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Dr. Andrew Fischer
Dr. Andrew Fischer
Rural Development, Environment and Population Studies (SG4)
International Institute of Social Studies (ISS)
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Senior Lecturer in Population and Social Policy
T: +31 70 4260599
Room: 4.28
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Professional experience
Senior Lecturer in Population and Social Policy
| University | Erasmus University Rotterdam |
| School | International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) |
| Department | Rural Development, Environment and Population Studies (SG4) |
| Url | http://www.iss.nl/fischer |
Research
My research generally revolves around marginalised and/or disadvantaged peoples, including issues of poverty, inequality, social exclusion, disadvantage, discrimination, and social conflict, and how these are affected by various patterns of economic growth, modes of social policy provisioning, and aid. This includes a sub-specialisation in population studies and demography, which I draw upon as a lens to understand new forms of poverty emerging within the context of rural-urban transitions, and an applied focus on China. Parallel to this, I also work on the macroeconomic repercussions of aid and on the history of economic development thought. [break] With regard to China, the theme of polarisation and marginalisation has been the inspiration for my work on Chinese regional development strategies in Western China and their exclusionary and conflictive repercussions on minority groups (particularly in Tibetan areas, which encompass five provinces). I started this research after living and working with Tibetan refugees in India and Nepal for seven years and gaining fluency in Tibetan, after which I began my PhD and have since been actively researching in the area, including almost two years of accumulated fieldwork in Western China. [break] More recently, I have expanded this applied research by engaging with issues related to China’s development more generally, particularly with respect to interactions between domestic processes of polarisation and marginalisation and external processes of integration into the global economy and resulting imbalances. My original approach to these questions integrates my research on Chinese regional development strategies with my prior training in structuralist development economics and international financial dynamics. My current applications of this line of research include a focus on the spatial dimensions of global imbalances and domestic rebalancing in China, and on current debates regarding rising wages in China through a revisiting of the notion of the ‘Lewisian turning point.’ [break] Along similar lines but with more global application, my other main focus of current research examines Official Development Assistance (ODA) as a financial flow in the context of global imbalances. Offshoots of this latter focus have included engagement with debates on international development policy more generally, particularly with respect to placing the discussion of poverty and inequality within a broader context of social policy and the political economy of development.
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Publications
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- Fischer, A.M. (2012). The geopolitics of politico-religious protest in Eastern Tibet. Cultural Anthropology.
- Fischer, A.M. (2012). The perils of paradigm maintenance in the face of crisis. In P. Utting, S. Razavi & R. Buchholz (Eds.), The global crisis and transformative social change (pp. 43-62). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
- Fischer, A.M. (2011). Reconceiving social exclusion. (BWPI Working Paper146 ). Manchester: Brooks World Poverty Institute, University of Manchester.
- Fischer, A.M. (2011). Beware the fallacy of productivity reductionism. European Journal of Development Research, 23(4), 521-526.
- Fischer, A.M. (2011). The great transformation of Tibet? Rapid labor transitions in times of rapid growth in the Tibet autonomous region. Himalaya. The Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies, 30(1-2), 63-77.
- Fischer, A.M. (2010). Towards genuine universalism within contemporary development policy. IDS Bulletin, 41(1), 36-44.
- Fischer, A.M. (2010). Is China turning Latin? China's balancing act between power and dependence in the lead up to global crisis. Journal of International Development, 22(6), 739-757.
- Fischer, A.M. (2009). The Political Economy of Boomerang Aid in China’s Tibet. China Perspectives, 2009(3), 38-54.
- Fischer, A.M. (2009). Educating for Exclusion in Western China: Structural and institutional dimensions of conflict in the Tibetan areas of Qinghai and Tibet. (CRISE working paper69 ). Oxford: Centre for Research on Inequality, Human Security and Ethnicity.
- Fischer, A.M. (2009). Putting aid in its place: insights from early structuralists on aid and balance of payments and lessons for contemporary aid debates. Journal of International Development, 21, 856-867.
- Fischer, A.M. (2008). "Population Invasion" versus Urban Exclusion in the Tibetan Areas of Western China. Population and Development Review, 34(4), 631-662.
- Fischer, A.M. (2005). State Growth and Social Exclusion in Tibet: Challenges of Recent Economic Growth (NIAS report, 47). Copenhagen: Nordic Institute of Asian Studies Press.
- Fischer, A.M. (2012). The geopolitics of politico-religious protest in Eastern Tibet. Cultural Anthropology.
- Fischer, A.M. (2011). The great transformation of Tibet? Rapid labor transitions in times of rapid growth in the Tibet autonomous region. Himalaya. The Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies, 30(1-2), 63-77.
