Tobias Wuttke

Tobias Wuttke is a Postdoctoral Researcher at Bard College Berlin. His research looks at global production networks (GPN) and the prospects of export-led industrialization in developing and emerging economies, as well as the role of industrial policy in GPNs. He is also interested in researching potential windows of opportunity for economic development emerging out of the green transition. Further interests include the political economy of industrial policy in Europe. Tobias currently works on a research project studying geographical reconfigurations of global production networks in a post-COVID-19 global economy (funded by the German Research Fund), driven by industrial policy and geopolitics, with a focus on the semiconductor industry in Europe and Southeast Asia (2023-2025). Tobias holds a PhD in International Studies (2022) from Roskilde University, Denmark. His PhD thesis focused on economic development via global value chains (GVCs), with a case study of the automotive industry.
 
Most recent publications

• Lema, R., Wuttke, T., & Konda, P. (2024). The electric vehicle sector in Brazil, India, and South Africa: Are there green windows of opportunity? Industrial and Corporate Change, advance online.
• Butollo, F., Staritz, C., Maile, F., & Wuttke, T. (2024). The End of Globalized Production? Supply-Chain Resilience, Technological Sovereignty, and Enduring Global Interdependencies in the Post-Pandemic Era. Critical Sociology, advance online.
• Wuttke, T. (2023). Global value chains and local inter-industry linkages: South Africa’s participation in the automotive GVC. The Journal of Development Studies, 59(2), 153-169. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2022.2110491
• Monaco, L., and Wuttke, T. (2023), ‘The South African Auto Industry in a World of GVCs: Lead Firm Sourcing Strategies and Local Supplier Development’, International Journal of Automotive Technology and Management.
• Wuttke, T., Smit, L., Parshotam, A., Ancheita, A., & Meridian, A. (2022), ‘Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence in Global Value Chains: Perspectives from the Global South’. SWP, Research Division Africa and Middle East, Working Paper 2022/Nr. 2, August 2022. https://www.swp-berlin.org/10.18449/2022WP06/

Contact:
Dr. Tobias Wuttke
International Studies
t.wuttke[at]berlin.bard.edu
www.tobiaswuttke.com