Postdoctoral researcher
University of St.Gallen

Articles in peer-reviewed journals

  1. 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.
  2. Merling, L., and Forster, T., 2024. “Climate policy at the International Monetary Fund: No voice for the vulnerable?” Global Policy 15(3): 539—553.
  3. Forster, T., 2024. “Respected individuals: When state representatives wield outsize influence in international organizations.” International Affairs 100(1): 261—281.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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

  1. 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.
  2. 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

  1. 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).
  2. 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).
  3. 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, reviews, and other publications

  1. 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.
  2. Forster, T., 2024. “International organizations and research methods: An introduction.” International Affairs 100(3): 1303—1304.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. Forster, T. and Kentikelenis, A., 2019. “Austerity and health in Europe: Disentangling the causal links.” European Journal of Public Health 29(5): 808—809.
  6. Forster, T., Reinsberg, B. and Stubbs, T., 2019. “IMF says it cares about inequality. But will it change its ways?” The Conversation. 17 July.