1. The Role of Ideological Factions in Canadian and US Political Parties

This project examines the different ideological factions in Canadian and US political parties, their links to different conservative and progressive social movements, and how they attempt to influence party platforms, leadership contests, and candidate selection.

2. Party Outreach to Traditionally Non-Aligned Voters

This project examines why, when, and how Canadian political parties seek to court voter blocs that have traditionally not supported them.

3. The Politics of Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) Investing

This project examines the left-right politics and economics of ESG investing including the recent backlash against it.

• 2019. The Politics of Fiscal Federalism: Neoliberalism vs Social Democracy in Multilevel Governance. McGill-Queen’s University Press. 
  • Note: Detailed Table of Contents for The Politics of Fiscal Federalism
• 2004. The Return of the State: Protestors, Power-Brokers and the New Global Compromise. Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre.
• 2001. Unseen Power: How Mutual Funds Threaten the Political and Economic Wealth of Nations. Toronto: Stoddart.

• 2025. Harmes, Adam. “The Anti-ESG Backlash and Asset Manager Capitalism”. Politics & Society. June.
• 2021. Harmes, Adam. “Critical Dialogue”. Perspectives on Politics 19 (1).
• 2016. “Political Marketing in Post-Conflict Elections: The Case of Iraq”. Journal of Political Marketing. 24 June.
• 2012. “The Rise of Neoliberal Nationalism”. Review of International Political Economy. 19(1): 59-86.
• 2011. “The Limits of Carbon Disclosure: Theorizing the Business Case for Climate Change Mitigation”. Global Environmental Politics. 11 (2): 98-119.
• 2009. “The Great Recession and the Return of the State”. Journal of Parliamentary and Political Law. 3(2).
• 2007. “The Political Economy of Open Federalism”. Canadian Journal of Political Science. 40(2): 417-437.
• 2006. “Neoliberalism and Multilevel Governance”. Review of International Political Economy. 13(5): 725-749.
• 2002. “The Trouble With Hedge Funds”. The Review of Policy Research. 19 (1): 156-176.
• 2001. “Institutional Investors and Polanyi’s Double Movement: A Model of Contemporary Currency Crises”. Review of International Political Economy. 8 (3), pp. 389-437.
• 2001. “Mass Investment Culture”. New Left Review. 9 (May/June), pp. 103-124.
• 1998. “Institutional Investors and the Reproduction of Neoliberalism”. Review of International Political Economy. 5 (1), pp. 92-121.

• 2026. Harmes, Adam. “The Left-Right Politics of Fiscal Federalism” in César Colino (ed.) Handbook of Federations and Federal Studies. Edward Elgar Publishing.
• 2024. Harmes, Adam. “Ideologies of Globalism, Populism, and Varieties of Economic Nationalism” in E. Hannah and J. Ravenhill (ed.), Global Political Economy, 7^th Edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, April.
• 2021. Harmes, Adam. “Multilevel Governance, Economic Disparities and Redistributive Policies” in J. Broschek, A. Benz and M. Lederer (eds.). A Research Agenda for Multilevel Governance. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
• 2015. “Neoliberalism and Multilevel Governance” in I. Bache and M. Flinders (eds.), Multi-Level Governance: Essential Readings, Volume II. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, Revised journal article.
• 2013. “New Constitutionalism and Multilevel Governance” in C. Cutler and S. Gill (eds.) New Constitutionalism and World Order. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• 2011. “Crises, Social Forces and the Future of Global Governance: Implications for Progressive Strategy” in S. Gill (ed.) The Global Crisis and the Crisis of Global Leadership. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• 2010. “Neoliberalism and Multilevel Governance” in R. Bellamy (ed.), From Government to Governance. London: Ashgate. Reprinted journal article.
• 2010. “Institutional Investors and Polanyi’s Double Movement: A Model of Contemporary Currency Crises” in A. Hulsemeyer (ed.), International Political Economy: A Reader. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Reprinted journal article.
• 2002. “The Role of Portfolio Investors in the Asian Financial Crisis” in Joseph A. Camilleri and Esref Aksu (eds), Democratising Global Governance Houndmills: Palgrave, pp. 117-126.
• 1999. “Investment funds: the bigger picture” in L. Nystrom (ed.), Just Making Change. Ottawa: Golden Dog Press.

