Lecturer in International Business

Tomaz has taught courses in International Development Studies at SOAS, University of London, and has done extensive field-based research on agribusiness and China’s relations with non-western countries. His studies concern the power struggle between agrarian capitalist classes during China’s integration into the world economy. He has published in prestigious international journals, such as the Journal of Peasant Studies and the Journal of Agrarian Change.

Other References

• Membership of Professional bodies:
• Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Qualifications

• PhD Development Studies - SOAS University of London
• MA Modern and Contemporary History - Peking University
• BA International Relations - Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

Teaching Expertise

• MBA Business Economics
• MSc International Relations

Research Interests

• Economic development, Chinese studies, agrarian studies, and international political economy

Publications

• China’s Financialized Soybeans: The Fault Lines of Neomercantilism Narratives in International Food Regime Analyses. Fares, Tomaz M. (2023), Journal of Agrarian Change.
• Food Security and Power Struggle in the Chinese ‘Battle of the Beans’. Fares, Tomaz M. (2023). Journal of Peasant Studies.
• Why and how is China reordering the food regime? The Brazil-China soy-meat complex and COFCO’s global strategy in the Southern Cone. Wesz Jr, Valdemar; Escher, Fabiano; and Fares, Tomaz M. (2023) Journal of Peasant Studies.
• The Rise of State-Transnational Capitalism in the Xi Jinping Era: A Case Study of China’s International Expansion in the Soybean Commodity Chain. Fares, Tomaz M. (2019) Journal fur Entwicklungspolitik, 35 (4), 86-106.
• A Diplomacia Chinesa e as Relações com o Brasil (1949-1974) [China’s Diplomacy and the Relations with Brazil (1949-1974)]. Fares, Tomaz M. (2016) Século XXI – Revista de Relações Internacionais, ESPM, 7 (1), 27-46.

Contact Details

E: Tomaz.fares@beds.ac.uk