Dr. Rebecca Perlman

Biography

Rebecca Perlman is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley. Her research focuses on international political economy with an emphasis on regulatory politics and the governance of multinational firms, as well as the political implications of climate change. Perlman's book, 'Regulating Risk: Private Information Shapes Global Safety Standards,' published by Cambridge University Press, examines how producers leverage private information to influence regulatory barriers to competition and trade at both domestic and international levels of governance. Her work has been published in prestigious journals including the American Journal of Political Science, Advances, Comparative Political Studies, International Studies Quarterly, and the Journal of Legal Analysis. Perlman earned her doctorate in political science from Stanford University and holds a master's degree from the Fletcher School at Tufts University, as well as a bachelor's degree in politics from Princeton University, where she graduated summa cum laude and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

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