Professor of Political ScienceWalker Family Professor for the Arts and Sciencesaseem@uw.eduPersonal Website CV (542.5 KB)Gowen 39Office Hours: By appointment Fields of Interest Environmental Politics Human Rights International Relations Labor Political Economy Poverty Social Movements South Asian Sustainability Background and ExperienceSummaryAseem Prakash is Professor of Political Science, the Walker Family Professor for the College of Arts and Sciences, and the Founding Director of the Center for Environmental Politics. He is the founding Editor Cambridge University Press Series in Business and Public Policy, the co-editor of Journal of Policy Analysis and Management and the Associate Editor of Business & Society. Professor Prakash's research focuses on environmental policy, climate governance, NGOs and nonprofits, and voluntary/private regulation. He also contributes to public scholarship via platforms such as The Conversation, Slate, The Washington Post, Huffpost, Regulatory Review, The Hill, and opendemocracy. Professor Prakash is a member of National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's Board on Environmental Change and Society and International Research Fellow at the Center for Corporate Reputation, University of Oxford. He was elected to the position of the Vice President of the International Studies Association for the period, 2015-2016. He is the recipient of International Studies Association's 2018 James N. Rosenau Award for "scholar who has made the most important contributions to globalization studies" and the European Consortium for Political Research Standing Group on Regulatory Governance's 2018 Regulatory Studies Development Award that recognizes a senior scholar who has made notable contributions to the field of regulatory governance." He serves on the Economic Development Commission of the city of his residence: Edmonds, Washington. Research Publications, Articles Kendra Dupuy and Aseem Prakash. "Do Donors Reduce Bilateral Aid to Countries with Restrictive NGO Laws?: A Panel Study, 1993-2012." Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 2018, 47(1): 89-106. Phi Cong Hoang, William McGuire and Aseem Prakash. "Reducing Toxic Chemical Pollution in Response to Multiple Information Signals: The 33/50 Voluntary Program and Toxicity Disclosures." Ecological Economics, 2017, 146: 193-202. Rafeel Wasif and Aseem Prakash. "Do Government and Foreign Funding influence Individual Donations to Religious Nonprofits?: A Survey Experiment in Pakistan." Nonprofit Policy Forum, 2017, 8(3): 237–273. Sijeong Lim and Aseem Prakash. "Do Economic Problems at Home Undermine Worker Safety Abroad?: A Panel Study, 1980-2009." World Development, 2017, 96 (August): 562–577. Joannie Tremblay-Boire and Aseem Prakash. Will You Trust Me?: How Individual American Donors Respond to Informational Signals Regarding Local and Global Humanitarian Charities. Voluntas, 2017, 28(2): 621–647. Christopher Adolph, Vanessa Quince, and Aseem Prakash. 2017. "The Shanghai Effect: Do Exports to China Affect Labor Practices in Africa?" World Development, 89 (January): 1-18. Nives Dolšak and Aseem Prakash. "Join the Club: How the Domestic NGO Sector Induces Participation in the Covenant of Mayors Program." International Interactions, 2016, 43(1): 26-47. Kendra Dupuy, James Ron and Aseem Prakash. "Hands Off My Regime! Governments’ Restrictions on Foreign Aid to Non-Governmental Organizations in Poor and Middle-Income Countries." World Development, ,2016, 84 (August): 299–311. Joannie Tremblay Boire, Mary Kay Gugerty and Aseem Prakash. 2016. Regulation by Reputation: Monitoring and Sanctioning in Nonprofit Accountability Clubs. Public Administration Review: 76(5): 712-722. Elizabeth Chrun, Nives Dolsak and Aseem Prakash. 2016. "Corporate Environmentalism: Motivations and Mechanisms." Annual Review of Environment and Resources: 41: 341–362. Aseem Prakash & Matthew Potoski (2016) The EU effect: does trade with the EU reduce CO2 emissions in the developing world?, Environmental Politics, 26:1, 27-48. Joannie Tremblay-Boire & Aseem Prakash. "Accountability.org: Online Disclosures by U.S. Nonprofits." In: Voluntas, 2015, 26(2): 693-719. Victor Menaldo. “Foreign Aid, Economic Globalization, and Pollution” (with Sijeong Lim and Aseem Prakash). Policy Sciences. 