Matthew Watson is a Professor of Political Economy (International Political Economy) in the Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Warwick. He has published widely in the area of International Political Economy, having two single authored books, jointly edited another (with another forthcoming) and had around thirty articles published in peer reviewed academic journals on a wide range of issues in Political Economy and International Political Economy.[1] His two books are the 'Foundations of International Political Economy' (Palgrave Macmillan, 2005),(The book received a nomination for the IPEG Book of the Year Award (2004/2005).) [2] and the 'Political Economy of International Capital Mobility' (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007).[3] Between 2001-2007 Watson served as a member of the Steering Committee of the Standing Conference of Arts and Social Sciences.[4]
He has also been an organiser of two of the Political Studies Association's specialist groups: the Labour Movements Specialist Group and the Political Economy Specialist Group.[5] Watson has also acted as advisor to both Oxfam (on its fair trade campaign) and War on Want (on its Tobin tax and duty on foreign exchange transactions campaigns in the UK)[6] and occasionally been consulted by Bloomberg.com as an expert on the UK's economic policy.[7][8]