Lecturer in Economics
- Name:
- Dr Tobias Franz
- Email address:
- tf2@soas.ac.uk
- Telephone:
- +44(0) 207 898 4312
- Address:
- SOAS University of London
Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG
- Building:
- Russell Square: College Buildings
- Office No:
- 283
- Academic Support Hours:
- Wednesdays 15:00 to 17:00
Biography
Dr. Tobias Franz is a Lecturer in Economics at SOAS, University of London and the Programme convenor for the MSc Political Economy of Development. Following his PhD at SOAS, University of London on the political economy of institutional change, elite politics and local productivity changes in urban Colombia, Tobias Franz worked as a postdoctoral research fellow at the Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá. His main interests are the analysis of power balances affecting local, national and regional productivity patterns in Colombia. He has a detailed theoretical expertise in the fields of institutional economics and economic geography.
Political economy, institutional economics, elite politics, economic geography, industrial policy and the role of the state in development. Latin American economic development. Particular interests in the economic development of Colombia. Also interested in developmentalist and post-developmental debates originating from the Global South.
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Available for
- TV
- Radio
- Press
- Briefings
- Short Term Consultancy
Regional Expertise
Country Expertise
- Brazil
- Colombia
- Germany
- Venezuela
- c11
Languages
Franz, Tobias (2019) 'Why ‘Good Governance’ Fails: Lessons from Regional Economic Development in Colombia'. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, (43) 4, pp 776-785.
Franz, Tobias (2018) 'Power balances, transnational elites, and local economic governance: The political economy of development in Medellín'. Local Economy: The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit, (33) 1, pp 85-109.
Franz, Tobias (2017) 'Urban Governance and Economic Development in Medellín'. Latin American Perspectives, (44) 2, pp 52-70.
Franz, Tobias (2016) 'Plan Colombia: illegal drugs, economic development and counterinsurgency - a political economy analysis of Colombia's failed war'. Development Policy Review, (34) 4, pp 563-591.
Montero, Sergio and Franz, Tobias and Choles, Miller (2020) 'Repensando la Gobernanza y el Desarrollo Económico Local desde Colombia: Informalidad, Élites y Diversidad.'. In: Montero, Sergio, (ed.), Repensando el Desarrollo Económico Local desde Colombia. Bogotá: Universidad de los Andes. [Forthcoming]
Franz, Tobias (2017) 'Urban Governance and Economic Development in Medellín: An “Urban Miracle”?'. In: Angotti, Tom, (ed.), Urban Latin America: Inequalities and Neoliberal Reforms. Lanham, Maryland, United States: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, pp 129-145.
Montero, Sergio and Franz, Tobias and Chloes, Miller (2018) Repensando la Gobernanza y el Desarrollo Económico Local
desde Colombia: Informalidad, Élites y Diversidad. Bogota: .
Franz, Tobias (2011) Über die (Un-) Möglichkeit nachhaltiger Wirtschaftspolitik in Madagaskar - Eine analyse über ein verlorenes Jahrzehnt. Antananarivo: FES.
Franz, Tobias (2018) 'Interview with Sky News: Colombia before the first Presidential Elections since the Peace Deal'.
Franz, Tobias (2017) From Industrial Capital to Modern ‘Urban Miracle’? : The Political Economy of Governance, Growth and Development in Medellín, Colombia. PhD thesis. SOAS University of London. [Unpublished]
Franz, Tobias (2020) Covid-19 and economic development in Latin America.
Franz, Tobias and Gómez Suárez, Andrei (2020) ¿Por qué protesta Colombia?.
Franz, Tobias and Gómez Suárez, Andrei (2020) ¿Por qué Colombia está marchando?.
Franz, Tobias and Gómez Suárez, Andrei (2019) Why is Colombia striking for change?.
Franz, Tobias (2019) How Can the Region Boost Productivity?.
Franz, Tobias (2018) Colombia’s Future Is at Stake.
Franz, Tobias (2018) ¿“Construyendo País”? – Reflexiones sobre el desarrollo en Colombia.
Franz, Tobias (2018) Der steigende Einfluss der Militärs gefährdet den Friedensprozess.
Franz, Tobias (2018) Los peligros económicos de la victoria de Iván Duque en Colombia.
Franz, Tobias (2018) Between Hope and Fear.
Franz, Tobias (2018) Colombia elections 2018: candidates and their chances in times of hope and fear..
Franz, Tobias (2018) Colombia elections 2018: the perils of polarisation for a precarious peace.
Franz, Tobias (2017) Aprendiendo de Karl Marx.
Franz, Tobias (2017) La productividad en América Latina se puede mejorar mediante incentivación, aseguración e inversión en tecnologías.
Franz, Tobias (2017) The Legacy of Plan Colombia.
Franz, Tobias (2017) Latin America’s productivity problems can only be overcome by incentivising, underwriting, and enforcing technological investment.
Franz, Tobias (2017) From Industrial Capital to Modern ‘Urban Miracle’? : The Political Economy of Governance, Growth and Development in Medellín, Colombia. [Unpublished]
Franz, Tobias (2017) Corrupción, ¿para qué sirve?.
Franz, Tobias (2017) Sabotaging Peace.
Franz, Tobias (2016) Peace in Colombia – What is it good for?.
Franz, Tobias (2016) The Ends of Peace.
Franz, Tobias (2014) Das Ende des Krieges – oder ein Krieg ohne Ende.
Franz, Tobias (2009) Ägyptens Muslimbruderschaft – ohne Führung, ohne Zukunft?.
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