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Research Report 2007 - 2009
Political Economy. She is joint-editor of
African Affairs, the highest ranked
journal in African studies. While at the
University of Queensland she and
Professor Michael C. Williams
completed a book entitled 'Security
beyond the State. Global Security
Assemblages in International Politics',
forthcoming with Cambridge University
Press. The book completes a major
research project on the globalization of
private security, funded by the
Economic and Social Research Council
in the UK. Prior to joining the
University of Ottawa, she was in the
Department of International Politics at
the University of Aberystwyth, and she
has been visiting fellow at the
University of Cape Town, the European
University Institute in Florence and the
Peace Research Institute (PRIO) in Oslo,
Norway.
Michael Williams
Michael C. Williams is Professor in the
Graduate School of Public and
International Affairs at the University
of Ottawa. His research interests are in
International Relations theory, security
studies, and political thought. He is the
author of The Realist Tradition and the
Limits of International Relations
(Cambridge University Press, 2005) and
Culture and Security: Symbolic Power
and the Politics of International
Security (Routledge, 2007) and the
editor of several books, including most
recently, Realism Reconsidered: The
Legacy of Hans J. Morgenthau in
International Relations (Oxford
University Press, 2007). His articles
have appeared in journals including the
European Journal of International
Relations, International Organization,
International Studies Quarterly,
Millennium, and the Review of
International Studies. With Rita
Abrahamsen, he has recently
completed a major research project,
Security Beyond the State, on the
globalization of private security, which
will be published in 2010 by Cambridge
University Press. Prior to joining the
University of Ottawa, he was Professor
of International Politics in the
Department of International Politics at
Aberystwyth, and has been a visiting
fellow at the Universities of Cape
Town, Copenhagen, and the European
University Institute in Florence.
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