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Associate Professor inÌýInternational Relations
Room: 2.01, 29/30 Tavistock Square
Tel: 020 7679 4922 (ext. 24922)
Email: m.abouharb@ucl.ac.uk

Biography

I’m an Associate Professor of Political Science at ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº. I previously worked in the Department of Political Science at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.ÌýMy undergraduate degree is in Politics and Modern History from Brunel University, and I spent a couple of semesters at the State University of New York (SUNY) Brockport. As part of my undergraduate degree, I researched for an MP in the House of Commons, and a U.S. Senator in the United State Senate in Washington, D.C. I received my graduate degrees in Political Science from University at Buffalo (MA) and Binghamton University (PhD).ÌýIn 2008 I was awarded the Rainmaker Award from Lousiana State University, and in 2004 I was awarded the Excellence in Graduate Research Award from Binghamton University. I am originally from Cardiff, South Wales, and I am of British and Syrian heritage.

My first book, co-authored with David Cingranelli, exploresÌýthe human rights consequences of World Bank and IMF structural adjustment lending within the states. Currently, I’m working on my second book, co-authored with Bernhard Reinsberg, which examines the effects of international economic organisations at the individual level in the context of distributional politics.ÌýMy research is published by Cambridge University Press, Journal of Politics, Review of International Organisations, International Studies Quarterly, Journal of Peace Research, and Journal of Human Rights, amongstÌýothers.

Research

My research places particular emphasis on understanding how both domestic and international socio-economic processes affect the human security of citizens around the world. My focus to date has been understanding the human rights and human security consequences of policies promoted by international organisations like the United Nations and other members of the UN familyÌýincluding the World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF), and World Trade Organisation (WTO).

Publications

Books

• Abouharb, M. R.Ìýand Cingranelli, D. (2007)Ìý. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Journal articles

2022

• Reinsberg, B.Ìýand Abouharb, M. R. (2022)Ìý,ÌýReview of International Political Economy, pp. 1–29.ÌýÌý
• Abouharb, M. R. (2022)Ìý,ÌýJournal of Human Rights, pp. 1–17.

2020

• Abouharb, M. R.Ìýand Fordham, B. O. (2020) ,ÌýSocial Sciences, 9(11), pp. 198.

2019

• Abouharb, M. R.,ÌýCingranelli, D. and Filippov, M. (2019)Ìý,ÌýSocial Sciences, 8(5), pp. 139.
• Abouharb, M. R. andÌýDuchesne, E. (2019)Ìý,ÌýSocial Sciences, 8(5), pp. 156.

2016

• Payne, C.Ìýand Abouharb, M. R. (2016)Ìý,ÌýJournal of Human Rights, 15(2), pp. 1–26.

2015

• Abouharb, M. R.Ìýand Aaronson, S. (2015)Ìý,ÌýGlobal Economy Journal,Ìý15(4), pp.Ìý455–484.

2014

• Abouharb, M. R.Ìýand Aaronson, S.Ìý(2014)Ìý,ÌýWorld Trade Review, 13(3),Ìýpp. 1–36.

2013

• Abouharb, M. R.Ìýand Aaronson, S.Ìý(2013),Ìý,ÌýJournal of World Trade, 47(5), pp. 1091–1128.
• Abouharb, M. R., Moyer, L. and Schmidt, M.Ìý(2013)Ìý,ÌýJournal of Human Rights, 12,Ìýpp. 367–396.

2011

• Abouharb, M. R.Ìýand Aaronson, S. (2011)Ìý,ÌýInternational Studies Quarterly, 55(2), pp. 1–30.

2009

• Abouharb, M. R. and Cingranelli, D. (2009)Ìý,ÌýReview of International Organizations,4(1),Ìýpp. 47–72.

2007

• Abouharb, M. R. and Kimball, A. L.Ìý(2007)Ìý,ÌýJournal of Peace Research, 44(6), pp.Ìý743–754.

2006

• Sobek, D.,ÌýAbouharb, M. R. and Ingram, C. G. (2006)Ìý,ÌýJournal of Politics, 68(3),Ìýpp. 519–529.
• Abouharb, M. R.Ìýand Cingranelli, D.Ìý(2006)Ìý,ÌýInternational Studies Quarterly, 50, pp.Ìý233–262.

2002

• Regan, P. M. and Abouharb, M. R.Ìý(2002)Ìý,ÌýWorld Affairs. 165(1), pp. 42–54.

Book chapters

• Abouharb, M. R.Ìýand Cingranelli, D.Ìý(2017)Ìý,Ìýin E.ÌýSciso (ed.) Transparency and Democracy in the Bretton Woods Institutions. New York: Springer Publishing, pp.Ìý205–238.
• Abouharb, M. R., Cingranelli, D.Ìýand Filippov, M.Ìý(2015)Ìý,Ìýin L.ÌýHaglund and R. Stryker (eds.) Economic, SocialÌýand Cultural Rights: Emerging Possibilities for Social Transformation. California: University of California Press,Ìýpp. 29–47.
• Abouharb, M. R.Ìýand Aaronson, S.Ìý(2014)Ìý,Ìýin J. Auby, E. Breen and T. Perroud (eds.) Corruption and Conflicts of Interest: Comparative Law Insights. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 183–197.
• Abouharb, M. R. (2012)Ìý,Ìýin T.ÌýCushman (ed.) Handbook of Human Rights. London: Routledge,Ìýpp.Ìý455–465.
• Abouharb, M. R.Ìýand Cingranelli, D.Ìý(2005)Ìý,Ìýin G. Ranis, J. R. VreelandÌýand S. Kosack (eds.)ÌýGlobalization and the Nation State: The Impact of the IMF and the World Bank. London: Routledge, pp. 204–230.
• Abouharb, M. R.Ìýand Cingranelli, D. (2004)Ìý,Ìýin S.ÌýC. Carey and S.ÌýC. Poe (eds.)ÌýUnderstanding Human Rights Violations: New Systematic Studies. Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing, pp. 127–146.

Teaching

I teach modules on rebellion, and economic and social rights. I would be interested in supervising PhD students who are asking theoretically important and empirically substantive questions linking domestic and international processes to governments’ human rights practices.