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ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT

• Professor of International Commerce and Policy, Schar School of Policy and Government, ����AV, 2018-
• Chair and Professor of Culture and Political Economy, University of Edinburgh, 2016 - 2018
  • Director, Institute for International Cultural Relations
• Professor, Global Affairs Program, ����AV, 2012- 16. Affiliate appointments: Distinguished Senior Fellow, Schar School of Policy & Government. Professor, Cultural Studies Program.
• Associate Professor 2007-12, Communication, Culture & Technology Program, Georgetown University; Assistant Professor 2001 – 07; Visiting Assistant Professor, 2000 – 01
  • Faculty Director, Summer Program in Trade, Technology and Development, at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, 2007-11.
• Assistant Professor, International Communication Division, School of International Service, American University, 1998 – 2000
• Assistant Professor, The University of Mississippi, Position funded by the BellSouth Foundation from 1993 to 1998
  •    Visiting Assistant Professor: UCLA (Summer 1994); Scripps College (1992-93).
• Research Associate, Center for Telecommunications Management, School of Business Administration, University of Southern California. 1991-92

AFFILIATED APPOINTMENTS

• Richard von Weizsäcker Fellow, Robert Bosch Academy, Berlin, 2019-20
• Founding Editor, . 2016-
• Lecturer, Executive/Diplomacy Education, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, 2007 – 2017
• Professorial Lecturer, Conflict Management Program, School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), The Johns Hopkins University, 2007- 10
• Editor, Review of Policy Research, the politics and policy of science and technology, an official journal of the Policy Studies Organization, published by Wiley-Blackwell. 2006-09
• Adjunct Professor, Summer 2014, and Adjunct Faculty, Executive Education, Intercultural Management Institute, American University, Washington, DC, 2005-07.
• Visiting Scholar, World Trade Organization, Geneva, Summer 2004
• Visiting Fellow, New America Foundation, Washington, DC, 2002 –2004.

EDUCATION

• Advanced coursework in quantitative methods of social research, Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research, University of Michigan, Summers 2013, 2014, 2017.
• Ph.D. Political Economy and Public Policy, University of Southern California, 1995
• Master of Arts, International Relations, University of Southern California, 1989
• Master of Arts, Economics, University of Bombay, 1984
• Bachelor of Arts, Economics, St. Xavier’s College, University of Bombay, 1982
• Film & Journalism Studies, Film and Television Institute of India, Pune; Xavier Institute for Communication Arts, Bombay, 1980-82.

BOOKS

• Development 2.0: How Technologies Can Promote Inclusivity in the Developing World.
  Manuscript Under Contract & Preparation. New York: Oxford University Press.
• Science, Technology, Arts, and International Relations. (co-edited with Madeline Carr and Renée Marlin-Bennett) London: Routledge. In Press. Forthcoming/2019.
• Sweet Talk: Paternalism and Collective Action in North-South Trade Negotiations. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. 2017.
• Globalization, Culture and Development: The UNESCO Convention on Cultural Diversity. (Co- edited with Christiaan De Beukelaer and Mikkaa Pyykkonen) Basingstone, UK: Palgrave Macmillan, June 2015.
  •    Globalized Arts: The Entertainment Economy and Cultural Identity. New York: Columbia University Press. 2011.
• United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO): Creating Norms for a Complex World. London: Routledge. 2011.
• International Cultural Policies and Power. Edited book. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan. International Political Economy Series. February 2010.
• Negotiation and the Global Information Economy. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. December 2008.
• Information Technologies and Global Politics: The Changing Scope of Power and Governance. Contributor and Co-editor (Edited with James N. Rosenau). Albany, NY: SUNY Press. 2002.
• Leapfrogging Development? The Political Economy of Telecommunications Restructuring. Albany, NY: SUNY Press. 1999.

GUEST EDITOR

• Guest Editor, Special Issue on "Emerging Powers in the World Trade Organization," International
  Negotiation. 2016.
• Guest Editor (with Beth K Simmons), "International Relations in the Information Age," International Studies Association Special Presidential Issue, International Studies Review, March 2013.
• Guest Editor, Special issue on “Cultural Policy and Border Crossings.” Review of Policy Research. March 2007. (Assignment given before taking over as Editor of the Journal.)

SELECTED POLICY REPORTS

• Culture and International Development: Toward an Interdisciplinary Methodology. A Study Commissioned from the British Council. 2018.
• Soft Power: Measuring the Influence and Effects. A Study Commissioned from the British Council. 2017.
• “Communication Technologies and Development: Five Myths and Five Lessons from History.”
  Issues in Technology Innovation. No. 16. Brookings Institution. April 2013.
• A People Looking Forward: Action for Access and Partnerships in the 21st Century. 300 page report prepared for White House Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, Submitted to the President of the United States, January 2001. Principal Investigator.

