Bentley B. Allan

Assistant Professor 271 Mergenthaler Hall Department of Political Science [email protected] Johns Hopkins University office: 410.516.5837 3400 N. Charles Street cell: 614.297.7907 Baltimore MD 21218 www.bentleyallan.com

Appointments

Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins University, Political Science, 2012—

Education

PhD, The Ohio State University, Political Science, 2012 MA, The Ohio State University, Political Science, 2008, candidacy exams recognized with distinction HBA, University of Toronto, Peace & Conflict Studies and , 2006, with high distinction

Books and Edited Volumes

Allan, Bentley B. 2018. Scientific Cosmology and International Orders. Cambridge Studies in International Relations, Cambridge University Press.

 Subject of a Critical Dialogue in Perspectives on Politics, with Nicholas Onuf, The Mightie Frame (forthcoming June 2019) Hopf, Ted and Bentley B. Allan, eds. 2016. Making Identity Count: Building a National Identity Database. Oxford University Press.

 Reviewed by: Jeff Checkel in Perspectives on Politics; Dragana Svraka in International Studies Review.

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

Allan, Bentley B. 2019. Paradigm and Nexus: Neoclassical Economics and the Growth Imperative in the World Bank, 1948-2000. Review of International Political Economy https://doi.org/10.1080/09692290.2018.1543719 Allan, Bentley B., Srdjan Vucetic, and Ted Hopf. 2018. The Distribution of Identity and the Future of International Order. International Organization Vol. 72, No. 3: 839- 869. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0020818318000267 Allan, Bentley B. 2018. Social Action in Quantum Social Science Millennium Vol. 47, No. 1 (2018): 87-98. https://doi.org/10.1177/0305829818781690

Updated: January 2019

Allan, Bentley B. 2017. From Subjects to Objects: Knowledge in Anglo-American International Relations Theory. European Journal of International Relations First Published Online November 23, 2017 http://doi.org/10.1177/1354066117741529 Allan, Bentley B. 2017. “Second Only to Nuclear War”: Science and the Making of Existential Threat in Global Climate Governance. International Studies Quarterly Vol. 61, No. 4: 809-820. https://doi.org/10.1093/isq/sqx048 Allan, Bentley B. 2017. Producing the Climate: States, Scientists, and the Constitution of Global Governance Objects. International Organization Vol. 71, No. 1: 131-162. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0020818316000321

Peer-Reviewed Book Chapters

Allan, Bentley B. 2016. “A Method for Uncovering National Identity.” In Ted Hopf and Bentley B. Allan, eds. Making It Count: Building a National Identity Database. Oxford University Press. Hopf, Ted and Bentley B. Allan. 2016. “What Have We Learned.” In Ted Hopf and Bentley B. Allan, eds. Making It Count: Building a National Identity Database. Oxford University Press.

Work in Progress

Producing the Climate: States, Scientists, and the History of Global Climate Policy (book manuscript in preparation) The Evolution of Ideas in Global Sustainability Policy, with Jonas Meckling (under review) Creative Action in International Organizations: The Emergence of Green Growth in Global Environmental Policy, with Jonas Meckling (under review) Constituting the International: Governance Objects and International Change, with Olaf Corry (manuscript in preparation) Scientific Worldviews in International Politics (manuscript in preparation) Scientific Cosmology and the Growth-based Order (in preparation) Recursive Change in International Orders: A Multilevel Theory of International Change (in preparation)

Other Writing

Critical Dialogue with Nicholas Onuf. Reciprocal book reviews with responses for Scientific Cosmology and International Orders and The Mightie Frame. Perspectives on Politics (forthcoming June 2019). Vucetic, Srdjan, Bentley B. Allan, and Ted Hopf. 2018. “The Prospects for Chinese Leadership in an Age of Upheaval.” The Conversation 22 July 2018. https://theconversation.com/the-prospects-for-chinese-leadership-in-an-age-of- upheaval-99960

Updated: January 2019

Allan, Bentley B. and Ted Hopf. 2015. “Making Identity Count: Sequencing Methods in the Study of National Identity,” with Ted Hopf. Qualitative and Multi-Methods Research Newsletter 13(2): 18-24. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.844076

Talks and Presentations (last 5 years)

