Biography
Chase Foster is a lecturer in politics at King’s College London. He holds a PhD in government (political science) from Harvard University and a master's in public policy from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. He also earned his undergraduate degree in public policy and African studies from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
An expert in the comparative political economy of market regulation, Dr Foster has published widely in leading international academic journals, such as Comparative Political Studies, Socio-Economic Review, Regulation & Governance, and European Union Politics. His current book manuscript, Trust on Trial: Competition Law, Co-ordination Rights, and the Making of Modern Capitalism offers a comparative analysis of how competition law and policy have shaped the development of capitalism in Europe and the United States over the 20th century.
Alongside his academic work, Dr Foster has broad experience as a policy practitioner in both domestic and international settings, and he continues to engage actively in public policy debates. In his free time, he enjoys traveling, hiking and volunteering as an election observer with the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe.
Research interests
Dr Foster’s work is in comparative and international political economy, with a geographical focus on Europe and North America.
His research interests include:
- politics of market regulation and enforcement
- law and capitalism
- political economy of industrial policy
- economic liberalization and welfare reform
- political and economic populism
More information can be found at http://www.chasefoster.com.
Office hours
Monday: 16.00 - 17.00
Wednesday: 16.00 - 17.00
Teaching
- International Political Economy
- The Political Economy of Europe: Political Science Perspectives
PhD supervision
Dr Foster welcomes applications for PhD topics related to any of his research interests.
Latest publications
“Coordination Rights, Competition Law and Varieties of Capitalism” (with Kathleen Thelen). Forthcoming in Comparative Political Studies.
“Brandeis in Brussels?: Bureaucratic Discretion, Social Learning and the Development of Regulated Competition in the European Union” (with Kathleen Thelen). Regulation & Governance 18(4): 1083-1103.
“Legalism without Adversarialism?: Bureaucratic Legalism and the Politics of Regulatory Implementation in the European Union,” 2024. Regulation & Governance 18: 53-72.
“Varieties of Neoliberalism: Courts, Competition Paradigms and the Atlantic Divide in Antitrust,” 2022. Socio-Economic Review 20(4): 1653-1678.