Rate My Professor Tom Chodor

Tom Chodor is a Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations in the School of Social Sciences at Monash University’s Faculty of Arts. He earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Auckland, followed by a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) and a PhD from the Australian National University. Before joining Monash, Chodor held the position of UQ Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the School of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Queensland and served as a Lecturer in the School of Sociology at the Australian National University.

Chodor’s research centers on International Political Economy, International Relations, and global governance, particularly how institutions at domestic, regional, and global levels advance market-oriented models and encounter resistance from civil society coalitions. His prior scholarship addressed the Latin American ‘Pink Tide’ governments, the linkage between global crime governance and development, and Australia’s COVID-19 governance challenges. Current endeavors explore the post-2008 Global Financial Crisis erosion of the neoliberal order, G20 efforts to forge policy consensus amid geopolitical fragmentation, and the dynamics of US-China rivalry on global economic governance through his role as a Research Associate with the Second Cold War Observatory. As a Chief Investigator on an Australian Research Council project (2023–2026), he examines the implementation of the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights in Indonesia, analyzing civil society influences on policy outcomes in key economic sectors. Notable publications include the book The Locked-Up Country: Learning the Lessons from Australia’s COVID-19 Response (2023, co-authored with S. Hameiri, University of Queensland Press); “COVID-19 and the pathologies of Australia’s regulatory state” (2023, Journal of Contemporary Asia, with S. Hameiri); “Covid-19 and the international political economy of everyday life: An introduction to the special issue” (2023, Reinvention, co-authored); and forthcoming works such as “Rebuilding the ladder? Contemporary contests over industrial policy” (2025, Global Policy, with I. Alami and J. Taggart) and “Teaching the International Political Economy (IPE) of everyday life through global groupwork” (2025, Review of International Political Economy, multi-authored). He teaches units like ATS2624 Global Governance and APG5324 International Political Economy, supervises PhD students, and has presented at events including the Fourteenth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice.