Panel 8: Representation in International Organizations

Abstract

Although IOs are supposed to address the concerns of people globally, their decision-making bodies and bureaucracies often do not conform to their constituencies’ diversity. IOs privilege powerful member states, choose their leaders from selected countries, discriminate against women for top jobs, or ignore workforce diversity. Why does underrepresentation persist in IOs? How does it affect the IOs’ ability to address the global problems they are meant to solve? The panel aims to bring together scholars interested in the causes and effects of (under)representation of countries and people within IOs.

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