B.A. and M.A. in communication studies, Università degli Studi di Trieste, Italy; Ph.D. in geo- history and geo-economy of border regions, Università degli Studi di Trieste (2006), Italy; Ph.D. in geography, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2007)
Research Interests
Dr. Sellar’s primary teaching interest is in the area of regional economic/social development,
economic governance, international political economy and institutional change. He focuses on
the international dimension of policy making, blending geopolitics, sociology and economic
geography. He teaches courses on the European Union, border policies, international
corporations as institutions, political and economic geography, and geographies of conservatism.
Biography
His research is in the areas of geopolitics - especially the geopolitical role of
internationalizing firms to reshape state structures. Second, he looks at the geography of
ideology as a belief system. He has published extensively in human geography and international
business journals. To date, he has two books in print.
Courses Taught
- PPL 377 Geographies of Conservatism
- PPL 388 Policies of the European Union
- PPL 328 Public Policy and the Corporation
- PPL 329 Economic Geographies of Globalization
- PPL 330 Border Policies: the Global Dimension
Education
Ph.D. Geography, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (2007)