 Carew Elizabeth Boulding
Hometown: Denver, Colorado
Graduate Department: Political Science, UC San Diego
I began studying the politics of foreign aid because I wanted to understand international efforts to address the problems of conflict, poverty, and inequality that I have seen in the developing world. I am hopeful that a better understanding of the problems with foreign aid will lead to better solutions and stronger cooperation.
Goals: I hope to continue teaching and researching the issues most important to me: foreign aid, the effects of democracy promotion, the role of civil society in developing democracies, and poverty alleviation.
Dissertation Title: To the Streets or to the Voting Booth: The Effects of Foreign Aid to NGOs on Participation
Abstract: How does the presence of foreign-funded non-governmental organizations (NGOs) influence participation at the local level in weakly democratic settings? I agree with existing literature that NGOs tend to increase political participation. However, I argue that, in weakly democratic settings, this increase includes contentious forms of participation such as protest and demonstrations, as NGO activism encourages protest as well as civic activities like voting. I test this theory at three levels of analysis: cross-nationally in Latin America, sub-nationally with data from Bolivian municipalities, and at the level of the organization using survey evidence.
 Daniela Campello
Hometown: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Graduate Department: Political
Science, UCLA
My interest in the politics of international finance dates back from the period I worked in an investment bank in Brazil and later in the Rio de Janeiro state government. In both opportunities I witnessed first hand the interactions between government and investors during the process of financial liberalization and the so-called "integration of the country in the world economy."
Goals: I intend to pursue an academic career in the field of international political economy, and contribute to the study of globalization through the analysis of its political determinants and consequences to the developing world.
Dissertation Title: Who Governs? The Politics of International Financial Markets in Middle- Income Countries
Abstract: Are governments' ideological preferences relevant to financial investors? Do investors have preferences themselves regarding political outcomes? How do those preferences affect governments' choices in democracies, especially in the cases when they conflict with voters' demands?
While the claim that capital mobility narrows the range of policies available to governments is hardly new among students of globalization, our knowledge of mechanisms through which financial investors' preferences translate into policy choices is still very tentative.
I address this problem both theoretically and empirically, by 1) modeling incumbents' electoral choices in open democracies, 2) investigating patterns of investors' responses to political events, and 3) using statistical analysis and case studies in order to show how these responses affect policy choices in middle-income countries
 Kathleen Gallagher Cunningham
Hometown: San Diego, California
Graduate Department: Political Science, UC San Diego
My interest in global conflict and cooperation began with the study of nationalism. Sub-state nationalism is a rising source of conflict in the global system and a powerful force in the lives of many people around the world.
Goals: I will apply for assistant professor positions in September 2006. My long-term goals include working in academia and producing policy-relevant research on the causes and resolution of conflict.
Dissertation Title: The Break-Up of States: Why States and Self-Determination Movements Fail in Bargaining Over Autonomy
Abstract: Since 1980, the international system has seen the birth of twenty-four states, nearly all created by the break up of an existing state. The creation of new states is a costly, often violent, solution to demands for self-determination; in addition, the primary compromise, autonomy for sub-national groups, is difficult to achieve. Why can some states and self-determination groups reach agreements over autonomy while others cannot? This dissertation argues that internal divisions in states and separatist movements create barriers to settlement by increasing uncertainty over acceptable deals, increasing the chance that either side will fractionalize during bargaining, and hindering implementation in the face of internal dissent. I test this theory using a statistical analysis on a set of self-determination group/state dyads from 1960 to 2003, and case studies of autonomy negotiations in India and France.
 Maria Damon
Hometown: New York, New York
Graduate Department: Economics, UC San Diego
I have long had an interest in environmental and public health problems which, by nature, require global solutions. My dissertation investigates how we can better design public policies in heterogeneous contexts, as many global environmental and health threats challenge a “one-size-fits-all” approach to policymaking. Thanks to this support from the IGCC, I will research households affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Kenya, analyzing differential impacts of the disease, and asking how these insights can help to inform interventions.
Goals: I hope to conduct applied research on environmental problems and public health, and to participate in project/consulting work in these fields throughout my career.
