Kirsten Rodine

Kirsten Rodine was an IGCC Dissertation Fellow from 2002-2003. She is an associate professor of political science at Northeastern University. She studies global business regulation – how states and markets interact in the global political economy in sectors with new technology, that affect democracy, the environment, and security. Her dissertation considers the rapid spread of liberal telecommunications reforms and asks why more than 129 countries enacted liberal reforms during the 1990s.