VICE PRESIDENT, BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 


Chadwick Alger

Secretary General International Peace Research Association (1983-87)
Vice President International Peace Research Association Foundation (1998-)

Mershon Professor of Political Science and Public Policy Emeritus
Ohio State University, Mershon Center

Education
B.A., Political Science, Ursinus College (1949)
M.A., School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University (1950)
Ph.D., Political Science, Princeton University (1957)

Teaching/Research
Professor Alger’s research and teaching interests are centered on:

* Global problem-solving by international governmental and non-governmental organizations, primarily focused on the United Nations System.
* The world relations of local people, governments and organizations.
* Inventory and evaluation of available "tools" and strategies for peace building.

Subjects of research have included decision-making in the U.N. General Assembly, the role of non-governmental organizations in the struggle for human rights and economic well-being, evolving roles of NGOs in U.N. decision-making, potential roles of the U.N. System in the 21st century, religion as a peace tool, the expanding tool chest for peace builders, and why the United States needs the U.N. System.

Alger was Director of the Mershon Program in Transnational Intellectual Cooperation in the Policy Sciences (1971-81) and Director of the Mershon Program in World Relations (1982-91)

Selected Publications
"The Escalating Peacebuilding Potential of Global Governance," in Building Sustainable Futures: Enacting Peace and Development, ed. by Luc Reychler, Kevin Villanueva, and Julianne Funk Deckard (University of Deusto, 2009)

"Changes in Peace Research, 1960-2008," in International Encyclopedia of Peace, ed. by Nigel Young (Oxford University Press, 2009)

"There are Peacebuilding Tasks for Everybody" (International Studies Review, 2007)

"Peace Studies as a Transdisciplinary Project," in Handbook of Peace and Conflict Studies, ed. by Johan Galtung and Charles Webel (Routledge, 2007)

"Widening Participation," in The Oxford Handbook on the United Nations, by Thomas G. Weiss and Sam Daws (Oxford University Press, 2007)

The United Nations System: A Reference Manual (ABC-CLIO, 2006)

"Expanding Involvement of NGOs in Emerging Global Governance," in Subcontracting Peace: The Challenges of NGO Peacebuilding, by Oliver P. Richmond and Henry F. Carey (Ashgate, 2005)

"Quali sono le implicazioni, sia a livello regionale che globale, del coinvolagimento delgi attori localia nell’ambiato della governance futura?" ["What are the Implications of the Regional and Global Activities of Local Authorities for Future Global Governance?"] (Futuribili, special issue on "Urban Systems and the Future," 2004)

"Searching for Democratic Potential in Emerging Global Governance," in Transnational Democracy in Critical and Comparative Perspective, ed. by Bruce Morrison (Ashgate, 2003)

"Evolving Roles of NGOs in Member State Decision-Making in the UN System" (Human Rights Review, 2003)

The Future of the United Nations System: Potential for the Twenty-First Century, ed. for the International Peace Research Association (United Nations University Press, 1998)

The United Nations and Policies of Member States, co-ed. with Gene Lyons and John Trent (United Nations University Press, 1995)

Peacemaking in the Post Cold War Era (Tamkang University, 1993)

A Just Peace Through Transformation: Cultural, Economic and Political Foundations for Change, co-ed. with Michael Stohl (Westview Press, 1988)

Internationalization from Local Areas: Beyond Inter-State Relations (Nippon Hyoron Sha, 1987) (in Japanese)

Conflict and Crisis of International Order: New Tasks for Peace Research, co-ed. with Judit Balazs (Hungarian Academy of Science, 1985)

More than 100 articles in journals such as Administrative Science Quarterly, American Political Science Review, International Organization, International Social Science Journal, International Studies Quarterly, Journal of Peace Research, Public Opinion, and World Politics.

Honors, Awards and Service
Founder of Peace Research Award, 22nd Global Conference of the International Peace Research Association (2008)

Chadwick F. Alger Prize for Best Graduate Student Essay on Civil Society established by International Organization Section, International Studies Association (1997)

International Outstanding Faculty Award, The Ohio State University (1993)
 

Phi Beta Delta Outstanding Faculty Award, The Ohio State University (1992)
 

Executive Committee, International Peace Research Association (1971-77); Secretary General (1983-87); Vice President International Peace Research Association Foundation (1998-)
 

Distinguished Scholar Award, International Society for Educational, Cultural and Scientific Interchanges (1980)
 

LLD, Ursinus College (1979)
 

Consortium on Peace Research, Education, and Development, Executive Committee (1970-73 and 1980-83), Chairperson (1974-75)
 

American Political Science Association, Member of Council (1970-72)
 

International Studies Association, Program Chairman (1968, 1972), President (1978-79)
Mid-West Political Science Association Prize (1965)

Employment (non-academic)
United States Navy, Aviation Radioman, Second Class Petty Officer, Pacific Service (1943-46)
Department of Navy, Pentagon, Naval Intelligence Analyst (1950-54)

Mershon Projects
The United Nations System, with particular interest in providing an overview of its emerging roles in long-term peace building and the growing participation of civil society (including non-governmental organizations), local governments and business.

Peace Studies as a Transdisciplinary Project, an effort to provide a comprehensive overview of growing knowledge about strategies for preventing violence, for post-violence peace building, and for long-term peace building.  One goal of the project is to illuminate the fact that "there are peace tasks for everybody."