Alexander Wendt Ralph D. Mershon Professor of International Security
Mershon Center and Political Science
204C Mershon Center
614.292.9219
wendt.23@osu.edu
Education
B.A., Political Science and Philosophy, Macalester College (1982)
Ph.D., Political Science, University of Minnesota (1989)
Teaching/Research
Dr. Wendt has research and teaching interests in international relations theory, social theory, global governance, political theory, and the philosophy of social science. His current research focuses on the inevitability of a world state, and on the idea of a quantum social science.
Selected Publications
New Systems Theories of World Politics, ed. by Mathias Albert and Lars-Erik Cederman (Palgrave, forthcoming)
"Flatland: Quantum Mind and the International System," in New Systems Theories of World Politics, ed. by Mathias Albert and Lars-Erik Cederman (Palgrave, forthcoming)
"Why There is 'International Theory' Now," with Duncan Snidal, introduction (International Theory, 2009)
"Sovereignty and the UFO," with Raymond Duvall (Political Theory, 2008)
"Social Theory as Cartesian Science: An Auto-Critique from a Quantum Perspective," in Constructivism and International Relations: Alexander Wendt and his Critics, ed. by Stefano Guzzini and Anna Leander (Routledge, 2005)
"The State as Person in International Theory" (Review of International Studies, 2004)
"Why a World State is Inevitable: Teleology and the Logic of Anarchy" (European Journal of International Relations, 2003)
"Driving with the Rearview Mirror: On the Rational Science of Institutional Design" (International Organization, 2001)
Social Theory of International Politics (Cambridge University Press, 1999; translations: Chinese, 2000; Farsi, 2005; Lithuanian, 2005; Korean, 2006; Italian, Arabic, and Polish forthcoming)
"Constructing International Politics" (International Security, 1995)
"Anarchy is What States Make of It: The Social Construction of Power Politics" (International Organization, 1992)
Honors, Awards, and Service
Named one of the top five scholars whose work has had the greatest influence on the field of international relations in the past 20 years by the Institute for the Theory and Practice of International Relations (2009)
Founding Editor, International Theory: A Journal of International Politics, Law and Philosophy, with Duncan Snidal (2008-)
Best Book of the Decade Award, International Studies Association, for Social Theory of International Politics (2006)
Named the third-most influential scholar in international relations by Foreign Policy magazine (2006)
Mershon Projects
Realism and Constructivism: From Debate to Dialogue (2005)
New Systems Theories of World Politics (2005)
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