Selected highlights are below. For a comprehensive CV, please contact me.
Employment
Visitor, College of Arts and Social Sciences, Department of Philosophy, Australian National University, 2016–
Lecturer, Center for Human Values, Woodrow Wilson School, Politics, Sociology, and Council of the Humanities, 2014–16
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Values and Public Life, Center for Human Values and Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, 2012–14
Anonymous Reviewer: American Political Science Review, The Review of Politics, Constellations, and Journal of Moral Philosophy
Education
PhD, Government, Cornell University, January 2013
MA, Government (Political Theory and International Relations), Cornell University, February 2010
MA (Hons.), International Relations, Australian National University, June 2006
BA (Hons.), Economics and Modern History, University of Oxford, June 2004
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 believe that there is a limit on how much we need sacrifice in fulfilling our obligations to the needy—and hence that, given the extent of neediness, we should economize in doing so—as well as that it is praiseworthy to benefit persons towards whom we are not obligated. Yet many people also worry about the post-war globalization of trade, which has benefited needy and non-needy alike without requiring any sacrifice (of benefactors, at least), all under the auspices of an ostensibly voluntary international regime. Given the apparent conflict between these judgments, the dominant view in policy circles is that concerns about globalization are entirely misplaced. Yet this neglects the possibility that trade integration implicates obligations that would otherwise like dormant, such that, in an integrated world, we have obligations over and above the duty to promote need-satisfaction.
To date, philosophers who have explored this possibility have restricted themselves to Rawlsian exegesis, debating whether trade-integration entails a so-called "basic structure", and hence the extension of Rawls’s egalitarian principles to the world at large. In contrast, I work from first principles. Seeking to establish the basis and nature of obligations without extraneous factors skewing judgment, I reflect on a serious of hypothetical worlds. I begin with one in which all societies are spontaneously autarkic, before introducing a distinct aspect of integration in turn, encompassing cross-border exchange, the state capacity to impose trade barriers, bilateral bargaining over market access, and multilateral bargaining, as in the World Trade Organization. I argue that, given existing trade ties, trade policy is constrained by the demand not to harm trade-dependents, and that states seeking agreements on reciprocal access must not exploit or blackmail their negotiating partners, or unduly undermine competitors for such agreements. I further show that each of these obligations is all the more easily violated as competition for access diminishes with multilateralization.
Selected Graduate Coursework
Political Theory:
Global Justice (Richard Miller)
Equality* (Richard Miller)
Normative Political Theory (Burke Hendrix)
Democratic Theory (Jason Frank)
Political Thought of the 17th and 18th Centuries (Isaac Kramnick)
The Enlightenment* (Jason Frank and Isaac Kramnick)
Classics of Sociology: Marx, Durkheim, and Weber* (Richard Swedberg)
American Political Thought (Isaac Kramnick)
Theories of Empire (Lida Maxwell)
Game Theory for Political Scientists I (Kevin Morrison)
Theories of Distributive Justice* (Alan Patten, Princeton)
Property and Sovereignty in Modern Political Thought* (Charles Beitz and Anna Stilz, Princeton)
International Relations, Comparative Politics, and Methods:
Field Seminar in International Relations (Jonathan Kirshner)
International Political Economy* (Peter Katzenstein)
International Security (Peter Katzenstein)
International Relations Theory (Chris Reus-Smit, ANU)
Field Seminar in Comparative Politics (Chris Anderson)
Social Movement and Contentious Politics (Sidney Tarrow)
Political and Social Change in Southeast Asia (Benedict Kerkvliet, ANU)
The Comparative Method in International and Comparative Politics (Ken Roberts)
[*=audited]
Fellowships and Awards
Robert S. Hatfield Award for Ethics in Business, Cornell University, Summer 2011
