Dr. Eric Helleiner's Talk
In this talk, Dr. Eric Helleiner explored following puzzle:聽Analysts often describe Trump鈥檚 approach to foreign economic policy as a neomercantilist one, but the neomercantilist intellectual tradition is very diverse, with many distinctive strands. Which strands have Trump and his supporters themselves invoked? Which best describes the Trump approach or is it sui generis? More generally, how useful is the history of neomercantilism for interpreting Trump鈥檚 foreign economic policy? Dr. Eric Helleiner聽is University Research Chair and Professor in the Department of Political Science and Balsillie School of International Affairs at the University of Waterloo.
Dr. Shiping Tang's Talk
In this provocative talk, Dr. Shiping Tang emphasized聽that IPE has unwittingly ceded economic development in LDCs to the (long demised) development economics, which does not really address the pressing issues of economic development. Dr. Shiping Tang聽is one of Asia鈥檚 most influential and innovative social scientists. He was elected as one of the three vice-presidents (2025-26) of the International Studies Association (ISA). He is the first Chinese scholar to be elected to this position. He has published five single-authored volumes so far.
Dr. Marek Brzezinski's Talk
In this talk, Dr. Marek Brzezinski聽highlighted a neglected dimension of variation in the聽quality聽of wartime violence: some atrocities involve deliberate acts of overt cruelty (mutilation, extremely painful means of killing, public rape or torture) that suggest perpetrators are seeking to maximize and publicize the suffering of victims, rather than simply killing or injuring them. Dr. Marek Brzezinski聽is Postdoctoral Scholar in the Department of Political Science at 海角社区. His PhD (2023) is from the Universit茅 de Montr茅al. His work has been published in聽Perspectives on Politics听补苍诲 the聽Journal of Peace Research.
Dr. Carla Winston's Talk
Dr. Carla Winston from the University of Melbourne gave a talk on her upcoming book.聽The book is tentatively titled The Complexity of Transitional Justice: Creativity and Co-evolution. It uses a multimethod approach to examine norm emergence and evolution of the Transitional Justice (TJ) norm cluster, as well as the emergence and evolution of the TJ field of practice, from 1970-2019. 顿谤.听Carla Winston聽is a Senior Lecturer in International Relations at The University of Melbourne. She has previously taught at the University of Victoria (Canada) and the University of British Columbia, where she obtained her PhD.聽
Dr. Ilias Alami's Talk
In this talk, Dr. Ilias Alami presented his research that聽analyzes how developing countries combine and experiment with these three financing strategies, resulting in novel configurations of market-based and state-led approaches to financing green industrialisation.聽Dr. Ilias Alami聽is an Assistant Professor in the Political Economy of Development in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Cambridge, he is the author of Money Power and Financial Capital in Emerging Markets (Routledge, 2019).
Dr. Theodore McLauchlin's Talk
In this talk, Dr. McLauchlin presented a co-authored research guided by the following questions:聽What determines support among service members and the American public for orders to deploy the U.S. military domestically in times of protest? And to what extent do they support acts of military dissent in response?聽Dr. McLauchlin聽is Professor of Political Science and director of the Centre d鈥櫭﹖udes sur la paix et la s茅curit茅 internationale (CEPSI) at Universit茅 de Montr茅al. He is the author of聽Desertion: Trust and Mistrust in Civil Wars聽(Cornell University Press, 2020).
Dr. Vinicius Rodrigues Vieira's Talk
Dr. Vinicius Rodrigues Vieira聽from聽Funda莽茫o Getulio Vargas (Brazil) gave a talk on his published book聽Shaping Nations and Markets: Identity Capital, Trade, and the Populist Rage聽(Routledge, 2024). In the book, Dr. Vieira聽develops a theoretical framework to make sense of the rise of nationalist-populist movements in the 21st century. 顿谤.听Vin铆cius Rodrigues Vieira聽holds a doctorate in International Relations (Nuffield College, University of Oxford, 2015) and a M.A. in Latin American Studies (University of California, Berkeley, 2010).
