2026 Emilie Marie Hafner-Burton: Political Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Political Science	42	423	379	235	200	147	11835

Research.com Recognitions

2005 - Merze Tate Award, American Political Science Association (APSA)

Overview

Emilie Marie Hafner-Burton is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Social Sciences, with notable focus on subfields such as Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations, Development, Strategy and Management, and Law.

Their main areas of research cover topics including International Law and Human Rights, International Development and Aid, Political Conflict and Governance, Religion, Society, and Development, Peacebuilding and International Security, Political Influence and Corporate Strategies, and Environmental Law and Policy.

Frequent coauthors in their research include Howard Burton, Christina J. Schneider, Jon Pevehouse, Martha Finnemore, and Kenneth F. Scheve.

Emilie Marie Hafner-Burton has published extensively in several academic venues. Key publication outlets comprise:

International Organization
The Review of International Organizations
AJIL Unbound
American Journal of International Law
Journal of democracy

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Emilie Marie Hafner-Burton include:

"Catch me if you care: International development organizations and national corruption," 2020, The Review of International Organizations
"Illiberal regimes and international organizations," 2024, The Review of International Organizations
"Good governance in autocratic international organizations," 2024, The Review of International Organizations
"Elite Decision-making and International Law: Promises and Perils of the Behavioral Revolution," 2021, AJIL Unbound
"Human Choice in International Law. By Anna Spain Bradley. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2021. Pp. x, 160. Index.," 2022, American Journal of International Law

Emilie Marie Hafner-Burton received the Merze Tate Award from the American Political Science Association (APSA) in 2005.

Best Publications

Human rights in a globalizing world : The paradox of empty promises

Emilie M. Hafner-Burton;Kiyoteru Tsutsui

1764
Citations
Sticks and Stones: Naming and Shaming the Human Rights Enforcement Problem

Emilie M. Hafner-Burton

1022
Citations
Trading Human Rights: How Preferential Trade Agreements Influence Government Repression

Emilie M. Hafner-Burton

944
Citations
Mainstreaming gender in the European Union

Mark A. Pollack;Emilie Hafner-Burton

728
Citations
Justice Lost! The Failure of International Human Rights Law To Matter Where Needed Most*

Emilie M. Hafner-Burton;Kiyoteru Tsutsui

614
Citations
Power Positions: International Organizations, Social Networks, and Conflict

Emilie M. Hafner-Burton;Alexander H. Montgomery

476
Citations
International Human Rights Law and the Politics of Legitimation Repressive States and Human Rights Treaties

Emilie M. Hafner-Burton;Kiyoteru Tsutsui;John W. Meyer

370
Citations
Forced to be good

Emilie M. Hafner-Burton

358
Citations
When Do Governments Resort to Election Violence

Emilie M. Hafner-Burton;Susan D. Hyde;Ryan S. Jablonski

348
Citations
Mainstreaming Gender in Global Governance

Emilie M. Hafner-Burton;Mark A. Pollack

342
Citations
Seeing Double: Human Rights Impact through Qualitative and Quantitative Eyes

Jame S Ron

340
Citations
Forced to Be Good: Why Trade Agreements Boost Human Rights

Emilie M. Hafner-Burton

340
Citations
Making Human Rights a Reality

Emilie M. Hafner-Burton

334
Citations
The Cognitive Revolution and the Political Psychology of Elite Decision Making

Emilie M. Hafner-Burton;D. Alex Hughes;David G. Victor

298
Citations
The Behavioral Revolution and International Relations

Emilie M. Hafner-Burton;Stephan Haggard;David A. Lake;David G. Victor

270
Citations
Political Science Research on International Law: The State of the Field

Emilie M. Hafner-Burton;David G. Victor;Yonatan Lupu

265
Citations
Right or Robust? The Sensitive Nature of Repression to Globalization:

Emilie M. Hafner-Burton

209
Citations
Emergency and Escape: Explaining Derogations from Human Rights Treaties

Emilie M. Hafner-Burton;Laurence R. Helfer;Christopher J. Fariss

201
Citations
Mainstreaming Gender in the European Union: Getting the Incentives Right

Emilie M Hafner-Burton;Mark A Pollack

174
Citations
International Regimes for Human Rights

Emilie M. Hafner-Burton

168
Citations
Power or Plenty How Do International Trade Institutions Affect Economic Sanctions

Emilie M. Hafner-Burton;Alexander H. Montgomery

133
Citations
Decision Maker Preferences for International Legal Cooperation

Emilie M. Hafner-Burton;Brad L. LeVeck;David G. Victor;James H. Fowler

115
Citations
A social science of human rights

Emilie M Hafner-Burton

85
Citations
Mainstreaming international governance: The environment, gender, and IO performance in the European Union

Mark A. Pollack;Emilie M. Hafner-Burton

83
Citations
Theorizing the Judicialization of International Relations

Karen J Alter;Emilie M Hafner-Burton;Laurence R Helfer

80
Citations
Network Analysis for International Relations

Emilie Marie Hafner-Burton;Miles Kahler;Alexander H. Montgomery

28
Citations
Emergency and Escape: Explaining Derogation from Human Rights Treaties

Emilie Marie Hafner-Burton;Laurence R. Helfer;Laurence R. Helfer;Christopher J. Fariss

11
Citations
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on International Law and International Relations: The State of the Art

Emilie M. Hafner-Burton;David G. Victor

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

David G. Victor University of California, San Diego

Mark A. Pollack Temple University

James Ron University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Laurence R. Helfer Duke University

Jon C. Pevehouse University of Wisconsin–Madison

James H. Fowler University of California, San Diego

Karen J. Alter Northwestern University

Edward D. Mansfield University of Pennsylvania

Erik Gartzke University of California, San Diego

John W. Meyer Stanford University

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