- Fischer, A.M. (2011). Beware the fallacy of productivity reductionism. European Journal of Development Research, 23(4), 521-526.
- Fischer, A.M. & Kothari, U. (2011). A challenge for research in development studies on values, ethics and morals. Journal of International Development, 23(6), 767-770.
- Fischer, A.M. & Kothari, U. (2011). [Introduction JID Virtual Issues] Resilience in an Unequal Capitalist World. Journal of International Development, 2011, [1]-[6].
- Fischer, A.M. (2010). Is China turning Latin? China's balancing act between power and dependence in the lead up to global crisis. Journal of International Development, 22(6), 739-757.
- Fischer, A.M. (2010). The demographic imperative: managing population growth. The Broker, 22, 4-8.
- Fischer, A.M. (2010). Towards genuine universalism within contemporary development policy. IDS Bulletin, 41(1), 36-44.
- Fischer, A.M. (2010). Zhongguo zhengzai lameihua ma? zai quanqiu shiheng langchaozhong, zhongguo zai shili yu yifuxing zhijian de pingheng xingwei (translation: Is China Turning Latin? China's balancing act between power and dependence on the wave of global imbalances). Zhengzhi Jingjixue Pinglun (translation: China Review of Political Economy) , 16(4), 36-53.
- Bauer, K., Childs, G., Craig, S. & Fischer, A.M. (2010). [Introduction] Development in Tibet: land, labor and social policy in a context of rapid transition. Himalaya. The Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies, 30(1-2), 7-8.
- Fischer, A.M. (2010). A land called Tibet. India international centre quarterly, 36(3/4), 234-251.
- Wood, G., Kothari, U. & Fischer, A.M. (2010). [Introduction JID Virtual Issues] Development paths: values, ethics and morality. Journal of International Development, 23(8), [1]-[2].
- Fischer, A.M. (2010). Aid as power in an unequal world. The Broker.
- Fischer, A.M. (2009). L’économie politique de l’« aide boomerang » dans la Région autonome du Tibet. Perspectives chinoises, 2009(3), 41-59.
- Fischer, A.M. (2009). Putting aid in its place: insights from early structuralists on aid and balance of payments and lessons for contemporary aid debates. Journal of International Development, 21, 856-867.
- Fischer, A.M. (2009). The Political Economy of Boomerang Aid in China’s Tibet. China Perspectives, 2009(3), 38-54.
- Fischer, A.M. (2009). Andrew Fischer: reflections after Brussels. The Broker, 2009(17).
- Fischer, A.M. (2009). Andrew Fischer: reclaiming the MDG agenda. The Broker, 2009(17).
- Fischer, A.M. (2008). "Population Invasion" versus Urban Exclusion in the Tibetan Areas of Western China. Population and Development Review, 34(4), 631-662.
- Fischer, A.M. (2008). Reaping Tibet’s Whirlwind. Far Eastern Economic Review, 2008(March).
- Fischer, A.M. (2008). Subsistence and Rural Livelihood Strategies in Tibet under Rapid Economic and Social Transition. Journal of the International Association of Tibetan Studies, 2008(4), 1-49.
- Fischer, A.M. (2008). Population Invasion versus Urban Exclusion in the Tibetan Areas of Western China. Population and Development Review, 34(4), 631-662.
- Fischer, A.M. (2008). Back to Reality on Tibet. Alternatives International Journal, 1(1).
- Fischer, A.M. (2012). Inequality and the universalistic principle in the post-2015 development agenda. (Addressing Inequalities. The heart of the post-2015 development agenda and the future we want for all.). s.l.: World We Want 2015.
- Fischer, A.M. (2005). State Growth and Social Exclusion in Tibet: Challenges of Recent Economic Growth (NIAS report, 47). Copenhagen: Nordic Institute of Asian Studies Press.
- Fischer, A.M. (2012). The great transformation of Tibet? Rapid labor transitions in time of rapid growth in the Tibet Autonomous Region. In K. Bauer, G. Childs, S. Craig & A.M. Fischer (Eds.), Development transitions: land, labor and social policy in Tibet (pp. 124-157). Kathmandu: Himal Books (for Association of Nepal and Himalayan Studies).
- Fischer, A.M. (2012). The perils of paradigm maintenance in the face of crisis. In P. Utting, S. Razavi & R. Buchholz (Eds.), The global crisis and transformative social change (pp. 43-62). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
- Fischer, A.M. (2012). Introduction. In K. Bauer, G. Childs, S. Craig & A.M. Fischer (Eds.), Development transitions: land, labor and social policy in Tibet (pp. vi-x). Kathmandu: Himal Books (for Association of Nepal and Himalayan Studies).
