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Matthias Matthijs, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of International Political Economy
Based in Washington, D.C.
BOB 614
- 1 (202) 663-5743
- matthijs@jhu.edu
Background and Education
Previously served as an assistant professor of international economic relations at American University's School of International Service, a SAIS professorial lecturer, a lecturer of economics at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and a consultant for the World Bank/International Finance Corporation and the Economist Intelligence Unit; specializes in the politics of economic crises and the role of economic ideas in economic policymaking as well as international and comparative political economy and regional integration; current research focuses on the global financial crisis, Europe's sovereign debt crisis, the domestic and international politics of austerity, and the global battle for economic ideas; received the 2011 SAIS Max M. Fisher Prize for Excellence in Teaching and 2010 Samuel H. Beer Prize for Best Dissertation in British Politics by a North American Scholar awarded by the British Politics Group of the American Political Science Association; Ph.D., international relations, SAIS
Ideas and Economic Crises in Britain From Attlee to Blair (1945–2005) (2010); “The Sons of Brixton” in Foreign Affairs (2011); “Why Only Germany Can Fix the Euro,” co-author, in Foreign Affairs (2011); “Can Africa Leap Into Global Network Trade?” co-author, in World Bank Policy Research Working Paper Series (2007); “U.S. and EU Trade Policy Toward the Middle East: A Comparative Assessment” in Conflict in Focus (2007)
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- Regions
- Western Europe
- France
- Germany
- Great Britain
- Italy
- Topics
- American Foreign Policy
- Economics
- American Economic Policy
- Global Financial Crises
- Globalization
- European Union and Transatlantic Relations
- International Debt
- International Finance
- International Political Economy
- International Relations
- International Trade Theory and Policy
- World Bank and International Monetary Fund
- Foreign Languages
- Dutch
- French
- German