Johannes Petry is a political economist researching the changing dynamics of financial globalisation and its impact on the global norms, institutions and governance that underpin the global economy. His main focus is thereby on the and internationalisation of China's financial system, the politics of market infrastructures, as well as the rise of Asia, the BRICS or new financial actors. His more recent work investigates the geopolitics of global finance.

Since 2021, Johannes is a Postdoctoral Researcher at Goethe University Frankfurt and the Principal Investigator of the DFG-funded StateCapFinance research project. This project conducts a theory-led comparative analysis of financialization processes across emerging markets that explores whether finance in functions differently, fulfils a different socio-economic role, and leads to different societal outcomes across the world.

Prior to joining Goethe University, he was an ESRC Doctoral Fellow at the University of Warwick, was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the SCRIPTS Centre of Excellence, Lecturer at Freie Universität Berlin and Senior Researcher at the University of Bonn. Johannes studied political science, economics, comparative public policy and international political economy in Frankfurt, Warwick and Konstanz. He also holds a PhD in Politics and International Studies from the University of Warwick. Between his studies and starting a PhD, he worked in finance for two years to obtain more practical knowledge about financial markets. 

He is the co-author of BRICS and the global financial order: Liberalism contested? (Cambridge University Press, 2024), co-editor of  State, capitalism and finance in emerging markets: Between subordination and statecraft (Bristol University Press, 2025) and author of Capital markets with Chinese characteristics (Cornell University Press, forthcoming). His articles have been published in leading journals, including International Organization, Review of International Political Economy, European Journal of International Relations, Regulation & Governance and International Affairs.

Moreover, Johannes is an Associate Editor at Competition & Change and an Editor at the Review of International Political Economy.

You can find more information on his personal website.