Emilie M. Hafner-Burton
School of Global Policy and Strategy
Department of Political Science
UC Institute for Global Conflict and Cooperation
University of California, San Diegoehafner@ucsd.edu
https://gps.ucsd.edu/faculty-directory/emilie-hafner-burton.html
Educational Degrees
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin—Madison, in political science, July 2003 (with Distinction)
Areas of examined specialization: International Relations and Methodology
M.A., Oxford University, department of politics, 2003 (honorary)
M.A., University of Wisconsin—Madison, in political science, 1999
B.A., Seattle University, in political science and philosophy, 1995 (Summa Cum Laude)
Educational Positions
Professor, School of Global Policy and Strategy and Department of Political Science, University of California San
Diego, 2013 to the present.
Research Director for the Future of Democracy Initiative, University of California Institute for Global Conflict andCooperation, 2021 to the present.
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Professor of International Justice and Human Rights, 2014 to 2021.
Director of the laboratory on International Law and Regulation, School of Global Policy and Strategy, Universityof California San Diego, 2009 to the present.
Associate Professor, School of Global Policy and Strategy, University of California San Diego, 2009 to 2013.
Assistant Professor, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and the Department of Politics,
Princeton University, July 2006 to 2009.
Visiting Fellow, Stanford Law School, Stanford University, 2008 to 2009.
Postdoctoral Research Prize Fellow, Oxford University, Nuffield College, 2003 to 2006.
Associated Fellow, Stanford University, Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law, 2003 to 2006.
MacArthur Consortium Pre-Dissertation Scholar, Stanford University, Center for International Security andCooperation, 2001 to 2003.
Research and Teaching Interests
International Organization, International Law, International Political Economy, Democracy, Human Rights,
Elections, Corruption, Trade, Institutional Design and Selection, Social Networks, Social Movements, Political
Psychology, Elite Decision Making, Behavioral Economics, Economic Sanctions, Gender, Non-Proliferation,
Research Design, Survey Experiments, Public Policy.

1Peer Reviewed Books“Making Human Rights a Reality” Princeton University Press, 2013.
Recipient of the International Studies Association Best Book Award, 2015.
“Forced to Be Good: Why Trade Agreements Boost Human Rights.” Cornell University Press, 2009.
Edited Peer Reviewed Special Issues“Judicialization of International Relations.” With Karen Alter and Laurence Helfer. International Studies Quarterly,
2019, 63(3): 449-463.
“The Behavioral Revolution and International Relations.” With Steph Haggard, David Lake and David Victor,
eds., International Organization, 2017, Special Issue: S1-S31.
“International Organizations Count: What Statistics Tell Us About IOs.” With Jana von Stein and Erik Gartzke,eds., Journal of Conflict Resolution, April 2008, 52(2).
“Preventing Human Rights Abuse.” With James Ron. Journal of Peace Research, Hafner-Burton and Ron, eds., 2007,
44(4).
Peer Reviewed Articles and Chapters“Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow: Thoughts on Global Human Rights in the 21st Century.” In Human Rights At
Risk: Global Governance, American Power and the Future of Dignity. Eds. Salvador Santino F. Regilme Jr. andIrene Hadiprayitno (Rutgers University Press), 2022.
“Elite Decisionmaking and International Law: Promises and Perils of the Behavioral Revolution.” American Journal ofInternational Law Unbound, Cambridge University Press. 20 July, 2021.
“Catch Me if you Care: International Development Organizations and National Corruption.” With Lauren Ferryand Christina J. Schneider. Review of International Organizations, available on line: 11 January, 2020.
“The Dark Side of Cooperation. International Organization and Member Corruption.” With Christina Schneider.
International Studies Quarterly. 2019, 63(4): 1108–1121.
“Donor Rules or Donors Rule? International Organizations and Political Corruption.” With Christina Schneider.
American Journal of International Law Unbound. 2019, 113: 346-350.
“Theorizing the Judicialization of International Relations.” With Karen Alter and Laurence Helfer. International
Studies Quarterly, 2019, 63(3): 449-463.
“The Company You Keep. International Organizations and the Reputational Effect of Membership.” With
Christina Schneider. American Journal of International Law Unbound. 2019, 113: 242-246.
Introduction: What Is Populist Nationalism and Why Does it Matter? With Neil Narang and Brian Rathbun. The
Journal of Politics, 2019, 81(2).
America’s Global Human Rights Policy: the Corporate Lobby. With Heidi MacNamara. Human Rights Quarterly,
2019, 41(1): 115-142.