Author Meets Critics Panel on Scientific Cosmology and International Orders. Participants: Martha Finnemore, Peter Haas, Sheila Jasanoff, and Peter Katzenstein. American Political Science Association, Boston, August 29-September 1, 2018. “When Policymakers Make Sense of the World: The Rise of Green Growth” Paper presented at American Political Science Association, Boston, August 29-September 1, 2018. “Recursive Change in International Order: Scientific Cosmology and the Growth- Based Order” Invited talk at the Beyond the Post-Paradigm Moment: Next Generation of International Relations Theory workshop, University of Chicago, May 11, 2018. “Recursive Change in International Order: Scientific Cosmology and the Growth- Based Order” Invited talk in the Departmental Seminar Series, George Washington University, December 5, 2017. “The Long History of the Growth Imperative in Global Governance.” Invited talk at Institute for Environmental Science and Technology, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, May 24, 2017. Participant, “The Emergence of Global Governance Objects.” Roundtable at International Studies Association, Baltimore, February 22-25, 2017. Participant, “Methodological Innovations in Global Environmental Politics.” Roundtable at International Studies Association, Baltimore, February 22-25, 2017. Participant, “The Art of Conferencing.” Professional Development Roundtable at International Studies Association, November 3-4, 2016, Baltimore, MD. Chair and Participant, “Building a National Identity Database.” Roundtable at American Political Science Association, September 1-4, 2016, Philadelphia, PA. Participant and Organizer, “National Identity and International Order.” Funded Workshop at the International Studies Association, March 15-20, 2016, Atlanta, Georgia. “Scientific Cosmology and the Future of International Order: Transformations in a Quantum Age.” Talk presented to “Peace and Security in a Quantum Age: Moment, Matter, Mind, and Metaphysics.” February 11-13, 2016, Center for International Security Studies, Sydney, Australia. “Producing the Climate: States, Scientists, and the Emergence of Global Climate Governance.” Paper presented at the University of Ottawa Faculty of the Social Sciences Speaker Series, September 14, 2015. Participant, “International Social Theory.” Roundtable at International Studies Association, New Orleans, February 18-21, 2015.

Updated: January 2019

“A Method for Uncovering National Identity.” Paper presented at American Political Science Association, Washington, D.C., August 28-31, 2014. “A Field Theory of International Organizations.” Paper presented at American Political Science Association, Washington, D.C., August 28-31, 2014. “The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and Global Climate Policy.” Presentation at Sustainability Roundtable, Johns Hopkins University, October 14, 2014. “From Epistemic Communities to the Global Politics of Knowledge.” Paper presented at International Studies Association, Toronto, March 29-31, 2014.

Grants, Honors, and Awards

Asia Research Institute Research Cluster, with Ted Hopf and Srdjan Vucetic, 2018- 2020, US$1,050,000 (renewable in three year increments, indefinitely) Social Science and Humanities Research Council Grant, with Ted Hopf and Srdjan Vucetic, 2017-21, CDN$130,000 Singapore Ministry of Education Grant, with Ted Hopf and Srdjan Vucetic, 2017-19, US$600,000 Erasmus Mundus Fellowship, Institute for Environmental Science and Technology, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, 2016-17 (declined for family reasons) International Studies Association Catalytic Grant, 2016 Singapore Ministry of Education Grant, with Ted Hopf, 2016-18, US$60,000 Singapore Ministry of Education Grant, with Ted Hopf, 2012-15, US$90,000 Henry R. Spencer Award for Distinguished Teaching, 2011 Situating Science Canada Travel Grant, 2011 Sisson Professional Development Grant, 2011 PhD Candidacy Exams Recognized with Distinction, 2008 Sage Fellowship, 2006-07

Departmental & University Service

2018-present Environmental Studies Program Board 2018-19 Faculty Search Committee, Department of Political Science 2016-present Departmental Seminar Co-organizer, Department of Political Science 2016-present Diversity Champion, Department of Political Science 2014-16 Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, Department of Political Science 2014-15 Faculty Search Committee, Department of Political Science

Updated: January 2019

Advising

Graduate Supervision Tarek Tutunji, expected 2019 Michael Albert, expected 2019 Kavi Abraham, 2018 PhD Yoni Abramson, 2018 PhD, tenure-track position at Hebrew University Elizabeth Mendenhall, 2017 PhD, tenure-track position at Rhode Island University

Undergraduate Research Directed research with 8 undergraduates, 2014-present 2014-15 Honors thesis, Michael Ki Hoon Hur 2014-15 Honors thesis, Karen Reitman 2013-14 Honors thesis, Cindy Minn

Professional Contributions

Reviewer for: Cambridge University Press, Environmental Politics, European Journal of International Relations, European Journal of International Security, Global Environmental Politics, International Organization, International Studies Quarterly, International Studies Review, International Theory, Millennium, Journal of Global Security Studies, Security Dialogue, Oxford University Press

Courses Taught

The Politics of Global Problems (100-level) Global Governance (200-level) Global Environmental Politics (300-level) Science and Expertise in Global Politics (400-level) Global Climate Policy (400-level) Constructivism: How Ideas Shape International Relations (400-level) Knowledge and International Relations (graduate level) Environment and Politics (with , graduate level) Philosophy and the Anthropocene (with William Connolly, graduate level) Reconstructing IR Theory (graduate level) Discourse Analysis (with Ted Hopf, at the Institute for Qualitative and Multi-Method Research and the National University of Singapore Summer School for Social Science Research)

Updated: January 2019

Global Climate Policy (graduate level, at the Johns Hopkins University—University Pompeu Fabra Public Policy Center, Barcelona)

Updated: January 2019