
Thomas Hale
Associate Professor in Global Public Policy, Blavatnik School of Government; Fellow of St Antony's College, University of Oxford,
Dr Thomas Hale’s research explores how we can manage transnational problems effectively and fairly. He seeks to explain how political institutions evolve – or not – to face the challenges raised by globalisation and interdependence, with a particular emphasis on environmental and economic issues. He holds a PhD in Politics from Princeton University, a master's degree in Global Politics from the London School of Economics, and an AB in public policy from Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School. A US national, Hale has studied and worked in Argentina, China and Europe. His books include Beyond Gridlock (Polity 2017), Between Interests and Law: The Politics of Transnational Commercial Disputes(Cambridge 2015), Transnational Climate Change Governance (Cambridge 2014), and Gridlock: Why Global Cooperation Is Failing when We Need It Most (Polity 2013).
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The Sound of Economics Live: Exiting the great lockdown?
This episode of The Sound of Economics Live will discuss European coordination, national responses, and local effects in moving on the the next phase
Exiting the great lockdown?
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