JOURNAL ARTICLES AND REFEREED CHAPTERS

• “UNESCO: Scientific humanism and its impact on multilateral diplomacy.” Global Policy. Forthcoming.
• “.” Arts & International Affairs. 2:2. June 2017.
• “Beyond Neo-Liberalism: Contested Narratives of International Development.” In Alistair Miskimmon, Ben O’Loughlin, and Laura Roselle. Editors. Forging the World: Strategic Narratives and International Relations. Ann Arbor, MI: The University of Michigan Press. 2017.
• “Agriculture and its Discontents: Coalitional Politics at the WTO with Special Reference to India’s Food Security Interests.” (With Surupa Gupta) International Negotiation. 2016
• “Representing Participation in ICT4D Projects.” (With Mikkel Flyverbom) Telecommunications Policy . July 2016.
• “.” Arts & International Affairs . 1:1. March 2016.
• “Issue Structures and Deliberative Contexts: Is the WTO More Participatory Than UNESCO?” In Patrick Heller and Vijayendra Rao. Editors. Deliberation and Development: New Directions. The World Bank, Washington DC, 2015
• “Diffusion of Power and Diplomacy: New Meanings, Problem Solving, and Deadlocks in Emerging Multilateral Negotiations.” International Negotiation. Volume 20:146-174. 20th Anniversary Edition. 2015.
• "Development Remix: Representing Poverty, Culture, and Agency in the Developing World."
  International Studies Perspectives. Volume 15:3. August 2014.
• “Cultural Networks & UNESCO: Fostering Heritage Preservation Betwixt Idealism and Participation. Heritage & Society. May 2014
• “E-governance as a Means of Development in India.” In Steven Livingston and Gregor Walter- Drop. Editors. Information and Communication Technology in Areas of Limited Statehood. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2014.
• “Information Technologies, Meta-power, and Transformations in Global Politics.” International Studies Review. March 2013.
• “Media and Peacebuilding.” In Craig Zelizer. Editor. Integrated Peacebuilding: Innovative Approaches to Transforming Conflict. Boulder, CO: Westview Press. 2013.
• “Development Objectives and Trade Negotiations: Moralistic Foreign Policy or Negotiated Trade Concessions? International Negotiation. 15: 367-389. 2010.
• “Security Implications of Multilateral Approaches to Negotiating Internet Governance,” In Anne Clunan and Harold Trinkunas.eds. Ungoverned Spaces: Alternatives to State Sovereignty in an Era of Soft Sovereignty. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. 2010.
• “International Communication Regimes,” In Robert E. Denemark, editor. International Studies Encyclopedia. Volume VI. Boston, MA: Wiley-Blackwell. 3949-3969. 2010.
• “,” Policy and Internet, Vol 1:1. 91-
  111.
• “What is Being Controlled on the Internet?” In Johann Erickson and Giampiero Giacomello, Editors. “The Forum: Who Controls the Internet?” International Studies Review. 218-221. February 2009.
• “GATS Plus or Minus? Services Commitments in Comparative Contexts for Colombia and Uruguay.” In Juan A. Marchetti and Martin Roy. Editors. Opening Markets for International Services: Countries and Sectors in Bilateral and WTO Negotiations. Cambridge University Press. 505-536. 2009.
• “Agents of Policy Learning and Change: US and EU Perspectives on Cultural Policy.” Journal of Arts Management, Law, Society. 141-159. Summer 2008.
• “Paulo Freire: Possibilities for Dialogic Communication in a Market-Driven Information Age,” Key Thinkers in the Information Age Series. Information, Communication, and Society. Vol. 11: Issue 5. 699-726. 2008.
• “Between Cooperation and Conflict: International Trade in Cultural Goods and Services.” In Joni Cherbo et al. Editors. The Public Life of the Arts in America. Second Edition. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press. 177-196. 2008.
• “Metapower, Networks, Security, and Commerce.” In Myriam Dunn et al. Editors. Power and Security in the Information Age: Investigating the Role of the State in Cyberspace. Aldershoot, UK: Ashgate Publishers. 2007.
• “Sex Workers and Cultural Policy: Mapping the Issues and Actors in Thailand.” (With Shilpa A. Hart) Review of Policy Research. 24:2: 155-173. March 2007.
• “Culture or Commerce? A Comparative Assessment of International Interactions and Developing Countries at UNESCO, WTO, and Beyond.” International Studies Perspectives. 8: 36 – 53. 2007.
• “Coalitions, Developing Countries, and International Trade.” International Negotiation 11: 499 –
  524. 2006.
• “The Evolution of National Interests: New Issues and North South Negotiations during the Uruguay Round,” In John Odell. Editor. Negotiating Trade: Developing Countries in the WTO and NAFTA. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. 41-84. 2006.
• “Foreign Direct Investment Variations in Emerging Markets: Credible Commitments, Economic Downturn, or Something Else?” Information Technologies and International Development. Vol. 2:4. 75-87. 2006.
• “Services Commitments: Case Studies from Belize and Costa Rica.” In Peter Gallagher Patrick Low, Andrew L. Stoler. Editors. Managing the Challenges of WTO Participation.” Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. 78-94. December 2005.
• “Development as Cross-Cultural Communication: Anatomy of a Development Project in North India.” (With Shilpa A. Hart) Journal of International Communication. 50-75. 2004.
• “The Persistence and Breakdown of Exclusion and Territoriality in Global Telecommunications Regimes.” In Sandra Braman. Editor. The Emergent Global Information Policy Regime. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave. 86-108. 2004
• “Three layers of the electronic commerce network: challenges for the developed and developing worlds.” (With Sarah Gilchrist) Info: the journal of policy, regulation and strategy for telecommunication, information and media. Vol. 4, No. 2. 31-41. 2002.
• “Introduction: Information Technologies, Power and Global Governance.” In James N. Rosenau and J.P. Singh. Editors. Information Technologies and Global Politics: The Changing Scope of Power and Governance. Albany, NY: SUNY Press. 1-38. 2002.
• “Negotiating Regime Change: The Weak, the Strong and the WTO Telecommunications Accord.” In James N. Rosenau and J.P. Singh. Editors. Information Technologies and Global Politics: The Changing Scope of Power and Governance. Albany, NY: SUNY Press. 239-272. 2002.
• “Communication Technology and Development: Instrumentality, Strategy and Pluralism.” In William Gudykunst and Bella Mody. Editors. Handbook of International and Intercultural Communication. Second Edition. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications. 479-497. 2001.
• “From POTS to E-commerce: What Have the Developing Countries Learnt About Property Rights Over the Last 50 Years?” Prometheus. Vol. 19, No. 4, 347-361. 2001
• “The Institutional Environment and the Effects of Telecommunication Privatization and Market Liberalization in Asia.” Telecommunication Policy. Vol. 24, 885-906. 2000.
• “Weak Powers and Globalism: Impact of Plurality on Weak-Strong Negotiations in the International Economy.” International Negotiation. Vol. 5, 449-484. 2000
• "Unraveling 'The Missing Link': The Provision of Telecommunications Services in Select Developing Countries." Communicatio 24(1): 48-58.

SCHOLARLY ARTICLES AND CHAPTERS

• “Regulating Cultural Goods and Identities Across Borders.” In Victoria Durrer, Toby Miller, and Dave O’Brien. Editors. The Routledge Companion to Global Cultural Policy. London: Routledge. 2017.
• “Technology” In Kenneth Reinert. Editor. Handbook of Globalisation and Development. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing. 2017
• "Cultural Globalization and the Convention" In Christiaan De Beukelaer, Mikkaa Pyykkonen, and
  J.P. Singh. Editors. Globalization, Culture and Development: The UNESCO Convention on Cultural Diversity. Basingstone, UK: Palgrave Macmillan, June 2015.
• "Conclusions: Theories, Methods, and Evidence." In Christiaan De Beukelaer, Mikkaa Pyykkonen, and J.P. Singh. Editors. Globalization, Culture and Development: The UNESCO Convention on Cultural Diversity. Basingstone, UK: Palgrave Macmillan, June 2015.
• “The Power of Diplomacy: New Meanings, and the Methods of Understanding Digital Diplomacy.” In Corneliu Bjola and Marcus Holmes. Editors. Doing Diplomacy in the Social Media Age: The Theory and Practice of Digital Diplomacy. London: Routledge. 2015.
• “.” Briefing No. 23. Future United Nations Development System. November 2014.
• “The Large-Scale Interactions of Information Technologies and Power in Global Politics.” In Maximilian Mayer et al. The Global Politics of Science and Technology - Vol. 2: Perspectives, Cases and Methods (Global Power Shift). Springer. September 2014.
• “Cultural Understandings and Contestations in the Global Governance of Information Technologies and Networks.” In Kelly Moore and Daniel Lee Kleinman. Editors. The Routledge Handbook of Science, Technology, and Society. New York: Routledge. June 2014
• “Developing Countries, Agriculture, and the World Trade Organization.” Yojana. Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India. June 2014.
• “The Metapower of Interactions: Security and Commerce in Networked Environments.” In Tom
  R. Burns and Peter M. Hall. Editors. The Metapower Paradigm: Impacts and Transformations of Agents, Institutions, and Social Systems –– Capitalism, State, and Democracy in a Global Context. New York: Peter Lang. 2013.
• “Toward Knowledge Societies in UNESCO and Beyond.” In Divina Frau-Meigs et al Editors. From NWICO to WSIS: 30 Years of Communication Geopolitics -- Actors and Flows, Structures and Divides. Bristol, UK: Intellect Books/European Communication Research Association. 2012.
• “Trade Policy.” In Paul Quirk and William Cunion. Editors. Governing America: Major Decisions of Federal, State and Local Governments from 1789 to Present, 977-983. New York: Facts on File. 2011.
• “Global Cultural Policies and Power.” In J. P. Singh. Editor. International Cultural Policies and Power. Houndsmills, UK: Palgrave Macmillan, 1-15. 2010
• “Dialogues as Communication Strategy in Governance Reform.” In Sina Odugbemi & Tom Jacobson. Editors. Governance Reform Under Real World Conditions: Communication Challenges. Washington DC: The World Bank. 65-74. 2008.
• “International Trade.” Michael Genovese and Lori Han. Editors. Encyclopedia of American Government and Civics. New York: Facts on File. 1020-1023. 2008.
• “Developing Countries.” Michael Genovese and Lori Han. Editors. Encyclopedia of American Government and Civics. New York: Facts on File. 1002-1005. 2008.
• “International Communication Regimes, Overview.” In Donald H. Johnston. Editor. Encyclopedia of International Media and Communications. San Diego: Academic Press. 463-476. 2002.
• “The Institutional Environment and the effects of telecommunication privatization and market liberalization in Asia: Lessons for India.” In Rafiq Dossani. Editor. Telecommunication Reform in India. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishers. 2002. (Article expanded, updated and reprinted from Telecommunication Policy)
• “Transnational, National or Local? Gender-based NGO Networks and Information Technologies in India.” In Sandra J. Maclean, Fahimul Qadir, and Tim Shaw. Editors. Crises of Governance in Asia and Africa. Aldershoot: Ashgate Publishers, 2001.
• “Issues of Access, Affordability, and Use: Bringing People and Information Technologies Together in India” Voices: A Journal on Communication for Development. 2000.
• “Telecommunication User Groups and Economic Development.” Asia-Pacific Telecommunity Journal. January 1998.
• “Need for Accountability: Telecommunications Policies for Rural India.” Voices: A Journal on Communication for Development. December 1997.

