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Last updated 21 July 2010

Spring 2012 With several friends and colleagues, I helped to launch Occupy Your Mind Pittsburgh -- check us out at www.occupyyourmindpgh.net
March 2012 I will be attending a workshop in Melbourne on the topic of ‘How can theories of global justice and democracy get real? Problems of power and domination in normative international political theory.’
Fall 2011 My paper The New Sovereigntist Challenge for Global Governance: Democracy without Sovereignty” (with Stacy Bondanella Taninchev), was published in International Studies Quarterly. Learn more here.
Fall 2011 I am on research leave, working on a new book on global injustice.
September 2011 My article "Constructing Global Justice: A Critique", is accepted for publiacation in Ethics and Global Politics.
September 1-4, 2011 The APSA Presidential Task Force unveiled its report and web page during a Plenary Session at the APSA annual meeting in Seattle, Washington.
August 25-27, 2011 I presented a paper, "How is World Trade Unjust?", at the 6th General Meeting of the European Consortium for Political Research in Reykjavik, Iceland
Spring 2011 Palgrave published Human Rights in the 21st Century: Continuity and Change since 9/11, a book I co-edited iwth Anja Mihr. More information here.
April 14, 2011 I participated in a panel discussion of the film "Bhutto" hosted by the local public television station, WQED. Audio of the discussion and information on the film and the panelists is available here.
April 7-9, 2011. The APSA Presidential Task Force met for two days of meetings in Pittsburgh. The Task Force is now working on its report, and on constructing a web page.
Spring 2011 Oxford University Press has decided to publish a second edition of my textbook, Human Rights: Politics and Practice.. Learn more here.
January 2011. My article, "Democratic Accountability in Global Politics: Norms, not Agents" was published in the Journal of Politics. Learn more here.
December 9, 2010 I gave two talks in New York City: "Taking Responsibility for Human Rights" at the CUNY Center for Global Ethics and Politics; "Democratic Accountability in Global Politics" at the Columbia University Seminar on Political Economy and Contemporary Social Issues.
October21-23, 2010 I was a discussant for a panel, “Local and Global Identities,” presented at the Association for Political Theory conference, Portland, Oregon.
September 2010 - September 2011 I am heading the American Political Science Association's Task Force on Democracy, Economic Security and Social Justice in a Volatile World. The Task Force is examing successful policy innovations in the areas of participatory governance, economic citizenship, and rights-based approaches to development.
2-5 September 2010 I presented a paper, "An Enabling Global Institutional Order" at the APSA annual conference in Washington, DC.