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“Protecting Workers Abroad and Industries at Home: rights-based Conditionality in Trade Preference Programs.”
With Layna Mosley and Robert Galantucci. Journal of Conflict Resolution, 2018: 1-30.
Against Secrecy: The Social Cost of Secrecy in International Adjudication. With Sergio Puig and David G. Victor.
Yale Journal of International Law 2017, 42(2).
“The Behavioral Revolution and International Relations.” With Steph Haggard, David Lake and David Victor.
International Organization, 2017, Special Issue: S1-S31.
“No False Promises: How the Prospect of Non-Compliance Affects Elite Preferences for International
Cooperation.” With Brad L. LeVeck and David G. Victor. International Studies Quarterly, 2017, 61: 136–149.
“Surviving Elections: Election Violence, Incumbent Victory and Post-Election Repercussions.” With Susan Hydeand Ryan Jablonski. British Journal of Political Science 48(2), 2016: 1-30.
“Predictability Versus Flexibility: Secrecy in International Investment Arbitration.” With Zachary C. SteinertThrelkeld and David G.Victor. World Politics, 2016, 68(3): 413-453.
“Secrecy in International Investment Arbitration: An Empirical Analysis.” With David G. Victor. Journal ofInternational Dispute Settlement, 2016, 7(1): 161-182.
“How Activists Perceive the Utility of International Law.” With Brad L. LeVeck and David G. Victor. Journal of
Politics, 2016, 78(1): 167–180.
“Decision Maker Preferences for International Legal Cooperation.” With Brad L. LeVeck, David G. Victor andJames H. Fowler. International Organization, 2015, 53 (4): 699-732.
“Sovereignty Costs, Human Rights Institutions, and Democratization.” With Ed Mansfield and Jon Pevehouse.
British Journal of Political Science, 2015, 45(1): 1-27.
“The Role of Self-Interest in Elite Bargaining.” With Brad L. LeVeck, D. Alex Hughes, James H. Fowler and David
G. Victor. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2014, 111(52)“A Social Science of Human Rights.” Journal of Peace Research, 2014, 51(2), pp. 273–286.
“When Do Governments Resort to Election Violence?” With Susan Hyde and Ryan Jablonski. British Journal of
Political Science, 2014, 44(1), pp.149-179.
“The Cognitive Revolution and the Political Psychology of Elite Decision Making.” With D. Alex Hughes andDavid G. Victor. Perspectives on Politics, 2013, 11(2), pp. 368-386.
“The Latin Bias: Regions, the Anglo-American Media and Human Rights, 1981-2000.” With James Ron.
International Studies Quarterly, 2013, 57(3), pp. 474-491. (Related: “What region gets the most coverage of its humanrights abuses? Columbia Journalism Review, January 30th, 2013; ¿Por qué los medios de comunicación angloamericanos
estuvieron tan interesados en las violaciones a los derechos humanos en latinoamérica? Foreign Affairs Latino América)“International Human Rights Regimes.” Annual Review of Political Science, 2012, 15, pp. 265-286.
“International Relations for International Law.” With David G. Victor and Yanatan Lupu, American Journal ofInternational Law, 2012, 106(1).
“War, Trade, and Distrust: Why Trade Agreements Don’t Always Keep the Peace.” With Alexander H.
Montgomery. Conflict Management and Peace Science, 2012, 29(3).
“Emergency and Escape: Explaining Derogations from Human Rights Treaties.” With Laurence Helfer and Chris
Farris. International Organization, 2011, 65(4), pp. 673-707.

