Profile

Biography

Liam researches and teaches in the areas of international relations and international political economy at the University of York. His particular focus is on the changing roles of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund in the contemporary global economy.

After completing his PhD Thesis at the University of Birmingham in 2010, Liam joined the Department of Politics at York in October of that year. Previously, Liam has spent time as a Visiting Scholar at American University, Washington DC, and as a Research Scholar at the American Political Science Association Centennial Centre, Washington DC.

Research

Overview

Liam’s current research explores the dynamics of power within and around the World Bank and IMF, and focuses on the institutions’ low-income country operations. He is particularly interested in exploring the competing understandings that exist within the Bank and Fund about how they should operationalise their respective developmental and balance of payments mandates, and how these understandings change over time.

Conference Papers

Clegg, L. and Moschella, M. 'IOs, Information Gathering, and the Construction of Global Governance' ISA Annual Conference, San Diego (April 2012)

Clegg, L. 'The Reform of Poverty at the IMF' European Consortium for Political Research General Conference, Reyjkavik (August 2011)

Clegg, L. ‘Manufacturing Consensus: The IMF, the Enhanced Structural Adjustment Facility, and the Importance of Boardroom Politics in Global Economic Governance’ ISA Annual Conference, Montreal (March 2011)

Clegg, L. 'The Reconstruction of Stakeholder Accountability at the World Bank' Workshop on Development and International Organisations, Annual World Bank Conference on Developmental Economics, Stockholm (May 2010)

Clegg, L. ‘The Global Financial Crisis and the Future of the IMF: the “Old Lady of 19th Street” finally becomes a developmental organisation?’ CRESC Finance in Question / Finance in Crisis Workshop, Manchester (April 2010)

Clegg, L. ‘The Politics of Accountability at the IMF: Apolitical economy and the limits of stakeholder engagement’ ISA Annual Conference, New Orleans (February 2010)

Broome, A. and L. Clegg. ‘Keeping Score: The International Monetary Fund and the Politics of Sovereign Creditworthiness’ BISA Annual Conference, Leicester (December 2009)

Clegg, L.  ‘Ambiguous Goals and Blurred Accountability at the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility’ University of Birmingham Conference on Interdisciplinarity in International Relations, Birmingham (September 2009)

Clegg, L. ‘The Politics of Accountability at the World Bank: the power of numbers in the production of global poverty’ BISA International Political Economy Group Annual Conference, York (June 2009)

Clegg, L. ‘The US, the World Bank, and the Power of Numbers’ ISA Annual Conference, New York (February 2009)

Clegg, L. ‘The Evolution of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Initiative’ World International Studies Conference, Ljubljana (July 2008)

Publications

Selected publications

Broome, A., L. Clegg, and L. Rethel (2012) 'Global Governance and the Politics of Crisis' Global Society 26(1), pp.3-17.

Clegg, L. (2012) 'Post-Crisis Reform at the IMF: Learning to be (seen to be) a long-term development partner', Global Society 26(1), pp.61-81.

Clegg, L. (2011) 'Global Governance Behind Closed Doors: The IMF Boardroom, the Enhanced Structural Adjustment Facility, and the Intersection of Material Power and Norm Change in Global Politics', Review of International Organizations [ifirst]

Clegg, L. (2010) 'Our Dream is a World Full of Poverty Indicators: The US, the World Bank, and the Power of Numbers', New Political Economy 15(4), pp.473-92.

Clegg, L. (2010) 'In the Loop: Multilevel Feedback and the Politics of Change at the World Bank and IMF', Journal of International Relations and Development 13(1), pp.58-84.

Teaching

Postgraduate

Dr Clegg would be interested in supervising research students within the fields of global governance and international political economy.