Dissertation
Title: Essays in Empirical Environmental Economics
Abstract: For the international community to mount a
comprehensive policy response to HIV/AIDS, much needs to be learned about
the socioeconomic and structural factors
associated with the disease. Poverty and ill health brought on by the epidemic may, for example, precipitate poor resource management and environmental degradation, exacerbating the suffering of the infirm and non-infirm, especially where livelihoods are highly dependent on forests, agriculture, or fishing. There is a dearth of empirical work investigating these effects. The proposed research will study this issue by assessing the impacts of HIV/AIDS on fishing practices in Kenya's Lake Victoria region. As fishing communities are hard-hit by the epidemic, and since fishing is a major part of the economy and an important component of food security in this region, this data will provide a rich context for studying these links.
George M. Fujii
Graduate Department: History, UC Santa
Barbara
Hometown: Thousand Oaks, California
The widely-held view of the Marshall Plan as a landmark in global/international cooperation, and as a metaphor or model for future cooperative ventures led to my interest in exploring the historical origins of postwar international economic cooperation.
Goals: In the future, I plan on conducting academic research and teaching.
Dissertation title: Fading Lion, Ascending Eagle, and an Emerging Middle Power? U.S.-British-Canadian Financial Policy from Bretton Woods to the Marshall Plan
Abstract: This proposal explores the formation of economic foreign policy in the U.S., U.K., and Canada between Bretton Woods and the Marshall Plan. It argues that domestic politics in all three states played a crucial role in explaining why policymakers sought first a multilateralist solution at Bretton Woods to restore the world economic order only to move to a series of bilateral measures, culminating in the U.S.-led Marshall Plan. The project also examines why the Marshall Plan did not occur until years after the war's end. Finally, the proposal argues that these years marked a brief period when the triangular relationship between these three states played a
pivotal role in shaping the postwar international financial order before collapsing into a bipolar Cold War world. It, therefore, illustrates some of the limitations of both Canadian-style middle-power diplomacy and US superpower hegemony.
 Julia Gray
Hometown: Frankfort, Kentucky
Graduate Department: Political Science, UCLA
I became interested in global conflict and cooperation while traveling in Eastern Europe in the mid-1990s and observing the interaction between national governments and international markets and institutions.
Goals: I plan on teaching and researching at a major research university, augmented by policy work.
Dissertation Title: The Company You Keep: How Membership in International Trade Agreements Affects Investment Risk
Abstract: What sort of signal does membership in international trade agreements send to investors? Using a combination of econometric and qualitative methods, I examine
the impact of joining regional trade agreements on portfolio and direct investment. I show that membership in trade agreements whose members have strong institutional quality makes developing countries look less risky to investors; conversely, countries look more risky if they join RTAs whose members have weak governance. Exploring the mechanisms behind that effect, I demonstrate that the changes in risk are not a function of policies implemented under the agreement, nor of selection into the agreement.
 Benjamin Hallam Hickler
Hometown: Denver, Colorado
Graduate Department: Anthropology, History, Social Medicine, UC San Francisco
Goals: I look forward to a career of research and university teaching. I also hope to be more involved in international health policy formulation and advocacy. Dissertation title: Regional Biosecurity in Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific
Abstract:
After the 2004 avian flu outbreak in Asia, Australian authorities recognized the need to integrate regional "biosecurity" efforts with partners in Southeast Asia. The Australian-funded ASEAN Emerging and Resurging Infections Surveillance and Response Program (AERISRP) was the response to that need. The proposed research seeks to reconstruct the story of AERISRP and to observe contemporary collaboration between Australian and ASEAN partners as they work to implement a regional system of infectious disease surveillance and response. I will focus on three sites of experimental collaboration in the region: detection, surveillance, and scenarios and planning. The inquiry begins from the observation that there is an important sense in which the anthropologist and the research subjects will both be trying to figure out "what biosecurity is."
 Ting Jiang
Hometown: China
Graduate Department: Sociology, UC Irvine
My interest in global conflict and cooperation is stimulated by my observations and research on globalization issues. In this dynamic era, globalization is a source of global conflict, and at the same time, provides opportunities for global and regional cooperation. The disintegration and transformation of former socialist economies provides a perfect example of this dual role of globalization. My dissertation explores the relationship between economic globalization and government welfare spending. This shows how globalization facilitates the transition from a socialist to a capitalist economy and provides opportunities for global cooperation and long-term peace and stability in the world.
Goals: My future goals are to pursue an academic career in research/liberal arts universities, where I can teach and continue my research on the dual role of globalization as both the source of conflict and solutions for global peace and cooperation.