- Fischer, A.M. (2011). Chinese savings gluts or northern financialisation? The ideological expediency of crisis narratives. In P.A.G. Bergeijk, A..de Haan & R..van.der Hoeven (Eds.), The financial crisis and developing countries : a global multidisciplinary perspective (pp. 85-100). Cheltenham [etc.]: Edward Elgar Publishing.
- Fischer, A.M. (2008). Population. In Anne-Marie Blondeau & Katia Buffetrille (Eds.), Authenticating Tibet: Answers to China's One-Hundred Questions (pp. 133-155). Berkeley: University of California Press.
- Fischer, A.M. (2008). Livelihood of the people. In Anne-Marie Blondeau & Katia Buffetrille (Eds.), Authenticating Tibet: Answers to China's One-Hundred Questions (pp. 298-301). Berkeley: University of California Press.
- Fischer, A.M. (2008). Tibet. In Sara Daniel (Ed.), Guerres D'aujourd'hui: Pourquoi ces conflits? Peut-on les resoudre? (pp. 407-453) Paris: Editions De La Villa.
- Fischer, A.M. (2008). The Muslim Cook, the Tibetan Client, his Lama and their Boycott: Modern religious discourses of anti-Muslim economic activism in Amdo. In Toni Huber & Fernanda Pirie (Eds.), Conflict and social order in Tibet and Inner Asia (pp. 159-192). Leiden: Brill.
- Fischer, A.M. (2008). Economic development. In Anne-Marie Blondeau & Katia Buffetrille (Eds.), Authenticating Tibet: Answers to China's One-Hundred Questions (pp. 239-279). Berkeley: University of California Press.
- Fischer, A.M. (2008). Population. In Anne-Marie Blondeau & Katia Buffetrille (Eds.), Authenticating Tibet: Answers to China's One-Hundred Questions. Berkeley: University of California Press.
- Bauer, K., Childs, G., Craig, S. & Fischer, A.M. (Eds.). (2012). Development transitions: land, labor and social policy in Tibet. Kathmandu: Himal Books (for Association of Nepal and Himalayan Studies).
- Fischer, A.M. (2009). Geoff Childs: Tibetan Transitions: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Fertility, Family Planning, and Demographic Change. [Bespreking van het boek Tibetan Transitions: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Fertility, Family Planning, and Demographic Change]. Popul Dev Rev, 35(1), 202-204.
- Fischer, A.M. (2007). Review of Gray Tuttle, Tibetan Buddhists in the Making of Modern China. [Bespreking van het boek Tibetan Buddhists in the Making of Modern China]. Nations and Nationalism : Journal of the Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism, 13(2), 362-364.
- Bauer, K., Childs, G., Fischer, A.M. & Craig, S. (Eds.). (2011). Himalaya. The Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies, 30(1-2).
- Fischer, A.M. & Kothari, U. (Eds.). (2011). Journal of International Development.
- Wood, G., Kothari, U. & Fischer, A.M. (Eds.). (2010). Journal of International Development, 23(6).
- Fischer, A.M. (Ed.). (2009). DevISSues, 11(1).
- Fischer, A.M., Bauer, Ken & Childs, Geoff (Eds.). (2008). Journal of International Association of Tibetan Studies, 2008(4).
- Fischer, A.M. (2012). The revenge of fiscal Maoism in China’s Tibet. (ISS working papers. General series547 ). The Hague: International Institute of Social Studies.
- Fischer, A.M. (2012). Provincial migration in China : Preliminary insights from the 2010 population census. (ISS working papers. General series541 ). The Hague: International Institute of Social Studies.
- Fischer, A.M. (2011). Reconceiving social exclusion. (BWPI Working Paper146 ). Manchester: Brooks World Poverty Institute, University of Manchester.
- Fischer, A.M. (2010). Is China turning Latin? China's balancing act between power and dependence on the wave of global imbalances. (ISS working papers. General series496 ). The Hague: International Institute of Social Studies.
- Fischer, A.M. (2010). The population question and development: the need for a debate in the Netherlands. s.l.: Society for International Development, Netherlands’ Chapter.
- Fischer, A.M. (2010). The great China currency debate: for workers or speculators? (G-24 Policy Brief56 ). s.l.: s.n..
- Fischer, A.M. (2009). Towards Genuine Universalism within Contemporary Development Policy. Brussels: After 2015 Policy Forum.
- Fischer, A.M. (2009). Educating for Exclusion in Western China: Structural and institutional dimensions of conflict in the Tibetan areas of Qinghai and Tibet. (CRISE working paper69 ). Oxford: Centre for Research on Inequality, Human Security and Ethnicity.
