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Maria Green Cowles
Comparative and Regional Studies
E-mail: mcowles@american.edu
Phone: 202-885-1604

Dr. Maria Green Cowles is Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the School of International Service at American University where she is responsible for all academic affairs, academic services, and faculty-related matters at the school.

Dr. Cowles's research focuses on the European Union (EU), the political activities of multinational firms in EU and global policymaking, and public-private governance, particularly in the area of e-commerce. She is recognized as a leading scholar on European business organizations including the European Round Table, the Transatlantic Business Dialogue, and the Global Business Dialogue on e-commerce. Dr. Cowles is author of over 30 articles and book chapters, and co-editor of three books on the European Union, including Transforming Europe: Europeanization and Domestic Change (Cornell, 2001) and Developments in the European Union (Palgrave, 2004).

Dr. Cowles has taught at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte and the American University. She was an SSRC-MacArthur Fellow at Harvard University, UC-Berkeley, and the Centre for European Policy Studies (Brussels), and a Post-doctoral Fellow at the Georgetown Center for German and European Studies and the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies (DC). She is past vice president of the European Union Studies Association (EUSA) and a founding member of the American Consortium on European Union Studies (ACES).

Research Interests

  • International Relations
  • International Political Economy/International Trade and Regulatory Policy
  • European Integration/European Union/Europe
  • US-EU Relations (economic, political, military)
  • Governance/Public Policy
  • E-Commerce

Publications (Selected)

  • Developments in the European Union. 2nd edition. Co-edited with Desmond Dinan. (Lead editor.) Palgrave, 2004.
  • Transforming Europe: Europeanization and Domestic Political Change. Co-edited with James Caporaso and Thomas Risse. (Lead editor.) Cornell University Press: 2001.
  • The State of the European Union: Risks, Reforms, Resistance or Revival? Volume Five. Co-edited with Michael Smith. (Lead editor.) Oxford University Press: 2001.
  • "Non-State Actors and False Dichotomies: Reviewing IR/IPE Approaches to European Integration", Journal of European Public Policy, Vol. 10, No. 1, February 2003: 102-120.
  • "The Global Business Dialogue on e-commerce (GBDe): Private Firms, Public Policy, Global Governance", in TA-Datenbank-Nachrichten, 4, 1, December 2001, 70-78.
  • "US Economic Diplomacy in Europe: What Makes the EU Different?" with John Peterson, Governance, summer 1998: 251-271.
  • "L'Européanisation de l'action politique des multinationales", Politique Etrangère, Vol. 2, Summer 1997: 309-324.
  • "The EU Committee of AmCham: The Powerful Voice of American Firms in Brussels", Journal of European Public Policy, Vol. 3, No. 3, 1996: 339-358.
  • "German Big Business: Learning to Play the European Game", German Politics and Society, Vol. 14, No. 3, Fall 1996: 73-107.
  • "Setting the Agenda for a New Europe: The ERT and EC 1992", Journal of Common Market Studies, 33, 4, December 1995: 501-526.
  • "L'ERT (European Round Table Of Industrialists): Les Grands Industriels et la Promotion du Grand Marché Européen" in Comité Pour L'Histoire Économique et Financière de la France (CHEFF), Milieux Économique et Integration Européene au XXE Siècle: La Relance des Années Quatre-Vingt (1979-1992), forthcoming.
  • "Intergovernmental Organizations: Global Governance and Transsovereign Problems", in Maryanne Cusimano (ed.) Beyond Sovereignty: Issues for a Global Agenda, 3rd edition (Boston, New York: Bedford/St. Martin?s, 2007), pp. 41-67.
  • "Calming the Waters: The Rebirth of the Transatlantic Business Dialogue", in David Andrews, Mark A. Pollack, Gregory C. Shaffer, and Helen Wallace, eds., The New Transatlantic Agenda and the Future of Transatlantic Economic Governance (Florence: European University Institute, 2005).
  • "The Theoretical Approach: Explaining the New Europe", (co-authored with Stephanie Curtis) in Maria Green Cowles and Desmond Dinan, Developments in the European Union. 2nd edition (Palgrave, 2004).
  • "Large Firms and the Transformation of EU Business Associations: A Historical Perspective", in Justin Greenwood (ed.), The Effectiveness of EU Business Associations, (Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK: Palgrave, 2001).
  • "Europeanization and Domestic Change: Introduction", (with Thomas Risse and James Caporaso) in Transforming Europe, Maria Green Cowles, James Caporaso, and Thomas Risse, eds. (Cornell: Cornell University Press, 2001), pp. 1-20.
  • "Transforming Europe: Conclusions", (with Thomas Risse) in Transforming Europe, Maria Green Cowles, James Caporaso, and Thomas Risse, eds. (Cornell: Cornell University Press, 2001), pp. 217-237.
  • "The Transatlantic Business Dialogue and Domestic Business-Government Relations", in Transforming Europe, Maria Green Cowles, James Caporaso, and Thomas Risse, eds. (Cornell: Cornell University Press, 2001), pp. 159-179.
  • "The Transatlantic Business Dialogue: Transforming the New Transatlantic Dialogue", in Mark Pollack and Gregory Shaffer, eds., Transatlantic Governance in a Global Economy, (Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2001), pp. 213-233.
  • "The Transatlantic Business Dialogue: The Private Face of Transatlantic Relations", in Eric Philippart and Pascaline Winand, eds., Ever Closer Partnership: Policy-Making in US-EU Relations, (Brussels: Peter Lange/Inter-University Press, 2001), pp. 229-266.
  • "The Limits of Liberalization: Regulatory Cooperation and the New Transatlantic Agenda", Conference Report, American Institute for Contemporary German Studies, Washington, DC, 1997.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE (Selected)

  • Referee, Cambridge University Press, Cornell University Press, Oxford University Press.
  • Referee, Business and Politics, Comparative Political Studies, Journal of Common Market Studies, Journal of European Public Policy, European Union Politics, Journal of European Integration.
  • 1997-1999: Executive Committee, European Union Studies Association (EUSA) (then the European Community Studies Association (ECSA)).
  • 1998-1999 ECSA Program Committee.
  • 1994, 1995, 1997 and 1998 Summer Symposium Planning Committee, Women in International Security (WIIS).
  • 1994, 1995, 1997-2001 Summer Symposium Selection Committee, WIIS.

AWARDS (Selected)

  • Researcher, Volkswagen Foundation, 2001-2002, "The Transatlantic Business Dialogue: Steering Models in a Multilevel System between Politics and Economics", (with Prof. Wolfgang Wessels, University of Cologne, Germany).
  • Bosch Fellow, American Institute for Contemporary German Studies, Washington, DC, 2000-01.
  • Research Associate, Center for German and European Studies, Georgetown University, 1997-98.
  • Faculty Research Award, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, 1996-97.
  • Social Science Research Council/MacArthur Foundation Fellowship on Peace and Security in a Changing World, 8/91-8/93.
  • Council on European Studies Pre-Dissertation Fellowship, 1991.

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