Ken Booth is presently a Distinguished Research Professor in the Department of International Politics at Aberystwyth University (AU), President of the David Davies Memorial Institute of International Studies, Editor-at-Large of the journal International Relations, and Honorary President of CESRAN International.
Previously, he was the inaugural E.H. Carr Professor and Head of the International Politics Department at AU, as well as Chair and first President of the British International Studies Association (BISA). Visiting academic positions have been held at the universities of Antwerp (Belgium), Cambridge (UK), Dalhousie (Canada), the National University of Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur), and USC (California). Research and advisory positions have been held, among others, at the US Naval War College (Newport, RI) and The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Foundation (York, UK).
Booth has published many journal articles, book chapters, and over 25 books. Recent publications include International Relations Theory Today (co-editor and contributor) and ‘International Relations: The Story So Far’ (International Relations, Vol. 33 No. 2, 2019). He has delivered keynote addresses and conference presentations in approximately 30 countries, and his work has been translated into a dozen languages.
Among other honours, Booth was the recipient in 2004 of the International Studies Association’s ‘Susan Strange Award’ in recognition of his contribution to International Studies, and in 2018, the recipient of BISA’s ‘Distinguished Contribution Prize’, for long-term services to the profession. In 2006, he was elected as a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA).