PhD, Political Science, University of Chicago

MA, International Relations, University of Chicago

BA, Political Science, University of California of Berkeley

I am interested in questions of agency and power in human-nonhuman relations, particularly as they relate to political life. My research and teaching interests include the politics of animals and animality, environmental political theory and science studies, international relations theory, and global environmental politics. I am working on two books, one on the politics of global biodiversity, and a second on interspecies relations and international relations. 

(graduate)

Theorizing International Relations

Posthumanist Politics

Ecology and Politics

Environmental Political Theory

Youatt, R. 2011. Power, Pain, and the Interspecies Politics of Foie Gras. Political Research Quarterly. (online)

Youatt, R. 2008. Counting Species: Biopower and the Global Biodiversity Census.
 Environmental Values. 17(3).

New School for Social Research
Department of Political Science
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