About
My research focuses on the activities of multilateral financial institutions, such as the International Monetary Fund and regional financial arrangements. I am especially interested in the determinants, relational dynamics, and consequences of their lending programs, economic surveillance, and technical assistance.
My research has been funded by Cambridge Political Economy Society Trust, Cambridge Commonwealth Trust, Economic and Social Research Council, and Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga. My publications have appeared in leading academic journals, such as American Journal of Sociology, Review of International Political Economy, Review of International Organizations, Social Science & Medicine, and World Development.
I am also the curator of IMF Monitor, a data hub used by academics, civil society, and policymakers to track activities of the International Monetary Fund. In addition, I have worked as a consultant to various international, public, and non-governmental organizations, including the German Ministry of International Cooperation and Development, Oxfam International, and Recourse Foundation.
Recent publications
A Thousand Cuts: Social Protection in the Age of Austerity
Alexandros Kentikelenis, Thomas Stubbs
Oxford University Press, New York, NY, 2023
IMF social spending floors: A fig leaf for austerity?
Alexandros Kentikelenis, Thomas Stubbs
Oxfam International, Oxford, 2023
Structural adjustment, alienation, and mass protest
Bernhard Reinsberg, Thomas Stubbs, Louis Bujnoch
Social Science Research, vol. 109, 2023, p. 102777
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Contact
Thomas Stubbs
Reader in Global Political Economy
+44 7522772306
Department of Politics & International Relations
Royal Holloway, University of London
Office 1-42
McCrea Building
Egham Hill
Egham, TW20 0EX
United Kingdom