Research areas
My primary research interests are in the field of international political economy, the multilateral trading system (agriculture focus), the conceptual analysis of power and legitimacy, international relations theory, and political sociology. I have a particular interest in the work of Pierre Bourdieu.
I am a member of the following academic associations:
Publications
'Examining the Case for Reflexivity in International Relations: Insights from Bourdieu', Journal of Critical Globalization Studies, 1 (2009), 1: 111-123.
Co-Editor of three issues of the St Antony's International Review:
'The International Politics of Oil' (2, 1, May 2006);
'Human Security' (1, 2, November 2005);
'The Future of International Cooperation' (1, 1, March 2005).
'The Internet and the Seattle WTO Protests', Peace Review, 13 (2001), 3: 331-7.
Publications in process
Book proposal: Symbolic Power in the World Trade Organization (under consideration at Oxford University Press).
Book proposal: Keywords of Modern Political Discourse.
Article submission: 'The Competing Kings of Cotton' (under consideration at New Political Economy).
Conference papers
Forthcoming: 'Uncovering Symbolic Power in the World Trade Organisation', Paper to be presented at International Studies Association Annual Convention, New Orleans, Feb 17-20, 2010.
'Uncovering Symbolic Power in the World Trade Organisation', Paper presented at British International Studies Association Conference, University of Leicester, Dec 14-16, 2009.
'Beyond Mere Symbolism: An Anatomy of Symbolic Power in the World Trade Organization', Paper presented at WTO Scholars' Forum, Faculty of Laws, University College London, Nov 25, 2009 (invited).
'The Competing Kings of Cotton', Paper presented at ODID Research Seminar, Oxford Department for International Development, Oxford, Oct 16, 2009.
'Symbolic Power and Legitimation Strategies in the World Trade Organisation', Paper presented at Ethical Dimensions of International Institutions Conference (hosted by Politics, Philosophy and Economics), New Orleans, Feb 27-28, 2009 (invited).
'Unraveling the Received Idea of "Governance"', Paper presented at Oxford-Science Po Joint Doctoral Workshop, Department of Politics and International Relations, Oxford, May 1, 2008.
'The Competing Kings of Cotton', Paper presented at International Studies Association Annual Convention, San Francisco, March 26-29, 2008.
'Too Much Orthodoxy, Not Enough Heterodoxy: The EU's Record in the Doha Round', Paper presented at Workshop on European and Japanese Perspectives on Global Governance, Waseda University, Tokyo, Aug 31, 2007 (invited).
'Symbolic Power and Institutional Change in the Trading Regime: Explaining the "Rise of the WTO" Via the "Fall of UNCTAD"', Paper presented at Graduate Workshop in Political Science, Nuffield College, Oxford, May 17, 2007.
'Politicising Re-form and the Reformers of the WTO System', Paper presented at WTO Reform and the Role of the EU Seminar, European Studies Centre, Oxford, Oct 30, 2006.
'The Kings of Cotton: Developing Countries and Strategic Framing in the WTO', Paper presented at WTO Doctoral Workshop, Nuffield College, Oxford, Feb 23, 2006.
'Challenging the Legitimation of Power in the WTO: Towards Enhanced Political Contestability and Reflexivity', Paper presented at Endgame at the WTO: Reflections on the Doha Development Round Conference, Birmingham University, Nov 11-12, 2005 (invited).
'Symbolic Power and Symbolic Violence in International Relations', Paper presented at World International Studies Committee Conference, Istanbul, Aug 24-27, 2005.
'Globally Integrated/Internally Disarticulated: A Critique of Conventional Development Wisdom', Paper presented at Contemporary Challenges of Integration and Fragmentation Conference, Manchester University, June 16-17, 2005.
'You've Got Protest! Internetworked Forms of Agency', Paper presented at British International Studies Association Conference, Birmingham University, Dec 15-17, 2003.