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Employment
Lecturer, Politics and International Relations, Australian National University, 2018–
Visiting Lecturer, Humanities and Social Sciences, University of New South Wales, Canberra, 2017
Lecturer, Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, 2014–16
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Human Values, Princeton University, 2012–16
Service
Anonymous reviewer for the following journals: Polity (2017); Moral Philosophy and Politics (2017, 2017); Journal of Moral Philosophy (2016); Constellations (2016, 2014); American Political Science Review (2015, 2014); Review of Politics (2014)
Education
PhD, Political Science, Cornell University
MA, Political Science, Cornell University
MA (Hons.), International Relations, Australian National University
BA (Hons.), Economics and Modern History, University of Oxford
Dissertation: Does Trade Integration Expand the Scope of Distributive Concern? A Relational Theory of Fair Trade
Committee: Richard Miller, Chair (Philosophy); Burke Hendrix; Isaac Kramnick; Christopher Way; Robert Hockett (Law)
Most people think that, while it is good to assist the needy, there is a limit to how much we are obliged to sacrifice, establishing a tension between the evaluative and normative domains. Why, then, are so many people concerned about international trade integration, given that it not only benefits the needy but heads off any practical dilemma by not requiring sacrifice? In this dissertation, I explore a possible explanation: trade-integration triggers obligations that would otherwise lie dormant even while alleviating poverty. Rather than relying on exegesis—asking at what point integration entails a so-called ‘basic structure’, and hence, on John Rawls’s view, the extension of his duties of egalitarian justice to the world at large—I work from first principles by analyzing a series of hypothetical worlds. I begin with one in which all societies are productively autarkic, before introducing cross-border exchange, the capacity to impose trade barriers, bilateral bargaining over market access, and, finally, multilateral bargaining, as in the World Trade Organization. I argue that, once trade ties are established, states have a duty not to harm trade-dependents, whether via raising trade barriers or trade diversion. In addition, they ought not to blackmail or exploit their negotiating partners when seeking to secure market access through reciprocity. I further argue that these obligations are increasingly easy to violate as competition for market access diminishes with multilateralization.
Honours
Robert S. Hatfield Award for Ethics in Business, Cornell University (2011); Society for Applied Philosophy Postgraduate Essay Prize (2011); Finalist, Charlotte Newcombe Dissertation Fellowship, Woodrow Wilson Foundation (2011); Mellon Foundation Dissertation Completion Fellowship (2011); Robert S. Hatfield Award for Ethics in Business, Cornell University (2009); Sage Graduate Fellowship, Cornell University (2006); Chancellor’s Letter of Commendation, Australian National University (2006, 2005); Oxford–Cornell Brettschneider Scholarship (2003); Pembroke College Domus Scholarship, University of Oxford (2002)
Presentations
Centre for Moral, Social and Political Theory, ANU (2017); Department of International Relations, ANU (2017); Political Theory and Philosophy Association of Australasia (2017); Practical Justice Initiative, UNSW (2016); Midwest Political Science Association (2018, 2014, 2010); American Political Science Association (2014, 2013); Western Political Science Association (2014, 2012); Northeastern Political Science Association (2013); Center for Human Values, Princeton (2014, 2013); University College, London (2013); University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (2013); University of Pavia, Italy (2011); Society for Applied Philosophy, UK (2011, 2009); Canadian Political Science Association (2011); New England Political Science Association (2011); University of Connecticut (2011); University of Manchester (2009); East–West Center, University of Hawaii (2006)
Other Conference Roles:
Discussant, Panel on 'Charity and Justice', Midwest Political Science Association (2018); Discussant for Kit Wellman, 'Occupancy Rights and the Right of Return', Princeton (2014); Discussant, Panel on 'Domination and Institutions', Midwest Political Science Association, (2014); Discussant, Panel on 'Global Democracy', Midwest Political Science Association (2014); Discussant, Panel on 'Liberal Ethics and Liberal Justice', Western Political Science Association (2014); Discussant for Quentin Skinner, 'The Three Persons of the State', Princeton (2013); Discussant, Panel on 'Marginalization and the Disadvantaged', American Political Science Association (2013); Chair, Panel on 'Deliberative Democracy and Arendt', Canadian Political Science Association (2011); Discussant for Sharon Krause, 'Non-Sovereign Freedom', Cornell Political Theory Workshop (2011); Chair, Panel on 'Rawls', Midwest Political Science Association (2010)
