Prof. Dr. Dries Lesage
Prof. Dr. Dries Lesage is Professor of International Politics at the Ghent Institute for International and European Studies (GIES) of the Department of Political Science at Ghent University.
His research interests include recent developments in the multilateral architecture (UN, G20, BRICS, etc.), global taxation governance, Turkish foreign policy, and fundamental theoretical questions concerning international politics: What is the future of the rules-based multilateral system? How to rescue and improve the international legal order? How to address the causes of war?
Recent publications include Taxation, International Cooperation and the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda (Springer 2021, co-edited with Irma Mosquera Valderrama and Wouter Lips), Conflict en samenwerking. Internationale politiek van 1815 tot heden [Conflict and Cooperation. International politics from 1815 till present; in Dutch] (Academia Press Lannoo 2022, co-authored with Goedele De Keersmaeker) and The G20, Development and the UN Agenda 2030 (Routledge 2023, co-edited with Jan Wouters).
Research interests:
- Multilateral governance
- Global taxation governance
- Turkish foreign policy
- Theoretical questions of international politics
GIES research areas
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Education
- Geschiedenis van de Internationale politiek [History of International Politics]
- International Relations Theory
- Globalisation and Global Governance
- Coordination of research papers and master dissertations on international politics