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Ken ShadlenI am a political scientist in the Department of
International Development, at the London
School of Economics. I work on the comparative and
international political economy of development, with a focus on understanding
variation in national policy responses to changing global rules. In recent
years my research has focused on the global and cross-national politics of
intellectual property (IP). I am particularly interested in the implications
that the new global IP regime presents for late development, and the various
ways that the international norms and rules for IP are adopted at the
national level and affect national practices. In my forthcoming book (Coalitions and Compliance: The Political
Economy of Pharmaceutical Patents in Latin America) I examine the
different ways that countries introduced pharmaceutical patents in the 1990s,
and then subsequently revised their new pharmaceutical patent systems in the
2000s. In an ESRC-funded project with Bhaven Sampat (“TRIPS Implementation and Secondary
Pharmaceutical Patenting: An Empirical Analysis”), we consider how pharmaceutical patent
systems function, in practice. We analyse the extent to which differences in
national pharmaceutical patent systems, particularly different approaches
toward applications for secondary patents, affect overall patenting patterns,
and we seek to understand the factors that account for differential
effectiveness of national policies toward secondary patents. I have also written
extensively on the political economy of North-South trade agreements,
examining the spread of regional and bilateral agreements, their implications
for developing countries, and the relationship between regional/bilateral and
multilateral trade agreements. My earlier work on changing patterns of
government-business relations included Democratization
Without Representation: The Politics of Small Industry in Mexico (Penn
State University Press, 2004). I am one of the Managing Editors of the Journal of Development Studies.
Follow these links for more information on my Publications,
Msc teaching, PhD supervision, and CV. Professional details
Position: Professor in Development Studies, Department of International Development ,
Additional Affiliations: Associate Fellow, Institute of
the Americas, University Affiliated Staff, Department of Government Senior Research Fellow, Global Development and Environment Institute (GDAE), Tufts University Research Associate, Centre for the Study of Human Rights
Contact Details: Department of International
Development (CON 7.08) TEL: +(44-20) 7852-3681 EMAIL: k[dot]shadlen[at]lse[dot]ac[dot]uk SKYPE: kenshad1
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