Research Bio

Vinod K. Aggarwal (Vinnie) is Distinguished Professor and Alann P. Bedford Endowed Chair, Department of Political Science; Affiliated Professor, Haas School of Business; Director of the Berkeley Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Study Center (BASC); and Fellow in the Public Law and Policy Center, Berkeley Law School. He is also Editor-in-Chief of the journal Business and Politics.  

Dr. Aggarwal is a Council on Foreign Relations member and has held fellowships from the Brookings Institution, Rockefeller Foundation, East-West Center, Woodrow Wilson Center, and Japan Foundation. He has been a Visiting Professor at the Graduate Institute in Geneva,  INSEAD, Yonsei University, NTU, Chung-Ang University, and the University of Hawaii and has consulted with business, governments, and international organizations. He won the Cheit Outstanding Teaching Award for both MBA and Ph.D. teaching at the Haas School of Business. 

Prof. Aggarwal has published over 23 books and 140 articles and book chapters. His latest books are: Great Power Competition and Middle Power Strategies (2023) and the Oxford Handbook on Geoeconomics and Economic Statecraft (2005).  He received his B.A. from the University of Michigan and his M.A. and Ph.D. from Stanford University. Born in Seattle, Washington, he speaks five languages. 

Research Expertise and Interest

political science, negotiations, trade policy, international organizations, international debt rescheduling