Michael J. Hiscox is the Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs at Harvard University. He received his B. Econ. (First Class Honours) from the University of Sydney in 1989 and his PhD in Government from Harvard University in 1997. He was Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of California, San Diego, from 1997 to 2001. From 2001 until 2005 he was the John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Social Sciences at Harvard.
    His research focuses on international trade, foreign investment, immigration, development, government accountability, and private sector initiatives and standards for addressing social and environmental issues in global supply chains. He has written a number of articles for leading scholarly journals, including the American Political Science Review, International Organization, and the Journal of Economic History. He is also the author of two books, International Trade and Political Conflict, and High Stakes: The Political Economy of U.S, Trade Sanctions, 1950-2010, is forthcoming.
    His recent papers have addressed barriers to international trade, attitudes toward trade and immigration among voters, connections between globalization and democratization, and questions concerning labor and environmental standards and the ethical labeling of traded products. Current projects include field experiments examining development initiatives and government accountability, the impact of ethical certification and labeling programs in developing countries, and consumer demand for ethically labeled products.