Assoz. Prof. Mag. Mag. Dr. Cornelia Staritz, PhD
Assoz. Prof. Mag. Mag. Dr. Cornelia Staritz, PhD
In Memory of Cornelia Staritz (1980 – 2025)
Tenure Track Development Economics from 2018-2025
Member of the Steering Committee of the Vienna Doctoral School of Social Sciences (ViDSS)
Member of the Doctoral Advisory Board
Research Focus
- Development economics and policy
- International trade and trade policy
- Global value chains and production networks
- Industrial policy in the context of global production networks
- Working conditions and labour rights in global production networks
- Commodity-based development
- Financialisation and commodity markets
I am interested in understanding processes of economic development in the context of globalized trade, production and financial systems. I use the concept of global value chains and global production networks in a critical way, focusing on power asymmetries in the global economy, uneven development and inequalities at different levels. My research focuses on how strategies of (transnational) firms, state policies and institutional and socio-economic contexts shape governance structures/relations in global production and structural transformation and labor regimes in export sectors in the Global South, questioning the prospects for export-based development. My research relates to three key areas: (1) global trade, production networks and structural transformation, (2) labour regimes/struggles and global production, and (3) derivatives markets, financialisation and commodity-based development. I conduct transregional research with a focus on Africa, concentrating on industrial export sectors (particularly textile and apparel), tropical agriculture sectors (cotton, cocoa and coffee) and strategic mineral sectors (copper, cobalt and lithium).