Dr James Scott is a Reader in International Politics in the Department of Political Economy. He works primarily on trade governance, particularly with regard to developing countries in the World Trade Organisation. James did his bachelor’s degree in physics and philosophy at New College, Oxford, before moving to the University of Manchester to undertake a MA in Development Studies and subsequently a PhD in International Political Economy. Following completion of his PhD he worked as a research assistant and then a post-doctoral research fellow at the Brooks World Poverty Institute, University of Manchester. James has also taught at the University of Liverpool.

Office hours

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Research

Dr Scott’s research focuses on global governance, with a particular focus within that on the world trade system. He has worked on a number of aspects of the governance of trade and the links to development, including the participation and role of developing countries in the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and World Trade Organisation (WTO); the extent to which the WTO’s negotiations deliver outcomes that support global development; and gender discrimination in global clothing tariffs. Most recently Dr Scott has been working on the role of institutions in providing expert knowledge in global trade and the ways in which international organisations such as UNCTAD and the WTO seek to manage their overlapping remits. He currently holds a British Academy grant to examine the WTO Secretariat's response to the crisis in the international trade system and the threat to the liberal international economic order.

Teaching

• International Institutions and Global Governance
• The Politics of Trade
• The Political Economy of Science Fiction

PhD Supervision

Dr Scott invites applications from PhD students seeking to work on global governance, particularly trade governance.