REVIEWS, REPORTS AND SHORT ARTICLES

• “.” Editorial. 2018. Arts and International Affairs, Vol. 3. No. 1doi: 10.18278/aia.3.1.1. 
• “.” Editorial. 2018. Arts and International Affairs, Vol. 2. No. 3.
• “.” Editorial. Arts and International Affairs, Vol. 2. No. 2. 2017.
  doi: 10.18278/aia.2.2.1
• “.” Op. ed. The Herald. 27 January 2017.
• “Performing Culture.” Editorial. Arts and International Affairs, Vol. 2. No. 1. 2017. DOI: 10.18278/aia.2.1.1
• “Perspectives and Remix.” Editorial. Arts and International Affairs, Vol. 1. No. 1. DOI: 10.18278/aia.1.1.1
• “.” The Wire. June 20, 2016.
• "Controversial TPP is as Much About Trade as About Foreign Policy Goals," The Wire. October 12, 2015
• “.” The Wire. July 24, 2015.
• “.” The Times of India. June 30, 2015.
• Review of Assa Doron and Robin Jeffrey. The Great Indian Phone Book: How the Cheap Cell Phone Changes Business, Politics, and Daily Life. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. 2013. In Technology and Culture. Vol. 56. April 2015.
• ". Foreign Affairs. October 23, 2014.
• ." The Monkey Cage. The Washington Post. August 5, 2014.
• “Contribution of Intangible Cultural Heritage and Millennium Development Goals.” ICH Courier. UNESCO. Volume 11. April 2012.
• Review of Pippa Norris and Ronald Inglehart. Cosmopolitan Communications: Cultural Diversity in a Globalized World. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. 2009. In Perspectives in Politics. 2012.
• Review of Peter Curwen and Jason Whalley. Mobile Telecommunications in A High-Speed World: Industry Structure, Strategic Behavior and Socio-Economic Impact. Farnham, UK: Gower. 2011. In Technology and Culture. 53:1. 2012.
• Review of John Ure. Telecommunications Development in Asia. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. 2008. In Telecommunications Policy. 35:3. April 2011.
• Review of Amrita Narlikar. Editor. Deadlocks in Multilateral Negotiations: Causes and Solutions. Cambridge University Press. 2010. In International Affairs. January 2011.
• “Inference,” in George Thomas T. Kurian et al (eds.) The Encyclopedia of Political Science. Washington, DC: CQ Press. October 2010.
• “Laissez-Faire,” in George Thomas T. Kurian et al (eds.) The Encyclopedia of Political Science. Washington, DC: CQ Press. October 2010.
• “Negotiations and Bargaining,” in George Thomas T. Kurian et al (eds.) The Encyclopedia of Political Science. Washington, DC: CQ Press. October 2010.
• “Cultural Policy,” in George Thomas T. Kurian et al (eds.) The Encyclopedia of Political Science. Washington, DC: CQ Press. October 2010.
• “Measurement and Definition of Intangible Cultural heritage: Recommendations from the Existing Literature.” Report commissioned by UNESCO Institute for Statistics. August 2009.
• Review of Tania Voon. Cultural Products and the World Trade Organization. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. 2007. In Journal Of Cultural Economics. 2009.
• “Cultural industries: from national to global governance.” In H. K. Anheier, Y.R. Isar, and A. Paul (eds.) The Cultural Economy (The Cultures and Globalization Series 2). London: Sage Publications. 2008.
• J. P. Singh. “Introduction: 25th Anniversary Volume.” Review of Policy Research, January 2008
• “Cultural Policy and Border Crossings.” Review of Policy Research. March 2007
• Joint Book Review of Economic Interdependence and Conflict in World Politics and Mediating Globalization Perspectives on Politics. 2007.
• “Foreword.” In Erik Granered. Global Call Centers: Achieving Outstanding Customer Service Across Cultures & Time Zones. Boston: Nicholas Breeley International. 2005.
• “Wiggle Rooms: New Issues and North-South Negotiations During the Uruguay Round.” In John S. Odell and Antonio Ortiz Mena. Editors. How to Negotiate Over Trade: A Summary of New Research for Developing Countries. Documentos de Trabajo, Numero 113. Division de Estudios Internacionales, Centro de Investigacion y Docensias Economicas (CIDE), Mexico, January 2005.
• “The Dynamics Between Intercultural Communication and Development.” Intercultural Management Quarterly. Winter 2004.
• Joint Book Review of Milton L. Mueller. Universal service: Competition, Interconnection, and Monopoly in the Making of the American Telephone System. Ingo Vogelsang & Bridger M. Mitchell. Telecommunications Competition: The Last Ten Miles. In Technology and Culture. April 1999.
• Review of Mark W. Zacher and Brent A. Sutton. Governing Global Networks: International Regimes for Transportation and Communications. In Science, Technology, and Environmental Politics Section Newsletter, American Political Science Association. Spring 1998.
• Review of Brian Levy and Pablo T. Spiller. Regulations, Institutions, and Commitments. In
  Managerial and Decision Economics. Vol. 18, 1-2, 1997.
• Review of Daniel Sarewitz. Frontiers of Illusion: Science, Technology, and the Politics of Progress. In Forum for Applied Research and Public Policy. Fall 1997.
• Editor. Information Revolution and World Politics. Science, Science Technology and Environmental Politics Section, American Political Science Association. August 1995.
• “The Future of Telecommunications Services at the Local Level” (with Jagdish Sheth) in Georgia Center for Advanced Telecommunications Technology. Telecommunications Policy in Georgia. Georgia Institute of Technology. October 1994. (Study helped change Georgia legislation.)
• Pacific Technopolis: Southern California in the Coming Century. The Asia Society. 1993.

SELECTED KEYNOTES

• “What global cultural flows tell us about our interests and values? And, what can we do about them?” Keynote given at the International Conference on Cultural Policy Research, Tallinn, Estonia, 21 August 2018.
• “The Internet and the Museum,” Keynote give at the 2nd European Multidisciplinary Conference on Global Internet Governance: Actors, Regulations, Transactions & Strategies. Cardiff, Wales. 26 April 2018.
• “The Art of Negotiating Markets and Development.” Inaugural lecture as Professorial Chair in Culture and Political Economy at the University of Edinburgh. 1 November 2017.
• “Negotiating Cultural Borders in an Anxious World.” Keynote to be given at the Association of Art Administrators and Educators Annual Convention, Edinburgh. 31 May 2017
• “From the Inside and Outside: Cultures of Diplomacy and Negotiation.” Inside/Outside, European Conference for the Humanities, 6 April 2017, Edinburgh
• “How to Imagine Cultural Relations Through Evolving Borders.” Brokering Cultural Exchange: AHRC Funded Network on A Research Network Exploring the Role of Arts and Cultural Management, Heilbronn University, 16 January 2017.
• “UNESCO: Creating Norms for a Complex World” ScotMUN – Scotland’s premier Model United Nations Conference, University of Edinburgh, 15 October 2016
• “A Global India and Its Cultural Voices.” India Day Keynote. The University of Edinburgh. 26 October 2016
• “Cultural Networks & Economic Development: Heritage Preservation at UNESCO Betwixt Idealism and Participation.” Conference on Past for Sale: Economic Entanglements of Cultural Heritage. Center for Heritage and Society, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. May 16, 2013
• “Conference on Shifting Identities and Globalization in India," Colonial Academic Alliance (CAA) and The Center for Global Studies at ����AV, February 26, 2009.
• “India’s Prospects in the Global Information Economy,” Keynote address at Plenary Session on Economic Globalization and Digital Divide in India. 36th Annual Conference on South Asia, University of Wisconsin, Madison, October 12- 14, 2007.
• “Services and Information Networks: Making Credible Commitments to Resolving Poverty at Local and Global Levels.” Keynote speech given at the III World Services Congress, Bogota, Colombia, June 21, 2007.
• “Information Technology and Development: ‘Evaluating Performance Through Time’.” Keynote address given at the International Telecommunications Society (ITS) Regional Conference, July 2, 2001, Perth, Australia.

