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Nina Hall
Assistant Professor of International Relations
About
Nina Hall is an Assistant Professor of International Relations at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. Her core areas of expertise are: international organizations, transnational advocacy, climate adaptation, and global refugee governance. She holds a DPhil (PhD) in International Relations from the University of Oxford and a Master’s Degree from the University of Auckland, New Zealand. She previously worked as a Lecturer at the Hertie School of Governance, and as a policy officer at the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. She is currently writing a book on transnational advocacy in the digital era, to be published by Oxford University Press. She is a co-founder of an independent think tank, New Zealand Alternative, and frequently writes on New Zealand foreign policy.
Transnational Advocacy and NGOs in the Digital Era: What's Changing and Why?, with H. Schmitz and M. Dedmond, in International Studies Quarterly (2019)
Norm Contestation in the Digital Era, Campaigning for Refugees Rights, in Journal of International Affairs, 95 (3), May 2019
Theorizing the Role of Executive Heads in International Organizations, with N. Woods, in European Journal of International Relations (2017)
Global Adaptation Governance: Why isn't it Legally Binding?, with A. Persson, in European Journal of International Relations (2017)
What is Adaptation to Climate Change? Epistemic Ambiguity in the Climate Finance System, Special Issue on Climate Finance, in Journal of International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics, vol. 17(1) (2017)
Displacement, Development and Climate Change, International Organizations Moving Beyond their Mandates, Routledge (2016)
A Catalyst for Cooperation: The Inter-Agency Standing Committee and the Humanitarian Response to Climate Change, in Global Governance: A Review of Multilateralism and International Organizations, July - September 2016
The Money or the Mandate? Why International Organizations Engage with the Climate Change Regime, in Global Environmental Politics, vol. 15 (2) (2015)
Moving Beyond its Mandate? UNHCR and Climate Change Displacement, in Journal of International Organization Studies, Spring 2013
East Timorese Women Challenge Domestic Violence, in Australian Journal of Political Science, vol. 44 (2) (2009)
For a recent curriculum vitae including a full list of publications, see personal webpage
Norm Contestation in the Digital Era, Campaigning for Refugees Rights, in Journal of International Affairs, 95 (3), May 2019
Theorizing the Role of Executive Heads in International Organizations, with N. Woods, in European Journal of International Relations (2017)
Global Adaptation Governance: Why isn't it Legally Binding?, with A. Persson, in European Journal of International Relations (2017)
What is Adaptation to Climate Change? Epistemic Ambiguity in the Climate Finance System, Special Issue on Climate Finance, in Journal of International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics, vol. 17(1) (2017)
Displacement, Development and Climate Change, International Organizations Moving Beyond their Mandates, Routledge (2016)
A Catalyst for Cooperation: The Inter-Agency Standing Committee and the Humanitarian Response to Climate Change, in Global Governance: A Review of Multilateralism and International Organizations, July - September 2016
The Money or the Mandate? Why International Organizations Engage with the Climate Change Regime, in Global Environmental Politics, vol. 15 (2) (2015)
Moving Beyond its Mandate? UNHCR and Climate Change Displacement, in Journal of International Organization Studies, Spring 2013
East Timorese Women Challenge Domestic Violence, in Australian Journal of Political Science, vol. 44 (2) (2009)
For a recent curriculum vitae including a full list of publications, see personal webpage
In the News
New Zealand is winning global kudos for our COVID-19 response. How do we use it?
Nina Hall wrote in The Spinoff, 5/8
A new approach to social sciences, humanities in a time of crisis
Nina Hall wrote in University World News, 5/7
The role of international relations in the COVID-19 world
Nina Hall interviewed on Radio New Zealand, 4/7
A kiwi in Europe: The weird, isolating realities of a COVID-19 world.
Nina Hall wrote on Stuff, 3/25
Innovation and adaptation in advocacy organizations throughout the digital eras.
Nina Hall wrote in the Journal of Information Technology & Politics, 1/19
When do refugees matter? The importance of issue salience for digital advocacy organizations.
Nina Hall wrote in Interest Groups & Advocacy, 9/16
New Zealand: A global leader on climate and displacement?
Nina Hall wrote for Asia and the Pacific Policy Society Policy Forum, 6/25
Refugees #notwelcome? The contentious politics of solidarity in digital spaces.
Nina Hall cited in University of Dayton blogs, 5/21
Norm contestation in the digital era: Campaigning for refugee rights.
Nina Hall wrote for International Affairs, 5/3
Engaging and reframing the ‘refugee’ crisis.
Nina Hall interviewed on Curry Stone Foundation Social Design Insights podcast, 4/18
New Zealand - peacemakers of the Pacific?
Nina Hall interviewed on Radio New Zealand Nights podcast, 2/18
‘The Davos of value change’: Some new topics take center stage.
Nina Hall interviewed on Knowledge@Wharton podcast, 1/30