48, no. 2 (2015): 181-205. Sijeong Lim, Layna Mosley, and Aseem Prakash. "Revenue Substitution? How Foreign Aid Inflows Moderate the Effect of Bilateral Trade Pressures on Labor Rights." World Development 67 (2015): 295–309. Dan Berliner, Aseem Prakash (2014). "'Bluewashing' the Firm?: Voluntary Regulations, Program Design and Member Compliance with the United Nations Global Compact." Policy Studies Journal: 43(1): 115-138. Kendra E Dupuy, James Ron & Aseem Prakash (2014) Who survived? Ethiopia's regulatory crackdown on foreign-funded NGOs, Review of International Political Economy, 22:2, 419-456 Victor Menaldo and Aseem Prakash. “Empirical Strategies in International Development Research." Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. 33, no. 4 (2014): 929-931. Dean Chahim and Aseem Prakash. "NGOization, Foreign Funding, and the Nicaraguan Civil Society." Voluntas 25, no. 2 (2014): 487–513. Sijeong Lim and Aseem Prakash. "Voluntary Regulations and Innovation: The Case of ISO 14001." Public Administration Review 74, no. 2 (2014): 233-244. Daniel Berliner and Aseem Prakash. "The United Nations Global Compact: An Institutionalist Perspective." Journal of Business Ethics 122, no. 2 (2014): 217-223. Elizabeth Bloodgood, Aseem Prakash, and Joannie Tremblay-Boire. "National Styles of NGO Regulation." Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 43, no. 4 (2014): 716-736. Daniel Berliner and Aseem Prakash. "Public Authority and Private Rules: How Domestic Regulatory Institutions Shape the Adoption of Global Private Regimes." International Studies Quarterly 58, no. 4 (2014): 793-803. Mitchell Small, Paul Stern, Elizabeth Bomberg, Susan Christopherson, Bernard Goldstein, Andrei Israel, Robert B. Jackson, Alan Krupnick , Meagan Mauter, Jennifer Nash, D. Warner North, Sheila M. Olmstead, Aseem Prakash, Barry Rabe, Nathan Richardson, Susan Tierney, Thomas Webler, and Gabrielle Wong-Parodi, and Barbara Zielinska. 2014. "Risks and Risk Governance in Unconventional Shale Gas Development." Environmental Science & Technology, 48 (15): 8289-8297. Matthew Potoski and Aseem Prakash. "Global Private Regimes, Domestic Public Law: ISO 14001 and Pollution Reduction." Comparative Political Studies, 47, no. 3 (2014): 369 - 394. Matthew Potoski and Aseem Prakash. "Green Clubs: Collective Action and Voluntary Environmental Programs." Annual Review of Political Science 16 (2013): 399-419. Xun Cao and Brian Greenhill, and Aseem Prakash. "Where is the Tipping Point? Bilateral Trade and the Diffusion of Human Rights, 1982-2004." British Journal of Political Science 43, no. 1 (2013): 133-156. Matthew Potoski and Aseem Prakash. "Do Voluntary Programs Reduce Pollution? Examining ISO 14001’s Effectiveness across Countries." Policy Studies Journal 41, no. 2 (2013): 273 -295. Daniel Berliner and Aseem Prakash. "Signaling Environmental Stewardship in the Shadow of Weak Governance: The Global Diffusion of ISO 14001." Law & Society Review 47, no. 2 (2013): 345-373. Joshua Eastin and Aseem Prakash. "Economic Development and Gender Equality: Is there a Gender Kuznets Curve?" World Politics 65, no. 1 (2013): 156-184. Daniel Berliner and Aseem Prakash. "From Norms to Programs: The United Nations Global Compact and Global Governance." Regulation & Governance 6, no. 2 (2012): 149–166. Erica Johnson, Taedong Lee, and Aseem Prakash. "Media Independence and Trust in NGOs: The Case of Post-Communist Eurasia." Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 41, no. 1 (2012): 8-35. Lily Hseuh and Aseem Prakash. "Incentivizing Self-Regulation: Federal vs. State-level Voluntary Programs in U.S. Climate Change Policies." Regulation & Governance 6, no. 4 (2012): 445-473. Xun Cao and Aseem Prakash. "Trade Competition and Environmental Regulations: Domestic Political Constraints and Issue Visibility." Journal of Politics 74, no. 1 (2012): 66-82. Joshua Eastin and Reiner Grundmann, and Aseem Prakash. "The Two Limits Debates: "Limits to Growth" and Climate Change." Futures 43, no. 1 (2011): 16-26. Aseem Prakash and Rebecca Szper. "Charity Watchdogs and the Limits of Information-Based Regulation." Voluntas 22, no. 1 (2011): 112-141. Matthew Potoski and Aseem Prakash. "Voluntary Environmental Programs: A Comparative Perspective." Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 31, no. 1 (2011): 123-138. John Ahlquist and Aseem Prakash. "FDI and the Costs of Contract Enforcement in Developing Countries." Policy Sciences 43, no. 2 (2010): 181-200. Erik Lundsgaarde and Christian Breunig, and Aseem Prakash. "Instrumental Philanthropy: Trade and the Allocation of Foreign Aid." Canadian Journal of Political Science 43, no.3 (2010): 733-761. Mary Kay Gugerty and Aseem Prakash. "Trust but Verify? Voluntary Regulation Programs in the Nonprofit Sector." Regulation & Governance 4, no. 1 (2010): 22-47. Nicole Darnall, Matthew Potoski, and Aseem Prakash. "Sponsorship Matters: Assessing Business Participation in Government- and Industry-sponsored Voluntary Environmental Programs." Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 20, no. 2 (2010): 283-307. Xun Cao and Aseem Prakash. "Growing Exports by Signaling Product Quality: Trade Competition and the Cross- National Diffusion of ISO 9000 Quality Standards." Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 30, no. 1 (2010): 111-135. Xun Cao and Aseem Prakash. "Trade Competition and Domestic Pollution: A Panel Study, 1980-2003." International Organization 64 (Summer, 2010): 481-503. Matthew Potoski and Aseem Prakash. "Information Asymmetries as Trade Barriers: ISO 9000 Increases International Commerce." Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 28, no. 2 (2009): 221-238. Brian Greenhill, Layna Mosley, and Aseem Prakash. "Trade and Labor Rights: A Panel Study, 1986-2002." American Political Science Review 103, no. 4 (2009): 669-690. Nives Dolšak and Aseem Prakash. "The Politics of Climate Change Adaptation. Annual Review of Environment and Resources." Annual Review of Environment and Resources, 2018. William McGuire, Phi Cong Hoang and Aseem Prakash. "How Voluntary Environmental Programs Reduce Pollution". Public Administration Review, 2017. Publications, Book Chapters Sijeong Lim and Aseem Prakash. "Quantitative Comparative Analysis," In Edward Elgar Encyclopedia of Global Environmental Politics and Governance, edited by Philipp Pattberg and Fariborz Zelli. Edward Elgar, 2014. Matthew Potoski and Aseem Prakash. "Join the ISO 14001 Club!" ISO Focus, July/August (2014). Lily Hseuh and Aseem Prakash. "Private Voluntary Programs on Climate Change: U.S. Federal Government as the Sponsoring Actor," In Private Voluntary Programs in Global Climate Change Policy: Pitfalls and Potentials, edited by Karsten Ronit. United Nations University Press, 2012. Nives Dolsak, Margaret Levi, and Aseem Prakash. "Elinor Ostrom." PS: Political Science & Politics, October (2012): 791-792. Matthew Potoski and Aseem Prakash. "Voluntary Programs, Regulatory Compliance, and the Regulation Dilemma," In Explaining Regulatory Compliance: Business Response to Legal, Voluntary, and Transnational Regulation, edited by Christine Parker and Vibeke Lehmann Nielsen. Edward Elgar, 2011. Matthew Potoski and Aseem Prakash. "Accountability and Voluntary Standards: Lessons from the International Organization for Standardization," In Accountable Governance, edited by Melvin Dubnick and H. George Frederickson. ME Sharpe, 2011. Matthew Potoski and Aseem Prakash. "Voluntary Programs and the Regulation Dilemma," In Handbook on Regulation, edited by David Levi-Faur. Edward Elgar, 2011. Matthew Potoski and Aseem Prakash. "Private Authority Certification Regimes: A Club Theory Perspective," In The Challenges of Global Business Authority: Democratic Renewal, Stalemate or Decay?, edited by Tony Porter and Karsten Ronit. The SUNY Press, 2010. Erica Johnson and Aseem Prakash. "Future Research: NGOs and Collective Action," In Understanding 21st Century Environmental NGOs, edited by Thomas P. Lyons. RRF Press, 2010. Matthew Potoski and Aseem Prakash. "International Standards Organization as a Global Governor: A Club Theory Perspective," In Who Governs the Globe?, edited by Deborah Avant, Martha Finnemore, and Susan Sell. Cambridge University Press, 2010. Publications, Books Mary Kay Gugerty and Aseem Prakash (eds.). Voluntary Regulations of NGOs and Nonprofits: An Accountability Club Framework. