Andrew Primmer

Andrew Primmer is a Research Fellow at the University of Reading serving as Convenor for EC243 – Economic History. His work is anchored in the Centre for Institutions and Economic History with active affiliations to the British Academy Early Career Researcher Network, Economic History Society, and Association of Business Historians.

His academic credentials include:

• BA History from University of Wales Swansea (2006)
• Maestria (Mlitt equivalent) in Economic History from Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá
• PhD from University of Bristol with dissertation nominated for best doctoral work of 2018

Primmer specializes in Britain’s formal and informal empire with deep regional expertise in South America and Sub-Saharan Africa. His research spans sovereign debt dynamics, financial bubbles, corporate risk, imperial economic structures, and globalization’s historical impact. He has particular focus on Latin America (where his thesis earned Colombia’s Beca de Estudiante Sobresaliente de Postgrado), Africa, and South Asia, with recent work published in Business History (2023).

His major recognitions include:

• British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship for current railway history project
• Deas Scholarship during Bristol PhD studies
• Santander Travel Grant
• Beca de Estudiante Sobresaliente de Postgrado (first foreign recipient)

Primmer actively supervises postgraduate research in Economic/Business/Accounting/Financial History with regional emphasis on Latin America, Africa, or South Asia. His British Academy-funded collaboration with Professor Mark Casson examines railway companies in developing economies. He maintains professional accounting ties through ACCA membership while leading research within the Centre for Institutions and Economic History.