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School of Public and International Affairs

Ali Saqer

Assistant Professor

International Political Economy

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COURSES
  • International Political Economy
  • Theories of International Relations
  • State & Politics
  • Sustainable Development
EDUCATION
  • PhD, University of Warwick
  • MA, University of Warwick
  • BA, University of Damascus
PUBLICATIONS
Conference Proceedings
  • 2025: ‘International organizations and the crisis of expertise: Knowledge repackaging as a response mechanism’. A paper to be presented at the BISA-ISA joint international workshops in Newcastle (10-12 October 2025).

  • 2025: ‘The limits of global knowledge: resistance to global benchmarking instruments in France and Ireland’ (with Juliette Schwak). A paper presented at the EISA-PEC conference ‘Politics for a Broken World’ in Bologna (25-29 August 2025).

  • 2024 ‘The social legitimacy of Post-Growth and Degrowth: Social Movements in Developing Asia’, a paper presented at the British International Studies Association conference ‘Whose International Studies’ in Birmingham (5-7 June)

  • 2023: ‘The making of (sound) policy in Europe: Benchmarks as tools of governance and participation’, a panel organized by Ali Saqer as part of the EISA-PEC conference ‘Envisioning a New Normal’ in Potsdam (5-9 September).

  • 2023: â€˜International organisations and the politics of global sustainability’, a panel organized by Matthias Kranke and Ali Saqer as part of the EISA-PEC conference ‘Envisioning a New Normal’ in Potsdam (5-9 September).

  • 2021: ‘The political economy of benchmarking in Europe’, a workshop organised by Ali Saqer and Juliette Schwak as part of the European Workshops in International Studies’ virtual conference (30 June-3 July).

  • 2020 ‘Old wine in a new bottle at Davos: Inclusive growth and the discursive appropriation of the concept of sustainability’. The European Workshops in International Studies

  • 2019 ‘Legitimation or Appropriation? The (Re)Making of the Belt and Road Initiative at Davos’. GCRF COMPASS workshop, Kent University, UK.