Mark A. Boyer (born June 15, 1961) is a Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor in the Department of Geography at the
University of Connecticut
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. He is a specialist in
international relations
International relations (IR), sometimes referred to as international studies and international affairs, is the scientific study of interactions between sovereign states. In a broader sense, it concerns all activities between states—such as ...
theory. His recent scholarship analyzes governmental responses to
climate change
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at the regional and local level. He has also investigated pedagogical methodologies.
Boyer has served as executive director of the
International Studies Association
The International Studies Association (ISA) is a US-based professional association for scholars and practitioners in the field of international studies. Founded in 1959, ISA has been headquartered at the University of Connecticut in Storrs since ...
since 2015. He previously served as a co-editor of ''
International Studies Review
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'' (2008–2012) and editor of ''
International Studies Perspectives
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'' (2000–2004); he continues to serve as an editorial board member for both journals. He is also co-director of the GlobalEd 2 project, which conducts computer-assisted international studies simulations for middle school and high school students throughout the United States.
Boyer received the Ladd Hollist Service Award in 2008 and the
Rowman & Littlefield
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Award for Innovative Teaching in Political Science in 2000.
Publications
Books
* ''Global Politics: Engaging a Complex World''. Co-author with Natalie F. Hudson and Michael J. Butler. (McGraw-Hill, 2012)
* ''Defensive Internationalism: Providing Global Public Goods in an Uncertain World''. Co-author with Davis B. Bobrow. (University of Michigan Press, 2005)
* ''International Cooperation and Public Goods: Opportunities for the Western Alliance''. (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1993)
See also
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Public Choice theory
Public choice, or public choice theory, is "the use of economic tools to deal with traditional problems of political science".Gordon Tullock, 9872008, "public choice," ''The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics''. . Its content includes the st ...
*
Institutional liberalism
Liberal institutionalism (or institutional liberalism or neoliberalism) is a theory of international relations that holds that international cooperation between states is feasible and sustainable, and that such cooperation can reduce conflict an ...
(i.e., Liberal Institutionalism)
References
External links
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GlobalEd 2Center for Environmental Sciences and Engineering
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1961 births
Living people
American political scientists
International relations scholars
University of Maryland, College Park alumni
University of Connecticut faculty
International Studies Association