Biography
Connor’s PhD thesis examines the evolution of the good governance concept across the long 1990s, working at the intersection of international relations, intellectual history, and historical sociology. It recovers how debates over the meaning and operationalisation of good governance influenced, and were influenced by, a diverse array of worldmaking projects, which sought to remake global development policymaking, human rights, humanitarian intervention, and the structure of international institutions. Connor’s research is funded by Cambridge Australia Scholarships, in partnership with the Cambridge Trust.
Connor obtained a BA (honours) from the University of Melbourne and an MPhil from the University of Cambridge. He is a Managing Editor of the Cambridge Review of International Affairs.
Research
International Political Economy; Historical International Relations; Sovereign Debt; Global Development Governance; International Relations of the Global Green Transition; History of Economic Thought.
Publications
Review of ‘States and the masters of capital: sovereign lending, old and new’ by Quentin Bruneau, International Affairs, forthcoming (July 2024).
