Michael Sampson
Senior Assistant Professor
- Name
- Dr. M.D. Sampson
- Telephone
- +31 70 800 6617
- m.d.sampson@fsw.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0003-3814-4651
Michael Sampson is Assistant Professor of International Relations at the Institute of Political Science
Michael Sampson is Assistant Professor of International Relations at the Institute of Political Science. His research focuses on the evolution of international economic institutions, power shifts, and asymmetric economic relations.
His most recent published work focuses on the implications of the rise of China on global economic governance, and on asymmetric trade relationships between China and smaller economies. He is also working on a project related to international investment agreements and their impact on downstream bargaining dynamics between investors and host countries, and a joint project on the distributional impacts of cryptocurrencies. His research has been published in various IR journals including International Relations, The Pacific Review, International Politics, and The Chinese Journal of International Politics.
Michael teaches graduate and undergraduate classes in international political economy and has previously taught courses on international relations theory and international institutions.
Prior to joining Leiden he was a Jane Eliza Procter Fellow and Fulbright Scholar at Princeton University and college lecturer in international relations at University College and Hertford College, Oxford. He holds an MPhil (2010) and DPhil (2016) in International Relations from the University of Oxford.
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PhD supervision
Michael Sampson is available to supervise PhD students and invites PhD research proposals in the areas of:
- International Political Economy
- International Institutions
- International Relations Theory
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- Instituut Politieke Wetenschap
- Sampson M.D. & Wang J. (2023), Status-quo enhancing versus status-quo challenging change in global economic governance: the case of China in finance and trade, International Relations 37(4): 613-633.
- Sampson M. & Theuns T (2023), Comparing Chinese and EU trade agreement strategies: lessons for normative power Europe?, International Relations : 1-24.
- Sampson M.D. & Theuns T. (2023), Comparing Chinese and EU trade agreement strategies: lessons for normative power Europe?, International Relations : 1-24.
- Sampson M.D. & Wang J. (2022), China’s multi-front institutional strategies in international development Finance, The Chinese Journal of International Politics 15(4): 374-394.
- Sampson M.D., Wang J. & Mosquera Valderrama I.J. (2021), Trade, tax, and development finance: understanding China’s choice of BRI agreements and institutions. In: Schneider F. (Ed.), Global Perspectives on China's Belt and Road Initiative: Asserting Agency through Regional Connectivity. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press. 59-94.
- Sampson M.D. (2021), The downstream implications of the EU-China investment agreement: lessons from trade, Balsillie Papers 3(5): .
- Sampson M.D. (2021), Creating unfinished institutions: power trajectory and the consequences of incomplete trade agreements, International Politics : 1-21.
- Wang J. & Sampson M.D. (2021), China’s approach to global economic governance: From the WTO to the AIIB , Chatham House : 1-18.
- Sampson M.D. (2020), The evolution of China’s regional trade agreements: power dynamics and the future of the Asia-Pacific, The Pacific Review 33(6): .
- Sampson M.D. (2020), Expanding Influence: China’s Evolving Trade Agreements in the Asia-Pacific, The Diplomat (63): .
- Sampson M.D. Wang J. (2020), China in global economic governance- motivations, strategies and approaches.
- Sampson M., Dai X. & Snidal D. (2017), International Cooperation Theory and International Institutions. In: The International Studies Association Compendium (Ed.), Oxford Research Encyclopedia of International. Oxford: Blackwell. 1-34.
- Sampson M.D. (2015), From Competition to Partnership: The Lessons of Anglo-American Cooperation in Central America during the 19th Century, International Affairs Review XXIII(3): 28-47.
- Sampson M.D. & Snidal D. (2015), Interstate Cooperation Theory and International Institutions. In: James P. (Ed.), International Relations, Oxford Bibliographies.
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