Kenneth Abbott
Jack E Brown Professor of Law Emeritus, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law
Sandra O'Connor College of Law
Arizona State University
PO Box 877906
Tempe, AZ 85287-7906
Titles
- Affiliate Global Futures Scholar, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory
- Jack E Brown Professor of Law Emeritus, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law
- Faculty Fellow, Center for Law, Science and Innovation
- Affiliated Faculty, Center for Biodiversity Outcomes, Global Institute of Sustainability and Innovation
Biography
A leading scholar in international law, Kenneth Abbott's teaching and research focus on the interdisciplinary study of international law and international relations, including public and private institutions, environmental issues, development policy, global health, and international trade and economic law. He also has a faculty appointment in the ASU School of Politics and Global Studies. In 2017 he received the inaugural Distinghished Scholar Award from the International Law Section of the International Studies Association. Professor Abbott is a member of the editorial boards of International Theory, the Journal of International Economic Law and the Journal of International Law and International Relations.
Education
- JD, magna cum laude, Harvard University, 1969
- AB, Government, Cornell University, 1966
Expertise
Journal Articles
2017
Abbott, K. W. 2017. Orchestrating experimentation in non-state environmental commitments. Environmental Politics 26(4):738-763. DOI: 10.1080/09644016.2017.1319631. (link )
Abbott, K. W., D. Levi-Faur and D. Snidal. 2017. Enriching the RIT framework. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 670(1):280-288. DOI: 10.1177/0002716217694593. (link )
Abbott, K. W., D. Levi-Faur and D. Snidal. 2017. Introducing regulatory intermediaries. Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 670(1):6-13. DOI: 10.1177/0002716217695519. (link )
Abbott, K. W., D. Levi-Faur and D. Snidal. 2017. Theorizing regulatory intermediaries: The RIT Model. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 670(1):14-25. DOI: 10.1177/0002716216688272. (link )
2016
Abbott, K. W., P. Genschel, D. Snidal and B. Zangl. 2016. Two logics of indirect governance: Delegation and orchestration. British Journal of Political Science 46(4):719-729. DOI: 10.1017/S0007123414000593. (link )
Abbott, K. W., J. F. Green and R. O. Keohane. 2016. Organizational ecology and institutional change in global governance. International Organization 70(2):247-277. DOI: 10.1017/S0020818315000338. (link )
2015
Abbott, K. W. and S. Bernstein. 2015. The high-level political forum on sustainable development: Orchestration by default and design. Global Policy 6(3):222-233. DOI: 10.1111/1758-5899.12199. (link )
Chan, S., H. von Asselt, T. Hale, K. W. Abbott, M. Beisheim, M. Hoffmann, B. Guy, N. Hohne, A. Hsu, P. Pattberg, P. Pauw, C. Ramstein and O. Widerberg. 2015. Reinvigorating international climate policy: A comprehensive framework for effective nonstate action. Global Policy 6(4):466-473. DOI: 10.1111/1758-5899.12294. (link )
2014
Abbott, K. W. 2014. Strengthening the transnational regime complex for climate change. Transnational Environmental Law 3(1):37-88. DOI: 10.1017/S2047102513000502. (link )
Abbott, K. W. and T. Hale. 2014. Orchestrating global solutions networks: A guide for organizational entrepreneurs. Innovations 9(1/2):195-212. DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2431956. (link )
2013
Abbott, K. W. 2013. Taking responsive regulation transnational: Strategies for international organizations. Regulations & Governance 7(1):95-113. DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-5991.2012.01167.x. (link )
2012
Abbott, K. W. 2012. Engaging the public and the private in global sustainability governance. International Affairs 88(3):543-564. DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2346.2012.01088.x. (link )
Abbott, K. W. 2012. The transnational regime complex for climate change. Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy 30(4):571-590. DOI: 10.1068/c11127. (link )
Abbott, K. W. and D. Gartner. 2012. Reimaging participation in international institutions. Journal of International Law and International Relations 8:1-35.
Abbott, K. W., G. E. Marchant and E. A. Corley. 2012. Soft law oversight mechanisms for nanotechnology. Jurimetrics: The Journal of Law, Science & Technology 52(3):279-312.
Biermann, F., K. W. Abbott, S. Andresen, K. Backstrand, S. Bernstein, M. M. Betsill, H. Bulkeley, B. Cashore, J. Clapp, C. Folke, S. K. Gupta, J. Gupta, P. M. Haas, N. Jordan, N. Kanie, T. Kluvankova-Oravska, L. Lebel, D. Liverman, J. Meadowcroft, R. B. Mitchell, P. Newell, S. Oberthur, L. Olsson, P. Pattberg, R. Sanchez-Rodriguez, H. Schroeder, A. Underdal, S. Camargo Vieira, C. Vogel, O. R. Young, A. Brock and R. Zondervan. 2012. Navigating the anthropocene: Improving earth system governance. Science 335(6074):1306-1307. DOI: 10.1126/science.1217255. (link )
Biermann, F., K. W. Abbott, S. Andresen, K. Backstrand, S. Bernstein, M. M. Betsill, H. Bulkeley, B. Cashore, J. Clapp, C. Folke, A. Gupta, J. Gupta, P. M. Haas, A. Jordan, N. Kanie, T. Kluvankova-Oravska, L. Lebel, D. Liverman, J. Meadowcroft, R. B. Mitchell, P. Newell, S. Oberthur, L. Olsson, P. Pattberg, R. Sanchez-Rodriguez, H. Schroeder, A. Underdal, S. Camargo Vieira, C. Vogel, O. R. Young, A. Brock and R. Zondervan. 2012. Transforming governance and institutions for global sustainability: Key insights from the Earth System Governance Project. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 4(2):51-60. DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2012.01.014. (link )
2010
Abbott, K. W. and G. E. Marchant. 2010. Institutionalizing sustainability across the federal government. Sustainability 2(7):1924-1942. DOI: 10.3390/su2071924. (link )
Abbott, K. W. and D. Snidal. 2010. International regulation without international government: Improving IO performance through orchestration. Review of International Organizations 5:315-344. DOI: 10.1007/s11558-010-9092-3. (link )
Marchant, G. E., D. J. Sylvester and K. W. Abbott. 2010. New soft law approach to nanotechnology oversight: A voluntary product certification scheme. UCLA Journal of Environmental Law & Policy 28:123-152.
