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Miguel Hijar Chiapa

Ph.D. Student
Miguel Hijar Chiapa
Email hijarchi@usc.edu

Biography

Miguel A. Híjar-Chiapa is a Doctoral Candidate in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Southern California and currently serves as President of the Australian and New Zealand Studies Association of North America and Treasurer of the English School Section of the International Studies Association. Before joining USC, he was Assistant Professor of International Relations in the Pacific Studies Department at the University of Guadalajara in Mexico. He has also been visiting scholar in the Edward A. Clark Center for Australian and New Zealand Studies and the Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection at the University of Texas at Austin, and the Centre for Defence and Security Studies at Massey University in New Zealand.

His research and teaching focuses on international relations theory, political theory, international political economy, global financial governance, and the international relations of the Indo-Pacific region. He is particularly interested in order and justice in international society, and their political and economic manifestations. His dissertation analyses the historical evolution of the Bank for International Settlements and its pivotal role in global financial governance. By using an English School approach to international political economy and network society theory, he examines how this sui generis, largely unaccountable institution has been able to acquire such an immensely powerful position and shape international financial rules without major political interference.

Education

  • BA Universidad del Valle de Atemajac, 4/2014
  • MA Univ. of Guadalajara

  • Tenure Track Appointments

    • Assistant Professor, University of Guadalajara, 2018 – 2022

  • Research Keywords

    International Relations Theory; English School of IR; Political Theory; International Political Economy; Financial Governance; Security in the Indo-Pacific; Australian Foreign Policy; New Zealand Foreign Policy; US Foreign Policy

    Research Specialties

    International Relations Theory; Political Theory; International Political Economy

  • Book Chapters

    • Jagannath P. Panda & Ernest Gunasekara-Rockwell (Ed.). (2021). Australia, New Zealand and the Quad Plus. Quad Plus and Indo-Pacific: The Changing Profilepp. 94-107.Routledge.
    • Aparna Pande (Ed.). (2021). From Distant Relatives to Close Partners: India’s Relations with Australia and New Zealand. Routledge Handbook of South Asian Foreign Policypp. 216-230.Routledge.
    • (2020). Australia and the Construction of the Indo-Pacific. onflict and Cooperation in the Indo-Pacificpp. 78-93.Routledge.
    • (2020). Museums as Critical Spaces for Alterity in a Post-Truth World. History in a Post-Truth World: Theory and Praxispp. 251-265.Routledge.

    Journal Article

    • (2020). A Quad Plus? The Prospects for Australia and New Zealand. Journal of Indo-Pacific Affairs. Vol. 3 (5), pp. 87-105.
    • (2018). Navigating Dangerous Waters: Australia and the Indo-Pacific. Rising Powers Quarterly. Vol. 3 (2), pp. 157-173.
    • USC Dornsife Communicator of the Year Award, 2024-2025

  • Professional Offices

    • English School Section (ENGSS) Treasurer, International Studies Association, 2025 –
    • President, Australian and New Zealand Studies Association of North America, 2018 –

    Professional Memberships

    • American Political Science Association, 2023 –
    • International Political Science Association, 2023 –
    • International Studies Association, 2020 –
    • International Australian Studies Association, 2018 –
    • Australian and New Zealand Studies Association of North America, 2017 –
    • Mexican International Studies Association, 2017 –