Antulio Rosales
Assistant Professor
Business & Society (BUSO)
Office: 704 Ross Building South
Email: arosal@yorku.ca
Antulio Rosales is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Science, Business and Society program. Antulio's research focuses on the politics of state and global capital actors’ interactions in the energy sectors of Latin American countries. His recent work focused on the collapse of Venezuela’s rentier economy and the expansion of mining frontiers, of both gold and cryptocurrencies, in a wider context of social and political tension, economic crisis and international sanctions.
Dr. Rosales’ new research is concerned with the expansion of emerging financial assets such as cryptocurrencies and their linkage to energy infrastructures and political incentives in the global south. His current research project deals with the infrastructure, energy and policy incentives for the expansion of cryptocurrencies in Venezuela, El Salvador, Argentina and Puerto Rico.
Before joining York, Antulio was an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of New Brunswick.
Degrees
PhD in Global Governance, University of Waterloo and the Balsillie School of International AffairsMSc in Social Science, Universidad Central de Venezuela
BA in Political Studies and IPE, Trent University
Research Interests
Current Research Projects
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Summary:
The main research questions are:
How is energy appropriated by cryptocurrency businesses?
What are the environmental and climate implications of the energy use for cryptocurrency mining?
How are governance incentives mobilized for the spread of cryptocurrency markets in the Global South?
Description:This research project seeks to disentangle the puzzle of why purportedly decentralized digital financial assets and payment systems such as cryptocurrencies became tools of central government authorities’ agendas. It investigates this paradox by focusing on the governance and energy incentives that power cryptocurrency markets. This research delves into the underlying material inputs and the governance incentives that allow the expansion of cryptocurrency markets with a particular focus on Global South contexts. Drawing on the cases of El Salvador, Venezuela, Argentina and Puerto Rico, this project will build a broad comparative analysis on the expansion of cryptocurrency markets in the periphery of capitalism.
Funders:
SSHRC
Rosales, A. 2023. “Reclaiming state capacity in the politics of energy transitions: The cautionary tale of a predatory transition”. Handbook of Development and the Environment, eds. Benedicte Bull and Mariel Aguilar-Støen, Edward Elgar, UK.
Rosales. A. “From norm entrepreneur to a reluctant overachiever:
Venezuela in the history of OPEC”. Handbook of OPEC and the Global Energy Order: Past, Present and Future Challenges, 1st Edition, edited by Giuliano Garavini and Dag Harald Claes. London: Routledge.
Howson, Peter; Antulio Rosales; Inte Gloerich; Olivier Jutel; Mariel García Llorens; Alex de Vries; Jillian Crandall. 2024. Crypto/Space: Computational parasitism, virtual land grabs, and the production of Web3 Exit zones. Available online in Political Geography, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0962629824001598
Bull, B and Rosales, Antulio. 2024. Elite Dynamics and China's Influence in Latin America. Development and Change, Online first, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/dech.12861
Rosales, A., Millar, H., & Richardson, A. (2024). Leveraging intra-provincial regulatory differences in a post-Paris context: Cryptocurrency mining “reverse battery” strategy in Atlantic Canada. The Extractive Industries and Society, 17, 101396.
Rosales, A, Benedicte Bull and Manuel Sutherland. Depredación y ausencia
de burocracia: la situación de los empleados públicos en Venezuela desde la mirada de la capacidad estatal. América Latina Hoy. Online first, https://doi.org/10.14201/alh.29735
Rosales, A. and Patrick Clark. Green new deal(s), state capacity and the unplanned decline of Venezuela’s petro-state. Global Political Economy. Online first, doi: 10.1332/DCSE5063
Bull, Benedicte and Antulio Rosales. 2023. How Sanctions Led to Authoritarian Capitalism in Venezuela. Current History 122 (841): 49–55.
Rosales, A., van Roekel, E., Howson, P., & Kanters, C. (2023). Poor miners and empty e-wallets: Latin American experiences with cryptocurrencies in crisis. Human Geography, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/19427786231193985
Clark, P., & Rosales, A. (2023). Broadened embedded autonomy and Latin America’s Pink Tide: towards the neo-developmental state. Globalizations, 20(1), 20-37.
Rosales, A. “Unveiling the power behind cryptocurrency mining in Venezuela: A fragile energy infrastructure and precarious labor”. Energy Research & Social Science, vol. 79, p. 102-167.
