Julia Calvert
Career Development Fellow,
International Political Economy
The University of Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Biography
Dr Julia Calvert Career Development Fellow, International Political Economy
Research Interest
Dr. Calvert's research examines the impacts bilateral investment treaties have on policy space with a focus on Latin America (Argentina, Peru and Ecuador). She is particularly interested in examining how the conditions and capabilities of the societies, economies and political systems found in signatory countries shape, and are shaped by, the constraints investment treaties aim to impose on government action. She is also interested in exposing the legal and political tools and resources governments and civil society groups use to defend public and political interests from the claims of foreign investors under investment treaties.
Publications
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"The Politics of Investment in the Americas: Canada, Brazil and the (Post-)Neoliberal State." Canadian Foreign Policy Journal 22 (2): 199 - 216 (w/ Megan Pickup)
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Forthcoming. "Civil Society and Investor-State Dispute Settlement: Assessing the Social Dimensions of Investment Disputes in Latin America." New Political Economy. Online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13563467.2017.1330876