Dissertation Title: Economic Globalization and Welfare Spending in Transitional Economies: A Cross-Sectional Time-Series Analysis, 1993–2002
Abstract: What economic globalization has done to our society, especially at the nation state level, has been extensively explored in advanced western democracies, middle income countries, and less developed countries. In this line of literature, the relationship between economic globalization and the welfare state has remained one of the most contentious debates. Previous scholarship is sharply divided into those who believe that economic globalization leads to the retrenchment of the welfare state, and those who believe the opposite. This dissertation situates the debate in transitional economies. Based on a sample of twenty-three transitional economies within a time span of ten years (1993–2002), this dissertation explores the general relationship between economic globalization and domestic welfare spending within transitional economies and to what extent a general pattern exists.
 Matthew H. Kroenig
Hometown: St. Louis, Missouri
Graduate Department: Political Science, UC Berkeley
I became interested in global conflict and cooperation issues in my junior year of college when I did a study abroad program called “Semester at Sea” that took me to 12 countries on four continents in three months.
Goal: I would like an academic career devoted to
researching international security issues.
Dissertation title: The Enemy of My Enemy Is My Customer: Why States Provide Sensitive Nuclear Assistance
Abstract: My dissertation poses a fundamental question
in international politics: Why do states provide sensitive nuclear
assistance to non-nuclear weapons states? Contrary to the conventional
wisdom found in the journalism surrounding recent cases, I argue against
the primacy of economic explanations. Instead, I find that states with
advanced nuclear capabilities can strategically proliferate nuclear
technology as a way to constrain other more powerful states.
To fully flesh out and test this strategic theory of nuclear assistance, I employ a number of rigorous quantitative and qualitative methods, including an in-depth case study of ongoing Russian assistance to the Iranian nuclear program. The findings of this dissertation will have important implications for IR theory and U.S. foreign policy.
 Mark A. Lewis
Hometown: Los Angeles, California
Graduate Department: History, UC Los Angeles
My interest in global conflict and cooperation was catalyzed by
historical research on the assassination of King Alexander of Yugoslavia
by the Croatian Ustasa in 1934, a project I did for a seminar on
the history of former Yugoslavia. During my research I learned that
a group of internationalist jurists developed an anti-terrorism convention
through the League of Nations in response to the assassination. Pursuing
that lead, I discovered that some of the jurists involved, such as
the Romanian jurist and diplomat Vespasian Pella, had been working
since the end of WWI on blueprints for an international criminal
court and international criminal laws to prevent aggressive war.
I then learned that Raphael Lemkin, the Polish-Jewish attorney who
coined the term "genocide" and lobbied intensively for
the 1948 United Nations Genocide Convention, emerged from this intellectual
context. I already had a strong interest in the Holocaust and comparative
genocide, so I decided to study the history of this overall movement
in international criminal law to understand its roots and its ideas
about preventing various forms of political and collective violence.
Goals: I would like to publish a book based on my dissertation, then continue to conduct historical research on Central and Southeast Europe.
Dissertation Title: The International Judicial Movement Against War Crimes, Terrorism, and Genocide, 1919–1948
Abstract: Scholars have investigated the international legal repression of war crimes, terrorism, and genocide by studying the diplomatic history of war crimes trials and the negotiation of international conventions. This dissertation takes a new direction, arguing that jurists who worked on war crimes, terrorism, and genocide in the League of Nations and the United Nations between 1919 and 1948 were part of an evolving legal-political movement. Using institutional records and jurists' writings, the project links three phases in the transformation of international criminal law: attempts to form an international war crimes tribunal and an international criminal court in 1919–20; an attempt in the League to establish an international legal system against terrorism during the 1930s; and the successful passage of the U.N. Genocide Convention in 1948.
 Hani Mansour
Hometown: Santa Barbara (originally Israel)
Graduate Department: Economics, UC Santa Barbara
I was raised in and lived through the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. In spite of the intensive international involvement in the peace process, the welfare of the Palestinians has deteriorated immensely since the 1990s. My hope is that by researching the economic consequences of future agreements a stable and long-lasting resolution can be guaranteed.
Goals: After I finish my Ph.D., I plan to pursue my career as a researcher. I aspire to contribute to the understanding of various topics such as the effects of immigration, fertility and growth, and many others.
