David Sylvan
Professor
International Relations/Political Science
Graduate Institute of International Studies Geneva
Switzerland
Biography
Faculty member since 1991, Dr Sylvan previously taught at the University of Minnesota and at Syracuse University. He works on international political economy issues (notably on world cities); on international relations theory (particularly on the rules of the Westphalian system); on foreign policy analysis (writings on the continuity of US policy toward client states and enemies); and on methodology (qualitative methods; computational models).
Research Interest
He recently co-authored US Foreign Policy in Perspective (2009).Cold War, Foreign policies, Military occupation, NATO and alliance relations, State-building / sovereignty, Transatlantic relations, Urban questions
Publications
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David Sylvan (2011)Organized All the Way Down: The Local Complexity of ‘Thick’ Social Systems, in A. Minai, D.Braha, and Y. Bar-Yam, eds., Unifying Themes in Complex Systems, vol. 5 (Berlin: Springer Verlag, 2011): 320-326.
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David Sylvan (2011) ‘Hi-Tech Hermeneutics’: Combining Rigor and Alternative Epistemologies of Social Science,in R. Marlin-Bennett, ed., Alker and IR: Global Studies in an Interconnected World (London: Routledge,2011): 178-189.
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David Sylvan (2013) Global Internet Governance: Governance Without Governors. in R. Radu, J.-M. Chenou, and R.H. Weber, eds., The Evolution of Global Internet Governance: Principles and Policies in the Making (Basel: Schulthess, 2013): 23-36.