Rosales, A. and Maryhen Jiménez Morales. “Venezuela: autocratic consolidation and splintered economic liberalization”. Revista de Ciencia Política (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile), vol. 41, no 2, p. 425-447.
Bull, B. and Antulio Rosales. “Into the shadows: Sanctions, rentierism, and the informalization of the economy in Venezuela”. European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, No. 109 (2020): January-June, pp. 103-132.
Bull, B. and Antulio Rosales. “The crisis in Venezuela: Drivers, transitions and pathways” (Introduction to Special Collection). European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, No. 109, January-June.
Benedicte Bull and Antulio Rosales. 2024. Elecciones en Venezuela: un llamado al progresismo regional. Nueva Sociedad. https://www.nuso.org/articulo/elecciones-en-venezuela-un-llamado-al-progresismo-regional/
Jiménez, Maryhen and Antulio Rosales. What is Different This Time in Venezuela? Unprecedented Fraud and New Momentum. VerfBlog, 2024/8/01, https://verfassungsblog.de/elections-venezuela-2024/, DOI: 10.59704/ca490ff71336c4cc.
Jiménez, Maryhen; Rosales, Antulio; Trak, Juan Manuel. 2023. Algo se mueve en Venezuela: Acuerdo de Barbados y primaria opositora. Nueva Sociedad. https://nuso.org/articulo/venezuela-barbados-primarias/
Jiménez, M., & Rosales, A. (2023). La oposición venezolana post-primarias: entre la institucionalización y el mesianismo. Análisis Carolina, (16), 1.
Current Courses
| Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall/Winter 2024 | AP/SOSC1349 9.0 | B | Intro. to Business and Society (ESL) | LECT |
| Fall/Winter 2024 | AP/SOSC1340 9.0 | B | Introduction to Business and Society | LECT |
| Fall/Winter 2024 | AP/SOSC4043 6.0 | B | Corporate Governance and Business Law | SEMR |
Upcoming Courses
| Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall/Winter 2024 | AP/SOSC4043 6.0 | B | Corporate Governance and Business Law | SEMR |
| Fall/Winter 2024 | AP/SOSC1349 9.0 | B | Intro. to Business and Society (ESL) | LECT |
| Fall/Winter 2024 | AP/SOSC1340 9.0 | B | Introduction to Business and Society | LECT |
Antulio Rosales is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Science, Business and Society program. Antulio's research focuses on the politics of state and global capital actors’ interactions in the energy sectors of Latin American countries. His recent work focused on the collapse of Venezuela’s rentier economy and the expansion of mining frontiers, of both gold and cryptocurrencies, in a wider context of social and political tension, economic crisis and international sanctions.
Dr. Rosales’ new research is concerned with the expansion of emerging financial assets such as cryptocurrencies and their linkage to energy infrastructures and political incentives in the global south. His current research project deals with the infrastructure, energy and policy incentives for the expansion of cryptocurrencies in Venezuela, El Salvador, Argentina and Puerto Rico.
Before joining York, Antulio was an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of New Brunswick.
Degrees
PhD in Global Governance, University of Waterloo and the Balsillie School of International AffairsMSc in Social Science, Universidad Central de Venezuela
BA in Political Studies and IPE, Trent University
Research Interests
Current Research Projects
-
Summary:
The main research questions are:
How is energy appropriated by cryptocurrency businesses?
What are the environmental and climate implications of the energy use for cryptocurrency mining?
How are governance incentives mobilized for the spread of cryptocurrency markets in the Global South?
Description:This research project seeks to disentangle the puzzle of why purportedly decentralized digital financial assets and payment systems such as cryptocurrencies became tools of central government authorities’ agendas. It investigates this paradox by focusing on the governance and energy incentives that power cryptocurrency markets. This research delves into the underlying material inputs and the governance incentives that allow the expansion of cryptocurrency markets with a particular focus on Global South contexts. Drawing on the cases of El Salvador, Venezuela, Argentina and Puerto Rico, this project will build a broad comparative analysis on the expansion of cryptocurrency markets in the periphery of capitalism.
Project Type: FundedRole: PI
Funders:
SSHRC
All Publications
Rosales, A. 2023. “Reclaiming state capacity in the politics of energy transitions: The cautionary tale of a predatory transition”. Handbook of Development and the Environment, eds. Benedicte Bull and Mariel Aguilar-Støen, Edward Elgar, UK.
