Leonard Seabrooke
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Leonard Seabrooke is a Copenhagen Business School
Professor in International Political Economy
and Economic Sociology in the Department of Business and Politics and also a University of Warwick
Professor in International Political Economy in the Department of Political and International Studies, where he was the director of the university's Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation (CSGR).
Seabrooke's research primarily concerns the politics of access to credit, tax, and property within economies, as well as international financial governance. He works on the social sources of how states generate international financial capacity, American structural power in the international financial system, the role of professions in solving long-term social and economic problems, how 'everyday politics' has influence in the world economy, how international policy is created through common standards, and the connection between welfare system, housing and international finance. Seabrooke has also published articles in highly ranked international peer review journals in the field of International Political Economy, and serves as a co-editor on the journal Review of International Political Economy.
Seabrooke was also the Director of Studies of the Warwick Commission on International Financial Reform, which brought together economists, political scientists, and lawyers from both the scholarly and policy worlds to discuss financial reform and re-regulation.
Seabrooke is Principal Investigator of the 'Professions in International Political Economies' (PIPES) project funded by the European Research Council and leads a research team based at the Copenhagen Business School. He is also Work Package 1 Leader of the 'Global Reordering: Evolution though European Networks' (GR:EEN) large-scale integrating project, funded by the European Commission's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) for research. The work package focuses on 'European Actor-Networks in a Multi-Polar World' and is coordinated through the University of Warwick.
, Håkon Lervåg, Jens Ladefoged Mortensen, and others.
Copenhagen Business School
Copenhagen Business School, also known as CBS, is situated in Copenhagen, Denmark. With more than 17,000 students and 1,300 staff members, CBS is also one of the largest business schools in Europe. CBS offers a wide range of business-oriented university programmes and a research environment...
Professor in International Political Economy
International political economy
International political economy , also known as global political economy, is an academic discipline within the social sciences that analyzes international relations in combination with political economy. As an interdisciplinary field it draws on many distinct academic schools, most notably ...
and Economic Sociology in the Department of Business and Politics and also a University of Warwick
University of Warwick
The University of Warwick is a public research university located in Coventry, United Kingdom...
Professor in International Political Economy in the Department of Political and International Studies, where he was the director of the university's Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation (CSGR).
Seabrooke's research primarily concerns the politics of access to credit, tax, and property within economies, as well as international financial governance. He works on the social sources of how states generate international financial capacity, American structural power in the international financial system, the role of professions in solving long-term social and economic problems, how 'everyday politics' has influence in the world economy, how international policy is created through common standards, and the connection between welfare system, housing and international finance. Seabrooke has also published articles in highly ranked international peer review journals in the field of International Political Economy, and serves as a co-editor on the journal Review of International Political Economy.
Seabrooke was also the Director of Studies of the Warwick Commission on International Financial Reform, which brought together economists, political scientists, and lawyers from both the scholarly and policy worlds to discuss financial reform and re-regulation.
Seabrooke is Principal Investigator of the 'Professions in International Political Economies' (PIPES) project funded by the European Research Council and leads a research team based at the Copenhagen Business School. He is also Work Package 1 Leader of the 'Global Reordering: Evolution though European Networks' (GR:EEN) large-scale integrating project, funded by the European Commission's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) for research. The work package focuses on 'European Actor-Networks in a Multi-Polar World' and is coordinated through the University of Warwick.
Book Publications
- The Social Sources of Financial Power (Cornell University Press, 2006)
- US Power in International Finance (Palgrave, 2001)
- Everyday Politics of the World Economy (edited with John M. Hobson, Cambridge University Press, 2007)
- Global Standards of Market Civilization (edited with Brett Bowden, Routledge, 2006)
- The Politics of Housing Booms and Busts (edited with Herman Schwartz, Palgrave, 2009)
Music
Len Seabrooke writes for and plays in the 'bluegaze' group Me After You with Federico Festino, as well as in the group For Satan with Jim NeversinkJim Neversink
Jim Neversink is a South African musician, singer and songwriter. His musical style spans over indie rock, country, americana and punk.He is best known as a solo artist who performs with changing line-ups...
, Håkon Lervåg, Jens Ladefoged Mortensen, and others.