Postgraduate Essay Prize, Society for Applied Philosophy Annual Conference, 2011
Finalist, Charlotte Newcombe Dissertation Fellowship, Woodrow Wilson Foundation, 2011
Mellon Foundation Dissertation Completion Fellowship, Spring 2011
Robert S. Hatfield Award for Ethics in Business, Cornell University, Summer 2009
Russell Sage Foundation Graduate Fellowship, Cornell University, 2006–2007
Chancellor’s Letter of Commendation, Australian National University, 2006
Chancellor’s Letter of Commendation, Australian National University, 2005
Brettschneider Scholarship, University of Oxford–Cornell University, 2003
Pembroke College Domus Scholarship, University of Oxford, 2002–2004
Presentations
"Can Might Make Right in International Relations? Anarchy, Realism, and Grotian Principles of Regulation", Australasian Association of Political Theory and Philosophy Inaugural Conference, February 2017
"Luck Egalitarianism and the Market: Beyond Equality in Marketable Resources", Early Career Research Workshop, Practical Justice Initiative, University of New South Wales, October 2016
“Beyond Market Power: An Outcome-Based Account of Exploitation”, Midwest Political Science Association Annual Conference, Chicago, April 2014
“Does Rawls need a Principle of Non-Domination?”, American Political Science Association Annual Conference, Washington DC, August 2014; Western Political Science Association Annual Conference, Seattle, April 2014; Northeastern Political Science Association Annual Conference, Philadelphia, November 2013
“Three Concepts of Corruption: Conscription, Fraternity, and the Scope of the Market”, University Center for Human Values, Princeton, February 2014
“Non-Domination and Economic Justice: An Egalitarian Critique”, American Political Science Association Annual Conference, Chicago, September 2013; University Center for Human Values, Princeton, April 2013; Conference on Liberalism and Republicanism: Public Policy Implications, UCL, February 2013; Department of Public Policy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, January 2013
“The External Effects of Trade Policy: A Normative Perspective”, Western Political Science Association Annual Conference, Portland, March 2012
“What is Market Corruption?”, Annual Graduate Conference in Political Philosophy, University of Pavia, September 2011; Society for Applied Philosophy Annual Conference, Manchester, July 2011
“Exploitation in International Trade: Taking Advantage of Need, Inequality, and Injustice”, Canadian Political Science Association Annual Conference, Waterloo, May 2011; New England Political Science Association Annual Conference, Hartford, April 2011; Annual Conference on Democracy and Governance, University of Connecticut, March 2011
“Between Cosmopolitanism and Compatriot-Priority: The World Trade Organization and Relational Obligations”, Midwest Political Science Association Annual Conference, Chicago, April 2010
“Fairness in the International Outsourcing of Labour”, Society for Applied Philosophy Annual Conference, Leeds, June 2009; Conference: “Brave New World”, Department of Politics, University of Manchester, June 2009
“Promoting Reform in Burma/Myanmar: Sanctions versus Engagement” at the East–West Center International Graduate Student Conference, Hawaii, February 2006
Other Conference Roles:
Discussant for Kit Wellman, “Occupancy Rights and the Right of Return”, Conference on Making and Justifying Territorial Claims, Princeton, May 2014
Discussant, Panel on “Domination and Institutions”, Midwest Political Science Association, April 2014
Discussant, Panel on “Global Democracy”, Midwest Political Science Association, April 2014
Discussant, Panel on “Liberal Ethics and Liberal Justice”, Western Political Science Association, April 2014
Discussant for Quentin Skinner, “The Three Persons of the State”, Laurance S. Rockefeller Visiting Fellows’ Seminar, Princeton, September 2013
Discussant, Panel on “Marginalization and the Disadvantaged”, American Political Science Association Annual Conference, Chicago, September 2013
Chair, Panel on “Deliberative Democracy and Arendt”, Canadian Political Science Association Annual Conference, Waterloo, May 2011
Discussant for Sharon Krause, “Non-Sovereign Freedom”, Cornell Political Theory Workshop, February 2011
Chair, Panel on “Rawls”, Midwest Political Science Association Annual Conference, Chicago, April 2010
