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Le­onard Seab­rooke

Professor

Subjects
Organisation Economic system Geopolitics International relations Sociology Globalisation

Primary research areas

Ex­pert­ise in cor­por­ate net­works
Map­ping the net­works and re­la­tion­ship that un­der­pin mul­tina­tion­al en­ter­prises
In­ter­gov­ern­ment­al or­gan­iz­a­tions
Tra­cing how policies are made through com­bin­a­tions of polit­ic­al and sci­entif­ic in­terests
Transna­tion­al act­iv­ism
In­vest­ig­at­ing the tac­tics and strategies used by so­cial move­ments.

I am in­ter­ested in the mi­cro-level ele­ments that per­mit the macro com­pos­i­tion of the in­ter­na­tion­al polit­ic­al eco­nomy.

Leonard Seabrooke is Professor of International Political Economy and Economic Sociology at the Copenhagen Business School (CBS), where he leads the Organization, Markets and Governance research group (15 faculty) and chairs the CBS Ethics Council. He is also a Research Professor at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs. Renowned for his interdisciplinary approach across International Relations, Political Economy, Sociology, and Organization Studies, Seabrooke has published extensively in top journals across these fields, with over 8300 citations (h-index 46, ORCID ID is 0000-0001-5581-3293). He is a former co-editor of both International Studies Quarterly and Review of International Political Economy. Seabrooke has an exceptional track record in securing major competitive funding, including two European Research Council grants, five consortium grants from the European Commission, as well as projects from the Independent Research Fund Denmark (x3), Norwegian Research Council (x5), Velux Foundation (x2), and the Institute for New Economic Thinking. His leadership roles at CBS, including directing the flagship International Business and Politics BSc and MSc degrees, reflect his commitment to institution building and academic excellence. Seabrooke is also one of the two experts for the Social Sciences panel of the Chartered Association of Business Schools, which establishes global rankings for publishing excellence through its Academic Journal Guide. 

1 October 2025

Governing Through Guesstimates

Mock Precision in International Organisations

Lukas Linsi

Seiki Tanaka

Francesco Giumelli

Leo­nard Sea­broo­ke, Professor

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27 August 2025

Big 4 Offshore

Transparency Arbitrage Across Legal and Geographical Boundaries

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April 2025

Elite Fidelity in Europe’s Crisis Management Regime

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Recent research projects

Al­gor­it­mer, Data og De­mokrati

ADD-pro­jek­tet søger at styrke det di­gitale de­mokrati gen­nem tværfag­lig for­skning, videns­for­mid­ling, de­bat og dia­log
Algorithms, Data, and Democracy

Outside activities

Re­mote Con­sult­ant at Flinders Uni­ver­sity , 2025 -