Laura Gomez-Mera DPhil.

(Oxford University)

Assistant professor

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• lgmera@miami.edu
• 305-284-3116

Dr. Gomez Mera holds a DPhil. in International Relations from Oxford University and an MSc. in Politics of the World Economy from the London School of Economics. In 2004-2005, she was Visiting Scholar at the Institute of Latin American Studies, Columbia University. She has also taught at Metropolitan College of New York and at New York University and has worked as a consultant for the World Bank and the United Nations Development Programme in South Asia. Her research interests include regional trade agreements, the politics of trade disputes, and the international relations of the developing world, with special reference to foreign economic policy making in Latin America.

Publications:

• How 'new' is the 'New Regionalism' in the Americas? The case of MERCOSUR
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• Domestic Constraints on Regional Cooperation: Explaining Trade Conflict in MERCOSUR, forthcoming in Review of International Political Economy
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Courses taught:

• INS 101 – Global Perspectives: Introduction to International Studies
• INS 202 – International Studies Methodology
• INS 321– Global Political Economy
• INS 524 – Political Economy of Development
• INS 537 – International Political Economy
• INS 611 – International Relations Methodology II
• INS 622 – International Political Economy II