Dr Jorge Quintero Sanchez
PhD, BA, MSc, MReS
Expertise
I am a Political Economist at the intersection of Comparative Capitalism studying financialisation in Latin America with interest in Macrofinance, Central Banks, International Financial Institutions.
Current positions
Lecturer
School for Policy Studies
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Biography
Jorge works at the intersection of International Political Economy, Comparative Capitalism and public policy. His research seeks to establish a relationship between Macrofinance and Central Bank Economic Policy through public policy in Emerging Capitalist Economies (ECEs). He has a particular interest in research in the Global South with an emphasis on Latin America.
Jorge has relevant experience in public policy working for the Government of Mexico, developing strategies and tools for the attention of vulnerable groups such as youth homelessness, women dual earners and the elderly in low-income boroughs in Mexico City. As part of his experience in public policy, he has contributed working in the development of legislation, budgeting, and planning and evaluation tools for the attention of indigenous communities in Chiapas and in coordination with UNICEF Mexico. His professional experience has been the contributing factor to the development of his expertise and interest in economic public policy and social justice.
Research interests
I am a Political Economist studying the process of financial expansion in Emerging Capitalist Economies (ECEs) with particular interest in Latin America. My interest in these issues is through the use of institutional discourse analysis in macroeconomic policy. I focus on the politics of Macrofinance in Central Banks with additional interest in International Financial Institutions and Corporate finance.
My current research focuses on the following:
- The link between financialisation, growth models and Central Bank policy in Latin America.
- Power, politics and social contestation of the narratives of financial stability in Macroeconomic policy.
- Family policy and the financialisation of the household.
- Financial discourse and gendered narratives in popular culture.
Teaching
This alternative approach to teaching is based on my critical focus on economic ideas of finance at the intersection with the larger debates about power, inequality and indebtedness and their underlying tensions embedded in public policy. I explore these issues in the context of Global South economies like Latin America–not limited to, comparing these ‘emerging’ debates on IPE with the contrasting narratives of economics and finance in Anglo-American economies, with the UK and the US as my main examples.
I deliver high-quality, research-led and innovative teaching and learning experiences that explore and question the interactions between politics and policy. My understanding is that public policy is both constrained by macroeconomics and knowledge as much as such constraints gravitate around political tensions and interests.
In 2024/25, Jorge is teaching on the Master's in Public Policy (MPP) units 'Power, Politics and the Policy Process' (SPOLM1060) and 'Dissertation' (SPOLM1010).