Rick Rowden Senior Professorial Lecturer Politics, Governance & Economics
- Degrees
- PhD, Economic Studies - Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi
MA, International Relations - San Francisco State University
BA, International Relations - San Francisco State University - Bio
- Rick Rowden is a Senior Professorial Lecturer in the School of International Service at American University. His academic fields are International Relations (IR), International Political Economy (IPE), and development economics. His areas of interest include the long-term national economic development strategies of developing countries, the emerging field of inter-regional (South-South) economic relations among developing country regions, and structural reforms needed in the global financial architecture. Recently, he taught as an adjunct lecturer in SIS at American University. Previously, he conducted research on national economic development policy for international development NGOs, served as an Inter-Regional Adviser at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in Geneva, and has lectured in Global Studies at California State University, Monterey Bay (CSUMB) and in Political Science at Golden Gate University in San Francisco. He has also served as a consultant to international development NGOs and UN agencies, including the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the World Health Organization (WHO). He completed his PhD on India-Africa economic relations in the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in New Delhi and is the author of India-Africa Economic Relations in the 21st Century: Emerging Connections in South-South Economics (Routledge, forthcoming in 2024).
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Teaching
Spring 2024
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SISG-768 Topics in Int'l Development: Foundations of Economic Dev
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SISG-773 Intro to Economic Theory
2024 Term 2
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SISG-776 Global Econ Governance & Orgs
Fall 2024
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SISG-764 International Economics
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SISG-773 Intro to Economic Theory
2024 Term 3
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SISG-774 Understanding Global Econ/Mkts
AU Experts
Area of Expertise
Developing countries, international economics, foreign aid, impact of COVID-19 on developing countries, international trade, international debt issues, foreign direct investment
Additional Information
Rick Rowden is an expert on international economics and the global economy with a focus on developing countries. He specializes in such issues as economic development in developing countries, and how developing economies are integrating into the global economy through trade, foreign direct investment (FDI) and foreign aid. His research has been published on the University of Sheffield’s Political Economy Research Institute (SPERI) blog, the Developing Economics blog as well as in The Mint magazine (UK). He is the author of India-Africa Economic Relations in the 21st Century: Emerging Connections in South-South Economics, London: Routledge (forthcoming in 2023). He has been quoted and has written for Foreign Policy, The Conversation, The Guardian (UK) and Al Jazeera.
For the Media
To request an interview for a news story, call AU Communications at 202-885-5950 or submit a request.