- Peter Dauvergne
- Richard Price
- Lisa Sundstrom
- Kristen Hopewell
- Matias Margulis
Key Publications:
- Protest Inc.: The Corporatization of Activism, with Genevieve LeBaron, 2014
- Environmentalism of the Rich, 2016
- “The Politics of Repressing Environmentalists as Agents of Foreign Influence,” (with Miriam Matejova and Stefan Parker), Australian Journal of International Affairs, 2018.
Current Courses: POLI562A - Topics in IR: Global Environmental Politics
See Peter Dauvergne's full profile here.
Key Publications:
- "Reversing the Gun Sights: Transnational Civil Society Targets Landmines," 1998
- "Transnational Civil Society and Advocacy in World Politics," 2003
Current courses: POLI 562 - Norms and Ethics in World Politics
See Richard Price's full profile here
Key Publications:
- “NGO Participation in Global Governance Institutions: International and Domestic Drivers of Engagement," Interest Groups & Advocacy, 2019.
- "Foreign Assistance, International Norms, and Civil Society Development: Lessons from the Russian Campaign," International Organization, 2005.
- “Advocacy Beyond Litigation: Examining Russian NGO Efforts on Implementation of European Court of Human Rights Judgments,” Communist and Post-Communist Studies, 2012.
Current Projects: Activists in International Courts Network (SSHRC Partnership Development Grant)
See Lisa Sundstrom's full profile here
Key Publications:
- “Multilateral Trade Governance as Social Field: Global Civil Society and the WTO.” Review of International Political Economy, 2015.
- “New Protagonists in Global Economic Governance: Brazilian Agribusiness at the WTO.” New Political Economy, 2013.
- “Invisible Barricades: Civil Society and the Discourse of the WTO.” Globalizations, 2017.
See Kristen Hopewell's full profile here
Key Publications:
- “Shadow Negotiators: How the UN Shapes the Rules of World Trade for Food Security.” Stanford University Press, 2023.
- “Negotiating from the Margins: How the UN Shapes the Rules of the WTO.” Review of International Political Economy, 2018.
Grad teaching: PPGA 560 Global Governance: Key Frameworks and Debates
Current research projects: Backlash against international human rights institutions
See Matias Margulis' full profile here
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