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Associate Professor

• Affiliation(s)

  • Faculty Associate, Center for Political Studies

• Fields of Study

  • International Law and Institutions
  • Political Economy
  • Public Policy and Administration

• About

  Barbara Koremenos is an associate professor of World Politics in the Department of Political Science.  Her main interests are in international law and international institutions.  She has published extensively on these topics in edited books, book chapters, and refereed journals such as International Organization.  She is one of the editors of Rational Design: Explaining the Form of International Institutions.  The main argument of this book is that international organizations vary widely in key institutional features such as membership, scope, and flexibility because international actors are goal-seeking agents who make certain institutional design choices to solve specific cooperation problems they face in different issue-areas.  Using a Rational Design approach, the book explores several features of institutions and explain their variation in terms of independent variables that characterize cooperation.  Contributors to this volume then evaluate a set of conjectures in specific issue areas. 

  Professor Koremenos is currently working on a book manuscript that centers on American exceptionalism in international Law.  Prior to coming to Michigan, she taught in the Political Science Department at the University of California, Los Angeles. 

  Selected Publications

  • “The Continent of International Law,” Journal of Conflict Resolution, forthcoming
  • “When, What, and Why do States Choose to Delegate?,” Law and Contemporary Problems, 71: 151-92, Winter 2008.
  • Rational Design: Explaining the Form of International Institutions, editor, Cambridge University Press, January 2004 (with Charles Lipson and Duncan Snidal).

• Education

  • University of Chicago, Ph.D. (Political Science)
  • University of Chicago, M.P.P. (Public Policy Studies)
  • Kalamazoo College, B.A. magna cum laude and honors (Economics)

• Awards

  • American Exceptionalism in International Law (book m.s.)
  • economic analysis of international rulemaking
  • The Continent of International Law (book m.s.)

• Grants

  • Associate Professor’s Fund, University of Michigan (2011-13)
  • National Science Foundation Award (2008-2012)
  • Rackham Summer Research Grant, University of Michigan (2011)

• Presentations

  • Political Economy of International Organizations (Villanova University, 2012)
  • American Society for International Law Research Forum (UCLA, 2011)
  • American Political Science Association (1996-98, 2000-03, 2005-06, 2008-11)

• Invited Talks

  • Keynote Speaker, European University Institute, Florence (2011)
  • Temple University School of Law (2011)
  • University of Wisconsin (2011)

• Courses Taught

  • Intersection of International Law and International Relations (graduate)
  • International Law and Cooperation (graduate)
  • Public International Law (undergraduate)

• Selected Publications:

• Books

  • (2004) The Rational Design of International Institutions

• Articles

  • (2012) The Continent of International Law, Journal of Conflict Resolution
  • (2008) When, What, and Why do States Choose to Delegate?, Law and Contemporary Problems

• Book Chapters

  • (2012) The Design of Dispute Settlement Procedures in International Agreements, Interdisciplinary Perspectives on International Law and International Relations: The State of the Art