Fabricio Rodríguez

Research focus within the Junior Research Group

Trade and investment in the bioeconomy (project module 7)

Research interests

Global power structures, political economy of societal transformation, extractivism, inter- and transnational relations

Regional focus on China and Latin America

CV

Curriculum Vitae
Since 07/2016	Researcher (Post-Doc) at the Institute of Sociology, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, within the Junior Research Group “Bioeconomy and Inequalities”
Since 07/2013	Associate Researcher at the Arnold Bergstraesser Institute Freiburg
2015– 2016	Researcher at the Department of Development Theories and Policies, Albert Ludwigs University Freiburg
2007– 2013	Advisor for land use management and economic development in Guatemala, German Agency for International Cooperation GIZ
1998– 2006	M.A. in Political Science and Philosophy, University of Freiburg and Trent University, Canada

 

Publications

Rodríguez, Fabricio (2022): Bioeconomía: ¿Franja sinuosa o Ruta emergente para China y América Latina? En: Cátedra China Contemporánea, FLACSO Secretaría General [Blog]. Publicado 17.01.2022. https://www.chinacontemporanea.org/post/bioeconomía-franja-sinuosa-o-ruta-emergente-para-china-y-américa-latinaExternal link.

Rodríguez, Fabricio (2022): Review: Sumak Kawsay is not Buen Vivir, by Javier Cuestas-Caza. In: ALMA Reviews, Arnold Bergstraesser Institute Freiburg [Blog]. Published 17 January 2022. https://www.arnold-bergstraesser.de/en/news/alma-reviews-blog-sumak-kawsay-is-not-buen-vivirExternal link

Rodríguez, Fabricio; Rüland, Jürgen (2021): Cooperative counter-hegemony, interregionalism and ‘diminished multilateralism’: the Belt and Road Initiative and China’s relations with Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), Journal of International Relations and Development. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41268-021-00248-6External link

Rodríguez, Fabricio (2021): “Contested Resources and South-South Inequalities: What Sino-Brazilian Trade Means for the “Low-Carbon” Bioeconomy.” In: Backhouse, Maria; Lehmann, Rosa; Lorenzen, Kristina; Lühmann, Malte; Puder, Janina; Rodríguez, Fabricio; Tittor, Anne (eds.): Bioeconomy and Global Inequalities. Socio-Ecological Perspectives on Biomass Sourcing and Production. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 265–285.  https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-68944-5_13External link

Backhouse, Maria; Lehmann, Rosa; Lorenzen, Kristina; Puder, Janina; Rodríguez, Fabricio; Tittor, Anne (2021): Introduction: “Contextualizing the Bioeconomy in an Unequal World: Biomass Sourcing and Global Socio-Ecological Inequalities.” In: Backhouse, Maria; Lehmann, Rosa; Lorenzen, Kristina; Lühmann, Malte; Puder, Janina; Rodríguez, Fabricio; Tittor, Anne (eds.): Bioeconomy and Global Inequalities. Socio-Ecological Perspectives on Biomass Sourcing and Production. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 3–22. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-68944-5_1External link

Backhouse, Maria; Lehmann, Rosa; Lorenzen, Kristina; Lühmann, Malte; Puder, Janina; Rodríguez, Fabricio; Tittor, Anne (eds.): Bioeconomy and Global Inequalities. Socio-Ecological Perspectives on Biomass Sourcing and Production. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-68944-5External link

Rodríguez, Fabricio (2020): “Süd-Süd-Beziehungen und Bioökonomie. Die chinesisch-brasilianische Handelsachse”. In: PERIPHERIE – Politik, Ökonomie, Kultur, Vol. 40, No. 159/160, pp. 360–383. https://www.budrich-journals.de/index.php/peripherie/article/view/36619External link

Cobb, Michael; Hampel, Annika; Missbach, Antje; Muhammad, Dilshad; Rodríguez, Fabricio (2020): “Insiders” and “Outsiders”: Reflections on Hierarchies, Privileges and Positionalities in Academic Research. ABI Working Paper No. 15. Freiburg. https://www.arnold-bergstraesser.de/insiders-and-outsiders-reflections-on-hierarchies-privileges-and-positionalities-in-academicExternal link

Gurol, Julia; Rodríguez, Fabricio (2020): Desintegration statt Konnektivität? Chinas Belt and Road Initiative als außenpolitische Herausforderung für die EU. In: Andreas Grimmel (ed.): Die Neue Europäische Union. Zwischen Integration und Desintegration. Baden-Baden: Nomos, pp. 235–257.

Rüland, Jürgen; Rodríguez, Fabricio (2020): Interregionalism, Global Governance and China's Relations with Latin America: A Theory Guided Analysis. In: Mario Telò, Yuan Feng (eds.): China and the EU in the Era of Regional and Interregional Cooperation. Brussels: Peter Lang, pp. 213–237.

