Renée Marlin-Bennett

Renée Marlin-Bennett is a Professor of Political Science at Johns Hopkins University's Krieger School of Arts & Sciences. Her research focuses on global governance, power dynamics, and information flows in the context of international relations and political economy. She examines how power congeals into governance structures, particularly in cyberspace and digital domains.

• Education: PhD in Political Science from MIT, BA cum laude in International Relations from Pomona College
• Prior Affiliation: Faculty at American University's School of International Service (1987-2007), Director of the Division of International Politics and Foreign Policy

Her research investigates contested information flows, path dependence in global orders, and the interplay between human embodiment and political practices. Key themes include:

• Emergence of micro global actors
• Dark information flows (e.g., hate speech, historical libels)
• Emancipatory power in cross-border exchanges

Marlin-Bennett has authored influential works like Knowledge Power: Intellectual Property, Information, and Privacy (2004) and Food Fights: International Regimes and the Politics of Agricultural Trade Disputes (1993), and edited Alker and IR: Global Studies in an Interconnected World (2011). She previously served as founding Editor-in-Chief of the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of International Studies.