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      Dr Helen Hawthorne

      BA (Hons), MA, PhD, PGC, FHEA
      ROLE: Lecturer in Politics
      SCHOOL: Law
      DEPARTMENT: Law
      EMAIL: H.Hawthorne@mdx.ac.uk
      1. Biography &
        Qualifications
      2. Learning &
        Teaching Interests
      3. Research Outputs &
        Interests
      4. Funded Research &
        Knowledge Exchange Projects
      5. Engagement &
        Impact

      • Biography &
        Qualifications

        Current Role Lecturer in Politics

        Qualifications

        • BA(Hons) in Business Studies, Robert Gordon's Institute of Technology, Aberdeen (now Robert Gordon University)
        • MA in International Relations, London Centre of International Relations, University of Kent
        • PhD in International Relations, City University London. Thesis - The Least Developed Countries, the World Trade Organisation and the Norm of Special Treatment
        • PGC in Higher Education, Middlesex University
        • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

        Languages Spoken

      • Learning &
        Teaching Interests

        Currently teaching on the following Modules:

        Comparative Politics (Module Leader)

        Global Political Economy (Module Leader)

        Development Policy Seminars (Joint Module Leader)

        3rd Year Dissertation Module (Module Leader)

        Globalisation (MA) (Module Leader)

        Main Research Interests:

        Least Developed Countries, World Trade Organisation, International Institutions, Pharmaceutical Companies, Technology transfer, Theories of International Politics

      • Research Outputs &
        Interests

        Conference Papers:

        2019 - 'Pharmaceutical companies and NGOs - providing solutions through development partnerships', Development Studies Association Annual Conference, Milton Keynes.

        2017 - 'The Geneva Connection: Pharmaceutical companies and the LDCs', Development Studies Association Annual Conference, Bradford.

        Publications:

        2013 - Least Developed Countries and the World Trade Organisation: Special Treatment in Trade, Palgrave Macmillian, International Political Economy Series

        2009 - Acceding to the Norm: The Accession of LDCs to the WTO, The Hague Journal of Diplomacy 4, pp. 7-35

      • Funded Research &
        Knowledge Exchange Projects

      • Engagement &
        Impact

        • Member of the British International Studies Association
        • Member of the Development Studies Association - Committee member of the Business and Development study group

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