Philosophy of the Humanities and Social Sciences

Karim Knio is Associate Professor in Political Economy and Governance at the Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University Rotterdam. He is the ISS academic coordinator of the Erasmus Mundus M.A in Public Policy (Mundus MAPP) and the current CERES scientific director. His research focuses on the intersection between international political economy, governance and public policy with a particular interest in the literatures on varieties of capitalism, variegated neoliberalism, institutional analysis, politics of crisis management, EU Neighbourhood Policies and Lebanese politics. He is the author of The European Union’s Mediterranean Policy: Model or Muddle? A New Institutionalist Perspective (Palgrave Macmillan 2013), and The South China Sea and Asian Regionalism: A Critical Realist perspective-with Thanhdam Truong (Springer 2016). His recent co-edited book (2019) with Bob Jessop entitled, ‘The Pedagogy of Economic, Political and Social Crises: Dynamics, Construals, and Lessons’ is published by Routledge.