Professor Carolina Garriga

Biography

I am a Professor in the Department of Government at the University of Essex. During 2024-2025, I will be a visiting professor at the London School of Economics. I received my PhD in Political Science from the University of Pittsburgh. My research and teaching interests include international and comparative political economy, the political economy of money and finance, central banks, the interactions between of domestic and international institutions, and Latin American politics. Currently, I am working on the study of central banks'governance, the adoption of restrictive monetary institutions in developing countries, the political economy of FDI, and the political economy of conflict. My research has been published or is forthcoming in the Journal of Politics, International Studies Quarterly, the Journal of Peace Research, the Journal of Conflict Resolution, Governance, Regulation & Governance, Political Research Quarterly, Economic Modelling, Economic Analysis and Policy, and other outlets. . I am interested in supervising Doctoral dissertations and Post-doctoral research addressing issues in international political economy and in global governance. ***In the 2024/2025 academic year, I will NOT be able to supervise Undergraduate or Masters dissertations.*** If you need a letter of recommendation, please send me your request and materials with a minimum three-week notice. Please, see https://sites.google.com/site/carogarriga/recommendation-letters

Qualifications

• PhD University of Pittsburgh,

• MA, European Union Law Universidad Complutense de Madrid,

• BA, International Relations Catholic University of Cordoba,

Appointments

University of Essex

• Professor (R), Government, University of Essex (1/10/2023 - present)

• Deputy Director, Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis (1/9/2022 - 31/8/2024)

• Reader, Government, University of Essex (1/10/2020 - 30/9/2023)

• Director of Diversity and Inclusion, Department of Government, https://www.essex.ac.uk/staff/department-support-roles/inclusivity-leads (1/9/2019 - 31/8/2022)

• Lecturer, Government, University of Essex (1/10/2018 - 30/9/2020)

Other academic

• Visiting Professor, London School of Economics and Political Science (1/9/2024 - 15/7/2025)

• Affiliated professor, Political Science, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Economicas (CIDE) (1/1/2020 - 31/12/2022)

• Visiting Professor of Political Science, Torcuato di Tella University (1/8/2017 - 31/7/2018)

• Associate professor, Political Science, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Economicas (CIDE) (1/11/2016 - 30/9/2018)

• Assistant professor, Political Science, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Economicas (CIDE) (1/6/2010 - 31/10/2016)