Dr Jan Fichtner
Small Group Project 2018
The Evolution of Economic Power in the Age of Globalization: The Rise of Transnational Corporate Elite Networks
This project seeks to bring together for the first time a diversity of scholars for a one-day workshop who work on economic power, transnational corporations and elite networks. Despite the global ubiquity of transnational corporations, basic empirical and theoretical questions concerning their nature remain unresolved.
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Babić, M., Fichtner, J., & Heemskerk, E. (2018).
Who is more powerful – states or corporations?. The Conversation
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Biography
Jan Fichtner is Senior Research Fellow in the Project “Climate change and global finance at the crossroads: Policy challenges, politico-economic dynamics, and sustainable transformation” at the University of Witten/Herdecke (Germany).
In the CORPNET project at the University of Amsterdam (2016-2020) Jan led the subproject on the rise of index providers and the ascent of very large passive asset managers, such as BlackRock, Vanguard and State Street – and their impact on global corporate governance, corporate control and climate change mitigation.
His research interests lie in the interdisciplinary field of International Political Economy, particularly Global Finance (index funds, index providers, ESG, sustainable finance, concentration of corporate ownership, structural power, financialization, hedge funds, and offshore financial centers).
In the CORPNET project at the University of Amsterdam (2016-2020) Jan led the subproject on the rise of index providers and the ascent of very large passive asset managers, such as BlackRock, Vanguard and State Street – and their impact on global corporate governance, corporate control and climate change mitigation.
His research interests lie in the interdisciplinary field of International Political Economy, particularly Global Finance (index funds, index providers, ESG, sustainable finance, concentration of corporate ownership, structural power, financialization, hedge funds, and offshore financial centers).
Biographical details correct as of 20.05.26