In recent years most of my work has been focused on globalization. I teach a large introductory course on the topic at UW (click 123 for info), and I am writing a textbook entitled Introduction to Globalization for Blackwell. Based on research funded by a National Science Foundation CAREER grant, I have also authored another book and a number of articles for academic journals on related themes: including the ways in which globalization processes are remaking nation-states, the links between globalization and American dominance, and the impact of economic interdependency on border regions. Some of these publications are listed below.

Matthew Sparke, forthcoming, "Unpacking economism and remapping the space of global health," in Owain Williams and Adrian Kay, editors, Global Health Governance: Transformations, Challenges and Opportunities Amidst Globalization, London: Palgrave. PDF

Matthew Sparke, 2008, “Political Geographies of Globalization (3): Resistance,” Progress in Human Geography, 32 (1): 1 – 18. PDF

Matthew Sparke, 2006 “Political Geographies of Globalization: (2) Governance,” Progress in Human Geography, 30, 2 1–16. PDF

Matthew Sparke, 2004 “Political Geographies of Globalization: (1) Dominance,” Progress in Human Geography, 28, 6 777–794. PDF

Matthew Sparke, 2007, “Everywhere but always somewhere: Critical geographies of the Global South,” The Global South, 1(1): 117 – 126. PDF

Matthew Sparke, 2007, "Geopolitical Fear, Geoeconomic Hope and the Responsibilities of Geography," Annals of the Association of American Geographers 97 (2): 338 – 349. PDF

Matthew Sparke, 2006 “A neoliberal nexus: Economy, security and the biopolitics of citizenship on the border,” Political Geography, 25, 2, 151 - 180. PDF

Matthew Sparke, 2003, with Sue Roberts and Anna Secord, "Neoliberal Geopolitics" Antipode, 35, 5: pages 886 – 897. PDF

Matthew Sparke, 2000, “Chunnel Visions: Unpacking the Anticipatory Geographies of an Anglo-European borderland,” Journal of Borderland Studies, XV,1, pages 2 – 34. PDF