Education: PhD, International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science 1995

Career: Barry Gills is Professor of Global Politics at University of Newcastle upon Tyne. Previously he was Director of the Globalization Research Center at the University of Hawaii, USA from March 2002 until August 2003, and concurrently Visiting Research Professor at the Department of Political Science at the University of Hawaii at Manoa from 2002–03. His research interests include: globalization, global history, historical dialectics, world system theory, international political economy, global civil society and global citizenship, historical analysis of social systems and social change, world economic history, globalization and the politics of resistance, and the political economy of development. Barry Gills was President of the International Studies Association (IPE Section) from 2006–07. He is a core group member of the Global Economic History Network and a member of the International Studies Association (IPE Section), the British International Studies Association (IPE Group), the Governing Council of the Global Studies Association (both UK/Europe and North America), the Globalization Studies Network and a Fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science. He is Editor of the Book Series, ‘Rethinking Globalizations’ and Editor of the journal Globalizations (see url below).

Publications include: ‘Global Poverty’ or ‘Global Justice‘? (editor) 2007, Globalization and Economy, Vol. 1: Global Markets and Capitalism (co-editor) 2007, The Clash of Globalizations: ‘Empire’ or ‘Cosmopolis‘? (editor) 2007, The Globalization of Environmental Crisis (co-editor) 2007; numerous articles in professional journals

Contact details: Address: Room 207, Politics, 40–42 Great North Road, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, England; Tel: +44 (0)191 222-7742; Fax: +44 (0)191 222-5069; Email: b.k.gills@ncl.ac.uk ; Website: http://www.ncl.ac.uk/geps/ ; Website: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/14747731.asp/ .