Georgina Gomez

Dr. Georgina Gomez is an Associate Professor at the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) of Erasmus University Rotterdam. Her research focuses on local economic governance, particularly exploring collaboration and competition around money, markets, and enterprises. She investigates complementary currency systems, local production systems, and social economy organizations using an evolutionary and institutional perspective. Her work emphasizes institutions as foundational to socio-economic structures.

Her research has addressed topics such as Colombia’s agricultural innovation (via Comproagro), post-conflict entrepreneurship, frugal innovation in the Global South, and monetary systems. She has contributed to academic discourse through books, journal articles, and reviews, including analysis of Latin American economic history and proposals for interest-free monetary systems.

Dr. Gomez actively engages in academic activities, including invited talks on topics like monetary plurality and local development, and serves as an editor for journals such as the Journal of Risk and Financial Management. She has supervised four academic works but no student names are listed in the provided information. Her research networks span multiple countries, particularly Colombia and Brazil, reflecting her focus on socio-economic dynamics in these regions.