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Nikhil Kalyanpur

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Nikhil Kalyanpur

Assistant Professor of International Relations, London School of Economics

Nikhil Kalyanpur is an Assistant Professor in the International Relations Department of the London School of Economics (LSE).

He researches issues at the intersection of international political economy, business-government relations, law, and global governance.

More specifically, he analyses how the proliferation of global rules and legal forums can serve as a channel for economic protection and a mechanism to target political competition.

His work has been published in a number of leading academic journals including the European Journal of International Relations, International Organization, and Perspectives on Politics.

He uses insights from across the social sciences to analyse contemporary corruption and geopolitics at The Price of Power.

Prior to LSE, he completed his PhD in Government at Georgetown University and was a postdoctoral fellow at Princeton University’s Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance.

Education
PhD Government, Georgetown University · MA Government, Georgetown University · BA Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, Brown University
Topics
Economic Statecraft · Business-Government Relations · Global Governance · Wealth Inequality · Rule of Law · Nikhil Kalyanpur. 2018. “Hegemony · Inequality · the Quest for Primacy.” Journal of Global Security Studies 3(3): 371-384.

In the Encyclopedia1

Selected publications5

  1. 2024Nikhil Kalyanpur. 2024. “An Illiberal Economic Order: Commitment mechanisms become tools of authoritarian coercion” Review of International Political Economy 30(4) 1238-1254
  2. 2022Paula Ganga and Nikhil Kalyanpur. 2022. “The Limits of Global Property Rights: Evidence from the Yukos Affair”. Energy Policy. 167.
  3. 2021Nikhil Kalyanpur and Abraham Newman. 2021. “The Financialization of International Law.” Perspectives on Politics. 19(3): 773-790.
  4. 2020Filiz Kahraman, Nikhil Kalyanpur and Abraham Newman. 2020. “Domestic Courts, Transnational Law, and International Order.” European Journal of International Relations 26(1): 184-208
  5. - Selected as part of EJIR’s 25th anniversary special issue on interdisciplinary developments in IR theory

Positions & affiliations2

  • London School of Economics
  • Princeton University’s Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance.

Honours & awards10

  • Open Philanthropy Public Impact Grant 2025-Present
  • LSE Research and Impact Support Fund 2021-2022
  • Postdoc at the Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance 2020-2021
  • Hopper Memorial Fellowship 2019-2020
  • Fellow, Mortara Center for International Studies 2016-2020
  • Georgetown GSAS Graduate Fellowship 2014-2019
  • Harriman Institute/Carnegie Corp. Research Grant 2018
  • Georgetown GSAS Dissertation Travel Grant 2018
  • Georgetown GSAS Conference Travel Grant 2018
  • Georgetown Summer Co-Authorship Grant 2016, 2017