FACULTY
Prof. Arpan Ganguly is Assistant Professor - Economics received her received his Doctorate Degree and MA in Economics from Colorado State University. He has completed MPhil in Economics from University of Hyderabad and a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from University of Delhi.
Prof. Arpan has over six years of work experience and was associated with Colorado State University. Prior to joining FLAME, he was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the South African Research Chair in Industrial Development (SARChI-ID) at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa.
Prof. Arpan’s teaching interests include International Trade and Finance, Macroeconomics, Economics of Development, Political Economy, History of Economic Thought and Industrial-Labour relations. His teaching aims to promote a heterodox, pluralistic, and interdisciplinary approach to macroeconomics and economic theory in turn encouraging critical thinking and intellectual diversity among students. His research interests are in International Economics, Open Economy Macroeconomics, Development Economics and Political Economy. His research focuses on the macroeconomic impacts of trade and globalization on economic growth, labour relations and structural change in emerging economies.
JOURNAL ARTICLES
- Ganguly, A. and Spinola, D. (2024). Growth and distribution regimes under global value chains: Diversification, integration, and uneven development. Structural Change and Economic Dynamics. Volume 70. Pages 634-649.
- Ganguly, A. and Vasudevan, R. (2022). Financial Liberalization and the Indian Non-Financial, Corporate Sector. Competition and Change. DOI: 10.1177/10245294211068102.
INVITED TALKS:
- “The Political Economy of International Trade Theory and Policy”, at the Southeast Asia’s Economic Research and Development Conference. YSI-INET. Royal University of Law and Economics, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 16-17 December 2023.
- "The transformation problem in Marx and Sraffa revisited: Labour theory of value in the age of global fragmentation of production". Workshop on "Understanding economic theory and development from a Sraffian framework". YSI-INET. School of Economics, University of Hyderabad. November 2022.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
- “Catching up and global value chains in times of transformation: Final Cat Chain Symposium". UNU-MERIT (United Nations University), Maastricht, Netherlands, Feb 19-20, 2024.
- International Conference on the Political Economy of Development. “Understanding Economic Development through a Smithian lens: On the occasion of Adam Smith’s 300th birth anniversary”. FLAME University, October 6-7, 2023.
- Fifth Nordic Post Keynesian Conference. Aalborg University, Denmark. April 27-28, 2022.
- 25th FMM (Forum for Macroeconomics and Macroeconomic Policies) Conference: Macroeconomics of Socio-Ecological Transition. Berlin, Germany. October 28-30, 2021.
- Eastern Economic Association, Boston and New York, US. Feb 2021, 2020, 2018, 2017
- ASSA Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, US. January 2019
- Association for Social Economics Conference, Fort Collins, US. June 2018
- Western States Graduate Workshop, University of Utah, US. October 2017 and 2016
- Conference on the Political Economy of the World Systems, Department of Sociology, University of Maryland, College Park, US. April 2016
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Reports
- Bhattacharya, A., Ganguly, A., Roy, A., Rahul, S., Ginting, W. (2023) “Towards A Woman-Centered Living Wage Beyond Borders: The Asia Floor Wage Alliance’s Methodology for Garment Workers.” Asia Floor Wage Foundation (AFWA). New Delhi. https://asia.floorwage.org/afwa-living-wage-methodology/
- Ganguly, A. (2022).‘The medium- and long-term implications of the Covid-19 pandemic for the restructuring of global value chains and labour in developing countries.’ CCRED-IDTT Policy Brief. University of Johannesburg. https://www.competition.org.za/idtt-policy-briefs
- Ganguly, A (2013). ‘Wage Structures in the Indian Garment Industry.’ Society for Labour and Development. New Delhi.
Working Papers
- Ganguly, A. and Spinola, D. (2022). ‘Growth and Distribution regimes under Global Value Chains: Diversification, Integration and Uneven Development.’ Post-Keynesian Economics Working Paper Series. Working Paper No. 2207. https://www.postkeynesian.net/working-papers/2207/
- Ganguly, A. (2021). ‘Growth Regimes and Uneven Development in Open Economies: Demand and Distribution Regimes in the context of Global Value Chains.’ SARChI-ID Working Paper Series, WP 2021-05. https://www.uj.ac.za/faculties/college-of-business-and-economics/schools/school-of-management/south-african-research-chair-in-industrial-development/working-paper-series/