Prof. Dr. Juliana Martínez Franzoni

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsEconomic Policy, Applied Economics
KeywordsCentral America, Universalism, Latin America, Global South, Social policy formation

Current contact address

CountryCosta Rica
CitySan Jose
InstitutionUniversidad de Costa Rica
InstituteCentro de Investigacion y Estudios Politicos

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Barbara FritzLateinamerika-Institut (LAI), Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin
Start of initial sponsorship07/04/2022

Programme(s)

2021Georg Forster Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Juliana Martínez Franzoni is a truly outstanding global scholar in the field of the welfare state. She has published ground breaking work on welfare regimes in Latin America, and on the complex relations and interactions with gender issues and the overall impact on inequality in the Global South. During her stay in Germany, she intends to work on the political economy of social and redistributive policies since the outbreak of COVID-19 in Central America.