PROFILE
PhD, University of Oxford
Before joining the Institute in 2009, Annabelle Littoz-Monnet was Assistant Professor at the Central European University, Budapest (2005-2009). She has also worked for the Socio-Legal Studies Centre at Oxford University and as a Research fellow at the Royal Institute of International Relations, Brussels (2004-2005). Her articles have appeared in journals such as the International Studies Quarterly, the European Journal of Political Research, Governance, the European Journal of Political Research and the Journal of Common Market Studies. Her current research interests include global governance, the politics of knowledge, international organisations, bureaucratic expansion and the concept of ethical expertise. She is now working on a SNSF research project examining uses of ethical experts by bureaucrats and policy-makers. She is also the former director of the Global Governance Centre.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Books:
- Littoz-Monnet, A. (2020). Governing through Expertise. The Politics of Bioethics, Cambridge University Press.
- Littoz-Monnet, A. (ed). The Politics of Expertise in International Organizations. How International Bureaucracies Use and Produce Knowledge, Routledge, March 2017.
- Littoz-Monnet, A. and F. Forêt (eds) (2015). The Politics of Values in EU Governance. Occurrences, Effects and Modes of Regulation of Values, Politique européenne, 2015
- Littoz-Monnet, A. (2007). The European Union and Culture: between Economic Regulation and Cultural Policy, European Policy Unit Series, Manchester: Manchester University Press.
Selected peer-reviewed Articles:
- Littoz-Monnet, Annabelle and Juanita Uribe. 2023. 'Methods Regimes in Global Governance. The Politics of Evidence-Making in Global Health', International Political Sociology, June 2023.
- Littoz-Monnet, Annabelle. 2022. 'Exclusivity and Circularity in the Production of Global Governance Expertise: The Making of Global Mental Health’ Knowledge', International Political Sociology, 16(2).
- Littoz-Monnet, Annabelle. 2020. Governing through Expertise. The Politics of Bioethics, Cambridge University Press
- Littoz-Monnet, A. (2020). ‘Expanding without much Ado. International bureaucratic expansion tactics in the case of bioethics’, Journal of European Public Policy, DOI: 10.1080/13501763.2020.1781231
- Littoz-Monnet, A. (2017). "Expert Knowledge as a Strategic Resource: International Bureaucrats and the Shaping of Bioethical Standards", International Studies Quarterly, Vol. 61, Issue 3:584-595.
- Littoz-Monnet, A. (2015) ‘Ethics experts as a Tool of Technocratic Governance: Evidence from the EU’s human embryonic stem cell research policy’, Governance, Vol 28, Issue 3: 357-372.
- Littoz-Monnet, A. (2014) ‘The Role of Independent Regulators in Policy-making: Venue-Shopping and Framing Strategies in the EU Regulation of Old Wives Cures’, European Journal of Political Research, Vol 53, No. 1: 1-17.