HONORS, GRANTS, AWARDS

• £15,000 from the British Council for a study on international cultural relations. 2018-19.
• £21,000 from the British Council for a study on culture and international development. 2017-18.
• Commendation from Principal Sir Timothy O’Shea for exemplary service to The University of Edinburgh during 2016-17 academic year. August 2017.
• £38,000 from the British Council for a quantitative study of soft power. 2016-17.
• 2016 OSCAR Mentoring Excellence Award, ����AV.
• Working Group Grant and Coordinator, World Views in Science, Technology, Art and International Relations, International Studies Association Annual Convention, March 2015
• Book Series Editor. “Emerging Frontiers in the Global Economy.” Stanford University Press. 2014-
• Book Awards for Globalized Arts: The Entertainment Economy and Cultural Identity.
  • Editors’ Picks, Choice Reviews. July 2011. Among the 17 out of 600 books reviewed
  • Best Book in Information Technology and Politics. American Political Science Association. September 2012.
• John Parke Young Chair & Professor in Global Political Economy (declined). Occidental College, Los Angeles. 2012.
• Workshop Grant for “International Studies in the Information Age,” International Studies Association Annual Convention, San Diego, April 2012.
• Summer 2011: ISI announced that the impact factor for Review of Policy Research, based on the years I served as editor (2006-09), ranked it as 25th out of 139 in the ISI category of political science.
• High commendation, International Studies Association Deborah Gerner Award for Innovative Teaching, 2009.
• Cultural Statistics Taskforce, United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization, Institute for Statistics, Nominated by U.S Department of State, 2009.
• Best Paper in International Communication, International Studies Association, March 2008. Awarded for “Culture or Commerce? A Comparative Assessment of International Interactions and Developing Countries at UNESCO, WTO, and Beyond.”
• Expert Group on Measuring the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization, Nominated by U.S Department of State, 2007-09
• Phi Sigma Omega, honor society for distinguished scholars in public policy, 2007 -
• World Trade Organization, research and travel grants, Fall 2004, Summer 2007.
• Fellow; Social Science Research Council; Program on Information Technology, International Cooperation and Global Security; Summer 2002.
• Principal Investigator. The White House Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, 2000 - 2001. $94,000.
• World Bank, Development Marketplace Competition, “Cottage Industry, Global Marketplace.” Awarded to faculty team from Georgetown University, 2000-2003. $90,000.
• Participant, Ford Foundation Study on “Ethnicities in Crises of Governance in Asia and Africa.” 1999-2000.
• Appointment to a highly visible appointment endowed by The Bell South Foundation, University of Mississippi, 1993-98.
• Excellence in Teaching Award, Scripps College, Claremont,1993
• Outstanding Graduate Student Recognition Award, “excellence in scholarship, leadership and service,” University of Southern California. 1991.
• AT&T Fellow, The Asia Society, Los Angeles. 1991-92
• “From Gandhi to MLK.” Keynote speech given at University of Southern California’s Martin Luther King Day Celebration. January 16, 1991.
• Member, Order of the Torch, highest honor for students, University of Southern California. Excellence in scholarship, leadership, service, and public speaking, University of Southern California. 1989-90.

SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION

Editorial Board Memberships

• International Negotiation, 2011 --
• Journal of Arts Management, Law and Society, 2010 --
• Policy and Internet, 2009 –
• Politics and Policy, 2006 –
• Review of Policy Research, 2009-
• Policy Studies Journal, 2006 - 2009

Offices in Professional Associations

• Committee Member (Presidential appointment), Finance Committee, International Studies Association, 2016-18.
• Awards Committee Member (Presidential appointment), James N. Rosenau Award for Globalization Studies, International Studies Association, 2013-15
• Science, Technology and Art in International Relations (STAIR), International Studies Association
  • Chair, 2014-15
  • Founding member, 2013-14
  • Panel Organizer, two panels for STAIR Section, Policy Studies Association’s Du Pont Summit on Science and Technology, 5 December 2014.
• International Political Economy Section, International Studies Association
  • Chair, Inaugural Best Book Award Committee, 2016-17
  • Section Chair, 2012-13
  • Program Chair, 2012 Annual Convention
  • Distinguished Senior Scholar Award Committee Chair (2013-15), Member (2012-2015)
• Member, Scientific Committee, 17th Association of Cultural Economics Conference, Kyoto, Japan, 2011-2012
• Vice President, Policy Studies Organization, 2006 - 09. Also PSO Representative to the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
• Science, Technology and Environmental Politics; American Political Science Association:
  • President: 2002 – 2005; 2005 -- 2008
  • Program Chair: 1998 and 2004 Annual Conventions
  • Chair: Best Book Award Committee 2005-06
  • Member: Best Book Award Committee 2004-05
  • Member: Dissertation Awards Committee, 2003 - 2004
  • Member, Governing Council, 1995 –
• International Communication Division: International Studies Association
  • President, 2006 - 07
  • Vice-President, 2005 – 06
  • Program Chair, 2006 Annual Convention
  • Best Conference Paper Committee, 2008 Annual Convention
• Board Member, Global Mobility Roundtable Conference, 2007-09.
• Board Member, Study Group on “New World Orders”, International Political Science Association. Prepared newsletters. 1997-2000
  International and National Organizations
• Invited participant. “Being a Great Discussant” project, published under “Professional Resource Center.” International Studies Association, January 2015.
• Senior Faculty Mentor, Junior Scholars Symposium. Internationals Studies Association. 2013-17.
• Invited Participant, Media and Entertainment Industries Strategy Session, World Economic Forum, New York, 2010-2013.
• Invited Moderator, Brainstorming Session for Stakeholders on the World Bank’s Role in Media, part of World Bank’s formulation of its 10-year strategy plan, November 11, 2010.
• Invited Participant, Doha Economic Forum, Doha, Qatar, May 29-June 1, 2010.
• Invited Participant, Resource Seminar, National Arts Policy Roundtable, Americans for the Arts, Washington, DC, September 8, 2009.
• Member, Working Group on Poverty and Exclusion, Inter-American Development Bank, 2009-10
• Pro-bono report prepared for UNESCO on Measuring Intangible Cultural Heritage, co-authored with participants from Seminar in Cultural Economics, August 2009.
• UNESCO Institute for Statistics, Cultural Statistics Taskforce, 2009 - , Helped with the on-going work of the Framework for Cultural Statistics (FCS).
• UNESCO Expert Group on Measuring the Diversity of Cultural Expressions. Meeting convened in Montreal (September 2007) and Barcelona (December 2008) to understand statistical implications of the UENESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions.
• Advisory Group on Development Communication, Research and Learning Division, BBC World Service Trust, London, 2007 – 10.
• Field Research and Data Collection in Latin America. World Trade Organization. August – October 2004; Summer 2007.
• Judge, Global Development Network, Center for Global Development; International Competition for selecting best work in the field of development. 2003.

Manuscript/Proposal Referee

Foundations:

IREX, Macarthur Foundation, National Science Foundation (member, various interdisciplinary review panels, 2010-2015), National Endowment for the Arts (2017).
Book publishers: Cambridge University Press, Continuum, Lexington Publishers, MIT Press, Oxford University Press, Palgrave/Macmillan, Rowman & Littlefield, Routledge, State University of New York Press, Temple University Press, University of Toronto Press.

