Business, International Relations and the Political Economy 

offered by LSE

Robert Falkner is an Associate Professor of International Relations and the Research Director of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment. He serves as the Academic Director of the TRIUM Global Executive MBA, an alliance between LSE, NYU Stern School of Business and HEC Paris. Previously, he held academic positions at the universities of Oxford, Kent and Essex, and was a visiting scholar at Harvard University.

Professor Chris Alden teaches International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and is Director of LSE IDEAS. He is a Research Associate with South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA). Professor Alden has held fellowships at Cambridge University, Institute of Social Science, University of Tokyo; Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto; Ecole Normale Superieure (Cachan), Paris; CERI, Paris; and University of Pretoria.

Michael Cox is the director of LSE IDEAS and an Emeritus Professor of International Relations at LSE. He is the head of programme for Transatlantic Relations and has been published extensively on the United States, transatlantic relations, Asia’s rise, and the problems facing the EU – as well as the impact these changes have on international relations.

Professor Estrin is the founding head of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) Management Department. He is a trained economist and an expert in business opportunities in emerging markets, entrepreneurship and international business issues.