
Tun Myint
Professor of Political Science, Political Science and International Relations
Education & Professional History
Indiana University, BA, MA, PhD
Professor Myint earned his PhD in 2005 from the joint program of the School of Public and Environmental Affairs and the School of Law at Indiana University, Bloomington. He was a postdoctoral research fellow at The Vincent and Elinor Ostrom Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis at IU, teaching and engaging in research on democracy and environmental governance with a regional focus on Southeast Asia. His research examines the role of individuals and groups in the dynamic relationship between social changes and global environmental changes with the focus on democracy, development, globalization, and sustainability. His publications have appeared in Ecology & Society, Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies, Legal Issues in Burma Journal, and Perspectives on Politics. He is the author of Governing International Rivers: Polycentric Politics in the Mekong and the Rhine. Professor Myint served as a member of the Technical Advisory Team of the Federal Constitution Drafting Coordinating Committee of the Union of Burma from 2000 to 2005, and was previously Research Fellow of Asia Policy Program, a joint program of the National Bureau of Research and Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars.
At Carleton since 2007.
Highlights & Recent Activity
- Director of Public Memory of Myanmar Digital archive
- Co-Founder and an Editor of Independent Journal of Myanmar Scholarship
- Co-Founder of Mutual Aid Myanmar
- Director of Political Economy and Ecology of Southeast Asia Carleton Off-Campus Study Program
- Chair of the Department of Political Science, Carleton College
Organizations & Scholarly Affiliations
- Affiliated Faculty in Environmental Studies at Carleton College
- Affiliated Faculty at the Vincent and Elinor Ostrom Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis at Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, U.S.A.
Current Courses
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Fall 2022
POSC 170: International Relations and World Politics
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POSC 300: Political Research Experience
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POSC 400: Integrative Exercise
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Winter 2023
POSC 170: International Relations and World Politics
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POSC 300: Political Research Experience
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POSC 361: Approaches to Development*
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POSC 400: Integrative Exercise
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Spring 2023
POSC 300: Political Research Experience
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POSC 333: Global Social Changes and Sustainability*
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POSC 400: Integrative Exercise
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Fall 2023
POSC 270: Rev in Age of Digitl Innovatn