Journals:

Comparative Political Studies, Ethics& Politics, Foreign Policy Analysis, Information Technology and International Development, Information Society, International Journal for Cultural Policy, International Journal for Feminist Politics, International Journal for Electronic Business, International Negotiation, International Studies Review, International Studies Quarterly, Journal of Cultural Economics, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Politics, Negotiation, New Media and Society, Politik & Mediekultur, Review of International Organization, Review of International Political Economy, Review of Policy Research, Studies in Comparative International Development, Technology & Culture, Telecommunications Policy, World Development, World Politics.

GEORGE MASON SERVICE (2012-)

University

• Distinguished Senior Fellow, School of Policy, Government and International Affairs
• Steering Committee, Center for Global Studies, ����AV (2012-15)

Cultural Studies Doctoral Program

• Executive Committee, 2013-
• Chair, one doctorial dissertation committee, Member: three dissertation committees (2012-)
• Member, Admissions Committee (2013-14)
• Search Committee Member, Director (2013-14); Program Manager (2013-14)

Global Affairs Program

• Graduate Admissions Committee (2012-)
• Chair, Search Committee, Korea Hire, Global Affairs. 2013-14
• Chair, committee to establish and formulate a graduate course in research methods (2014-15)
• Service work for obtaining prestigious research designation for honors courses

SELECT MEDIA APPEARENCES

• BBC Scotland TV Interview. Interviewed for Barack Obama’s upcoming visit to Edinburgh. 6 April 2017
• BBC Scotland Radio Interview for morning show. Launch of the Institute for International Cultural Relations. 26 Jan. 2017
• BBC Scotland TV Interview after U.S. Presidential Election. 9 November 2016
• BBC Radio 4, “UNESCO; 70 Years of Peacekeeping.” 15 September 2016
• “.” In-depth Interview with Emmy Award Winning Randall Pinkston, Carnegie Institute for Ethics in International Affairs. 27 February 2017.
• Columbia University’s Uptown Radio. Interview on U.S. entertainment industries. 21 Feb 2012
• Expert Interview on the Artist Ai WeiWei. Al Jazeera – The Stream. April 10, 2012.
• Expert Interview on Public Diplomacy Initiative from Ministry of Commerce in China (CCTV). December 4, 2009.
• Co-host and Interviewer for a program on international development, Darshan TV, Channel directed at the Indian-American Diaspora, November 2009.
• Expert Interview on failure of WTO’s Mini-Ministerial for Doha Trade Round. Al-Jazeera -- English, July 30, 2008.
• Voice of America. Political Analyst: Regular Hindi language broadcasts to India over television and radio, September 2004 – 2008, including the 2004 & 2008 Presidential elections.
• British Broadcasting Corporation, UK: “Go Digital,” a program that investigates the ways in which technology impacts everyday life. September 8, 2003.
• The Christian Science Monitor. “At foreign firms, only Cambodia’s abject need apply.” Interviewed for front-page story on the prospects of information technology for marginalized populations. January 8, 2003.
• National Public Radio, USA, “The Kojo Namdi Show,” hour-long discussion on information technologies and global politics. October 29, 2002.

