Natalya Naqvi

Natalya Naqvi is Assistant Professor of International Political Economy at the London School of Economics, specializing in the political economy of finance and development. She holds a PhD and MPhil from the University of Cambridge. Her research examines how developing countries maintain public control over financial sectors to support industrial policy despite globalization constraints.

Primary research areas include:

• State role in financial governance
• Development banking operations
• Sovereign debt dynamics
• Privatization impacts
• Global financial architecture

Recent publications focus on financial sovereignty mechanisms, development banking innovations, and market discipline structures. Research demonstrates consistent attention to Global South contexts with empirical work spanning Brazil, South Africa, Bolivia, Pakistan, and Germany.

Awards include competitive fellowships from Princeton University's Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance and Oxford's Blavatnik School of Government.

Teaching covers international political economy with emphasis on development finance. Prior appointments include research positions at Princeton University and University of Oxford.