• 2025. Harmes, Adam. “Pro-Worker Populism vs. Tech-Bro Libertarianism in the Trump Coalition.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the European International Studies Association, Bologna, Italy 25-29 August.
• 2024. Harmes, Adam. “Contesting Woke Capital: The Anti-ESG Backlash and Asset Manager Capitalism.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the European International Studies Association, Lille, France, 27-31 August.
• 2023. Harmes, Adam. “Populism, Prescriptive Realism, and the Debate Over Ukraine”. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the European International Studies Association, Potsdam, Germany, 5-9 September.
• 2022. Harmes, Adam. “Mapping Prescriptive Realism: High Politics, Low Politics, and Domestic Ideology”. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the European International Studies Association, Athens, Greece, 2 September.
• 2022. Harmes, Adam. “The Structural Politics of the Anti-Tax Movement”. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the European International Studies Association, Athens, Greece, 2 September.
• 2019. Harmes, Adam. “The Different Components of Conservative Opposition to Multilateralism”. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the European International Studies Association, Sofia, Bulgaria, 11-14 September.
• 2018. “Stigmatizing Taxes: Anti-Tax Advocates as Norm Entrepreneurs”. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Political Science Association, Vancouver, BC 4-6 June.
• 2018. “Stigmatizing Taxes: Anti-Tax Advocates as Norm Entrepreneurs”. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the European International Studies Association, Prague, Czech Republic, 12-15 September.
• 2017. “Is Brexit Pro-Free Market or Anti-Free Market?”. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the European International Studies Association, Barcelona, Spain, 13-17 September.
• 2017. “Neoliberalism, Populism and Brexit”. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Political Science Association, Toronto, ON 30 May-1 June.
• 2016. “Lobbying and Political Marketing in the Canadian Oil Sector”. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Political Science Association, Calgary, AB 31 May-2 June.
• 2016. “Social Democracy and Multilevel Governance”. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, Atlanta, GA 16-19 March.
• 2013. “Neoliberal Nationalism vs Social Democratic Multilateralism in the Euro Crisis”. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the European International Studies Association, Warsaw, Poland, 18-21 September.
• 2013. “The Great Recession, Financial Crises and the Impossible Trinity: “implications for European Integration”. Paper presented at the 54th Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, San Francisco, CA 3-6 April.
• 2012. “The Limits of Carbon Disclosure: Theorizing the Business Case for Climate Change Mitigation”. Paper presented at the ‘Energy and Security’ Conference, Instituto de Ciencias Sociais, University of Lisbon, Libson, Portugal, 22-24 March.
• 2011. “The Limits of Carbon Disclosure: Theorizing the Business Case for Climate Change Mitigation”. Paper presented at the ‘Nature Inc’ Symposium on Business and the Environment, Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University (Rotterdam), The Hague, Netherlands, 30 June-2 July.
• 2011. “New Constitutionalism and Multilevel Governance”. Paper presented at “New Constitutionalism” Symposium, York University, Toronto, 26-28 May.
• 2011. “New Constitutionalism and Macroeconomic Policy”, Guest lecture, York University, Toronto, 18 May.
• 2010. “Neoliberal Opposition to Progressive Global Leadership”. Paper presented at the ‘Global Crisis and Global Leadership’ Symposium, Collegium for Advanced Studies, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, 5-6 May.

• 2011. Agnes Cole Dark Fund, University of Western Ontario, $2,381
• 2009. SSHRC Re-application Assistance Fund, University of Western Ontario, $6,000.
• 2009. SSHRC Conference Travel Grant for the 50th Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, New York, NY 15-18 February. $900.
• 2008. SSHRC Conference Travel Grant for the 49th Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, San Francisco, CA, 26-29 March. $1,872.
• 2006. SSHRC Re-application Assistance Fund, University of Western Ontario, $6,000 
• 2006. SSHRC Conference Travel Grant for the 47th Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, San Diego, CA, 22-25 March. $2,138.
• 2005. Academic Development Fund, University of Western Ontario. Research funding for “Imagined Futures: The Political Economy of Corporate Scenario Planning”. $7,500 
• 2004. SSHRC Conference Travel Grant for the 46th Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, Honolulu, 1-5 March. $2,377
• 2004. Department Conference Travel Grant for the 46th Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, Honolulu, 1-5 March. $600
• 2000. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2000-2002, Amount Awarded: $75, 000.
• 1999: Ontario Government, Ontario Graduate Scholarship, Graduate Scholarship, 1999-2000, Amount Awarded: $12, 000.
• 1998. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Doctoral Fellowship, 1998-99. Amount Awarded: $17, 000.