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2010. Mary Kay Gugerty and Aseem Prakash (eds.). Advocacy Organizations and Collective Action. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2010. Aseem Prakash and Matthew Potoski (eds.). Voluntary Programs: A Club Theory Perspective. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2009. Aseem Prakash and Matthew Potoski. The Voluntary Environmentalists: Green Clubs, ISO 14001, and Voluntary Environmental Regulations. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2006. Aseem Prakash & Jeffrey A. Hart (Eds.). London: Routledge, 2000. Aseem Prakash & Jeffrey A. Hart (Eds.). Coping with Globalization. London: Routledge, 2000. Aseem Prakash. Greening the Firm: The Politics of Corporate Environmentalism. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2000. Aseem Prakash & Jeffrey A. Hart (Eds.). Globalization and Governance. London: Routledge, 1999. Research Advised: Graduate Dissertations Kendra E. Dupuy. 2016. "Harnessing Natural Resources for Development: New Legal Regimes for Localized Benefit Sharing in the Mining Sector." Diss., U of Washington. Joannie Tremblay-Boire. 2015. "International Grantmaking by American Foundations." Diss., U of Washington. Sijeong Lim. 2013. "Modes of Social Policy in the Developing World." Diss., U of Washington. Daniel Berliner. 2012. "Institutionalizing Transparency: The Global Spread of Freedom of Information in Law and Practice." Diss., U of Washington. Brian Greenhill. 2010. "Norm Transmission in Networks of Intergovernmental Organizations." Diss., U of Washington. Taedong Lee. 2010. "Global Cities and Climate Change." Diss., U of Washington. Teaching Spring 2019 POL S 426 A: World Politics Winter 2019 POL S 586 A: Topics In International Political Economy Autumn 2018 POL S 403 A: Advanced Seminar in International Relations - Course Website Spring 2018 POL S 426 A: World Politics Winter 2018 POL S 403 A: Advanced Seminar In International Relations: Climate Politics and Governance Autumn 2017 POL S 403 A: Advanced Seminar In International Relations POL S 586 A: Topics In International Political Economy Spring 2017 POL S 426 A: World Politics Autumn 2016 POL S 521 A: International Relations Core News & Events Related News Prof. Aseem Prakash in the High Country News, "What killed Washington’s carbon tax?" Jan 23, 2019 Prof. Aseem Prakash on KUOW Radio's The Record, "Should politicians lead with climate?" Jan 18, 2019 Prof. Aseem Prakash on The Hill news site, "Can the climate movement survive populism? Lessons from 'yellow vest' protests" Dec 12, 2018 Prof. Aseem Prakash on The Hill web site, "Read my lips: No new (carbon) tax" Nov 14, 2018 Prof. Aseem Prakash on the HuffingtonPost site, "If Liberal Billionaires Really Wanted To Change Politics, Here’s What They’d Do" Oct 25, 2018 Center for Environmental Politics Debate Event Concerning I-1631 in the UW Daily Oct 25, 2018 Prof. Aseem Prakash on The Hill web site, “Seattle’s smoky summers are becoming the new normal” Aug 24, 2018 Prof. Aseem Prakash on The Hill news site, "What Amazon owes Seattle's homeless is a matter of debate" May 23, 2018 Prof. Aseem Prakash on The Huffington Post, "The Climate Change Hypocrisy Of Jet-Setting Academics" Apr 12, 2018 Prof. Aseem Prakash on The Washington Post Monkey Cage blog, "The Oxfam scandal shows that, yes, nonprofits can behave badly. So why aren’t they overseen like for-profits?" Feb 23, 2018 Prof. Aseem Prakash on The Hill web site, "The key to a successful carbon tax is how you spend the money" Feb 23, 2018 Prof. Aseem Prakash in The Washington Post's Monkey Cage blog, "Why is India ‘missing’ 63 million women — even though development is roaring?" Feb 13, 2018 Prof. Aseem Prakash on The Hill web site, “EPA's Pruitt: Bring back 'true environmentalism'” Jan 19, 2018 Prof. Aseem Prakash on The Huffington Post site, "Amazon HQ2 In The Time Of Climate Change" Dec 6, 2017 Prof. Aseem Prakash In The Washington Post Monkey Cage blog, "Delhi is