- Fischer, A.M. (2008). Resolving the theoretical ambiguities of social exclusion with reference to polarisation and conflict. (DESTIN Working Paper series08-90 ). London: London School of Economics.
- Fischer, A.M. (2007). Perversities of Extreme Dependence and Unequal Growth in the TAR. (Tibet Watch Special Report). London: Tibet Watch.
- Fischer, A.M. (2006). Subsistence capacity: the commodification of rural labour re-examined through the case of Tibet. (DESTIN Working Paper06-75 ). London: London School of Economics.
- Fischer, A.M. (2005). Close Encounters of an Inner Asian Kind: Tibetan-Muslim co-existence and conflict past and present. (Crisis States Working Paper68 ). London: London School of Economics.
- Fischer, A.M. (2004). Urban fault lines in Shangri-La: population and economic foundations of interethnic conflict in the Tibetan areas of western China. (CSRC Working Papers42 ). London: CSRC.
- Fischer, A.M. (2004). Central Lhasa Gets Facelift with 'Tibetan Characteristics'. s.l.: Tibetan Information Network.
- Fischer, A.M. (2004). Economic dimensions of autonomy and right to development in Tibet. Montreal, Canada: Rights and Democracy.
- Fischer, A.M. (2003). Overview of the Tibetan population in the PRC from the 2000 census. s.l.: Tibetan Information Network.
- Fischer, A.M. (2003). The rich get richer, and the poor? Rural poverty and inequality in Tibet - indications from recent official surveys. s.l.: Tibetan Information Network.
- Fischer, A.M. (2003). Deciphering economic growth in the Tibet Autonomous Region. s.l.: Tibetan Information Network.
- Fischer, A.M. (2003). Despite economic boom, rural standards of living in the Tibet Autonomous Region still below 1992 levels. s.l.: Tibetan Information Network (TIN).
- Fischer, A.M. (23-07-2009). Why economic boom failed to prevent unrest in Xinjiang? Financial Times China
- Fischer, A.M. (10-04-2008). Hard lines help no one. The Guardian
- Fischer, A.M. (20-01-2005). Tibetans lose ground in public sector employment in the TAR: Streamlining effectively discriminates against Tibetans. Tibet Information Network
- Fischer, A.M. (27-09-2005). Illiteracy and education levels worsen in the TAR despite development drive. TibetInfoNet
- Fischer, A.M. (10-02-2005). High TAR wages benefit the privileged. Tibet Information Network
- Fischer, A.M. (2009). The Perils of Paradigm Maintenance in the Face of Crisis. In UNRISD conference on the “Social and Political Dimensions of the Global Crisis: Implications for Developing Countries". Geneva: UNRISD.
- Fischer, A.M. (2012). The changing grounds of aid effectiveness: implications of OECD aid as a financial flow amidst global imbalances. OECD/LSE Seminar: 'The OECD Development Assistance Committee: Looking towards the future. What can we learn from the past?': London School of Economics, London, UK (2012, december 06).
- Fischer, A.M. (2012). Reviving the capital controversies for poverty studies: post-Keynesian perspectives and the fallacy of productivity reductionism. Heterodox Economics Perspectives on Poverty: City University London, London, UK (2012, november 16).
- Fischer, A.M. (2011). Demographic perspectives on agrarian transformations and 'surplus populations': supply-side banalities versus redistributive imperatives. Agrarian transformation and surplus population in the global South: revisting agraian questions and labour, closed workshop IDAS-LDPI: The Hague (2011, mei 02).
- Fischer, A.M. (2011). The demographic imperative of scaling up social protection. Social protection for social justice, Centre for Social Protection, Institute Development Studies: Brighton (2011, april 13 - 2011, april 15).
- Fischer, A.M. (2011). The implications of aid as a financial flow amidst global imbalances. Conference: Rethinking development in an age of scarcity and uncertainty, York University: York (2011, september 19 - 2011, september 22).
- Fischer, A.M. (2011). The great transformation of Tibet and Xinjiang. Conference: Challenging the harmonious society: Tibetans and Uyghurs in socialist China, Nordic Institute of Asian Studies: Copenhagen (2011, mei 20 - 2011, mei 21).
- Fischer, A.M. (2008). Looking to the Pioneers for a Path through the Meta-Narratives: structuralist insights for current debates on aid and development" (Paper presented at Conference on Development 's Invisible Hands held at UK Development Studies Association, London, 8 November 2008). Conference on Development's Invisible Hands, UK Development Studies Association London: (2008, november 08).
- Fischer, A.M. (2007). A theory of polarisation,exclusion and conflict within disempowered development: the case of contemporary Tibet in China. Doctoral thesis: London.