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“Mainstreaming International Governance: The Environment, Gender, and IO Performance in the European
Union.” With Mark A. Pollack. Review of International Organization, 2010, 5, pp. 285-313.
“Tortured Relations: Human Rights Abuses and Counterterrorism Cooperation.” With Jacob Shapiro. PS: Political
Science and Policy, 2010, 43, pp. 415-419.
“Seeing Double: Human Rights Impact Through Qualitative and Quantitative Eyes?” With James Ron. World
Politics, 2009, 61(2), pp. 360-401.
“Network Analysis For International Relations.” With Miles Kahler and Alexander H. Montgomery. International
Organization, Spring 2009, 63, pp. 559-92.
“Sticks and Stones: Naming and Shaming the Human Rights Enforcement Problem" International Organization,
October 2008, 62, pp. 689-716.
“The Power Politics of Regime Complexity: Human Rights Conditionality in Europe.” Perspectives on Politics, March
2009, 7(1), pp. 33-38.
“Mainstreaming Gender in the European Union: Getting the Incentives Right.” With Mark A. Pollack. Comparative
European Politics, April 2009, 7, pp. 114-138.
“Globalization and the Power Politics of International Economic Networks.” With Alexander H. Montgomery, in
Networked Politics: Agency, Power, and Government. Miles Kahler, ed., Cornell University Press 2009.
“International Organizations Count: What Statistics Tell Us About IOs.” With Jana von Stein and Erik Gartzke,
Journal of Conflict Resolution, April 2008, 52(2), pp. 175-188.
“Power or Plenty: Do International Trade Organizations Shape Economic Sanctions?” With Alexander H.
Montgomery. Journal of Conflict Resolution, April 2008, 52(2), pp. 213-242.
“The Hegemon’s Purse: No Economic Peace Between Democracies.” With Alexander H. Montgomery. Journal of
Peace Research, 2008, 45(1), pp. 111-120.
“International Human Rights Law and the Politics of Legitimacy: Repressive States and Human Rights Treaties.”
With Kiyoteru Tsutsui and John Meyer. International Sociology, 2008, 23(1), pp. 115-141.
“Preventing Human Rights Abuse.” With James Ron. Journal of Peace Research, Hafner-Burton and Ron, eds., 2007,
44(4), pp. 379-383.
“Justice Lost! The Failure of International Human Rights Law to Matter Where Needed Most.” With Kiyoteru
Tsutsui. Journal of Peace Research, 2007, 44(4), pp. 407-425.
“Power Positions: International Organizations, Social Networks, and Conflict.” With Alexander Montgomery.
Journal of Conflict Resolution, 2006, 50(1), pp. 3-27.
“Trading Human Rights: How Preferential Trade Agreements Influence Government Repression.” International
Organization, 2005, 59(3), pp. 593-629.
“Human Rights Practices in a Globalizing World: The Paradox of Empty Promises.” With Kiyo Tsutsui. American
Journal of Sociology, 2005, 110(5), pp. 1373-1411.
“Right or Robust? The Sensitive Nature of Political Repression in an era of Globalization.” Journal of Peace Research,
2005, 42(6), pp.679-698.

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“Gender in Global Governance: Mainstreaming Gender in Four International Organizations.” With Mark A.
Pollack. Feminist Legal Studies, 2003,10(3), pp. 285-298.
“Mainstreaming Gender in Global Governance.” With Mark A. Pollack. European Journal of International Relations,
September 2002, 8(3), pp. 339-373.
"Mainstreaming Gender in European Union Policymaking.” With Mark A. Pollack. Journal of European Public Policy,
special issue on "Women, Power and Public Policy," September 2000, 7(1), pp. 432-456.
Selected Book Reviews“Human Choice in International Law. By Anna Spain Bradley. American Journal of International Law, 22 April, 2022.
“Evidence for Hope: Making Human Rights Work in the 21st Century.” By Kathryn Sikkink. Perspectives on Politics,
2019 17(3) pp. 814-815.
“The Chessboard and the Web: Strategies of Connection in a Networked World.” By Anne-Marie Slaughter.
Political Science Quarterly, 133(1), 2018.
“Interdisciplinary Perspectives on International Law and International Relations: The State of the Art.” By Jeffrey
L. Dunoff and Mark A. Pollack, eds. American Journal of International Law, 2014.
“Mobilizing for Human Rights: International Law in Domestic Politics.” By Beth A. Simmons. 2009. American
Journal of International Law, 2010.
“Conflict and Compliance: State Responses to International Human Rights Pressure.” By Sonia Cardenas. 2007.
Perspectives on Politics, December 2007.
“Backwaters of Global Prosperity: How Forces of Globalization and GATT/WTO Trade Regimes Contribute to
the Marginalization of the World’s Poorest Nations. By Caf Dowlah, 2004. International Studies Review, 2005, 7(3), pp.
441-444.
“Coping with Globalization: cross-national patterns in domestic governance and policy performance. By Steve
Chan & James R. Scarritt, 2002.” Journal of Peace Research, 2004, vol. 42, no. 6.

Selected Research in Progress“Rhetoric and Reality: International Organizations, Sovereignty Costs, and Human Rights.” With Edward
Mansfield and Jon Pevehouse. Book ms.
“The Paths to Peace: Election Violence and the Future of Democracy.” With Susan Hyde. Book ms.
“Enlightened Autocrats?: Good Governance in International Organizations.” With Jon Pevehouse and Christina
Schneider.
“The Liberal Foundations of Democratic Decline and Authoritarianism.” With Christina Schneider.