Dissertation title: The Palestinian Labor Market in the Post-Oslo Era
Abstract: The Israeli–Palestinian conflict has had an impact on the political and economic stability of the Middle East. Despite the conflict, Israel and the Palestinians had vast economic relations, characterized by large participation of Palestinians in the Israeli labor force. Since 1993, Palestinians have acquired partial political independence. However, mobility restrictions within the Palestinian Territories and within Israel have led to adverse outcomes in the Palestinian economy. Using a new labor force survey, I will estimate the effects of the Israeli migration policies on the Palestinian economy. I will examine a number of labor mobility policies and their consequences on the stability and welfare of the Palestinian economy. The results will serve to evaluate international policies designed for a peaceful resolution of the conflict.
 Mark F. Massoud
Hometown: San Jose, California
Graduate Department: Jurisprudence and Social Policy, UC Berkeley
As an immigrant and a Catholic, I've been concerned about issues
of social and economic justice as long as I can remember. As a law
school graduate and doctoral student, I've been keen to link
international human rights principles with on-the-ground norms and
people’s daily experiences with law, development, and justice.
Goal: My goal is to work as a scholar and professor of political science and peace studies and a lawyer on issues related to human rights, peace building, and the prevention of conflict.
Dissertation title: From Rule of War to Rule of Law: Legal Development in Sudan
Abstract: This project promotes understanding of conflict and cooperation by analyzing how societies institutionalize the rule of law after civil war. Sudan offers an extreme case of an ethnically plural society rooted in physical, economic, and legal insecurity. Analyzing the efforts of legal groups in such a case is critical to understanding legal development in postwar societies and remains to be done in the academic literature. Research in Sudan and my methodological approach are vital to ensuring improved international and Sudanese cooperation and vital to research on the rule of law in transitional societies. Building on my previous research in Sudan, I employ an innovative methodology that combines a legal institutional analysis with archival research and ethnographic interviews. My Arabic language and legal skills are essential for this dissertation research and my career as a lawyer and scholar.
 Ayesha Anne Nibbe
Hometown: Berkeley, California
Graduate Department: Anthropology, UC Davis
Growing up along the Afghan/Pakistan border in the 1970s–80s and living in Peru during the Shining Path era of the 1990s, I was struck by how instability and war affect peoples’ ability to access daily foodstuffs. My work in northern Uganda arose out of this interest in poverty and hunger issues, since food insecurity tends to be more prevalent in regions of conflict than in other areas. An obvious first response to conflict-related hunger and poverty is for the international community to throw humanitarian aid at the problem, but in the long run this approach has many unintended negative effects. I am interested in how we as foreign actors can usefully and responsibly address issues of hunger, famine, and poverty without perpetuating conflict by unintentionally supporting local and regional beneficiaries of war.
Goals: I plan to work in academic and/or policy circles focusing on this intersection between war, hunger, and poverty.
Dissertation title: Locating Accountability Within "Fractionated Sovereignty": The Role of Food Aid and Humanitarian Action in the Northern Ugandan Conflict
Abstract: Emergency food assistance is an obvious first response to help civilians caught in the midst of African conflict, but scholars document many unintended negative effects of this aid. Critics assert that this contradiction stems from a lack of political accountability in the context of a weak state. But is it possible for foreign actors to be accountable when the state is weak? This research employs the notion of "fractionated sovereignty" to locate and investigate accountability in northern Uganda for food aid programs. By identifying fractures in accountability, this research seeks to reconcile the dilemma between a desire to avert famine and the need to avoid supporting factors that perpetuate suffering and violence. An ethnographic methodology is utilized to discover systems of accountability at multiple levels between various groups that arise in the context of a weak state.
 Zehra Fareen Parvez
Hometown: Chicago, Illinois
Graduate Department: Sociology, UC Berkeley
In high school I participated in Model United Nations and went on a sponsored trip to Israel and Palestine, where I learned about the Arab–Israeli conflict. My initial interests were in human rights and Third World development, as I had seen great poverty, specifically in India. Through my studies, I eventually learned more about the important connections between international conflict and development.
Goals: My future goals are university teaching and research in sociology. I hope that my research on international conflicts will be useful in the policy arena.
Dissertation title: Political Islam in Secular States: Poverty, Identity, and the Public Sphere in France and India
Abstract: This dissertation is a study of political Islamic movements in India and France. I will be seeking answers to two questions: 1) What is the relationship between socioeconomic position and support for political Islam in a Muslim-minority context? 2) To what degree is the transformation of civil society by Islamic movements also a transformation of the state? France and India are secular democracies that have been particularly challenged by religious demands by Muslim communities, who comprise their largest minority population. I will conduct participant observation at Islamic schools, mosques, and welfare associations supplemented by interviews, media analysis, and historical research. This project is relevant to global conflict and cooperation, as it will expand knowledge about the relationship between domestic conflict and transnational Islamism.
