Michael Lipson, PhD
- Associate Professor, Political Science
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Sign in to editResearch areas: International Relations; International Organizations; Peacekeeping.
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Biography
Dr. Michael Lipson studies international organizations, with a focus on international security. His research employs international relations theory and organization theory to analyze international institutions and their contribution to the maintenance of international peace and security. Dr. Lipson’s current research addresses organizational dynamics in international peace operations, and “organized hypocrisy” in global governance. Dr. Lipson’s research interests also include nonproliferation, arms control, and disarmament; technology and world politics; and U.S. foreign policy. His research has received funding from SSHRC and FQRSC.
Research interests
International Relations; International Organizations; Peacekeeping.Teaching activities
POLI 205 Introduction to International Relations
POLI 315 International Organizations
POLI 329 American Foreign Policy
POLI 404 International Institutions
POLI 496 Technology and World Politics
POLI 603/802 International Relations Theory
POLI 659/812 International Organizations
Selected publications
"Network and Transaction Cost Theories: Lessons from Bosnia-Herzegovina," in Julian Junk, Francesco Mancini, and Till Blume, eds, The Management of Peacekeeping:Coordination, Learning, and Leadership in UN Peace Operations (Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers/International Peace Institute, 2017), 58-91.
"IR and Organizational Theories of Inter-Organizational Cooperation and Conflict" in Rafael Biermann and Joachim Koops, eds, Palgrave Handbook of Inter-Organizational Relations in World Politics (London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016), 67-96
"Peacekeeping Reform: Managing Change in an Organized Anarchy," Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding 6, no. 3 (September 2012): 279-298.
"Performance Under Ambiguity: International Organization Performance in UN Peacekeeping," Review of International Organizations 5, no. 3 (September 2010): 249-284.
"Peacekeeping: Organized Hypocrisy?" European Journal of International Relations 13, no. 1 (March 2007): 5-34.
"A Garbage Can Model of UN Peacekeeping," Global Governance 13, no. 1 (January-March 2007): 79-97.
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