Rodríguez, Fabricio (2020): ¿Pandemia, petróleo y deuda?: El concatenamiento China-Ecuador en el escenario post COVID-19. Working Paper Series (WPS), REDCAEM, Revista N°16, mayo. Eje Economía, Comercio e Inversión. Serie Especial COVID-19. Red China y América Latina: Enfoques Multidisciplinarios (REDCAEM). http://chinayamericalatina.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/WP16-May-2020-REDCAEM.pdfExternal link

Rodríguez, Fabricio (2020): Brasilien 2020. Ein Jahr nach Amtsantritt von Jair Bolsonaro. In: Brasilicum Vol. 256, March 2020, pp. 25–27. https://www.kooperation-brasilien.org/de/publikationen/brasilicum/266-alternativen-zum-industriellen-agrarmodellExternal link

Rodríguez, Fabricio (2020): Endstation China? Die globalen Stoffströme auf ihrem Weg durch die „Werkstatt der Welt“. In: PROKLA. Zeitschrift für kritische Sozialwissenschaft, Vol. 198, pp. 89–108.

Huizar, Richard; Rodríguez, Fabricio (2020): Privatization. In: Kaltmeier, Olaf; Tittor, Anne; Hawkins, Daniel; Rohland, Eleonora (eds.): The Routledge Handbook to the Political Economy and Governance of the AmericasExternal link. London/New York: Routledge, pp. 182–191.

Backhouse, Maria; Tittor, Anne; Rodríguez, Fabricio (2020): Energy. In: Kaltmeier, Olaf; Tittor, Anne; Hawkins, Daniel; Rohland, Eleonora (eds.): The Routledge Handbook to the Political Economy and Governance of the AmericasExternal link. London/New York: Routledge, pp. 78–92.

Backhouse, Maria; Rodríguez, Fabricio; Tittor, Anne (2019): From a fossil towards a renewable energy regime in the Americas? Socio-ecological inequalities, contradictions and challenges for a global bioeconomy. Working Paper 10 of the BMBF Junior Research Group “Bioeconomy and Inequalities”. https://www.bioinequalities.uni-jena.de/sozbemedia/WorkingPaper10.pdfpdf, 505 kb · de

Rodríguez, Fabricio (2019): China y América Latina en la nueva normalidad. Elementos de análisis en perspectiva Sur-Sur. In: Pamela Aróstica, Walter Sánchez (eds.): China y América Latina en una nueva fase: desafíos en el siglo XXI. Santiago de Chile: Editorial Universitaria, pp. 41–62.

Rodríguez, Fabricio (2019): Bolsonaros Anti-Klimapolitik für Brasilien: Düstere Aussichten auf Nachhaltigkeit. In: Brasilicum, Vol. 252, March 2019, pp. 13–14.

Rodríguez, Fabricio (2018): Oil, minerals and power. The political economy of China's quest for resources in Brazil and Peru. Dissertation. Albert Ludwigs University Freiburg.

Rodríguez, Fabricio (2018): Zwei grüne Megaakteure? Die Bioökonomische Kooperation zwischen Brasilien und China. In: iz3w, No. 368, pp. 20–22. https://www.iz3w.org/zeitschrift/ausgaben/368_biooekonomie/368_biooekonomie_auszugExternal link

Rodríguez, Fabricio (2017): China y América Latina en la reconfiguración geográfica del poder global. In: Pamela Aróstica, Sergio Cesarin (eds.): América Latina en la órbita geoestratégica de China. Enfoques multidisciplinarios sobre escenarios actuales y desafíos futuros. Buenos Aires: Editorial Almaluz, pp. 14–33.

Backhouse, Maria; Lorenzen, Kristina; Lühmann, Malte; Puder, Janina; Rodríguez, Fabricio; Tittor, Anne (2017): Bioökonomie-Strategien im Vergleich. Gemeinsamkeiten, Widersprüche und Leerstellen. Working Paper 1 of the BMBF Junior Research Group “Bioeconomy and Inequalities”. https://www.bioinequalities.uni-jena.de/sozbemedia/neu/2017-09-28+workingpaper+1.pdfpdf, 396 kb · de

Rodríguez, Fabricio (2015): Making sense of China’s extractive presence in Latin America: Between structural control and productive alliances. Conference Paper, The 8th NOLAN Conference “Struggles over resources in Latin America”, University of Helsinki.

Rodríguez, Fabricio (2015): China’s extractive power in Latin America: Comparative perspectives on China’s resource policies in a fragmented, asymmetric and diverse region. Doctoral Conference Paper, Centre for Development and the Environment (SUM), University of Oslo.