Philip Mader is a research fellow in the Business, Markets and the State research cluster, and has over 15 years’ research and consulting experience in the field of international development.
His research areas include political economy, digital finance and development, taxation, youth employment, financialisation, financial inclusion and, more broadly, the politics of market-oriented interventions in development. Phil works on taxation and digital public infrastructure with the International Centre for Tax and Development. He has led impact evaluations of financial inclusion and Solidarity Groups for European and international funders. His prior research, which focused on microfinance and its connections with poverty and financial markets, was awarded two major PhD prizes. He has research and consulting experience in India and sub-Saharan Africa, and has been invited to speak at academic and practitioner events on all continents.
Phil teaches economics, political economy and social development topics at IDS. He previously taught sociology, political economy and theory of knowledge at IDS and the Universities of Cologne and Basel.
Office hours for students: 11:30-12:30 on Wednesdays during term time; please e-mail in advance for an appointment.
PhD supervision
Phil has supervised the PhD of Dr. Stella Odiase. He is currently supervising the PhD project of Jose Morales. He will consider applications from applicants who write to him with a CV and (approx.) 2-page proposal of research that clearly states how their research plans fit his current interests and how the PhD will be funded. Regrettably, he is unable to discuss admission requirements, funding sources, or research ideas that are not fully developed into a proposal.
International talks and lectures
- Microfinance: Problems, Critiques, Solutions – public lecture given at Monash University, 09 November 2017
- Finance Policy Aspects of Development Cooperation – expert hearing for the Swiss Parliament’s Finance Commisssion, 1 July 2016
Recent featured publications and podcast
9 Ways Coronavirus Could Transform Capitalism
Africa’s ‘Youth Employment’ Crisis is Actually a ‘Missing Jobs’ Crisis
Podcast S02 Ep12: Battling Eight Giants: Basic Income Now – Guy Standing
