Short biography

Robert Falkner is Professor of International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). He serves as the Academic Dean of the TRIUM Global Executive MBA, an alliance between LSE, NYU Stern School of Business and HEC Paris, and one of the world’s leading EMBA programmes.

Born in Germany, he read for a double-degree in politics (MA Politikwissenschaft) and economics (Diplom-Volkswirt) at Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich. After moving to the UK, he gained a doctorate in international relations from the University of Oxford (Nuffield College). He held academic positions at the universities of Oxford, Kent and Essex before joining LSE. He was a visiting scholar at Harvard University, Simone Veil Fellow at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, and Associate Fellow of Chatham House. He is currently a Distinguished Fellow of the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto.

His research focuses on global environmental politics, international political economy, and the role of business in international relations. He has published widely in these areas, including Great Powers, Climate Change and Global Environmental Responsibilities (co-edited with Barry Buzan) (Oxford University Press, 2022), Environmentalism and Global International Society (Cambridge University Press, 2021), The Handbook of Global Climate and Environment Policy (edited, Wiley-Blackwell, 2013) and Business Power and Conflict in International Environmental Politics (Palgrave, 2008). His latest book The Market in Global International Society: An English School Approach to International Political Economy (co-authored with Barry Buzan) will be published by Oxford University Press. He is currently working on a new book project, on Green Political Economy, which is under contract with Polity Press.