London School of Economics

Faculty Member, International Relations

Lecturer

LSE

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George Lawson is Lecturer in International Relations at the London School of Economics. His theoretical work is oriented around the synergies between historical sociology and international theory. To that end, he is co-convenor of the British International Studies Association’s Working Group on Historical Sociology and International Relations (http://historical-sociology.org/) and co-convenor of LSE’s Research Group on Global Historical Sociology (http://www2.lse.ac.uk/internationalRelations/centresandunits/globalhistoricalsociologygroup.aspx). Dr Lawson applies these theoretical interests to the study of revolutions, which form the subject of two books: Negotiated Revolutions: The Czech Republic, South Africa and Chile (2005) and Anatomies of Revolution (2013). Dr Lawson is currently working on a project (with Barry Buzan) which charts the ways in which a range of important dynamics in contemporary international relations have their roots in the 19th century ‘global transformation’. Articles relating to this project are forthcoming in International Studies Quarterly and the European Journal of International Relations. A book version of the argument will appear in 2014 ... probably.

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