Alberto Fuentes
Associate Professor
Member Of:
- Sam Nunn School of International Affairs
- Development Studies Program
Office Location: Habersham 316
Related Links:
Email Address: alberto.fuentes@inta.gatech.edu
Overview
Alberto is an Assistant Professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs. He is a scholar of global development whose work focuses on the political economy of industrial transformation in Latin America. He pays particular attention to the consequences of these changes for workers. Alberto obtained his PhD from the Sloan School of Management at MIT, and holds a master’s degree in City Planning from the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at MIT. He is jointly appointed as Assistant Professor in the School of City and Regional Planning (SCaRP).
Interests
Research Fields:
- Comparative Politics: Regional Studies
- Economic Development
- Globalization: Political Economy and Governance
- Science, Technology, and International Policy
Geographic
Focuses:
Focuses:
- Latin America and Caribbean
Issues:
- International Development
- Regional Development
- Innovation
- Institution-Building
- Political Economy
- Politics
- Religion and Politics
- Science and Technology
- Technology Management and Policy
Courses
- INTA-2050: Intro to Global Develpmt
- INTA-2241: Govt Pol Soc-Lat America
- INTA-3020: Contemporary Mexico
- INTA-3241: Latin American Politics
- INTA-3303: Political Economy of Development
- INTA-4340: Latin American Economics
- INTA-6304: Modernization&Developmnt
Publications
Journal Articles
- Ideology, Expertise, and Industrial Transformations with Mutual Gains: Developmental Professionals in Nicaragua’s Cheese Industry
In: Latin American Research Review
Date: September 2019
- Self-discovery in the Dark: the demand side of industrial policy in Latin America
Date: 2016
- A Vocation for Industrial Transformation: Ideology, Organizational Isomorphism and Upgrading in Guatemala's Sugar Industry
Date: 2014