Randall Germain obtained his undergraduate degree in Political Science and History from the University of Victoria (Canada) in 1984, and his doctorate in Political Science from York University (Canada) in 1994. Prior to joining Carleton University in 2003, he taught at McMaster University, the University of Sheffield, the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, and Aberystwyth University. He has convened the ‘International Political Economy Group of the British International Studies Association’ (1998-2001), and has served on the editorial board of the Routledge/RIPE Series in Global Political Economy (2000–2007) and the Review of international Political Economy (2020-2023). From 2009 – 2012 he was Chair of the Department of Political Science at Carleton University. His teaching and research interests focus on theoretical debates in IPE, global economic governance and the political economy of global finance. He is currently completing a manuscript on the problem of history in IPE.