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Selected Academic Presentations and Lectures“On the Future of Democracy: A Key Note Address.” University of California, San Diego, Center for US-Mexico
Studies. 2022.
“Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow: Thoughts on Global Human Rights in the 21st Century.” University of Leiden,
2020.
“The Dark Side of Cooperation. International Organization and Member Corruption.” With Christina Schneider.
American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., August 2019.
“(In)Credible Commitments? International Organizations and Foreign Direct Investment. With Heidi M.
McNamara and Christina J. Schneider. International Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Brisbane
Australia, July 2018; American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Boston MA., August 2018.
“International Development Organizations and National Political Corruption.” With Lauren E. Lee and Christina
J. Schneider. American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco CA, September 2017;
International Political Economy Society Annual Meeting, University of Texas, Austin, November 2017; American
Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Boston MA., August 2018.
“Having Our Cake: Protecting Workers Abroad and U.S. Industries via the Generalized System of Preferences.”
With Layna Mosley and Robert Galantucci. American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco
CA, 2015; International Political Economy Society, Stanford CA, 2015.
“The Corporate Human Rights Lobby.” With Heidi Hall. Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, March
2015; American Political Science Association, San Francisco CA, September 2015.
“Unequal Opportunity: Corporations and Congressional Foreign Policy Lobbying” With Thad Kousser and David
G.Victor. American Political Science Association, September, 2014; University of California, San Diego, February
2015.
“Punitive Power: How International Law Helps Activists.” With Brad L. LeVeck and David G. Victor. Presented
at Georgetown University Law Human Rights Colloquium, February 2015 and Sandra Day O’Connor College ofLaw, Arizona State University, March 2015.
“Transparency of Investor-State Arbitration.” With Zachary C. Steinert-Threlkeld and David G.Victor. Presented
at Cornell University Law School, September 23, 2013; Yale University, September 25, 2013; University ofCalifornia, San Diego, January 24, 2014; University of Southern California Law School, February 21, 2014 andFebruary 2015; Stanford University, February 28, 2014; McGill University, March 14, 2014; Princeton University,
October 2015; Washington University, September 28, 2017; Brown University, October 2017.
“Uncertainty, Compliance and International Cooperation: An Experimental Approach.” With Brad L. LeVeck andDavid G. Victor. Presented at the American Political Science Association, Annual Meeting, August 2013, Chicago;
University of California, San Diego, January 9, 2014.
“Surviving Elections: Election Violence and Leader Tenure.” With Susan Hyde and Ryan Jablonski. Presented at
the American Political Science Association, Annual Meeting, August 2013, Chicago.
“Do Elites Value Enforcement? A Behavioral Approach to International Cooperation.” With Brad L. LeVeck,
David G. Victor and James H. Fowler. Presented at the American Political Science Association, Annual Meeting,
August 2012, New Orleans; International Political Economy Society, Annual Meeting, November 9-10, 2012,
Charlottesville, VA.
“A Behavioral Approach to International Cooperation.” With Brad L. LeVeck, David G. Victor and James H.