Employment
Visitor, College of Arts and Social Sciences, Department of Philosophy, Australian National University, 2016–
Lecturer, Center for Human Values, Woodrow Wilson School, Politics, Sociology, and Council of the Humanities, 2014–16
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Values and Public Life, Center for Human Values and Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, 2012–14
Anonymous Reviewer: American Political Science Review, The Review of Politics, Constellations, and Journal of Moral Philosophy
Education
PhD, Government, Cornell University, January 2013
MA, Government (Political Theory and International Relations), Cornell University, February 2010
MA (Hons.), International Relations, Australian National University, June 2006
BA (Hons.), Economics and Modern History, University of Oxford, June 2004
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 believe that there is a limit on how much we need sacrifice in fulfilling our obligations to the needy—and hence that, given the extent of neediness, we should economize in doing so—as well as that it is praiseworthy to benefit persons towards whom we are not obligated. Yet many people also worry about the post-war globalization of trade, which has benefited needy and non-needy alike without requiring any sacrifice (of benefactors, at least), all under the auspices of an ostensibly voluntary international regime. Given the apparent conflict between these judgments, the dominant view in policy circles is that concerns about globalization are entirely misplaced. Yet this neglects the possibility that trade integration implicates obligations that would otherwise like dormant, such that, in an integrated world, we have obligations over and above the duty to promote need-satisfaction.
To date, philosophers who have explored this possibility have restricted themselves to Rawlsian exegesis, debating whether trade-integration entails a so-called "basic structure", and hence the extension of Rawls’s egalitarian principles to the world at large. In contrast, I work from first principles. Seeking to establish the basis and nature of obligations without extraneous factors skewing judgment, I reflect on a serious of hypothetical worlds. I begin with one in which all societies are spontaneously autarkic, before introducing a distinct aspect of integration in turn, encompassing cross-border exchange, the state capacity to impose trade barriers, bilateral bargaining over market access, and multilateral bargaining, as in the World Trade Organization. I argue that, given existing trade ties, trade policy is constrained by the demand not to harm trade-dependents, and that states seeking agreements on reciprocal access must not exploit or blackmail their negotiating partners, or unduly undermine competitors for such agreements. I further show that each of these obligations is all the more easily violated as competition for access diminishes with multilateralization.
Selected Graduate Coursework
Political Theory:
Global Justice (Richard Miller)
Equality* (Richard Miller)
Normative Political Theory (Burke Hendrix)
Democratic Theory (Jason Frank)
Political Thought of the 17th and 18th Centuries (Isaac Kramnick)
The Enlightenment* (Jason Frank and Isaac Kramnick)
Classics of Sociology: Marx, Durkheim, and Weber* (Richard Swedberg)
American Political Thought (Isaac Kramnick)
Theories of Empire (Lida Maxwell)
Game Theory for Political Scientists I (Kevin Morrison)
Theories of Distributive Justice* (Alan Patten, Princeton)
Property and Sovereignty in Modern Political Thought* (Charles Beitz and Anna Stilz, Princeton)
International Relations, Comparative Politics, and Methods:
Field Seminar in International Relations (Jonathan Kirshner)
International Political Economy* (Peter Katzenstein)
International Security (Peter Katzenstein)
International Relations Theory (Chris Reus-Smit, ANU)
Field Seminar in Comparative Politics (Chris Anderson)
Social Movement and Contentious Politics (Sidney Tarrow)
Political and Social Change in Southeast Asia (Benedict Kerkvliet, ANU)
The Comparative Method in International and Comparative Politics (Ken Roberts)
[*=audited]
Fellowships and Awards
Robert S. Hatfield Award for Ethics in Business, Cornell University, Summer 2011