Rosales. A. “From norm entrepreneur to a reluctant overachiever:
Venezuela in the history of OPEC”. Handbook of OPEC and the Global Energy Order: Past, Present and Future Challenges, 1st Edition, edited by Giuliano Garavini and Dag Harald Claes. London: Routledge.
Howson, Peter; Antulio Rosales; Inte Gloerich; Olivier Jutel; Mariel García Llorens; Alex de Vries; Jillian Crandall. 2024. Crypto/Space: Computational parasitism, virtual land grabs, and the production of Web3 Exit zones. Available online in Political Geography, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0962629824001598
Bull, B and Rosales, Antulio. 2024. Elite Dynamics and China's Influence in Latin America. Development and Change, Online first, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/dech.12861
Rosales, A., Millar, H., & Richardson, A. (2024). Leveraging intra-provincial regulatory differences in a post-Paris context: Cryptocurrency mining “reverse battery” strategy in Atlantic Canada. The Extractive Industries and Society, 17, 101396.
Rosales, A, Benedicte Bull and Manuel Sutherland. Depredación y ausencia
de burocracia: la situación de los empleados públicos en Venezuela desde la mirada de la capacidad estatal. América Latina Hoy. Online first, https://doi.org/10.14201/alh.29735
Rosales, A. and Patrick Clark. Green new deal(s), state capacity and the unplanned decline of Venezuela’s petro-state. Global Political Economy. Online first, doi: 10.1332/DCSE5063
Bull, Benedicte and Antulio Rosales. 2023. How Sanctions Led to Authoritarian Capitalism in Venezuela. Current History 122 (841): 49–55.
Rosales, A., van Roekel, E., Howson, P., & Kanters, C. (2023). Poor miners and empty e-wallets: Latin American experiences with cryptocurrencies in crisis. Human Geography, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/19427786231193985
Clark, P., & Rosales, A. (2023). Broadened embedded autonomy and Latin America’s Pink Tide: towards the neo-developmental state. Globalizations, 20(1), 20-37.
Rosales, A. “Unveiling the power behind cryptocurrency mining in Venezuela: A fragile energy infrastructure and precarious labor”. Energy Research & Social Science, vol. 79, p. 102-167.
Rosales, A. and Maryhen Jiménez Morales. “Venezuela: autocratic consolidation and splintered economic liberalization”. Revista de Ciencia Política (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile), vol. 41, no 2, p. 425-447.
Bull, B. and Antulio Rosales. “Into the shadows: Sanctions, rentierism, and the informalization of the economy in Venezuela”. European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, No. 109 (2020): January-June, pp. 103-132.
Bull, B. and Antulio Rosales. “The crisis in Venezuela: Drivers, transitions and pathways” (Introduction to Special Collection). European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, No. 109, January-June.
Benedicte Bull and Antulio Rosales. 2024. Elecciones en Venezuela: un llamado al progresismo regional. Nueva Sociedad. https://www.nuso.org/articulo/elecciones-en-venezuela-un-llamado-al-progresismo-regional/
Jiménez, Maryhen and Antulio Rosales. What is Different This Time in Venezuela? Unprecedented Fraud and New Momentum. VerfBlog, 2024/8/01, https://verfassungsblog.de/elections-venezuela-2024/, DOI: 10.59704/ca490ff71336c4cc.
Jiménez, Maryhen; Rosales, Antulio; Trak, Juan Manuel. 2023. Algo se mueve en Venezuela: Acuerdo de Barbados y primaria opositora. Nueva Sociedad. https://nuso.org/articulo/venezuela-barbados-primarias/
Jiménez, M., & Rosales, A. (2023). La oposición venezolana post-primarias: entre la institucionalización y el mesianismo. Análisis Carolina, (16), 1.
Current Courses
| Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall/Winter 2024 | AP/SOSC1349 9.0 | B | Intro. to Business and Society (ESL) | LECT |
| Fall/Winter 2024 | AP/SOSC1340 9.0 | B | Introduction to Business and Society | LECT |
| Fall/Winter 2024 | AP/SOSC4043 6.0 | B | Corporate Governance and Business Law | SEMR |
Upcoming Courses
| Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall/Winter 2024 | AP/SOSC4043 6.0 | B | Corporate Governance and Business Law | SEMR |
| Fall/Winter 2024 | AP/SOSC1349 9.0 | B | Intro. to Business and Society (ESL) | LECT |
| Fall/Winter 2024 | AP/SOSC1340 9.0 | B | Introduction to Business and Society | LECT |
