Previously, Dr. Fernández was selected through a public competition as Director of IHUCSO, a dual-affiliation institute of CONICET and UNL, and coordinatedthe CLACSO Working Group on Development, Space, and Global Capitalism.

With over 30 years of experience, his research focuses on development theories and processes, emphasizing multiscalar spatial dynamics and the role of state capacities. His work integrates diverse frameworks, including World-System Theory, Latin American Structuralism, and Weberian institutionalist perspectives, to analyze state capacities in comparative contexts. He examines transformations in global economic geopolitics, the tensions between the Global North and South, and the evolving role of Latin America.

Dr. Fernández has taught postgraduate courses and delivered lectures across Argentina, Colombia, Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Spain, Switzerland, and the United States. His academic path includes postdoctoral research at Durham University (UK) and the University of British Columbia (Canada).

His current research investigates how emerging state capacities derived from state-building processes influence accumulation dynamics and regional and global integration within macro-regional contexts.

Dr. Victor Ramiro Fernández will be a visiting scholar at FDDI from May 1 to May 31, 2025.