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Fowler. Presented at the University of Rochester, October 16, 2012; University of Pennsylvania, October 17, 2012;
Ohio State University, 2012.
“Delegation to Firms Under Public International Law: Private Rights of Action under NAFTA Chapters 11 and19.” With David G. Victor. Presented at NYU Law School, October 17, 2012; Princeton University, October 18,
2012.
“Making Human Rights a Reality.” Presented at Columbia University, September 2011; University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor, September 18, 2013; Parliament, Copenhagen, January 30, 2014; University of California, Berkeley,
March 7, 2014; University of San Diego, June 6, 2015; Claremont McKenna, November 2015.
“International Relations for International Law.” With David Victor and Yanatan Lupu. Presented at University ofCalifornia, Los Angeles, Law School, October 2010; University of California, San Diego December 2010.
“Emergency and Escape: Explaining Derogations from Human Rights Treaties.” With Larry Helfer and Chris
Farris. Paper presented at the Sandra Day O’Connar College of Law, February 2010; University of California, San
Diego, May 2010 and October 2010; American Political Science Association, Annual Meeting, 2010, Washington,
DC.
“Terrorizing Freedom: How Governments Use Repression to Subvert Electoral Democracy.” With Susan Hydeand Ryan Jablonski. Paper presented at the International Studies Association, Annual Meeting, February 2010,
New Orleans, LA; Yale University, March 2010; UCSD Political Science November 2010; American Political
Science Association, Annual Meeting, August 2012, New Orleans.
“Networks for International Relations.” With Miles Kahler and Alexander H. Montgomery. Paper presented at theAmerican Political Science Association, Annual Meeting, 27th – 30th August 2008, Boston, MA; Stanford
University, February 2009.
“Seeing Double: Human Rights Impact Through Qualitative and Quantitative Eyes?” With James Ron. Paper
presented at Harvard Law Symposium on Human Rights, May 2008.
“Democratization and Human Rights Organizations.” With Ed Mansfield and Jon Pevehouse. Paper presented at
the Princeton University Law and Public Affairs seminar, September 2007; the University of Chicago Law School
seminar in International Law, April 2008; the International Studies Association, Annual Meeting, April 2012, San
Diego, CA.
“Coercing Human Rights: How Powerful Countries Regulate Repression Through Preferential Trade
Agreements.” Paper presented at the University of Pittsburg and MIT, February 2008, and Yale and theInternational Studies Association, March 2008.
“Sticks and Stones: Can Bad Media Publicity Solve Human Rights Enforcement Problems?" Paper presented at theAmerican Political Science Association annual meeting, August 2007, Chicago, IL; the International Studies
Association meeting, March 2008, San Francisco, CA; University of British Columbia, Vancouver, International
Relations Speaker Series, 6 October 2008; Northwestern Law School, November 2008; Northwestern Political
Science, November 2008; University of California, San Diego, November 2008; USC Law School, November
2008; Duke Political Science, December 2009.
“No Revolution: Explaining the Disappointing Implementation of Gender Mainstreaming in the European Union.”With Mark A. Pollack. Paper presented at the International Studies Association annual meeting, March 2007,
Chicago, IL and the American Political Science Association, Annual Meeting, 27th – 30th August 2008, Boston, MA.
Moderator, “Is the Human Rights Regime Doomed?” Panel at 3rd Annual Conference of the Princeton Pre-Law
Society, December 2nd, 2006.

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“Getting Labor Laws on the Books: US Regional Trade Policy and the Commercial Path to Labor Reform.” Paper
presented at the Workshop on Multinational Production and Labor Rights, September 22nd – 24th 2006, UNC
Chapel Hill, NC.
“Power or Plenty: Do International Trade Organizations Shape Economic Sanctions?” Paper presented at theWorkshop on Intergovernmental Organizations in Action, Penn, 30th August 2006, Philadelphia, PA.
“The New Power Politics of International Organizations: Social Structural Inequality in the International System.”With Alexander H. Montgomery. Paper presented at the American Political Science Association, Annual Meeting,1st – 4th September 2006, Philadelphia, PA.
“The Power Politics of Institutional Nesting and Overlap: Human Rights Conditionality in Europe.” Paper
presented at the American Political Science Association, Annual Meeting, 1st – 4th September 2006, Philadelphia,
PA.
“Forum Shopping for Human Rights: Trade Arrangements For Sale.” Paper presented at the American Political
Science Association, Annual Meeting, 1st – 4th September 2005, Washington D.C.
“Why Bad States Do Good Things And Why It Does Not Matter.” Paper presented at the American Political
Science Association, Annual Meeting, 1st – 4th September 2005, Washington D.C.
“War, Trade, and Envy: Why Trade Organizations Don’t Always Keep the Peace.” Paper presented at theInternational Studies Association, Annual Meeting, 2 – 5 March 2005, Honolulu.
“Why do Bad States do Good Things? International Human Rights Law and the Power Politics of Legitimation.”With John Meyer and Kiyo Tsutsui. Paper presented at the American Sociological Association, Annual Meeting, 14- 17 August 2004. San Francisco.
“Forum Shopping for Human Rights: Why Choose Trade?” Prepared for participation in the workshop on Forum
Shopping and Global Governance at the European University Institute, Florence, Italy, 23 - 24 April 2004.
“Are States Like Children? International Organizations, Social Networks, and Conflict.” With Alexander
Montgomery. Paper presented at the International Studies Association, Annual Meeting, 18 - 21 March 2004.
Montreal.
“The Decentralization of International Human Rights Law: Regional Economic Governance.” Paper presented at
the Global Economic Governance Programme, Oxford University. 6 February 2004.
“Human Rights Practices in a Globalizing World.” With Kiyo Tsutsui. Paper presented at the American
Sociological Association, Annual Meeting. 16 -19 August 2003. Atlanta.
“Power, Influence and Prestige: International Governmental Organizations as Social Networks.” With Alexander
Montgomery. Paper presented at the International Studies Association, Annual Meeting. 25 February - 1 March
2003. Portland.
“Right or Robust? The Sensitive Nature of Government Repression.” Paper presented at the American Political
Science Association, Annual Meeting. 29 August 2002. Boston.
“Regional Trade and Institutional Design: Long After Hegemony?” With Jon Pevehouse and Matthew Zierler.
Paper presented at the Midwest Political Science Association, Annual Meeting. April 2002. Chicago.
“Human Rights in the Global Economy.” Paper presented at the Training Institute on Qualitative Research
Methods, Arizona State University. January 2002. Phoenix.
“Who Belongs? The State of Intergovernmental Organizations.” Paper presented at the Midwest Political Science
Association, Annual Meeting. 19 - 22 April 2001. Chicago.

