School of Public and International Affairs

Ali Saqer

Assistant Professor

International Relations (International Political Economy)

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2017

COURSES
  • International Political Economy
  • International Relations
  • State & Politics
  • Sustainable Development
EDUCATION
  • PhD, University of Warwick
  • MA, University of Warwick
  • BA, University of Damascus
PUBLICATIONS
  • Saqer, A. (2023). Repackaging growth at Davos: The World Economic Forum’s inclusive growth and development approach. Review of International Political Economy, 30(3), 914-938
  • Saqer, Ali. ‘Benchmarks as tools of governance and participation: The making of (sound) policy in Europe’. An accepted and ongoing special issue project, Policy Studies (forthcoming 2024/2025, Policy Studies Journal).
  • Article in a Special Issue Saqer, Ali. ‘The politics of making the competitiveness agenda of the Irish State: The Case of the National Competitiveness and Productivity Council’. An article in a special issue, Policy Studies (forthcoming 2024/2025, Policy Studies Journal)
  • 2024 ‘The social legitimacy of Post-Growth and Degrowth: Social Movements in Developing Asia’, a paper presented at the British International Studies Association conference ‘Whose International Studies’ in Birmingham (5-7 June)
  • 2023 ‘International organisations and the politics of global sustainability’, a panel organized by Matthias Kranke and Ali Saqer as part of the EISA-PEC conference ‘Envisioning a New Normal’ in Potsdam (5-9 September)
  • 2021 ‘The political economy of benchmarking in Europe’, a workshop organised by Ali Saqer and Juliette Schwak as part of the European Workshops in International Studies’ virtual conference (30 June-3 July)
  • 2020 ‘Old wine in a new bottle at Davos: Inclusive growth and the discursive appropriation of the concept of sustainability’. The European Workshops in International Studies
  • 2019 ‘Legitimation or Appropriation? The (Re)Making of the Belt and Road Initiative at Davos’. GCRF COMPASS workshop, Kent University, UK.