Jan Fichtner

Journal reviewer for Competition & Change, Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space, Finance & Society, Globalizations, Interest Groups & Advocacy, International Studies Quarterly, Journal of Economic Policy Reform, Journal of Eurasian Studies, Momentum Quarterly, Research in Globalization, Review of International Political Economy, Small States & Territories, Socio-Economic Review and The Pacific Review.

Book manuscript reviewer for Routledge (Politics & International Relations)

Grant proposal assessor for the Independent Social Research Foundation

Jan. 2023 – today: Senior Research Fellow in the project “Climate change and global finance at the crossroads: Policy challenges, politico-economic dynamics, and sustainable transformation” at the University of Witten/Herdecke (Germany)

Sep. – Dec. 2022: Senior Research Fellow at the Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS), Copenhagen

Apr. – Aug. 2021: Teaching fellow at the Center for International and Comparative Political Economy (Prof. Thomas Rixen), Free University Berlin

February 2018: Awarded ISRF Flexible Grant for Small Groups for the project “The Evolution of Economic Power in the Age of Globalization: The Rise of Transnational Corporate Elite Networks”, together with Sean Starrs, City University Hong Kong (GBP 4,500)

March 2016 – 2020: Postdoctoral Researcher in the CORPNET project at the University of Amsterdam (UvA)

June 2014: Doctorate in Political Science, Goethe-University Frankfurt (thesis “The Anglo-Americanization of Global Finance: The Case of Hedge Funds”)

Apr. 2013 – Mar. 2014: Staff researcher with Prof. Dr. Andreas Nölke, Professorship for Political Science with focus on International Relations and International Political Economy, Goethe-University Frankfurt

Oct. – Dec. 2009: Visiting scholar at the Canadian Centre for German and European Studies at York University, Toronto (Canada)

Oct. 2008 – Mar. 2013: PhD scholarship from the Hans-Böckler-Foundation

May 2008 – Sep. 2008: Staff researcher with Prof. Dr. Andreas Nölke, Professorship for Political Science with focus on International Relations and International Political Economy, Goethe-University Frankfurt

July 2007: MA International Relations, Joint MA-program Free University Berlin, Humboldt University Berlin, University of Potsdam (Germany)

Feb. – Apr. 2006: Research associate, Global Policy Forum, New York City (USA)

Mar. – Jun. 2005: Personal assistant to Dr. Ulrike Guérot, German Marshall Fund of the United States, Berlin (Germany)

June 2004: BA International Relations, University of Sussex in Brighton (England)

Oct. 2000 – Jun. 2003: Studied Economics and Political Science, Georg-August University Göttingen (Germany)