Postgraduate Essay Prize, Society for Applied Philosophy Annual Conference, 2011
Finalist, Charlotte Newcombe Dissertation Fellowship, Woodrow Wilson Foundation, 2011
Mellon Foundation Dissertation Completion Fellowship, Spring 2011
Robert S. Hatfield Award for Ethics in Business, Cornell University, Summer 2009
Russell Sage Foundation Graduate Fellowship, Cornell University, 2006–2007
Chancellor’s Letter of Commendation, Australian National University, 2006
Chancellor’s Letter of Commendation, Australian National University, 2005
Brettschneider Scholarship, University of Oxford–Cornell University, 2003
Pembroke College Domus Scholarship, University of Oxford, 2002–2004
Presentations
"Can Might Make Right in International Relations? Anarchy, Realism, and Grotian Principles of Regulation", Australasian Association of Political Theory and Philosophy Inaugural Conference, February 2017
"Luck Egalitarianism and the Market: Beyond Equality in Marketable Resources", Early Career Research Workshop, Practical Justice Initiative, University of New South Wales, October 2016
“Beyond Market Power: An Outcome-Based Account of Exploitation”, Midwest Political Science Association Annual Conference, Chicago, April 2014
“Does Rawls need a Principle of Non-Domination?”, American Political Science Association Annual Conference, Washington DC, August 2014; Western Political Science Association Annual Conference, Seattle, April 2014; Northeastern Political Science Association Annual Conference, Philadelphia, November 2013
“Three Concepts of Corruption: Conscription, Fraternity, and the Scope of the Market”, University Center for Human Values, Princeton, February 2014
“Non-Domination and Economic Justice: An Egalitarian Critique”, American Political Science Association Annual Conference, Chicago, September 2013; University Center for Human Values, Princeton, April 2013; Conference on Liberalism and Republicanism: Public Policy Implications, UCL, February 2013; Department of Public Policy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, January 2013
“The External Effects of Trade Policy: A Normative Perspective”, Western Political Science Association Annual Conference, Portland, March 2012
“What is Market Corruption?”, Annual Graduate Conference in Political Philosophy, University of Pavia, September 2011; Society for Applied Philosophy Annual Conference, Manchester, July 2011
“Exploitation in International Trade: Taking Advantage of Need, Inequality, and Injustice”, Canadian Political Science Association Annual Conference, Waterloo, May 2011; New England Political Science Association Annual Conference, Hartford, April 2011; Annual Conference on Democracy and Governance, University of Connecticut, March 2011
“Between Cosmopolitanism and Compatriot-Priority: The World Trade Organization and Relational Obligations”, Midwest Political Science Association Annual Conference, Chicago, April 2010
“Fairness in the International Outsourcing of Labour”, Society for Applied Philosophy Annual Conference, Leeds, June 2009; Conference: “Brave New World”, Department of Politics, University of Manchester, June 2009
“Promoting Reform in Burma/Myanmar: Sanctions versus Engagement” at the East–West Center International Graduate Student Conference, Hawaii, February 2006
Other Conference Roles:
Discussant for Kit Wellman, “Occupancy Rights and the Right of Return”, Conference on Making and Justifying Territorial Claims, Princeton, May 2014
Discussant, Panel on “Domination and Institutions”, Midwest Political Science Association, April 2014
Discussant, Panel on “Global Democracy”, Midwest Political Science Association, April 2014
Discussant, Panel on “Liberal Ethics and Liberal Justice”, Western Political Science Association, April 2014
Discussant for Quentin Skinner, “The Three Persons of the State”, Laurance S. Rockefeller Visiting Fellows’ Seminar, Princeton, September 2013
Discussant, Panel on “Marginalization and the Disadvantaged”, American Political Science Association Annual Conference, Chicago, September 2013
Chair, Panel on “Deliberative Democracy and Arendt”, Canadian Political Science Association Annual Conference, Waterloo, May 2011
Discussant for Sharon Krause, “Non-Sovereign Freedom”, Cornell Political Theory Workshop, February 2011
Chair, Panel on “Rawls”, Midwest Political Science Association Annual Conference, Chicago, April 2010
