Matthew S. Weinert
Matthew S. Weinert
Director of Undergraduate Studies
International Relations and Political Theory
Office:聽462 Smith Hall
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Biography
Matthew S. Weinert, PhD (University of Denver, 2002) joined the Department in 2006, and teaches courses in international law, international organizations, and global governance. His research is broadly concerned with structures and processes of world order, and is specifically engaged with human security, human rights, and human dignity dimensions of world order. He is the author of聽Democratic Sovereignty: Authority, State, and Legitimacy in a Globalizing Age聽(University College London, 2007) and聽Making Human: World Order and the Global Governance of Human Dignity聽(University of Michigan, 2015), as well as numerous articles and book chapters, and is working a book on cultural heritage, cultural rights, and human security.聽
Professor Weinert currently serves as Senior Editor of the聽Oxford Research Encyclopedia of International Studies, a joint publication of Oxford University Press and the International Studies Association.
Publications
鈥淐rimes Against Cultural Heritage: World-Building at the International Criminal Court,鈥 Review of International Studies, 2025; doi:10.1017/S0260210525101009
鈥淎 Disturbing Portent of Future Harm?鈥: Attacks on Cultural Heritage, Atrocity Crimes, and the Problem of Prevention,鈥 Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal, vol. 18(2), 2024: pp. 166-183.
鈥淚ntegrating Cultural Heritage into Human Security Analysis: Advancing Human Dignity,鈥 Global Governance: A Review of Multilateralism and International Organizations, vol. 28(1), 2022: pp. 33-57.