John Ravenhill, BSc(Econ) Hons. Hull, MA (Dal), AM (Indiana), PhD (California, Berkeley)
Professor, Department of International Relations

Tel: +61 2 6125 2408
Fax: +61 2 6125 8010
Email: john.ravenhill@anu.edu.au
Location: Room 2.22, Hedley Bull Centre

Biographical Statement

John Ravenhill returned to ANU in 2004, after holding the Chair of Politics at the University of Edinburgh from 2000. Before joining the ANU in 1990, he was previously Associate Professor at the University of Sydney, and Assistant Professor at the University of Virginia. He is the NTUC Professor of International Economic Relations at RSIS, NTU in Singapore, and has also been a Visiting Professor at the International University of Japan, and at the University of California, Berkeley. His recent books include Crisis as Catalyst: Asia's Dynamic Political Economy (Cornell, co-editor, 2008), Global Political Economy (Oxford, editor, 2008), Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation: The Construction of Pacific Rim Regionalism (Cambridge, 2001), The Asian Financial Crisis and the Architecture of Global Finance (Cambridge, co-editor, 2000), and The National Interest in a Global Era: Australia in World Affairs, (Oxford, 1996-2000 co-editor, 2002). His articles have appeared in many of the leading international relations journals including World Politics, International Organization, Review of International Political Economy, New Political Economy, World Policy Journal, World Development, and International Affairs. He was the founding editor of the Cambridge University Press Cambridge Asia-Pacific Studies series, and is on the editorial boards of Pacific Affairs, International Relations, International Relations of the Asia-Pacific, East Asia, and Global Economic Review. He was the first winner of the Australasian Political Studies Association's L.F. Crisp medal. His research interests centre on global political economy, especially the fields of trade and production, and on Australian foreign policy.

Research Interests

International Political Economy, Asia-Pacific Regionalism, Australian Foreign Policy.

Key Publications

• (ed. with Andrew Macintyre & TJ Pempel), Crisis as Catalyst: Asia' Dynamic Political Economy (Cornell University Press, 2008).
• (ed.), Global Political Economy, [2nd edition] Oxford University Press, 2008.
• APEC and the Construction of Pacific Rim Regionalism, Cambridge University Press, 2001.
• (ed. with Greg Noble) The Asian Financial Crises and the Architecture of Global Finance, Cambridge University Press, 2000.
• (ed. with James Cotton), The National Interest in a Global Era: Australia in World Affairs 1996-2000, Oxford University Press, 2001.
• (ed. with James Cotton) Seeking Asian Engagement: Australia in World Affairs 1991-95, Oxford University Press, 1997.
• (ed) The Political Economy of East Asia, Cheltenham, Edward Elgar, 1995.
• "Beyond Product Cycles and Flying Geese: Regionalization, Hierarchy and the Industrialization of East Asia", World Politics 47, 2 (January 1995) pp. 171-209 (co-author Mitchell Bernard).

Career Highlights

Chair of Politics, University of Edinburgh, 2000-2003; Founding Editor, Cambridge Asia-Pacific Studies book series, Cambridge University Press; Member Editorial Boards, Asian Survey, Pacific Affairs.; POSCO Fellow, East-West Center, Honolulu, 2003; Consultant, World Bank, Asian Development Bank, ASEAN Secretariat; Inaugural winner, L.F. Crisp medal, Australasian Political Studies Association.