Professor Jason Sharman FBA

Tax havens, money laundering, and cross-border corruption; historical international relations

Elected 2019

Fellow type: UK Fellow
Year elected: 2019
Sections: Political Studies: Political Theory, Government and International Relations
Website: https://www.polis.cam.ac.uk/Staff_and_Students/professor-jason-sharman

Professor Sharman’s research is mainly focused on two separate topics. The first is the regulation of global finance relating to international money laundering, grand corruption and tax havens. The second is the international relations of the early modern world, especially as these relate to European encounters with other civilisations, and the development of empire and sovereignty. Professor Sharman has been a professor in the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Cambridge and a fellow of King’s College since 2017. He was educated in Australia, Russia and the United States, and earlier held positions at the American University in Bulgaria, the University of Sydney and Griffith University.

Current post

Sir Patrick Sheehy Professor of International Relations, University of Cambridge

Past appointments

Griffith University, Australia Professor and Associate Professor

2007 - 2016

University of Sydney Lecturer and Senior Lecturer

2003 - 2007

Publications

Empires of the Weak: The Real Story of European Expansion and the Creation of the New World Order

J. C. Sharman - Published in 2018 by Princeton University Press

The Despot’s Guide to Wealth Management: On the International Campaign against Grand Corruption

J. C. Sharman - Published in 2017 by Cornell University Press

International Order in Diversity: War, Trade and Rule in the Indian Ocean

J. C. Sharman and Andrew Phillips - Published in 2015 by Cambridge University Press

Global Shell Games: Experiments in Transnational Relations, Crime and Terrorism

J. C. Sharman, Michael G. Findley and Daniel L. Nielson - Published in 2014 by Cambridge University Press

The Money Laundry: Regulating Criminal Finance in the Global Economy

J. C. Sharman - Published in 2011 by Cornell University Press

Havens in a Storm: The Struggle for Global Tax Regulation

J. C. Sharman - Published in 2006 by Cornell University Press

Myths of Military Revolution: European Expansion and Eurocentrism

J. C. Sharman - Published in 2018 by European Journal of International Relations

Causes of Non-Compliance with International Law: A Field Experiment in Anonymous Incorporation

Michael G. Findley, Daniel L. Nielson and J. C. Sharman - Published in 2015 by American Journal of Political Science

Accounts and Accountability: Corruption, Human Rights and Individual Accountability Norms

Hun Joon Kim and J. C. Sharman - Published in 2014 by International Organization

Shopping for Anonymous Shell Companies: An Audit Study of Financial Anonymity and Crime

J. C. Sharman - Published in 2010 by Journal of Economic Perspectives

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor Andrew Gamble FBA

Political Studies

Professor Richard Little FBA

International Relations theory; historiography; Realism and English school thinking; intervention into civil wars; the balance of power; the historical evolution of the international society

Dr Sudhir Hazareesingh FBA

Political Studies History of a specific country France Public Policy and Administration Political History Western Europe France

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