Leopoldo Fergusson is a professor at the School of Economics of Uniandes. He is currently co-director of EGAP’s Latin America Regional Hub. He received his Ph.D. in Economics from MIT. He is interested in the political economy of development, with studies on the causes and consequences of state weakness and inequalities between countries, regions, and people. He is also co-director and founder of TREES (Teaching and Researching Equitable Economics from the South). He has been a visiting scholar or professor at Harvard, the University of Chicago, MIT, and Universitat de Barcelona. Juan Luis Londoño medal recipient (2019).
Leopoldo Fergusson is a professor at the School of Economics of Uniandes. He is currently co-director of EGAP's Latin America Regional Hub. He received his Ph.D. in Economics from MIT. He is interested in the political economy of development, with studies on the causes and consequences of state weakness and inequalities between countries, regions, and people. He is also co-director and founder of TREES (Teaching and Researching Equitable Economics from the South). He has been a visiting scholar or professor at Harvard, the University of Chicago, MIT, and Universitat de Barcelona. Juan Luis Londoño medal recipient (2019).