Rorden Wilkinson
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FRSA (born 13 February 1970) is a British academic and author. He is Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) and Professor of
International Political Economy at
Macquarie University
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, Sydney, Australia. He was previously Pro Vice-Chancellor (Education and Student Experience) and Professor of
International Political Economy at the
University of New South Wales
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, Sydney, Australia; Deputy Pro Vice-Chancellor (Education and Innovation), Professor of
Global Political Economy, and a Fellow of the UK Trade Policy Observatory at the
University of Sussex
, mottoeng = Be Still and Know
, established =
, type = Public research university
, endowment = £14.4 million (2020)
, budget = £319.6 million (2019–20)
, chancellor = Sanjeev Bhaskar
, vice_chancellor = Sasha Roseneil
, ...
; and Professor of
International Political Economy and Research Director of the
Brooks World Poverty Institute
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at the
University of Manchester
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. He did his
doctoral
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work and began his academic career at the
University of Auckland
, mottoeng = By natural ability and hard work
, established = 1883; years ago
, endowment = NZD $293 million (31 December 2021)
, budget = NZD $1.281 billion (31 December 2021)
, chancellor = Cecilia Tarrant
, vice_chancellor = Dawn ...
, New Zealand. He has been a visiting scholar at
Brown University, USA,
Wellesley College
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, USA, and the
Australian National University
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.
Biography
Rorden graduated from the
University of Liverpool
, mottoeng = These days of peace foster learning
, established = 1881 – University College Liverpool1884 – affiliated to the federal Victoria Universityhttp://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukla/2004/4 University of Manchester Act 200 ...
with an undergraduate degree in
economics
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Economics focuses on the behaviour and interactions of economic agents and how economies work. Microeconomics analy ...
and
economic history
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and from the
University of Kent
, motto_lang =
, mottoeng = Literal translation: 'Whom to serve is to reign'(Book of Common Prayer translation: 'whose service is perfect freedom')Graham Martin, ''From Vision to Reality: the Making of the University of Kent at Canterbury'' ...
with a
master's degree
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international relations
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. He obtained his PhD from the
University of Auckland
, mottoeng = By natural ability and hard work
, established = 1883; years ago
, endowment = NZD $293 million (31 December 2021)
, budget = NZD $1.281 billion (31 December 2021)
, chancellor = Cecilia Tarrant
, vice_chancellor = Dawn ...
in 1997.
He is a
political economist
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working in the fields of
international development
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and
international political economy with a focus on
global governance
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and international
trade
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An early form of trade, barter, saw the direct exch ...
(notably the
World Trade Organization
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in the United Nations System, governments use the organization to establish, revise, and ...
).
From 2002 to 2021 he and
Thomas G. Weiss
Thomas G. Weiss (born 1946) is a distinguished international diplomat and scholar of international relations and global governance with special expertise in the politics of the United Nations, where he himself served in various high-ranking roles. ...
co-edited the Global Institutions book series for the commercial publisher
Routledge
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. He is a Fellow of the
Academy of Social Sciences
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and the
Royal Society of Arts
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, and a member of the editorial board of the international public policy journal ''Global Governance''. He is a past vice president of the
International Studies Association and was the 2014 recipient of the
International Studies Association Society for Women in International Political Economy mentoring award.
Published works
Authored books
* Thomas G. Weiss and Rorden Wilkinson, Rethinking Global Governance, Cambridge: Polity, 2019
* Rorden Wilkinson, What's Wrong with the WTO and How to Fix it, Cambridge: Polity, 2014
* Rorden Wilkinson, The WTO: Crisis and the Governance of Global Trade, London and New York: Routledge, 2006
* Rorden Wilkinson, Multilateralism and the World Trade Organisation: the architecture and extension of international trade regulation, London and New York: Routledge, 2000
Edited books
* Thomas G. Weiss and Rorden Wilkinson (eds.), Global Governance Futures. London and New York: Routledge, 2022
* Thomas G. Weiss and Rorden Wilkinson (eds.), International Organization and Global Governance. London and New York: Routledge, 2018 (second edition)
* Synne L. Dyvik, Jan Selby and Rorden Wilkinson (eds.), What's the Point of International Relations. London and New York: Routledge, 2017
* Thomas G. Weiss and Rorden Wilkinson (eds.), International Organization and Global Governance. London and New York: Routledge, 2013
* Rorden Wilkinson and David Hulme (eds), The Millennium Development Goals and Beyond. London and New York: Routledge, 2012
* Rorden Wilkinson and James Scott (eds.), Trade, Poverty, Development. London and New York: Routledge, 2012
* Jennifer Clapp and Rorden Wilkinson (eds.), Global Governance, Poverty and Inequality. Global Institutions. London and New York: Routledge, 2010
* Mark Bevir, Colin Hay, Naomi Choi, Andy Smith, Rorden Wilkinson, Lisa Zanetti, Chris Ansell (eds.), The Encyclopedia of Governance. Sage, 2007
* Donna Lee and Rorden Wilkinson (eds.), The WTO after Hong Kong: progress in, and prospects for, the Doha Development Agenda. London and New York: Routledge, 2007
* Rorden Wilkinson (ed), The Global Governance Reader. London and New York, Routledge, 2005
* Rorden Wilkinson and Steve Hughes (eds.), Global Governance: Critical Perspectives, London and New York: Routledge, 2002
* Rorden Wilkinson (ed.), Culture, Ethnicity and Human Rights in International Relations, Auckland: NZIIA, 1996
References
External links
sussex.ac.uk
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1970 births
Living people
Alumni of the University of Liverpool
Alumni of the University of Kent
University of Auckland alumni
International relations scholars
Academics of the University of Manchester
Academics of the University of Sussex
University of New South Wales faculty
Fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences