Professor Pia Riggirozzi PhD
Professor of Global Politics
Pía Riggirozzi is Professor of Global Politics at the University of Southampton, where she has worked since 2009.
“As a Professor of Global Politics my research concerns three areas of study, to which I deliberately bring interdisciplinary insights: Political economy of development; regional governance and welfare; and human rights and development.
In my teaching I often draw examples from developing countries and Latin America in particular. My philosophy of teaching and understanding of education is about empowerment of diverse learners, enabling opportunities for critical thinking and encouraging students to respond to different socio-economic and political realities.”
In 2006 I was awarded a PhD University of Warwick, Department of Politics and International Studies. Before, I obtained degrees from the University of Miami, School of International Studies, Florida, USA (MSc, 2001); FLACSO/ Argentina (MSc, 1997) and at the Universidad del Salvador, Buenos Aires, Argentina (BSc International Relations, 1995). In 2007 I was also awarded an ESRC Post-Doctoral Fellowship (based at the University of Sheffield).
My research has been published in journals including New Political Economy, Development and Change, International Affairs, Global Governance, Economy and Society, Review of International Studies, Third World Quarterly, and Critical Social Policy, in addition to other journals and numerous chapters published in edited volumes. My book ‘Advancing Governance in the South: What Roles for International Financial Institutions in Developing States?’ was published by Palgrave/Macmillan in 2009; Governance after Neoliberalism in Latin America (edited with Jean Grugel) by Palgrave/Macmillan in 2009; The Rise of Post-Hegemonic Regionalism in Latin America (with Diana Tussie) by Springer in 2012; and recently in 2018 the Handbook of South American Governance (with Chris Wylde) by Routledge.
I am currently engaged in a number of on-going research projects and collaborations. My research has been funded by the Ford Foundation, the Global Development Network, ESRC, UNDP, and MRC.
I am Principal Investigator on the GCRF-ESRC funded project ReGHID (Redressing Gendered Health Inequalities of Displaced Women and Girls in contexts of Protracted Crisis in Central and South America) and co-director of the Global Health and Policy Centre (GHaP).