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Theresa Squatrito

Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow

E-mail: theresa.squatrito@statsvet.su.se

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Theresa Squatrito is a postdoc research fellow at the Department of Political Science at Stockholm University and is funded by Transdemos research program, which explores transnational actors in relation to questions on global democratic governance. She received her PhD from the University of Washington, Seattle in political science and she was a fellow with the Comparative Law and Society Studies Center. Her dissertation was titled: “European Law and the Politics of Domestic Internalization: Civil Society and Mobilization of European Anti-discrimination Law”.

Research interests

My research interests and current research projects explore issues relating to international organizations and law, with emphasis on civil society. As a part of the Transdemos research program, I am involved in collaborative research on transnational actors’ access to international organizations, where we seek to map, trace and explain why international organizations open up to transnational actors. My doctoral research also focused on civil society actors and international institutions. Specifically, my doctoral dissertation explored international legal institutions alongside civil society’s use of international law to bring domestic policy reforms in Europe. I am currently working on a book manuscript based on this research.  

Publications

Peer-reviewed articles

“Conditions of democracy-enhancing multilateralism: expansion of rights protections in Europe?" Review of International Studies (2012, forthcoming).

"Opening the Doors to the WTO Dispute Settlement: State Preferences on NGO Access as Amici" Swiss Political Science Review (2012, forthcoming).

Book reviews

Eurolegalism. By Daniel Kelemen. (forthcoming, 2012). European Law Journal

Centralised Enforcement, Legitimacy and Good Governance in the EU By Melanie Smith. 2011. European Law Journal 17(4).

Weak Courts, Strong Rights by Mark Tushnet. 2009. Comparative Political Studies 42(1).

Teaching

As a post-doctoral research fellow, I have a reduced teaching load. Nevertheless, currently, I teach classes at both the undergraduate and graduate level in international relations and research methodology. I have also in the past taught course in public law, comparative politics and international relations.

Udergraduate level courses 

My undergraduate teaching regularly includes a seminar course on International Human Rights. I have also taught large lecture courses on World Politics, Introduction to Comparative Politics, Comparative Law & Courts, Politics of the EU, US Supreme Court and Civil Liberties, and Introduction to US Constitutional Law. I also have taught small seminar courses on Women’s Rights as Human Rights. 

Graduate level courses 

My graduate teaching regularly includes seminar courses on: International Rules, Norms and Institutions, Research Design and Master’s Thesis Writing. In addition, I have supervised MA students and served on the dissertation review committees for PhD students.