Barbara Fritz

Professor Barbara Fritz is affiliated with the Institute for Latin American Studies and Economics Department at Freie Universität Berlin. Her work focuses on international monetary relations, financial systems, and development economics with regional expertise in Latin America.

Research Interests:
Key research areas include: global financial safety nets; monetary regionalism in the Global South; currency hierarchies and financial globalization; and addressing structural financial asymmetries affecting developing economies. Her work examines how emerging economies navigate global financial constraints.

Research Publications:
Her publications analyze crisis finance mechanisms, regional monetary cooperation, and financial architecture reforms. Recent work evaluates COVID-19 responses through global financial safety nets and examines China's expanding role in currency swaps. Articles consistently emphasize financial sovereignty issues in developing economies.

Scientific Awards:

• No awards listed

Advising and Grants:
No specific student advising information provided. Research projects include studies on financial safety nets and regional monetary arrangements in Eurasia and the Global South.

Labs and Teams:
Collaborates with international networks including the Network for Comparative Development Studies and Research Center Brazil.