email: ryan.weldzius[at]villanova.edu
twitter: @RyanWeldzius |
Welcome! I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Villanova University. My research lies at the intersection of international and comparative political economy, focusing on the distributional consequences of economic integration and the constraints that deeper integration places on the policies of states. Some of my work has been published in Economics & Politics and the Review of International Organizations.
My book project, The Chains That Bind: Economic Interdependence and Currency Conflict, argues 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 (2018), M.Sc. in Economics from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (2012), M.A. in Politics from New York University (2010), and B.A. in Political Science from DePaul University (2007) after completing two years of study at the United States Military Academy (2003-2005). In 2013, I interned at the World Trade Organization where I was a contributor to the 2014 World Trade Report. In 2016 the Chicago Cubs won the World Series. In 2018-19 I was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Political Science at Washington University in St. Louis, and in 2019-20 I was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance (NCGG) at Princeton University. |