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“Trading Human Values: Individual Security in the Global Economy.” Paper presented at the International
Studies Association, Annual Meeting. 23 February 2001. Chicago.
“Challenges for the European Union.” Discussant for panel at the International Studies Association, Annual
Meeting. 24 February 2001. Chicago.
“Mainstreaming Gender in Global Governance.” With Mark Pollack. Paper presented at the European Union
Center conference on Mainstreaming Gender In European Public Policy, 15 October 2000.
“Mainstreaming Gender in the European Union.” With Mark Pollack. Paper presented at the Conference ofEuropeanists, Annual Meeting. March 2000. Chicago.
Selected Grants, Fellowships and Gifts
University of California, The Future of Democracy Initiative, School of Global Policy and Strategy and the UC
Institute for Global Conflict and Cooperation, initiative grants, 2021-2023.
Fritz Thyssen Stiftung, The Authoritarian Turn in International Relations: The Institutional Dimension, workshop
grant, 2022.
Co-PI, Survey of the Quality of Democracy in Mexico – ENCADE 2021.
Princeton University, Bobst Center for Peace and Justice, project grant, 2008.
Princeton University, Dean of Faculty, project grant, 2008.
Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School for Public and International Affairs, grant, 2008.
Princeton University, Dean of Faculty book grant, 2007.
Princeton University, Center for Globalization and Governance, for “IOs in Action,” 2006.
International Studies Association Workshop Grant, for “Preventing Human Rights Abuse,” 2006.
Postdoctoral Research Prize, Oxford University, Nuffield College. 2003 to 2006.
University Dissertator Fellowship, University of Wisconsin—Madison. 2002 to 2003.
National Science Foundation, Dissertation Improvement Grant in Political Science. 2002.
Scott Kloeck-Jenson International Pre-Dissertation Grant, University of Wisconsin. 2002.
Graduate Student Council, Vilas Travel Grant, University of Wisconsin—Madison. 2002.
Center for International Security and Cooperation, MacArthur Fellow, Stanford University. 2001
to 2003.
MacArthur Consortium, Global Studies Scholarship, University of Wisconsin. 2000 to 2001.
European Union Center Fellowship, University of Wisconsin—Madison. 2000.
European Networking Series, the British Council. June 1999.
Women in International Security: Graduate Symposium on International Security. Washington
D.C. June 1999.
Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) International Fellowship in
Disarmament and Development. 1997 to 1998.
National Education Achievement Foundation Scholarship Award. 1994 to 1995.
Selected Honors and Awards
UC San Diego Chancellor's Associates Faculty Award for Excellence in Research in Humanities & Social
Sciences. 2018.
International Studies Association Best Book Award. 2015.
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Endowed Professor of International Justice and Human Rights. 2014-to
2022.
Karl Deutsch award: presented annually to a scholar under the age of 40 who is judged to have made, through abody of publications, the most significant contribution to the study of International Relations and Peace
Research. 2012.
Princeton University, Class of 1934 University Preceptor, Woodrow Wilson School. 2009-2012.
American Political Science Association Helen Dwight Reid Award for Best Dissertation in International Relations,Law, and Politics. 2005.
American Political Science Association Prize Best Dissertation in Human Rights. 2004.

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Distinction in International Relations, University of Wisconsin—Madison. 2001.
Distinction in Political Methodology, University of Wisconsin—Madison. 2000.
Scott Kloeck-Jenson Fellowship, University of Wisconsin—Madison. 2000.
Distinction, Seattle University. 1995.
Kennedy Award: highest student achievement in Political Science, Seattle University. 1995.
Her Story Award: highest student achievement in Women’s Studies, Seattle University. 1995.

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