Connor O’Brien

King's College
  • PhD Student
  • Supervisor: Professor Jason Sharman
Connor O’Brien

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Thesis Title: The Development Leviathan: Good Governance and the Remaking of Global Political Authority, 1989-2005

Biography:

Connor O’Brien is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Cambridge. His dissertation explores the conceptual history of good governance and its relationship to the broader struggle between humanitarian, human rights, and development practitioners over the foundations of global political authority. Connor is also the Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Cambridge Review of International Affairs.

Research

Research interests

  • International Political Economy (IPE)
  • Historical International Relations
  • Sovereign Debt
  • Global Development Governance
  • International Relations of the Global Green Transition
  • History of Economic Thought

Key publications: 

  • Review of ‘States and the masters of capital: sovereign lending, old and new’ by Quentin Bruneau, International Affairs, July 2024.