Thomas Marois

Thomas Marois is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Development Studies, SOAS University of London. He works in the fields of political economy and finance for development, with his research focusing on public banks and the financing of sustainable development in ways that traverse traditional north/south divides. He is a member of the Municipal Services Project, a global network of researchers investigating public alternatives to privatisation and commercialisation. In addition to his academic posts, Thomas has worked in the NGO, private, and public sectors in Canada and Latin America. His book Public Banks: Decarbonization, Definancialisation and Democratisation was published by Cambridge University Press in May 2021.