Edmund Amann
Professor of Brazilian Studies
- Name
- Prof.dr. E. Amann
- Telephone
- +31 71 527 1007
- e.amann@hum.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-7766-9461
Edmund Amann is Professor of Brazilian Studies at Leiden University and Visiting Professor at SAIS, Johns Hopkins University. Previously he was Reader in Development Economics at the University of Manchester and a Research Fellow at the University of Oxford.
Research
Oxford Handbook of the Brazilian Economy (ed. with C.Azzoni and W. Baer), New York, Oxford University Press (2018)
‘O difcil recomeço’, p.22-8 Exame CEO, September 2018
Guest editor, Special Issue 'Is there a Brazilian Development Model?’’ Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Vol. 62 November, 2016 pp. 7-11
Innovative Firms in Emerging Market Countries (ed. with J. Cantwell), Oxford University Press, Oxford and New York, 2012 (paperback version published in 2013)
Qualifications
PhD (Economics), University of Manchester (1996)
M.A (Econ), University of Manchester (1992)
B.A (Hons) Economics, University of Cambridge (1989)
Previous employment and appointments held
2000 – 2016
Lecturer, Senior Lecturer then Reader in Development Economics and Head of Economics, University of Manchester
1999 to 2000
University Lecturer in Economics, Institute for Latin American Studies, University of London (held simultaneously with Oxford post)
1996 to 2000
Temporary Lecturer then Research Fellow in the Economics of Brazil, St. Antony’s College. University of Oxford
1989-1990
Management Development Programme Trainee, Barclays Bank Plc, UK
Key Publications
Oxford Handbook of the Brazilian Economy (with C.Azzoni and W. Baer), New York, Oxford University Press, 2018
Innovative Firms in Emerging Market Countries (with J. Cantwell), Oxford University Press, Oxford and New York, 2012 (paperback version published in 2013)
Economic Liberalisation and Industrial Performance in Brazil, Oxford University Press, Oxford and New York, 2000
Description of my research
Prof. Amann's research centres on regulation, innovation and foreign direct investment in a developing country context. Much of his work focuses on the experiences of Latin America, especially Brazil. He has published in a wide range of development and economics journals including World Development and Oxford Development Studies. He is joint editor of The Oxford Handbook of the Brazilian Economy (OUP, 2018)
PhD supervision
I am currently supervising three PhD students working on Brazil-related development and public policy themes
The Oxford Handbook of the Brazilian Economy can be found here.
Professor of Brazilian Studies
- Faculty of Humanities
- Institute for History
- Latijns-Amerika studies
- Figueiredo P. & Amann E. (Eds.) (2024), Innovation, competitiveness, and development in Latin America: lessons from the past and perspectives for the future. New York: Oxford University Press.
- Amann E. (2023), The return of Lula and the challenges facing Brazil's economy. In: Bourne R. (Ed.), Brazil after Bolsonaro: the comeback of Lula da Silva. New York: Routledge. 1-14.
- Amann E. (2021), Brazil's Structural Reform Agenda: Recent Trends and the Impact of Covid-19. III Congresso da ABRE 20 September 2021 - 24 September 2021. Prague (but held online): ABRE 2021 Association of Brazilianists in Europe.
- Amann E. (2021), The Brazilian Economy: Confronting Structural Challenges. Changing Role of the State: Brazil in Global Perspective 28 January 2021 - 29 January 2021. Rio de Janeiro (but held online): Columbia University Centre of Global Economic Governance Conference on the Role of the State.
- Amann E. (2020), The Brazilian Economy: Confronting Structural Challenges. Abingdon: Routledge.