blanketed with toxic smog. This is why" Nov 14, 2017 Prof. Aseem Prakash on The Conversation web site, "How donors can help make nonprofits more accountable" Nov 3, 2017 Solar Panels on a Border Wall: Professors Nives Dolšak and Aseem Prakash in The Regulatory Review Jul 13, 2017 Across the globe, governments are cracking down on civic organizations. This is why: Professor Aseem Prakash & Colleagues in The Washington Post’s Monkey Cage blog Jul 7, 2017 Three Faculty Panels address the impact of the 2016 Presidential Election in the US and Around the World Jun 29, 2017 The Department in the News Jun 28, 2017 Trump may have provided focal point for opposition. Prof. Aseem Prakash and UW Colleague on MyNorthwest.com & KIRO Radio Jun 7, 2017 Are we overreacting to US withdrawal from the Paris Agreement on climate? Prof. Aseem Prakash and Colleague on The Conversation web site Jun 6, 2017 Does the Environmental Movement Need New Messengers? Prof. Prakash & Colleague in Solutions Journal May 8, 2017 What did we learn following Bangladesh Factory Collapse? Professor Prakash & Colleague on The Washington Post’s Monkey Cage Blog May 2, 2017 Explaining the Failed Chlorpyrifos Ban: Professor Aseem Prakash & Colleague on The Washington Post's Monkey Cage Blog Apr 17, 2017 Everybody Loves EnergyStar: Professor Aseem Prakash and Colleague on KUOW Apr 3, 2017 Fighting for the Environment Locally: Professor Aseem Prakash and Colleague Publish Article on The Conversation Mar 31, 2017 Energy Star fails Trump’s Anti-Climate Change Litmus Test: Professor Aseem Prakash & Colleague in The Washington Post’s Monkey Cage blog Mar 30, 2017 The Impact of Exports to China on African Labor Rights: Adolph, Quince & Prakash on The Washington Post’s Monkey Cage blog Mar 8, 2017 The Challenges of Political Consumerism: Prof. Prakash & Colleague on The Washington Post’s Monkey Cage Blog Mar 7, 2017 Professor Aseem Prakash and Colleagues win William E. Mosher and Frederick C. Mosher Award Feb 17, 2017 Proposing a Carbon Consumption Tax: Professor Prakash & Colleague on The Conversation Jan 31, 2017 Need for New Message: Professor Aseem Prakash & Colleague on US Environmental Movement Dec 13, 2016 'Don't Panic': Professor Aseem Prakash & Colleague on Trump & Environmental Policy Dec 1, 2016 Prof. Prakash and Colleague in Slate: The Dakota Pipeline Protests Should Think Big Nov 4, 2016 ‘The Upside of Ignoring Climate Change’: Professor Aseem Prakash & Colleague in Slate Magazine Oct 31, 2016 Climate Change Scapegoat: Professor Prakash & Colleague Author Article for Slate Oct 24, 2016 Professor Aseem Prakash & Colleague on Media Coverage of Brexit Vote Oct 11, 2016 Professor Aseem Prakash & colleagues discuss Dakota Access Pipeline in The Washington Post Sep 26, 2016 Prof. Aseem Prakash on The Washington Post's Monkey Cage blog, "Here’s what many journalists missed when covering the Brexit vote" Aug 4, 2016 Prof. Aseem Prakash on the Washington Post's Monkey Cage blog, "It’s not just Flint: Here’s why we ignore water pollution" Jun 10, 2016 PhD Candidate Kendra Dupuy, Prof. Aseem Prakash & their colleague James Ron discuss the government crackdown on NGOs on openDemocracy.net May 5, 2016 Prof. Aseem Prakash and other UW experts call Paris climate agreement 'bold,' 'encouraging' Apr 2, 2016 The Political Logic of Climate Change Adaptation - Prakash & Dolsak Feb 5, 2016 Politics of Global Climate Change Panel TODAY! Apr 8, 2015 Announcing the Center for Environmental Politics Nov 25, 2014 Prof. Aseem Prakash in The Seattle Times, "Devyani Khobragade arrest created a U.S.-India rift" Jan 29, 2014 2013 Political Science News Summary Dec 31, 2013 2011 Political Science News Summary Dec 31, 2011 2010 Political Science News Summary Dec 31, 2010 Related Events Greening Businesses: Opportunities and Challenges - Jan 22 2019 - 4:00pm to 6:00pm Doug and Maggie Walker Environmental Conversations: Greening Businesses: Opportunities and Challenges - Jan 22 2019 - 4:00pm to 6:00pm Spring Faculty Panel: The U.S. and Global Policy Challenges Today - May 24 2017 - 4:30pm to 6:00pm Politics of Global Climate Change Panel - Apr 8 2015 - 4:30pm to 6:00pm Share: Print PDF