elected member of the Executive Council and co-organiser of Network Q: Asian Capitalisms of the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics, Early Career Representative of the Journals Committee of the Regional Studies Association and co-lead of the Finance and Money working group of the China in Europe Research Network. I am also a research associate of the Second Cold War Observatory, and the FINGEO network.

For a full list of academic publications see my Google Scholar page.

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Academic qualification

PhD, Investing for the state: A finance-sensitive reading of the transnationalisation of Chinese state capital in Europe, Maastricht University

Political Science and Public Administration (cum laude), Master, Universiteit Leiden

Economics and Statistics, Bachelor, University of Auckland

Keywords

  • JA Political science (General)
  • Political Economy
  • Development
  • China
  • JZ International relations
  • Geopolitics
  • Geoeconomics
  • China-EU Relations
  • JQ Political institutions Asia
  • HJ Public Finance
  • Financial intermediaries
  • Financial markets
  • Investment
  • Infrastructure
  • State capitalism
  • Financialization
  • G Geography (General)
  • Economic Geography
  • Infrastructure

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  1. SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
    SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
  2. SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
    SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
  3. SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
    SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
  4. SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
    SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production

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