Contact information
Email: ehellein@uwaterloo.ca
Areas of specialization
- International political economy
- History of political economy
- Money and finance
- Political economy and the environment
- Globalization/deglobalization
Eric Helleiner is University Research Chair and Professor in the Department of Political Science and Balsillie School of International Affairs at the University of Waterloo. He received a B.A. in Economics and Political Science from the University of Toronto, and a M.Sc. and Ph.D. from the Department of International Relations of the London School of Economics. He specializes in international political economy and has published 7 sole-authored books, 6 co-edited books, and over 100 articles and chapters. His most recent books include: The Contested World Economy: The Deep and Global Roots of International Political Economy (Cambridge, 2023) and The Neomercantilists: A Global Intellectual History (Cornell, 2021). He received the 2020 IPE Distinguished Scholar Award from the International Studies Association and his books have won prizes such as the International Political Economy Best Book Award, CPSA Prize in International Relations, the Donner Book Prize, and the Francesco Guicciardini Prize for Best Book in Historical International Relations. He is currently co-editor of the book series Cornell Studies in Money and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.
Selected awards
- International Political Economy Best Book Award
- IPE Distinguished Scholar Award
- Killam Research Fellowship
- Arts Award for Excellence in Research
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
- CPSA Prize in International Relations
- Donner Book Prize
- Francesco Guicciardini Prize for Best Book in Historical International Relations
- Symons Award for Excellence in Teaching
- Marvin Gelber Essay Prize in International Relations
Selected publications
- Eric Helleiner, The Contested World Economy: The Deep and Global Roots of International Political Economy (Cambridge, 2023)
- Eric Helleiner, The Neomercantilists: A Global Intellectual History (Cornell, 2021).
- Eric Helleiner, Stefano Pagliari and Irene Spagna, eds., Governing the World’s Biggest Market: The Politics of Derivatives Regulation After the 2008 Crisis (Oxford, 2018)
- Eric Helleiner, The Status Quo Crisis: Global Financial Governance after the 2008 Meltdown (Oxford, 2014)
- Eric Helleiner, The Forgotten Foundations of Bretton Woods: International Development and the Making of the Postwar Order (Cornell, 2014)
- Eric Helleiner and Jonathan Kirshner, eds., The Great Wall of Money: Politics and Power in China’s International Monetary Relations (Cornell, 2014)
- Eric Helleiner and Jonathan Kirshner, eds., The Future of the Dollar (Cornell, 2009)
- Eric Helleiner, Towards North American Monetary Union? The Politics and History of Canada’s Exchange Rate Regime (McGill-Queen’s, 2006)
- Eric Helleiner, The Making of National Money: Territorial Currencies in Historical Perspective (Cornell, 2003)
- Eric Helleiner, States and the Reemergence of Global Finance: From Bretton Woods to the 1990s. (Cornell, 1994).
Current projects
- International political economy and green finance
- History of US trade protectionism
- Political economy of the global polycrisis
Courses taught
- Introduction to Global Politics
- International Political Economy
- Big Tech and the New Capitalism
- Global Environmental Politics
- Globalization
- Theories of Political Economy
- Political Economy of the Environment
- Politics of Global Finance
- The State and Economic Life
- Globalization and Global Governance
- Governance of the Global Economy