INVITED PRESENTATIONS

• Presentations based on: Development 2.0: How Technologies Can Promote Inclusivity in the Developing World. Manuscript Under Contract & Preparation. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. Forthcoming.
  • Political Economy of International Organizations, January 2017
  • Global Politics Fellows Program. ����AV. November 5, 2015
  • American Political Science Association, September 5, 2015
  • UX Lab, iHub, Nairobi, June 16, 2015
• Participant. Workshop on Science Diplomacy. Exeter College, Oxford. Organized by University College, London, July 13-14, 2015.
• “Voices from the Global South.” William O. Douglas Honors College. Central Washington University. April 16, 2015.
• “Cultures of Development.” International Development Program Student Association. School of International Service. American University. Washington, DC. April 9, 2015.
• Presentations based on: Sweet Talk: Paternalism and Collective Action in North-South Trade Negotiations. Manuscript Under Contract & Preparation. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. Forthcoming.
• Graduate Institute for International Studies and Development, Geneva, 18 Sept. 2017
  • Oxford University Department of International Development, November 2016
  • University College London, January 2017
  • Manchester University, March 2017
  • University of Edinburgh, March 2017
  • Georgetown University, April 2017
  • American University, April 2017
  • Warwick University, May 2017
  • American Political Science Association, September 2016
  • Cultural Studies Colloquium Series, ����AV, October 1, 2015
  • Global Politics Fellows Program. ����AV. September 8, 2014, and April 7, 2015.
  • Washington Interest in Negotiation. School of Advanced International Studies. The Johns Hopkins University. February 27, 2015.
  • Professor Virginia Haufler’s Politics of Hunger Class, University of Maryland, February 9, 2015
  • Speaker Series. Political Science and International Affairs. University of Mary Washington, October 1, 2015
  • Professor Susan Aaronson’s graduate seminar, September 9, 2014.
  • School of Policy, Government, and International Affairs, ����AV, April 30, 2014 and October 21, 2015.
• Participant. Presidential Theme Panel: “Reform of the United Nations: The View from the Global South.” International Studies Association. New Orleans. 21 February 2015.
• Meta-power, Cultural Identity, and large-Scale Information Technology Networks.” Du Pont Summit. Policy Studies Organization. 5 December 2014.
• Member, Faculty Panel, State of the Field in Research Methods, School of Policy, Government, and International Affairs, November 20, 2014.
• Participant: Panel Honoring the work of International Communication Scholar Daya Thussu at the International Studies Association, Toronto, 27 March 2014
• "Development Remix: Representing Poverty, Culture, and Agency in the Developing World." Presentation Made at University of Jyvaskyla’s Interdisciplinary Seminar on “Exclusions and inclusions of the global creative economy." University of Jyvaskyla, Finland. March 11, 2014.
• Participant. Panel on Culture at Work: Building an Intercultural Organization for an Interconnected World. Meridian International. Washington, DC. February 25, 2014.
• Globalized Arts: The Entertainment Economy and Cultural Identity. Book presentation.
  • Cultural Studies Colloquium, ����AV, October 11, 2012.
  • Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama, August 18, 2012.
  • University of Mary Washington, Virginia, October 25, 2011
  • Institute for Cultural Diplomacy, Berlin/Washington DC, May 20, 2011
  • Freer and Sackler Galleries, Smithsonian Museum, Washington, DC, April 9, 2011
  • Occidental College, Los Angeles, March 3, 2011
  • Mortara Center for International Studies, Georgetown University, January 26, 2011
  • Communication, Culture and Technology Program, Georgetown, November 17, 2010
  • ����AV, October 20, 2010.
  • Social Theory, Politics and the Arts Conference, October 16, 2010
  • Federal Communication Commission, Washington, DC, July 21, 2010
  • University of Massachusetts, Amherst, May 12, 2010
• Panelist. Art and Politics: Rethinking Arts Policy and Cultural Diplomacy. A Panel Discussion with Washington Cultural Leaders. The National Museum of Women in the Arts. Washington, DC. May 23, 2011
• Participant. Workshop on Diplomacy for the Facebook Era. Pardee Center. Boston University. April 20, 2012.
• United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization: Creating Norms for a Complex World. Book presentation.
  • Center for Public Diplomacy, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern California, February 3, 2011.
• Panelist. Plenary Panel on Cultural Policy as Identity Policy. International Conference on Cultural Policy Research, Jyväskylä, Finland, August 26, 2010.
• Negotiation and the Global Information Economy. Book presentation.
  • Copenhagen Business School, video presentation via Internet, November 2, 2011
  • McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University, November 18, 2009
  • Graduate School of International and Development Studies, Geneva, July 6, 2009
  • World Trade Organization, June 22, 2009
  • Global Internet Governance Academic Network – GiGa-Net, University of Vrije,
    Brussels, May 11, 2009
  • Oxford Internet Institute, Oxford University, May 9, 2009
  • Film in Trade Evening, Curb Center, Vanderbilt University, Washington, April 22, 2009
  • New America Foundation, Washington, DC, April 9, 2009
  • Georgia Institute of Technology, March 27, 2009
  • Carnegie Institution for Science, Washington, DC, December 5, 2009
  • Social Science and Policy Seminar Series, The World Bank, November 20, 2008
  • Mortara Center for International Studies, Georgetown University, November 19, 2009
• Panelist. “WTO as a Crucial Component of the Global Governance Architecture: Past Lessons and Future Challenges,” World Trade Organization Public Forum, Geneva, September 30, 2009.
• Panelist. Plenary session. “Communicating Africa: Transcending Borders with Digital Media.” Georgetown Africa Interest Network. First Anniversary Celebration. September 24, 2009.
• Panelist. “Communication and Technology in Development - Where Are We Headed?” 3rd Annual Innovations in Student Leadership Conference, Washington Universities Consortium, at ����AV, April 25, 2009.
• “New Technologies, New Politics,” Chesapeake American Studies Association Conference, ����AV, April 2, 2009
• Panel on Development Communication. Conference on “Culture and Development: Advancing Equality and Racial Inclusion,” Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, DC, December 10, 2008
• Discussant. Development Communication Sourcebook Launch. The World Bank. November 19, 2008.
• Panelist. “Turbulence in International Studies: the Contributions of James Rosenau.” School of International Service, American University, Washington, DC, October 30, 2008.
• Panelist, Forum on Regional Trade Agreements, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, July 2, 2008.
• “Creative Industries in the U.S. and Cultural Politics at UNESCO.” Direct Video Conference.
  U.S. Department of State for Quebec cultural policy officials and researchers. May 15, 2008.
• Panelist. “Understanding the Internet: An International Perspective.” Federal Communications Bar Association at Verizon Communications, Inc. Washington, DC. May 5, 2008.
• Discussant. “Who Governs the Globe?” Project. George Washington Elliott School of International Affairs, November 10, 2007; International Studies Association, March 26, 2008
• “Implications for Security from Commercial Multilateral Negotiations in Data Privacy, Internet Governance, and Cultural Diversity,” Paper presented at conference on “Ungoverned Spaces” at the Center for Civil-Military Relations and the Center for Contemporary Conflict, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, August 2-3, 2007.
• “Dialogues as Communication Strategy in Governance Reform,” Paper prepared for conference on “Governance Reform Under Real World Conditions: A Dialogue on Communication Challenges.” Communication for Governance and Accountability Program, The World Bank, May 30 -31, 2007.
• Discussant for Patricia Goff’s Book “Limits to Liberalization: Local Culture in a Global Marketplace,” The World Bank, May 22, 2007.
• “Roundtable on Theorizing Global Information Flows: Ethical Consequences in a Complex World.” International Studies Association. February 28, 2007.
• “International Negotiations and Developing Countries.” Presentation made at Learning, Information, Networking and Knowledge Center, University of Witwaterrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, December 14, 2006.
• “Methodologies for Discerning Policy Impact of Development Communication Interventions.” Master-Class taught at Knowledge Sharing Week, BBC World Services Trust, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, November 8, 2006.
• “The Implications of GATS for Cultural Policies.” Ravello Lab sponsored by UNESCO, Council of Europe, and Italian Ministry of Culture. Ravello, Italy. October 27, 2006.
• “Negotiating the Global Information Economy.” Institute of International Studies. University of California, Berkeley. Berkeley. October 20, 2006.
• “Culture and International Negotiations.” Two-day advanced seminar for executives conducted at the Intercultural Management Institute, Washington, October 14-15, 2006
• “India at the WTO.” East-West Center, Washington, DC. October 10, 2006.
• Chair. Panel on “Digital Divide, Affordable Access, and Sustainable Development.” Telecommunications Policy Research Conference. September 30, 2006.
• “Culture and International Development,” Two-day advanced seminar for executives to conducted at the Intercultural Management Institute, Washington, June 10-11, 2006
• “Metapower.” Paper presented at the First International Conference on the Information Revolution and the Changing Face of International Relations and Security, Center for Security Studies (Swiss Federal Institute of Security) and the International Studies Association, May 23, 2005.
• “Culture and Negotiations.” Two-day advanced seminar for executives conducted at the Intercultural Management Institute, Washington, February 5-6, 2005.
• “High-tech issues and North-South Negotiations.” Science and Technology Speaker Series, Drexel University, Philadelphia, December 8, 2004.
• “Cultural Issues in Development.” Workshop conducted at the Intercultural Management Institute Annual Conference. Washington, DC. March 9, 2004.
• “Wiggle Rooms New Issues and North-South Negotiations during the Uruguay Round.” Paper and policy brief presented at the WTO/UNCTAD/Geneva International Academic Network conference on “Developing Countries and the Trade Negotiation Process”, Geneva. November 6 & 7, 2003.
• “Wiggle Rooms New Issues and North-South Negotiations during the Uruguay Round.” Paper presented at the Washington Interest in Negotiations (WIN) Group, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University. Washington, DC. July 30, 2003
• “FDI Variations in Emerging Markets: Credible Commitments, Economic Downturn, or Something Else?” Paper presented at the Workshop on “Turmoil in the Telecommunications Industry: Implications for Developing Countries.” Columbia Institute for Tele-Information, Columbia Business School, New York. May 8, 2003
• “Crafts-Based Electronic Commerce in Northern India.” Development Gateway Speakers Series. The World Bank. October 30, 2002.
• A Debate with Lawrence Harrison. Author: Culture Matters. Poverty Reduction & Economic Management (PREM) Network Week. The World Bank. June 24, 2002
• “Culture, Technology, and Development,” Workshop conducted at the Intercultural Management Institute Annual Conference. Washington, DC. March 14, 2002.
• “Meta-Power and Advocacy: Indian NGOs, Information Networks and the Global Feminist Movement.” Paper presented at “Global Public-Private Partnerships in a Networked World,” a workshop at the Center for Global Change and Governance, Rutgers University-Newark, March 8, 2002.
• “Information Technologies and Global Politics: The Changing Scope of Power and Governance.” Presentation made at the New America Foundation, February 20, 2002.
• “Cross-Cultural Communication and International Relations: On Identity, Collective Memory and Cultural Clash.” Presentation made at SIETAR International Washington Metro Group, June 20, 2001.
• A Debate with Lawrence Harrison. Author: Culture Matters. Intercultural Management Institute Annual Conference. Washington, DC. May 10, 2001.
• “Information Networks and Power.” 8th Annual Speaker Series, Lauinger Library Government Documents Section. Georgetown University. Washington, DC, February 13, 2001.
• “Evaluating Asian Telecommunication Reforms: A Property Rights Framework.” Paper presented at India Telecom Conference, Asia/Pacific Research Center, Stanford University, November 9-10, to advice key policy-makers from India, 2000.
• “Politics Underlying India’s Telecommunications Deregulation and the Emerging Property Rights.” Presentation made at “India Telecom 2000" organized by Information Gatekeepers Inc. Washington, DC, May 18-19, 2000.
• “Transnational, National or Local? Gender-based NGO Networks and Information Technologies in India.” Paper presented at the “Conference on Ethnicities and Governance in Asia and Africa.” Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada, August 16-18, 1999.
• “Did the Weak Lose? North-South and the WTO Telecom Accord.” Paper presented at the Washington Interest in Negotiations (WIN) Group, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University. Washington, DC, April 16, 1999.
• “Evaluating Telecommunication Privatization and Liberalization in India and the Far East.” Conference on “Has Privatization Worked: The International Experience.” Columbia Institute for Tele-Information, Columbia University, New York, June 12, 1998.
• “Club Goods, Collective Action and the State: Telecommunication Restructuring in Developing Countries.” 25th Annual Telecommunications Policy Research Conference, Alexandria, VA, September 27, 1997.
• “Pricing Policies and Telecommunication Deregulation.” Presentation made at ‘Making Connections: A Teleconference on State Telecommunications Regulation.’ Organized by Southern Growth Policies Board, National Regulatory Research Institute and the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, Raleigh, N. C. July 10, 1995.
• “The (Un)bound Prometheus: On the Politics of Telecommunications and Development.” Presentation. Conference on Telecommunications and Economic Development: A Focus on the South. Jackson, Mississippi. November 3, 1994.
• “Faust or Frankenstein: Whose Life is it Anyway? An Essay on Langdon Winner’s ‘Autonomous Technology’.” Panel honoring Langdon Winner’s contributions to political science. American Political Science Assn. New York. Sept. 4, 1994.
• Chair. Panel on Nationalism and Ethnicity in the Wake of Humanism. The Claremont Graduate Humanities Center. Claremont, CA, April 23, 1993.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

