Bio

Kelly Kollman is a Lecturer in Politics at the University of Glasgow. She received her PhD in Political Science in 2003 from the George Washington University. Her research focuses on the influence that transnational actors and norms have on domestic political outcomes in western democracies. Her articles have appeared in World Politics, International Studies Quarterly, Policy Sciences and International Studies Review. Kelly is co-editor (with Matthias Buch and Alexander Carius) of International Environmental Policymaking: Transatlantic Cooperation and the World Summit on Sustainable Development, Oekem Verlag, 2002.

Matthew Waites is Lecturer in Sociology in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Applied Social Sciences, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom. He is author of The Age of Consent: Young People, Sexuality and Citizenship (Palgrave Macmillan, 2005); and co-editor, with Jeffrey Weeks and Janet Holland, of Sexualities and Society (Polity Press, 2003), an international reader. He is on the editorial boards of Sociology, Sexualities and Journal of LGBT Youth, and has authored articles in Sociology, Sexualities, Social and Legal Studies, Parliamentary Affairs and Sociological Research Online.