Robert W. Cox

Who is Robert W. Cox?

Robert Cox is a former political science professor and United Nations officer. He is cited as one of the intellectual leaders, along with Susan Strange, of the British School of International Political Economy and is still active as a scholar after his formal retirement, writing and giving occasional lectures. He is currently professor emeritus of political science and social and political thought at York University.

He started work at the International Labor Organization in Geneva, Switzerland in 1947, eventually serving as director of the ILO's International Institute for Labour Studies. Following his departure from the ILO he taught at Columbia University. From 1977 to 1992 he was professor of political science at York University in Toronto, Canada.