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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Social Sciences

Overview

Eric Helleiner is affiliated with the University of Waterloo in Canada and conducts research primarily within the social sciences. Their work spans several subfields including sociology and political science, economics and econometrics, cultural studies, political science and international relations, as well as strategy and management. The main topics addressed in their research include Chinese history and philosophy, political economy and Marxism, economic theory and institutions, Japanese history and culture, China's socioeconomic reforms and governance, international development and aid, and human rights and development.

Recent publications by Eric Helleiner include:

  • The Diversity of Economic Nationalism (2020), published in New Political Economy
  • The Return of National Self-Sufficiency? Excavating Autarkic Thought in a De-Globalizing Era (2021), published in International Studies Review
  • Economic Globalization's Polycrisis (2024), published in International Studies Quarterly
  • Neglected Chinese Origins of East Asian Developmentalism (2021), published in New Political Economy
  • Silences of Bretton Woods: gender inequality, racial discrimination and environmental degradation (2022), published in Review of International Political Economy

Frequent publication venues for their research comprise:

  • New Political Economy
  • International Studies Review
  • International Studies Quarterly
  • Review of International Political Economy
  • Finance and Space

Eric Helleiner has also contributed to several book publications, including works published by Cornell University Press eBooks and Cambridge University Press. Notable titles are The Neomercantilists (2021) and The Contested World Economy (2023).

Their body of work includes collaboration with several frequent co-authors such as Jonathan Kirshner, Colin Chia, Melsen Babe, Lawrence Freedman, and Walter B. Mead.

Eric Helleiner was awarded the Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2015, recognized by the Academy of Social Sciences.

Best Publications

  • States and the Reemergence of Global Finance

    Eric Helleiner

  • States and the Reemergence of Global Finance: From Bretton Woods to the 1990s

    Eric Helleiner

  • The Making of National Money

    Eric Helleiner

  • The Making of National Money: Territorial Currencies in Historical Perspective

    Eric Helleiner

  • The Status Quo Crisis: Global Financial Governance After the 2008 Meltdown

    Eric Helleiner

  • The Status Quo Crisis: Global Financial Governance After the 2008 Meltdown

    Eric Helleiner

  • Subprime catalyst: Financial regulatory reform and the strengthening of US carbon market governance

    Eric Helleiner;Jason Thistlethwaite

  • Understanding the 2007–2008 Global Financial Crisis: Lessons for Scholars of International Political Economy

    Eric Helleiner

  • Explaining the globalization of financial markets: Bringing states back in

    Eric Helleiner

  • A Bretton Woods moment? The 2007–2008 crisis and the future of global finance

    Eric Helleiner

  • Economic Nationalism as a Challenge to Economic Liberalism? Lessons from the 19th Century

    Eric Helleiner

  • Forgotten Foundations of Bretton Woods

    Eric Helleiner

  • The End of an Era in International Financial Regulation? A Postcrisis Research Agenda

    Eric Helleiner;Stefano Pagliari

  • Forgotten Foundations of Bretton Woods: International Development and the Making of the Postwar Order

    Eric Helleiner

  • Troubled futures? The global food crisis and the politics of agricultural derivatives regulation

    Jennifer Clapp;Eric Helleiner

  • Political determinants of international currencies: What future for the US dollar?

    Eric Helleiner

  • National Currencies and National Identities

    Eric Helleiner

  • Nation-States and Money : The Past, Present and Future of National Currencies

    Emily Gilbert;Eric Helleiner

  • From Bretton Woods to Global Finance: A World Turned Upside Down

    Eric Helleiner

  • China as a Creditor: A Rising Financial Power?

    Gregory Chin;Eric Helleiner

  • Economic nationalism in a globalizing world

    Eric Helleiner;Andreas Pickel

  • Towards a New Bretton Woods? The First G20 Leaders Summit and the Regulation of Global Finance

    Eric Helleiner;Stefano Pagliari

  • Sovereignty, territoriality, and the globalization of finance

    Eric Helleiner

  • The future of the dollar

    Eric Helleiner;Jonathan Kirshner

  • International political economy and the environment: back to the basics?

    Jennifer Clapp;Eric Helleiner

  • States and the Reemergence of Global Finance: From Bretton Woods to the 1990s

    Helen Milner;Eric Helleiner

Frequent Co-Authors

Bessma Momani
Bessma Momani University of Waterloo
Jennifer Clapp
Jennifer Clapp University of Waterloo
Helen V. Milner
Helen V. Milner Princeton University
John Whalley
John Whalley University of Western Ontario
Pierre L. Siklos
Pierre L. Siklos Wilfrid Laurier University
Andrew F. Cooper
Andrew F. Cooper University of Waterloo

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