Department members

Juan Flores Zendejas

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Before joining the University of Geneva in 2008, Professor Flores Zendejas served as a faculty member at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and as a visiting lecturer at various universities across Europe and Mexico. He has also worked for the Mexican government and as a consultant for international organizations and the private sector.

Professor Flores Zendejas is an expert in the history of sovereign debt crises, the financing of economic development in Latin America, and the history of central banks.


CV (english)


Research topics

Financial history

Economic history of Latin America

Public debt

Financial crises


Research projects

2023-24. Principal Investigator, Latin America's ecological and debt crises: the role of creditors' changing composition, Leading House for the Latin American Region – Research Partnership Grant.

2022-2026. Project partner, The Historical Origins and Evolution of Modern Bond Markets, 1963-1994

2022-2024. Co-coordinator, Swiss Network for International Studies: "Sovereign Debt in the Aftermath of the Pandemic: Improving Data to Prevent Debt Crises". Coordinator: Ugo Panizza (Graduate Institute)

2020-2024. Principal Investigator, Swiss National Science Foundation research project: "Building a New World Economic Order. International monetary cooperation and the making of the Bretton Woods Agreement, 1931-1945"


Teachings - Bachelor

Histoire économique et sociale des pays en voie de développement

 

Teachings - Master

Histoire économique des relations Nord-Sud

Histoire des crises financières

Finance et croissance économique


List of publications