(paper presentations unless otherwise noted)

• "Development 2.0: How Technology is Fostering Inclusion in the Developing World." American Political Science Association Annual Convention. San Francisco. September 5, 2015.
• Discussant, Panel on Governance of New Technologies. American Political Science Association Annual Convention. San Francisco. September 4, 2015.
• "Developing a Participatory Research Methodology: Doing Content Analysis with Student Scholars." With S. Cristal Ouedraogo, Naila Rafique, and Corina Solorzano. National Council on Undergraduate Research Annual Conference. April 17, 2015.
• “Racism and Collective Action at the WTO.” International Studies Association. New Orleans. 18 February 2015.
• Chair and Participant. Innovative Panel on “Using Digital Media in the Classroom and Beyond to Represent and Question Science.” International Studies Association. New Orleans. 20 February 2015.
• “Exploring Intellectual Property Enforcement: Role of Civil Society Advocacy and Business Pressures in the Information Age.” International Studies Association. New Orleans. 20 February 2015.
• Discussant. Panel on “International Science and Diplomacy.” International Studies Association. New Orleans. 20 February 2015.
• Discussant, Panel on “Beyond the Wealth of Nations? Global IR Revisits the Law and Politics of Trade.” International Studies Association. New Orleans. 18 February 2015.
• "(Em)powering Cyberspace: The Large-Scale Interactions of Information Technologies and Cultural Identities in Global Politics" Paper presented at the International Studies Association, Toronto, 28 March 2014
• Are Trade Policy Preferences Different from Trade and Its Governance? What the WTO Really Means for its Increasingly Obstreperous Members." Paper presented at the International Studies Association, Toronto, 29 March 2014
• Chair and organizer. Roundtable on "Still Up-to-date? Debating the Place of Technology and Science within the New Spaces of IPE.” International Studies Association, Toronto, 29 March 2014.
• Discussant, Panel on Nanotechnology in a Globalized World: Security, Competitiveness, and Governance. International Studies Association, Toronto, 28 March 2014.
• Discussant. Political Communication Pre-conference of the American Political Science Association. George Washington University. 27 August 2014.
• Cultural Understandings and Contestations in the International Regimes Governing Information Technologies/Networks. Paper Presented at the International Studies Association Annual Convention. San Francisco. April 3-6, 2013
• “Representing Participation in ICT4D Projects and Internet Governance.” (With Mikkel Flyverbom). American Political Science Association. August 31, 2012. (Conference canceled: Presented Virtually via YouTube)
• Roundtable on Cultural Sustainability and Development. International Conference on Cultural Policy Research. Barcelona. July 10, 2012.
• “Information Technologies, Meta-power, and Transformations in Global Politics.” International Studies Association. San Diego. April 1-4, 2012. Copenhagen Business School. April 19-20, 2012.
  •    Roundtable on Digital Divide. International Studies Association. San Diego. April 1-4, 2012.
• “Development Remix: Representing Poverty, Culture, and Agency
  in the Developing World.” International Studies Association. April 1-4, 2012.
• “Deliberating Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D): Lessons From History.” American Political Science Association. Seattle. August 2011.
• “Bollywood in Hollywood: Value Chains, Cultural Voices, and the Capacity to Aspire.” With Kathryn House. International Studies Association, February 18, 2010, New Orleans; Association for Cultural Economics International, June 9-11, 2010, Copenhagen; American Political Science Association, September 1-3, 2010, Washington, DC.
• “From Denmark to Switzerland: Democracy and the Sensational Deliberation of Islamic Cultural Expressions.” International Conference on Cultural Policy Research, August 25-27, Finland; American Political Science Association, September 1-3, 2010; Social Theory, Politics and the Arts Conference, October 15, 2010.
• “It’s Not Funny! Use and Misuse of Humor in International Negotiations and Conflict Resolution.” With Rebecca Jakob. International studies Association, New Orleans, February 9, 2010.
• “What is Being Controlled on the Internet? Multilateral Approaches to Negotiating Internet Governance,” International Studies Association, New York, February 15, 2009.
• “Patronage or Networks? Creative Industries, Competitive Advantage, and the Political Economy of Representation.” Paper presented at the International Conference on Cultural Policy Research, Istanbul, Turkey, August 22, 2008; Association of Cultural Economics International, Boston, June 14, 2008; International Studies Association, San Francisco, March 28, 2008; American Political
  Science Association, Chicago, August 31, 2007.
• “Sex Worker and Cultural Policy: A Comparative International Perspective.” (With Shilpa Alimchandani). Paper presentation at the American Political Science Association, August 29, 2008
• “Negotiation and the Global Information Economy.” Poster presentation at Sloan Industry Studies Conference, Boston, May 1, 2008. Paper presentation at the American Political Science Association, August 30, 2008.
• “International Communication Regimes.” International Studies Association Compendium Project Panel. International Studies Association, San Francisco, March 27, 2008
• Chair. Panel on “Media, Popular Culture, and Responsibility.” International Studies Association. Chicago. March 1, 2007.
• “Culture or Commerce? A Comparative Assessment of International Interactions and Developing Countries at UNESCO, WTO, and Beyond.” International Studies Association, Chicago, March 3, 2007. Also at the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, August 31, 2006. And International Conference on Cultural Policy Research, Vienna, Austria, July 14, 2006.
• Discussant, Panel on “Advocacy Without Borders.” American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, August 31, 2006.
• “The Meta-Power of Cultural Technologies.” Paper presented at Workshop on Cultural Technologies and Policies, American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, August 30, 2006.
• “The Meta-Power of Culture: Understanding Cultural Production and Cultural Policies.” Social Theory, Politics and the Arts Conference, Vienna, Austria, July 12, 2006.
• “The Implications of GATS for International Cultural Policies: Between International Rule- Making and Domestic Consultations.” Association of Cultural Economics International, Vienna, Austria, July 9, 2006.
• “Metapower, Networks, Security, and Commerce.” International Studies Association, March 24, 2006.
• “Globalization and Culture Clashes: International negotiations and cultural identity issues in the European Union.” 31st annual international conference on Social Theory, Politics and the Arts. Eugene, Oregon. October 6-8, 2005
• “Reflexivity and Falsification in Quantitative Methods.” American Political Science Association. Washington, DC. September 1-4, 2005; International Studies Association, Honolulu, Hawaii, March 3, 2005.
• “Power and the Internet Marketplace: Explaining the differences in Internet governance for domain names versus pricing arrangements.” American Political Science Association. Chicago. September 2, 2005.
• Chair. Panel on “Contending Perspectives in Biotechnology.” American Political Science Association. Chicago. September 2, 2004.
• “Information Technologies and North-South Negotiations: GATS, TRIPS and The Uruguay Round.” American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, August 30, 2003.
• “Culture, Business, or Both? The Evolution of European Union Preferences on Audio Visual Negotiations.” International Studies Association. Portland, Oregon, February 28, 2003.
• Discussant. Panel on “Information and Communication Industries in the Global Economy.” International Studies Association. Portland, Oregon, February 28, 2003.
• “From POTS to E-commerce: What Have the Developing Countries Learnt About Property Rights Over the Last 50 Years?” International Communication Assn., July 15, 2002.
• “Creating the ‘Right’ to Stable Revenues: Incumbent Protection in Competitive Markets in Electronic Commerce in Developing Countries.” International Studies Association. March 24, 2002.
• “Visible Negotiations: Globalism, Domestic Politics, and Culture.” International Studies Association. March 24, 2002    .
• “Meta-Power and Advocacy: Indian NGOs, Information Networks and the Global Feminist Movement.” Paper to be presented at the International Communication Association. Washington, DC, May 24-28, 2001.
• “The Evolution of Property Rights in a Dynamic Environment: Telecommunication Deregulation in Asia.” Paper presented at the International Studies Association. Chicago, February 21, 2001.
• Chair. Panel on “The Emergent Global Information Policy Regime.” International Studies Association. Chicago, February 24, 2001.
• Discussant. India Telecom Conference, Asia/Pacific Research Center, Stanford University. November 9-10, 2001.
• Roundtable Member. “Global Politics and Technology: Power, Choice and the State at the End of the Millennium.” Conference theme panel at the American Political Science Association, Aug. 31- Sept 2, 2000.
• “Meta-Power and Advocacy: Indian NGOs and the Global Feminist Movement.” Paper presented at the American Political Science Association. Aug. 31-Sept 2, 2000.
• “Negotiating Multilayered Global Telecommunications Regimes: The Persistence or Breakdown of Exclusion and Territoriality?” Paper presented at the International Studies Association. Los Angeles, March 15, 2000.
• Discussant. Panel on “Ethnicities in the Crises of Governance in Asia and Africa: pluralism in the changing political economy.” International Studies Assn., Los Angeles, March 17, 2000.
• “Collective Memory and Colonialism: Opera and its Gendered Politics.” Poster/Paper presented at the American Political Science Association. Atlanta, Sept. 2, 1999.
• “Transnational, National or Local? Gender-based NGO Networks and Information Technologies in India.” Paper presented at the American Political Science Association, Atlanta, Sept. 5, 1999.
• “Power and Plurality: North-South Negotiations During NWICO and the WTO Telecommunications Accord.” Paper presented at the International Studies Association. Washington, DC, February 17-20, 1999.
• Chair. Panel on “Liberalism and its (Dis)contents.” International Studies Association. Washington, DC, February 17-20, 1999.
• “The Political Economy of Telecommunications in the U.S., East Asia and the EU.” Paper presented at the Third Pan-European International Relations Conference. Vienna, Austria, September 16-19, 1998.
• “Whoring in Asia: Opera and Colonialism.” Paper presented at the Third Pan-European International Relations Conference. Vienna, Austria, September 16-19, 1998.
• Chair, panel on “Engendering Empowerment.” Third Pan-European International Relations Conference. Vienna, Austria, September 16-19, 1998.
• “Negotiating Regime Change: the Weak, the Strong and the WTO Telecom Accord.” Presented at workshop on “Information, Power, Globalization.” American Political Science Association Annual Meetings. September 2, 1998, Boston and at International Studies Association, Minneapolis, March 20, 1998.
• Discussant. Panel on “Cyberspace: Communities and Participation.” American Political Science Association. September 4, Boston, 1998.
• “Winners or Losers? International Economic Negotiations and the Developing World.” American Political Science Association. Washington, D. C. August 28, 1997.
• “Weak Powers and Globalism: Impact of Plurality on Weak-Strong Negotiations in the International Economy.” International Political Science Assn. Seoul, August 21, 1997.
• “Reconstituting Globalization: Telecommunications Restructuring in the Developing World.” Southwestern Political Science Assn. New Orleans. March 28, 1997.
• “Exclusion and Territoriality in Global Business: Influence of Industrial Age State Business Relations in the Information Age.” International Studies Association. Toronto, March 21, 1997.
• “Unraveling ‘The Missing Link’: The Provision of Telecommunications Services in Select Developing Countries.” International Studies Association. Toronto, March 19, 1997.
• “Wherefrom Free Trade? Comparing Political-Economic Structures in Western Europe and Developing Countries.” American Political Science Assn. San Francisco, August 30, 1996.
• “Globalization and Plurality: Actors and Outcomes Involving the Developing World and Communication Technologies.” Paper. Workshop on ‘Information Revolution and World Politics.’ American Political Science Association. San Francisco, August 28, 1996.
• “A Tale of Two Centuries: Rise of Free Trade in Western Europe and Developing Countries.” International Studies Association. San Diego, April 17, 1996.
• “Order, Anarchy or Pluralism? Technology in Industrial and Post-Industrial Ages.” American Political Science Association. Chicago, September 2, 1995.
• Discussant. Panel on “Public Space in the Global Economy.” International Studies Association. Washington, D.C. March 30, 1994.
• “The Role of Telecommunications in Developing Countries.” International Studies Association, Acapulco, Mexico, March 25, 1993.
• “The Political Economy of Telecommunications in Developing Countries: A Literature Review.” Congress of Political Economists. Paris, January 1993.
• “Fiction: A ‘Novel’ Heuristic Approach Toward Using Case Studies in International Relations.” International Studies Association: West. Los Angeles, Nov. 1991

