Emilie M. Hafner-Burton is a professor at the UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy (formerly the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies or IR/PS) and director of the School’s Laboratory on International Law and Regulation. She is the author of the book "Making Human Rights a Reality."
Education
Hafner-Burton received her Ph.D. in political science from the University of Wisconsin—Madison in 2003, honorary M.A. from Oxford University, M.A. in political science from University of Wisconsin—Madison in 1999, and B.A. in political science and philosophy from Seattle University in 1995.
Career
Karl Deutsch Award: presented annually to a scholar under the age of 40 who is judged to have made, through a body of publications, the most significant contribution to the study of International Relations and Peace Research by International Studies Association. 2012. Princeton University, Class of 1934 University Preceptor, Woodrow Wilson School. 2009-2012. American Political Science Association Helen Dwight Reid Award for Best Dissertation in International Relations, Law, and Politics. 2005. American Political Science Association Prize Best Dissertation in Human Rights. 2004. Distinction in International Relations, University of Wisconsin—Madison. 2001. Distinction in Political Methodology, University of Wisconsin—Madison. 2000. Distinction, Seattle University. 1995. Kennedy Award: highest student achievement in Political Science, Seattle University. 1995. Her Story Award: highest student achievement in Women’s Studies, Seattle University. 1995.
Grants, fellowships and gifts
Princeton University, Bobst Center for Peace and Justice, project grant, 2008. Princeton University, Dean of Faculty, project grant, 2008. Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School for Public and International Affairs, grant, 2008. Princeton University, Dean of Faculty book grant, 2007. Princeton University, Center for Globalization and Governance, for “Intergovernmental Organizations in Action,” 2006. International Studies Association Workshop Grant, for “Preventing Human Rights Abuse,” 2006. Postdoctoral Research Prize, Oxford University, Nuffield College. 2003 to 2006. University Dissertator Fellowship, University of Wisconsin—Madison. 2002 to 2003. National Science Foundation, Dissertation Improvement Grant in Political Science. 2002. Scott Kloeck-Jenson International Pre-Dissertation Grant, University of Wisconsin. 2002. Graduate Student Council, Vilas Travel Grant, University of Wisconsin—Madison. 2002. Center for International Security and Cooperation, MacArthur Fellow, Stanford University. 2001 to 2003. MacArthur Consortium, Global Studies Scholarship, University of Wisconsin. 2000 to 2001. European Union Center Fellowship, University of Wisconsin—Madison. 2000. European Networking Series, the British Council. June 1999. Women in International Security: Graduate Symposium on International Security. WashingtonD.C. June 1999. Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) International Fellowship in Disarmament and Development. 1997 to 1998. National Education Achievement Foundation Scholarship Award. 1994 to 1995.
Books
Making Human Rights a Reality, Princeton University Press, 2013. Forced to Be Good: Why Trade Agreements Boost Human Rights, Cornell University Press, 2009.