Employment
Lecturer, Politics and International Relations, Australian National University, 2018–
Visiting Lecturer, Humanities and Social Sciences, University of New South Wales, Canberra, 2017
Lecturer, Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, 2014–16
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Human Values, Princeton University, 2012–16
Service
Anonymous reviewer for the following journals: Polity (2017); Moral Philosophy and Politics (2017, 2017); Journal of Moral Philosophy (2016); Constellations (2016, 2014); American Political Science Review (2015, 2014); Review of Politics (2014)
Education
PhD, Political Science, Cornell University
MA, Political Science, Cornell University
MA (Hons.), International Relations, Australian National University
BA (Hons.), Economics and Modern History, University of Oxford
Dissertation: Does Trade Integration Expand the Scope of Distributive Concern? A Relational Theory of Fair Trade
Committee: Richard Miller, Chair (Philosophy); Burke Hendrix; Isaac Kramnick; Christopher Way; Robert Hockett (Law)
Most people think that, while it is good to assist the needy, there is a limit to how much we are obliged to sacrifice, establishing a tension between the evaluative and normative domains. Why, then, are so many people concerned about international trade integration, given that it not only benefits the needy but heads off any practical dilemma by not requiring sacrifice? In this dissertation, I explore a possible explanation: trade-integration triggers obligations that would otherwise lie dormant even while alleviating poverty. Rather than relying on exegesis—asking at what point integration entails a so-called ‘basic structure’, and hence, on John Rawls’s view, the extension of his duties of egalitarian justice to the world at large—I work from first principles by analyzing a series of hypothetical worlds. I begin with one in which all societies are productively autarkic, before introducing cross-border exchange, the capacity to impose trade barriers, bilateral bargaining over market access, and, finally, multilateral bargaining, as in the World Trade Organization. I argue that, once trade ties are established, states have a duty not to harm trade-dependents, whether via raising trade barriers or trade diversion. In addition, they ought not to blackmail or exploit their negotiating partners when seeking to secure market access through reciprocity. I further argue that these obligations are increasingly easy to violate as competition for market access diminishes with multilateralization.
Honours
Robert S. Hatfield Award for Ethics in Business, Cornell University (2011); Society for Applied Philosophy Postgraduate Essay Prize (2011); Finalist, Charlotte Newcombe Dissertation Fellowship, Woodrow Wilson Foundation (2011); Mellon Foundation Dissertation Completion Fellowship (2011); Robert S. Hatfield Award for Ethics in Business, Cornell University (2009); Sage Graduate Fellowship, Cornell University (2006); Chancellor’s Letter of Commendation, Australian National University (2006, 2005); Oxford–Cornell Brettschneider Scholarship (2003); Pembroke College Domus Scholarship, University of Oxford (2002)
Presentations
Centre for Moral, Social and Political Theory, ANU (2017); Department of International Relations, ANU (2017); Political Theory and Philosophy Association of Australasia (2017); Practical Justice Initiative, UNSW (2016); Midwest Political Science Association (2018, 2014, 2010); American Political Science Association (2014, 2013); Western Political Science Association (2014, 2012); Northeastern Political Science Association (2013); Center for Human Values, Princeton (2014, 2013); University College, London (2013); University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (2013); University of Pavia, Italy (2011); Society for Applied Philosophy, UK (2011, 2009); Canadian Political Science Association (2011); New England Political Science Association (2011); University of Connecticut (2011); University of Manchester (2009); East–West Center, University of Hawaii (2006)
Other Conference Roles:
Discussant, Panel on 'Charity and Justice', Midwest Political Science Association (2018); Discussant for Kit Wellman, 'Occupancy Rights and the Right of Return', Princeton (2014); Discussant, Panel on 'Domination and Institutions', Midwest Political Science Association, (2014); Discussant, Panel on 'Global Democracy', Midwest Political Science Association (2014); Discussant, Panel on 'Liberal Ethics and Liberal Justice', Western Political Science Association (2014); Discussant for Quentin Skinner, 'The Three Persons of the State', Princeton (2013); Discussant, Panel on 'Marginalization and the Disadvantaged', American Political Science Association (2013); Chair, Panel on 'Deliberative Democracy and Arendt', Canadian Political Science Association (2011); Discussant for Sharon Krause, 'Non-Sovereign Freedom', Cornell Political Theory Workshop (2011); Chair, Panel on 'Rawls', Midwest Political Science Association (2010)
