Dr. Fabian Cuervo
Campus: Lisbon
ORCID Number (optional): 0000-0003-0771-6776
Fabian holds a PhD in Development Studies (cum laude) from the Lisbon School of Economics and Management of the University of Lisbon, with a dissertation about the relationship between economic (under)development and armed conflict.
During his Master’s degree in Germany, he researched about the links between cultural traits and economic development, and lectured courses on Intercultural Relations and International Organizations.
Fabian also holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from the National University of Colombia.
Prior to joining Forward, Fabian has been professor of economics at universities in Bogotá-Colombia and Madrid-Spain, teaching subjects such as Principles of Economics, International Economic Policy, Economic Development, Regional Culture and Economics, and World Economy, among others. He also has experience in the derivatives area of private financial institutions in Colombia and Portugal.
His current research interests include behavioral economics and cultural traits for economic development and sustainability.
Research
Overview of research interests & accomplishments
Co-authored a book chapter analyzing the shifts in official development assistance as a result of the 2008 global financial recession, focusing on how assistance partnerships have replaced one-way/condition-less donations with aims to reach higher effectiveness and accountability levels.
Authored a journal article exploring the influence of cultural traits in industrial policy for selected cultural clusters between the 1990s and the 2010s, focusing on how cultural traits can be considered detrimental or advantageous to economic development, and how institutional arrangements and economic policy can be influenced by the individual mindset and priorities of policymakers.
Research interests and expertise
- Behavioral economics
- Cultural traits for economic development
- Economic sustainability
Selected publications and outputs
Journal articles
- Garzón-Cuervo, F. (2019). Cultural traits and productive transformation: Colombia in international perspective. Revista CIFE: Lecturas de Economía Social, 21(35), 105-139. DOI: 10.15332/22484914.5372
Conference attendance and proceedings
- Workshop on Conflict and Development
Lisbon School of Economics and Management (Lisbon, Portugal) -Apr/2025
Lecture: Violence and Economic (under)Development: The Colombian case - 8th PhD Conference on International Development
University of Sussex (Brighton, England) -Sep/2019
Lecture: Economic motivations to join insurgencies in Colombia - Behavioral Insights in Development and Peace Building
Göttingen University (Göttingen, Germany) -Aug/2019
Lecture: Economic motivations to join insurgencies in Colombia - Interdisciplinary European Studies in Latin America
Universidad de Costa Rica (San José, Costa Rica) -Feb/2015
Lecture: Challenges in the formation of the European Union and the hypothetical formation of a “Latin American Union”
Books and book chapters
- Pineda-Escobar, M.A. & Garzón-Cuervo, F. (2016). Improving post-2015 development cooperation through donor support for inclusive business, in Gurdgiev, C., Leonard, L. & Gonzalez-Perez, M.A. (Eds.) Lessons from the Great Recession (Advances in Sustainability and Environmental Justice Volume 18) Emerald Group Publishing Limited, pp. 141-163. DOI:10.1108/S2051-503020160000018006
Current teaching
- ECON-111: Economics of People: Health, Gender, and Employment