Books
2015
Abbott, K. W., P. Genschel and B. Zangl eds. 2015. International Organizations as Orchestrators. Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 9781139979696.
2013
Marchant, G. E., K. W. Abbott and B. R. Allenby eds. 2013. Innovative Governance Models for Emerging Technologies. Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc. Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA. ISBN: 978-1782545637.
Book Chapters
2018
Abbott, K. W. 2018. Orchestration: Strategic ordering in polycentric governance. Pp. 188-209 In: Jordan, A., D. Huitema, H. von Asselt and J. Forster eds., Governing Climate Change: Polycentricity in Action?. Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 9781108418126.
2015
Abbott, K. W. 2015. Orchestration. Pp. 487-498 In: Pattberg, P. and F. Zelli eds., Encyclopedia of Global Environmental Governance and Politics. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. ISBN: 978-1782545781.
Abbott, K. W., P. Genschel, D. Snidal and B. Zangl. 2015. Orchestrating global governance. Pp. 349-379 In: Abbott, K. W., P. Genschel, D. Snidal and B. Zangl eds., International Organizations as Orchestrators. Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 9781139979696.
Abbott, K. W., P. Genschel, D. Snidal and B. Zangl. 2015. Orchestration. Pp. 3-36 In: Abbott, K. W., P. Genschel, D. Snidal and B. Zangl eds., International Organizations as Orchestrators. Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 9781139979696.
2013
Abbott, K. W. 2013. Introduction: The challenges of oversight for emerging technologies. Pp. 1-18 In: Marchant, G. E., K. W. Abbott and B. R. Allenby eds., Innovative Governance Models for Emerging Technologies. Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc. Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA. ISBN: 978-1782545637.
Abbott, K. W. 2013. Network security agreements: Communications technology governance by other means. Pp. 214-234 In: Marchant, G. E., K. W. Abbott and B. R. Allenby eds., Innovative Governance Models for Emerging Technologies. Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc. Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA. ISBN: 978-1782545637.
Abbott, K. W. and D. Snidal. 2013. Law, legalization and politics: An agenda for the next generation of IL/IR scholars. Pp. 33-58 In: Dunoff, J. L. and M. A. Pollack eds., Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Internatonal Law and International Relations: The State of the Art. Cambridge University Press.
2012
Marchant, G. E., K. W. Abbott, D. J. Sylvester and L. M. Gulley. 2012. Transnational new govenance and the international coordination of nanotechnology oversight. In: Dana, D. ed., The Nanotechnology Challenge: Creating Legal Institutions for Uncertain Challenges. Cambridge University Press.
2011
Abbott, K. W. 2011. An international framework agreement on science and technological innovation and regulation. In: Marchant, G. E., B. R. Allenby and J. R. Herkert eds., The Growing Gap Between Emerging Technologies and Legal-Ethical Oversight: The Pacing Problem. Springer. Dordrecht, Heidelberg, London, New York.
2010
Abbott, K. W., D. J. Sylvester and G. E. Marchant. 2010. Transnational regulation of nanotechnology: Reality or romanticism?. Pp. 525-544 In: Hodge, G. A., D. M. Bowden and A. D. Maynard eds., International Handbook on Regulating Nanotechnologies. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. Cheltenham, UK. ISBN: 978-1848446731.
2007
Marchant, G., D. Sylvester and K. W. Abbott. 2007. Nanotechnology regulation: The United States approach. Pp. 189-211 In: Hodge, G., D. Bowman and K. Ludlow eds., New Global Frontiers in Regulation: The Age of Nanotechnology. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. Cheltenham, UK. ISBN: 978-1847205186.
Reports
In Press
Abbott, K. W. and C. Kauffmann. The Contribution of Trans-Governmental Networks of Regulators to International Regulatory Cooperation. OECD Publishing.
2015
Abbott, K. W., H. Leuenberger, A. Marx, A. Mert and J. Soares. 2015. Networks for Prosperity: Advancing Sustainability through Partnerships - Connectedness Index 2014. United Nations Industrial Development Organization. (link )
Report Chapters
2014
Abbott, K. W. 2014. International organisations and international regulatory co-operation: Exploring the links. Pp. 17-44 International Regulatory Co-operation and International Organisations: The Cases of the OECD and the IMO. OECD Publishing. Paris, France. (link )