Martha Finnemore is a University Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at George Washington University. She has an A.B. in Government from Harvard, M.A. in Government from the University of Sydney, and an M.A. and Ph.D in Political Science from Stanford.

Her research focuses on global governance, international organizations, ethics, and social theory.

Representative Publications

“Legitimacy, Hypocrisy, and the Social Structure of Unipolarity,” World Politics 61, 1: 58-85 (2009)

“The Politics, Power, and Pathologies of International Organizations” (with Michael Barnett), International Organization 53: 699-732 (1999)

“Norms, Culture, and World Politics: Insights from Sociology’s Institutionalism,” International Organization 50: 325-47 (1996)