Post-doc fellow, University of St.Gallen

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Articles in peer-reviewed journals

  1. Merling, L., and T. Forster Forthcoming. “Climate policy at the International Monetary Fund: No voice for the vulnerable?” Global Policy.
  2. Forster, T. 2024. “Respected individuals: When state representatives wield outsize influence in international organizations.” International Affairs 100(1): 261—281.
  3. Forster, T., and M. Heinzel. 2021. “Reacting, fast and slow: How world leaders shaped government responses to COVID-19.” Journal of European Public Policy 28(8): 1299—1320.
  4. Forster, T., A. Kentikelenis, T. Stubbs, and L. King. 2020. “Globalization and health equity: The impact of structural adjustment programs in developing countries.” Social Science & Medicine 267.
  5. Forster, T., A. Kentikelenis, T. Stubbs, B. Reinsberg, and L. King. 2019. “How structural adjustment programs affect inequality: A disaggregated analysis of IMF conditionality, 1980—2014.” Social Science Research 80: 83—113.

Book chapters

  1. Forster, T., T. Stubbs, and A. Kentikelenis. 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.
  2. Forster, T., T. Stubbs, and A. Kentikelenis. 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

  1. Hadji-Lazaro, P., S. Quorning, T. Fröhlich, H. Theine, and T. Forster. 2022. “Taking the temperature of the European Green Deal.” Brussels: Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS).
  2. Doyle, K., T. Forster, A. Kentikelenis, H. Legido-Quigley, and M. Torrecilla. 2019. “Reducing health inequalities: The role of civil society.” Brussels: Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS) & Think-tank for Action on Social Change (TASC).
  3. Forster, T., A. Kentikelenis, and C. Bambra. 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-ed and other publications

  1. Forster, T., and M. Heinzel. 2022. “Academically trained leaders made a difference during the early stages of the pandemic.” LSE EUROPP — European Politics and Policy. 23 February.
  2. Forster, T., and A. Kentikelenis. 2019. “Austerity and health in Europe: Disentangling the causal links.” European Journal of Public Health 29(5): 808—809. (editorial)
  3. Forster, T., B. Reinsberg, and T. Stubbs. 2019. “IMF says it cares about inequality. But will it change its ways?” The Conversation. 17 July.