CONFERENCE ORGANIZING AND FUND-RAISING

• Coordinator, Working Group (28 participants); Science, Technology, Art and International Relations (STAIR), International Studies Association Annual Convention, New Orleans, February 2015.
• Cultural Industries and Technologies, a daylong workshop organized in conjunction with meetings of the American Political Science Association, August 30, 2006, Philadelphia. Co- sponsored by APSA, Policy Studies Organization, and Georgetown University.
• Workshop on “Capacity Building for E-commerce,” Organized in District Kangra, HP, India. Sponsored by Georgetown University and a grant from the World Bank. Involved handicrafts cooperatives, government officials and local NGOs. Oct. 19. 2000.
• Information, Power and Globalization, conference organized January 24, 1998. The Peabody, Memphis, and a workshop at the American Political Science Association Annual Meetings, September 2, 1998, Boston.
• Information Revolution and World Politics, a daylong workshop for the annual meeting of the American Political Science Assn, August 28, 1996, San Francisco. 1996
• Telecommunications & Economic Development: A Focus on the South. National conference organized in Jackson, Mississippi. Sponsored by the BellSouth Corporation, Mississippi Dept. of Eco. Development and Southern Growth Policies Board. Nov. 4. 1994.
• Pacific Technopolis: Southern California in the Coming Century, Los Angeles, Nov. 21, 1991. Sponsored by The Asia Society, AT&T &The Times Mirror Company. 1991.

POLITICAL ECONOMY COURSES TAUGHT (1992-2015)

Graduate

Capstone Graduate Seminar; Global Institutions and International Development; Technology, Culture and Development; International Trade & Development; Global Services Economy; International Economic Negotiations; Technology and Progress; International Political Economy; Political Economy of Development; Cultural Economics; Media Economics.

Undergraduate

Global Affairs Honors Seminar; International Organization; International Political Economy; Political Economy of Development; International Economic History

OTHER COURSES TAUGHT (1992-2016)

Graduate

Global Governance and Technology; Multilateral Negotiation; Global Politics of Race; Global Governance and Deliberation; International Cultural Policies; Politics of Cultural Representation; Security & Commerce in the Post 9/11 World; Qualitative Research Methods; International Relations Theory

Undergraduate

Communications & Diplomacy; Cross-Cultural Communications; Foundations of International Communications; International Organization Introduction to International Relations; Introduction to Comparative Politics; Politics of the Information Age; Social Science Philosophy and Methods; Introduction to Political Theory; International Ethnic Politics; Science; Technology and International Relations; Honors Seminar;

FIELD RESEARCH IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE, DEVELOPMENT, AND CULTURAL POLICIES

• Asia: China, India, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, Turkey.
• Latin America: Argentina, Belize, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Uruguay.
• Africa: Ethiopía, Kenya, Senegal, South Africa
• Australia (Sydney, Canberra, Perth)
• Europe: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, U.K.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

• American Political Science Association
• International Studies Association
• Association of Cultural Economics International

LANGUAGES

Fluent: Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi. Introductory: French.

PERSONAL INTERESTS

Opera musicology, piano, fiction writing, hiking & mountaineering.