Publications

Articles in peer-reviewed journals

Forster, T., Bhandary, R.R. and Gallagher, K.P., 2026. “Cutting trees to balance budgets: International Monetary Fund programs are associated with increased deforestation.” One Earth 9(4).

Forster, T., 2026. “Home turf: Headquarters of international organizations and earmarked funding.” The Review of International Organizations.

Forster, T., Honig, D. and Kentikelenis, A., 2025. “Formal governance matters: when, how, and why states act on the IMF Executive Board.” Review of International Political Economy 32(3): 818—846.

Merling, L., and Forster, T., 2024. “Climate policy at the International Monetary Fund: No voice for the vulnerable?” Global Policy 15(3): 539—553.

Forster, T., 2024. “Respected individuals: When state representatives wield outsize influence in international organizations.” International Affairs 100(1): 261—281.

Forster, T. and Heinzel, M., 2021. “Reacting, fast and slow: How world leaders shaped government responses to COVID-19.” Journal of European Public Policy 28(8): 1299—1320.

Forster, T., Kentikelenis, A., Stubbs, T. and King, L., 2020. “Globalization and health equity: The impact of structural adjustment programs in developing countries.” Social Science & Medicine 267.

Forster, T., Kentikelenis, A., Reinsberg, B., Stubbs, T. and King, L., 2019. “How structural adjustment programs affect inequality: A disaggregated analysis of IMF conditionality, 1980—2014.” Social Science Research 80: 83—113.

Book chapters

Forster, T., Stubbs, T. and Kentikelenis, A., 2024. “Neoliberalism and health in global context: The role of international organizations” in “The Routledge Handbook of the Political Economy of Health and Healthcare,” eds. D. Primrose, R.D. Loeppky, and R. Chang. Routledge: 154—165.

Forster, T., Stubbs, T. and Kentikelenis, A., 2022. “The politics of the International Monetary Fund” in “Handbook on the politics of international development,” eds. M. Deciancio, P. Nemiña, and D. Tussie. Edward Elgar Publishing: 376—391.

Policy reports

Hadji-Lazaro, P., Quorning, S., Fröhlich, T., Theine, H. and Forster, T., 2022. “Taking the temperature of the European Green Deal.” Brussels: Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS).

Doyle, K., Forster, T., Kentikelenis, A., Legido-Quigley, H. and Torrecilla, M., 2019. “Reducing health inequalities: The role of civil society.” Brussels: Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS) & Think-tank for Action on Social Change (TASC).

Forster, T., Kentikelenis, A. and Bambra, C., 2018. “Health inequalities in Europe: Setting the stage for progressive policy action.” Brussels: Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS) & Think-tank for Action on Social Change (TASC).

Op-eds, book reviews, and other publications

Forster, T., Bhandary, R.R. and Gallagher, K.P., 2026. “IMF lending programs linked with deforestation should be rethought.” Mongabay. 29 May.

Forster, T., 2024. “Enough voice for the vulnerable? Why climate-vulnerable countries need more voting power within the International Monetary Fund.” Boston University Global Development Policy Center. 16 July.

Forster, T., 2024. Book review. “International organizations and research methods: An introduction, edited by Fanny Badache, Leah R Kimber and Lucile Maertens.” International Affairs 100(3): 1303—1304.

Forster, T., 2024. “IMF governance and decision-making: Why we need to talk about state representatives.” IMF Boss, tracking the fight to head the Fund, Bretton Woods Project. 2 April.

Forster, T. and Heinzel, M., 2022. “Academically trained leaders made a difference during the early stages of the pandemic.” LSE EUROPP — European Politics and Policy. 23 February.

Forster, T. and Kentikelenis, A., 2019. “Austerity and health in Europe: Disentangling the causal links.” European Journal of Public Health 29(5): 808—809.

Forster, T., Reinsberg, B. and Stubbs, T., 2019. “IMF says it cares about inequality. But will it change its ways?” The Conversation. 17 July.