Manfred B. Steger

Manfred B. Steger is Professor of Global Studies and Director of the Globalism Research Centre, at RMIT University in Australia. Steger's research and teaching spans globalization, ideology, and non-violence as it pertains to many different countries. Steger's academic work consists of 16 books, dozens of articles and book chapters, and many reviews. His study on Globalism: The New Market Ideology (Rowman & Littelfield, 2002) won the 2003 Michael Harrington Award of the American Political Science Association. His most recent book is The Rise of the Global Imaginary: Political Ideologies from the French Revolution to the War on Terror (Oxford University Press, 2008). Steger serves on several editorial boards of academic journals. Steger has been a recipient of research grants from many institutions, including the U.S. National Endowment of the Humanities.