PdD candidate
My office is located in room the IG-Farben building in IG 1.311. You can
contact me via mail: jaspert@soz.uni-frankfurt.de. I use he/him
pronouns. I am always open for suggestions to exchange about any work (or
non-work) related topics as well as possible cooperation endeavours.
VITA:
I am a PhD candidate in the DFG Research Training Group "Standards of
Governance" in cooperation with TU Darmstadt. Within the Research Training Group
and my PhD, I investigate the relationship between structural economic factors
and political processes in the negotiations of government expenditure in the
Global South on the basis of a comparative case study. Prior to this work, I
completed my bachelor's degree in political science and anthropology and
attained my master's degree in economic sociology with honors at Goethe
University.
From October 2018 to April 2023, I was employed as a student assistant at
the department for International Relations and International Political Economy.
Initially in teaching support and literature research, from April 2021 onwards
for data research in the DFG project "Financialization and State Capitalism:
The Governance of Capital Markets in the BRICSS". During my master
studies, I was a lecturer at the Institute of Sociology at LMU Munich for
several semesters. I currently lecture at the John F. Kennedy Institute at FU
Berlin.
RESEARCH:
I investigate current social developments from the perspective of critical
political economy, with a focus on the political economy of financial markets.
I am currently particularly interested in historical perspectives on
dependency- and power relations in global capitalism, fiscal rules, the effects
of interest rate policy in capitalist centres, gender-focused perspectives on
the political economy and the design of 'sustainable' financial products. I
prefer to work in teams and with a combination of critical theoretical perspectives
and descriptive-statistical financial data.
TEACHING:
Free University of Berlin:
Winter term 2023/2024:
"Colonialism, Hereditary Racial Slavery, Patriarchal Economic
Organization: the Roots of Transatlatic Capitalism?" M.A. seminar
Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich:
Winter Term 2021/2022:
"Feminist Political Economy. Or: More than a Side Contradiction."
B.A. Seminar.
Summer term 2021
"On the Political Economy of Financial Markets. A critical
introduction" - B.A. Seminar.
Winter term 2020/2021:
"From Black Gold to Climate Killer - How Normative Processes Create or
Destroy Economic Values. Political Economy and Economic Sociology of the Green
New Deal" - M.A.Seminar - Together with Prof. Dr. Bernhard Gill.
PUBLICATIONS:
In addition to my academic work, I work as a journalist-publicist, most
regularly for Jacobin and nd, but also for Der Freitag, Migazin and Analyse
& Kritik. In addition to political economy, I am currently working on
migration, refugees, and the climate crisis. These works can be found in full
on my Torial profile, here I only list my academic
works or those with a strong connection to my core academic topics.
Peer Reviewed Journal Article:
Fichtner, Jan; Jaspert, Robin; Petry, Johannes (2023):"Mind the ESG capital
allocation gap: The role of index providers, standard-setting, and 'green'
indices for the creation of sustainability impact." Regulation and Governance - online first.
Working Paper:
Fichtner, Jan; Jaspert, Robin; Petry, Johannes (2023): „Mind the ESG gaps:
Transmission mechanisms and the governance of and by sustainable finance“. DIIS
Book Chapter:
Fichtner, Jan; Jaspert, Robin; Petry, Johannes (2024) "ESG: 'sustainable' investing and the risk of infrastructural lock-in", Pre-Print, in: Westermeier, Carola; Campbell-Verduyn, Malcom; Brandl, Barbara: The Cambridge Companion to Financial Infrastructure. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Working Paper.
Book Review:
Jaspert, Robin (2024): „Debating continuity
and rupture in the sovereign lending nexus – Quentin Bruneau, States
and the Masters of Capital: Sovereign lending, Old and New“ Finance and Society – online first.
Essays, Articles &
Columns (Selection):
Jaspert,
Robin (2024): „Schuldenschnitt für BRD: Das
„Wirtschaftswunder“, das keines war“. nd die Woche.
Jaspert, Robin (2024): „How Europe Made Indebted African States Into Its Border
Police" Jacobin DE & US.
Jaspert,
Robin; Kullick, Niklas (2023): „Klimapolitischer
Teufelskreis: Wie die herrschende Wirtschaftspolitik die Energiewende blockiert“. Emanzipation 7.2.
Petry, Johannes; Fichtner, Jan; Jaspert, Robin (2023): „Who decides what ESG
is and how to make investments greener – new research“. The
Conversation.
Jaspert,
Robin (2023): „Mit Unsinn tiefer in die
Klimakrise“. nd-aktuell,
7. August.
Jaspert,
Robin; Kullick, Niklas (2023): „Die Verwobenen Pfade der
Inflation".
In: LuXemburg-Magazin.
Jaspert, Robin (2023): “EZB-Leitzinserhöhung
verringert Inflation nicht". nd-aktuell, 15. März 2023.
Jaspert Robin; Graack, Nico; Wagner, Louise (2023): „Germany Had Ist Debts Written Off. Today, We Should Do
the Same for the Global South“. Jacobin DE & US.
Jaspert, Robin (2022):“Central Bank Capitalism is Forcing the Global South Into
a Debt Crisis“. Jacobin DE & US & The Wire.
Reports for NGOs & Policy Briefs:
Fichtner, Jan; Jaspert, Robin; Petry, Johannes (2023): „What needs to change for green funds to be truly
green". DIIS Policy
Brief.
Jaspert,
Robin (2021): „Dividenden und Kurzarbeit in
Deutschland. Der Staat springt ein – Shareholder profitieren?“. (Für Facing Finance)
Jaspert,
Robin (2021): „Koloniale Kontinuität und
Ungleichheit. Die Auswirkungen eines asymmetrischen Finanzsystems auf den Globalen
Süden während Covid-19“. (Für Facing Finance)
Jaspert,
Robin (2020): „Green Fake: ESG Investments
während Covid-19“. (Für Facing Finance)
Jaspert,
Robin (2020): „We are
the Bomb – Opake Finanzströme und unwissentliche Beteiligung an Nuklearer
Rüstung“. In: Ethik und Militär 1 (2020).
Media appearances:
My work with Jan Fichtner and Johannes Petry was featured in the Financial Times and Bloomberg.
Interview in
junge Welt: „Missbrauch von
Staatshilfe“. Dax-Konzerne kassieren Geld von der Regierung und schütten es an
Aktionäre aus. Ein Gespräch mit Robin
Jaspert
Publication of report leads to
motion in the Bundestag: Covered by Handelsblatt.