 Ely Stefansky Ratner
Hometown: Carlisle, Massachusetts
Graduate Department: Political Science, UC Berkeley
Goals: I plan on pursuing a career in U.S. foreign policy moving between public service, research institutes, and academia.
Dissertation title: When Friends Fall: The Long-Term Consequences of U.S. Support for Non-Democratic Regimes
Abstract: My dissertation is about the long-term strategic consequences of U.S. support for non-democratic regimes. More specifically, I am interested in the variation in foreign policy realignment following the collapse of U.S.-backed authoritarian regimes; whereas some successor regimes have realigned quite negatively away from the United States (for example, Cuba, Iran, Nicaragua), others have maintained relatively amicable relations (for example, Turkey, South Korea, Philippines). Through a large-N case study mixed methodology, I hope to answer the following questions: What accounts for the variation in post-regime change realignment after the fall of a U.S.-backed non-democracy? Do these mechanisms change if the United States withdraws its support prior to the collapse of the regime change? And how does democratization affect foreign policy alignment with the United States?
 Dana Sherry
Hometown: Orinda, California
Graduate Department: History, UC Davis
I have always been interested in the world outside our borders, and that grew imperceptibly into an interest in how conflicts arise and how states try to resolve them.
Goals: I hope to teach at the university level.
Dissertation title: Imperial Alchemy: Colonial Rhetoric and Population Politics in the Caucasus, 1801–1864
Abstract: The Caucasus underwent radical demographic and political changes as Russia established its control over the region from the incorporation of Georgia in 1801 to the declaration in 1864 that the conquest was complete. The general trend saw the exodus of Muslim communities from areas previously under Persian and Ottoman control and the influx of Christian settlers. These movements took place under state auspices as the colonial administration worked with Persian and Ottoman officials to control these shifts. I examine the process of migration and the motives behind it, asking what happened and what Russia hoped to gain by introducing foreign nationals rather than Russian settlers. I argue that officials intended to create heterogeneous communities, whereby each ethnic group would contribute to the region's well-being. Ultimately, however, this alchemy failed to achieve the desired results.
 Sarah Snip Stroup
Hometown: San Antonio, Texas
Graduate Department: Political Science, UC Berkeley
I have long been interested in the intersection between domestic politics and international relations. Though my dissertation has taken me from East Asia (which has been my primary area of interest) to Western Europe, I am still pursuing these same questions of how leaders and organizations respond to often conflicting domestic and international pressures.
Goals: I hope to teach at the university level, and am interested in both liberal arts colleges and research-oriented university departments.
Dissertation title:National Diversity and Global Activism: The Importance of National Origin for International NGOs
Abstract: My dissertation explores how national origin affects the practices of international NGOs (INGOs). Arguing against the existence of a global civil society, I find that national resources, institutions, and norms shape the strategies and structures of international NGOs. Through comparative case studies of major INGOs from the US, Britain, and France, I find that organizations from these three countries differ significantly in the way they seek resources, relate to governments, and structure internal management.
This project speaks to a growing literature on how non-state actors influence global politics. Ambitiously, this project might suggest more systematic ways of theorizing about the diverse category of non-state actors. Practically, a better understanding of the role of national origin can help policymakers and NGOs create more effective INGOs.
 Jessica Weiss
Graduate Department: Political Science, UC San Diego
Dissertation Title: The Strategic Logic of Anti-Foreign Protest: Autocratic Commitments and Domestic Risk-Taking in International Negotiations
Abstract: Last April, tens of thousands of nationalist anti-Japanese protesters took to the streets of China. Given the potentially destabilizing nature of these demonstrations, why did China's leaders permit the anti-Japanese protests to go on for weeks before reigning them in? This dissertation investigates the causes and consequences of nationalist protest in authoritarian states, using original cross-national data and several Chinese case studies. I suggest that anti-foreign protests are allowed and even encouraged by authoritarian leaders in order to gain leverage in international negotiations. Understanding the logic of nationalistic protest will also help us answer two critical questions: will China's rise be peaceful? And would the foreign policy of a democratic China be less aggressive?
 Anna Maria Wetterberg
Hometown: Stockholm, Sweden
Graduate Department: Sociology, UC Berkeley
Spending my formative years in my native Sweden, the USSR, and Malaysia spurred an interest in the institutional underpinnings of societies that are able to adequately provide for all of their citizens. My work on voluntary labor standards grew out of a desire to better understand what conceptions of equity and rights hold sway in a globalized industry.
