School of Public and International Affairs

Ali Saqer

Assistant Professor

International Affairs

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@Ali Saqer

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. (2025). Crafting the competitiveness agenda of the Irish state: the national competitiveness and productivity council. Policy Studies, 1–26.
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)
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
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.