email: ryan.weldzius[at]villanova.edu
twitter: @RyanWeldzius |
Welcome! I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Villanova University. I research the distributional consequences of economic integration and the constraints that deeper integration places on the policies of states. In particular, I focus on the political economy of global value chain trade and currency manipulation. Some of my work has been published in Economics & Politics and the Review of International Organizations.
In my book project, Economic Interdependence and Currency Conflict, I argue that the transformations in trade and production networks since the 1990s have altered how, and if, currency conflicts arise. The book provides a political explanation for the recent disappearance of currency manipulation as a strategy for export-led growth, and suggests a return to currency conflict if advanced economies re-shore supply chains in response to the global pandemic. I received my Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of California, Los Angeles, M.Sc. in Economics and Management Science from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, M.A. in Politics from New York University, and B.A. in Political Science from DePaul University. I have held research appointments at the World Trade Organization, Washington University in St. Louis, and the Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance at Princeton University. |