Goals: I plan to continue to study problems with direct relevance for policy and operational efforts to alleviate poverty and improve welfare.
Dissertation title: Catching Codes: The Institutionalization of Labor Self-Regulation in the Global Apparel Industry
Abstract: By the turn of the millennium, many large, branded clothing companies had adopted voluntary labor standards in response to anti-sweatshop campaigns. It is not clear, however, whether such self-regulation has spread to other firms that operate on a smaller scale or lack brands. I will assess whether self-regulation has become institutionalized in the global apparel industry by mapping the spread of self-regulation, identifying factors that explain variations in adoption patterns, and tracing channels through which these practices have diffused. I draw on organizational theory to hypothesize that a combination of field-, national-, and firm-level factors drive adoption of voluntary labor standards. My findings will contribute to our understanding of the transnational flow of ideas, assess the impact of the anti-sweatshop movement, and inform debates on global labor standards.
 Hok Wui Stan Wong
Hometown: Hong Kong
Graduate Department: Political Science, UCLA
My hometown has experienced both a severe financial crisis and an ongoing struggle for democracy in the past few years. These events have shaped my perspectives on global cooperation.
Goals: Research in similar areas.
Dissertation title: Financial Liberalization and Democratization
Abstract: Political scientists and economists argue that democratization is likely to take place in countries with high capital mobility. Those theories implicitly assume that a country's capital mobility is exogenous. However, it is not uncommon to see politicians affect capital mobility when they find it necessary. So we are confronted with a paradox: If dictators are able to control capital mobility and capital mobility affects the chance of democratic transitions, why would dictators allow for high capital mobility? I am going to investigate and answer this question in my dissertation.
 Wendy Wong
Hometown: Torrance, California
Graduate Department: Political Science, UC San Diego
I came to UCSD with an interest in studying international relations and international
norms. Human rights have been salient in international politics since the post-World
War II era and serve increasingly as a normative basis for international political
cooperation and salience. I found myself asking how notions of human rights
have changed over time, and in turn, how these changing norms could affect
the nature of interactions between states and non-state actors, in particular
with the goal of furthering international cooperation and agreement on precisely
what "human rights" are and why they matter.
Goals: In the short run, I plan to finish the dissertation! In the long run, I am interested in gainful employment as a university professor. And in general, visiting places that have always fascinated me: Nepal, Iceland, Bhutan, South Africa …
Dissertation title: Amnesty International's Network: Setting the Agenda for Human Rights
Abstract: Although scholars have noted the increased number and role of transnational advocacy networks (TANs) in policymaking since the 1990s, the contribution of these
organizations to norm generation has not been fully investigated. This analysis examines the emergence and growth of human rights norms since the second half of the twentieth century. Through the efforts of Amnesty International, the most prominent transnational human rights NGO, prisoners' rights, and, more broadly, civil and political rights, took the political fore over economic, social, and cultural rights. Using insights from network theory and Amnesty's own extensive archival resources, I show how the scale-free structure of Amnesty, along with its strict adherence to prisoners' rights, influenced international norms early on by focusing attention on a certain subset of the rights enumerated in international documents.
 Nicole Woodling
Hometown: Santa Cruz, California
Graduate Department: Environmental Studies, UC Santa Cruz
As I studied marine fisheries conservation and policy, it became clear that solutions to these international environmental problems can only be reached by cooperation and consensus among many nations. All will share the consequences if we do not change our global course of action.
Goals: To receive my Ph.D. and work in the field of international marine fisheries conservation, most likely in the non-profit sector.
Dissertation title: Sustainable Fishery Certification: An Emerging International Environmental Policy Tool
Abstract: Sustainable fishery certification is a promising international marine conservation tool, but has not yet been evaluated empirically. Sustainable seafood certification will be evaluated from the perspective of the consumer, the seafood producer, and from an ecological standpoint, in order to determine its effectiveness in the realm of environmental conservation. Central to this research is the question of how and to what extent NGO-initiated policy tools can inform governmental environmental policy, a growing trend in the U.S. and abroad. This work will take place in the U.S., U.K., France, and Germany in order to elucidate the similarities and differences between countries. Research results are relevant to global conflict and cooperation, as the problem of the increasingly depleted state of the world's oceans affects many nations and requires a cohesive international approach.
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