Leitner Seminar Series with Rachel Wellhausen

Dr. Wellhausen is an Associate Professor of Government at the University of Texas at Austin. Her primary field of interest is international political economy, including work on the political economy of international investment, finance, and trade. Her research agenda speaks to developing nations' policy flexibility given economic globalization, and the ways in which international market actors understand and manage resulting political risks. She received the Best Book Award (2015-2017) from the International Political Economy Society for The Shield of Nationality: When Governments Break Contracts with Foreign Firms (Cambridge University Press 2015). She also received the Michael Wallerstein award for the best paper in political economy (American Political Science Association 2016) and the Mancur Olson award for the best dissertation in political economy (American Political Science Association 2011-2012).