Biography
Andrew Martin Fischer is Professor of Inequality, Social Protection and Development at the Institute of Social Studies in The Hague, part of Erasmus University Rotterdam.
He is also the Chair and a co-editor of the journal Development and ChangeOpent extern; and founding (former) editor of the Oxford University Press book series Critical Frontiers of International Development StudiesOpent extern.
His latest book, Poverty as Ideology (Zed, 2018), was awarded the International Studies in Poverty Prize by the Comparative Research Programme on Poverty (CROP) and Zed Books and, as part of the award, is now fully open accessOpent extern.
Trained in demography and development economics, Fischer works extensively on poverty, inequality, social policy, and international development. He earned his Ph.D. in Development Studies from the London School of Economics (LSE) for his research on China’s regional development strategies in western China and their impact on ethnic minorities, principally Tibetans, but also Uyghurs and other minorities. He has written two books on this topic, the second being The Disempowered Development of Tibet in China: A Study in the Economics of MarginalizationOpent extern (Lexington Books, 2014), as well as numerous articles in leading journals such as Population and Development Review and China Quarterly.
More generally, Fischer has been involved in the field of international development for over 30 years, with experience spanning Latin America, Africa and Asia. Prior to his Ph.D., he spent seven years living with Tibetan refugees in India, and he lived in Western China for two years during and after his Ph.D. Parallel to his ongoing research on western China, he won a prestigious European Research CouncilOpent externgrant for work on the political economy of externally financing social policy in developing countries (Aiding Social ProtectionOpent extern), which he led from 2015 to 2021.
He is currently focusing on the role of redistribution in development at local, regional and global scales and its interaction with finance and production, while simultaneously maintaining his ongoing research on western China.
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Work
- Andrew Fischer (2018) - Poverty as Ideology: Rescuing Social Justice from Global Development Agendas - [link]
- Andrew Fischer (2020) - The Dark Sides of Social Policy: From Neoliberalism to Resurgent Right-wing Populism - Development and Change, 51 (2), 371-397 - doi: 10.1111/dech.12577 - [link]
- Andrew Fischer (2014) - The Disempowered Development of Tibet in China: a Study in the Economics of Marginalization - [link]
- Emma Cantal, Andrew Fischer & Charmaine Ramos (2021) - Targeting versus social protection in cash transfers in the Philippines: Reassessing a celebrated case of social protection - Critical Social Policy, 41 (3), 364-384 - doi: 10.1177/02610183211009891 - [link]
- Andrew Fischer (2021) - How Much Does Beijing Control the Ethnic Makeup of Tibet? - China File, 2021 (02/09), 1-12 - [link]
- Andrew Fischer (2020) - Development and Change (Journal) (Editor)
Activity: Publication Peer-review › Academic - Andrew Fischer (2016) - Development and Change (Journal) (Editor)
Activity: Editorial work › Academic - Andrew Fischer (2015) - Oxford University Press (Publisher) (Editor)
Activity: Editorial work › Academic - Andrew Fischer (2012) - Journal of International Development (Journal) (Editor)
Activity: Editorial work › Academic - Andrew Fischer (2011) - Agrarian transformation and surplus population in the global South: revisting agraian questions and labour, closed workshop IDAS-LDPI (Participant)
Activity: Attending an event › Professional - K Bauer, G Childs, Andrew Fischer & S Craig (2011) - Himalaya. The Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies (Journal) (Editor)
Activity: Publication Peer-review › Academic - Andrew Fischer & U Kothari (2011) - Journal of International Development (Journal) (Editor)
Activity: Publication Peer-review › Academic - Andrew Fischer & U Kothari (2011) - Journal of International Development (Journal) (Editor)
Activity: Publication Peer-review › Academic - Andrew Fischer & U Kothari (2011) - Journal of International Development (Journal) (Editor)
Activity: Publication Peer-review › Academic - G Wood, U Kothari & Andrew Fischer (2010) - Journal of International Development (Journal) (Editor)
Activity: Publication Peer-review › Academic
- Andrew Martín Fischer (2018) - International Studies in Poverty Prize, awarded by Comparative Research Programme on Poverty (CROP) and Zed Books
- Andrew Fischer (2014) - ERC grant
Global Research Programme on Inequality (GRIP)
- Start date approval
- January 2023
- End date approval
- January 2026
- Place
- BERGEN
- Description
- Research Affiliate
Journal of International Development Studies
- Start date approval
- January 2023
- End date approval
- January 2026
- Place
- TOKYO
- Description
- Editorial Board member
Elliot School of International Affairs
- Start date approval
- January 2023
- End date approval
- January 2026
- Place
- WASHINGTON DC
- Description
- Research Associate
J of China in Global & Comparative Perspective
- Start date approval
- January 2023
- End date approval
- January 2026
- Place
- LONDON
- Description
- Executive Editor
Board of Examiners
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- ISS-BOE-24-25
Major SPD
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- ISS-SPD-24-25
General Information
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- ISSGENERAL-24-25
3105 Research Paper Preparation
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- ISS-3105-24-25
4154 Critical Social Policy
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- ISS-4154-24-25
5401 Research Paper
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- ISS-5401-24-25
Scientific Director
- Start date approval
- September 2019