Kavi Joseph Abraham

Dr. Kavi Joseph Abraham serves as Associate Professor in International Relations at Durham University's School of Government and International Affairs and holds an Associate Fellowship at the Institute of Advanced Study. He joined Durham in Fall 2020 after a visiting position in Global Studies at the University of Pittsburgh.

His academic foundation includes:

• PhD from Johns Hopkins University

Dr. Abraham's research bridges political theory and international relations through a pragmatist lens, examining how concepts like the 'stakeholder' reshape democratic practice in global governance. His work critically engages with race and Eurocentrism in theoretical frameworks, genealogies of neoliberalism, and postcolonial critiques of liberal violence, revealing systemic tensions within international order.

His publication trajectory demonstrates consistent focus on democratic subjectivity and institutional transformation, with recent articles in American Political Science Review and International Affairs analyzing stakeholder emergence and racial epistemology within liberal frameworks. This body of work establishes him as a significant voice in critical international relations theory.

Dr. Abraham currently supervises graduate researcher Seun Twins, contributing to the next generation of critical IR scholarship through direct mentorship.