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Professor Susan K. Sell

Susan K. Sell (22 November 1958 – 25 December 2023) was an American scholar in the field of international political economy.[1] She was a Professor at the Australian National University and at George Washington University.[2] Her research focused on intellectual property, trade and investment, with a focus on the power structures shaping them.[3][4][5]

Education and Career[edit]

Sell earned her PhD in political science from the University of California, Berkeley. While at George Washington University, she was the director of the Institute for Global and International Studies at the Elliott School of International Affairs.[6] In 2016, Sell joined the School of Regulation and Global Governance (RegNet, formerly the Regulatory Institutions Network) at the Australian National University.

During her career, Sell served on the board of Geneva-based IP-Watch and on the Expert Advisory Group for the United Nations Secretary General's High-level Panel on Access to Medicines from 2015 to 2016. She was also on the editorial boards of the Review of International Political Economy, European Journal of International Relations, Global Governance, and International Studies Quarterly.

Books[edit]

  • Power and Ideas: North-South Politics of Intellectual Property and Antitrust[7]
  • Intellectual Property Rights: A Critical History (written with Christopher May)[8]
  • Who Governs the Globe? (co-edited with Deborah D. Avant and Martha Finnemore)[9]
  • Private Power and Public Law: The Globalization of Intellectual Property Rights[10]
  • (forthcoming) The Global Battles Over Intellectual Property Protection and Enforcement: Cat and Mouse

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Susan K. Sell - Winners and losers in the Global Political Economy". Global Governance Futures. 8 May 2021.
  2. ^ "In Memoriam: Susan K. Sell, Professor Emerita of Political Science and International Affairs". Elliot 360. 4 January 2024. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Renewed push by Professor Susan Sell for Australia to back call to waiver COVID-19 vaccine patent". The Canberra Times. 8 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Calls intensify for Australia to produce mRNA vaccines". ABC News Radio. 9 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Patents, profits and pandemics". Cooperadio - The Global Cooperation Podcast. 23 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Susan K. Sell". GW Department of Political Science. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
  7. ^ Sell, Susan K. (1998). Power and Ideas: North-South Politics of Intellectual Property and Antitrust (1st ed.). SUNY Press. ISBN 9780791435762.
  8. ^ May, Christopher; Sell, Susan K. (2005). Intellectual Property Rights: A Critical History. Lynne Rienner Publishers. ISBN 9781588263636.
  9. ^ Avant, Deborah D.; Finnemore, Martha; Sell, Susan K. (2010). Who Governs the Globe?. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780511845369.
  10. ^ Sell, Susan K. (2003). Private Power, Public Law. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780511491665.