Luis Cabrera

Luis Cabrera

Luis Cabrera is Associate Professor of Political Science in the Griffith Asia Institute and School of Government and International Relations at Griffith University in Brisbane, Australia. His research has focused on trans-state normative issues, including human rights, citizenship and migration, and the development of democratically accountable regional and global political institutions. His books include The Practice of Global Citizenship, The Theory of Global Justice, and The Humble Cosmopolitan: Rights, Diversity, and Trans-state Democracy. Before turning to academia full time, Cabrera worked as a staff reporter for The Associated Press in Seattle. He holds a PhD from the University of Washington.

GTI Contributions
Reasserting Moral Cosmopolitanism
GTI Forum
Reasserting Moral Cosmopolitanism
Contribution to GTI Forum Toward a Great Ethics Transition
February 2020

Roundtable contribution on Human Rights - Luis Cabrera
Roundtable
Contribution to GTI Roundtable Human Rights
April 2018
Authoritarian and nationalist governments pose major obstacles to the human rights agenda, but the growth of regional institutions is a basis for hope.

Global Government Revisited: From Utopian Dream to Political Imperative
Essay
Global Government Revisited: From Utopian Dream to Political Imperative
October 2017

Ensuring economic and civil rights for all requires much deeper regional and global political integration—and ultimately a democratic world government.


Author's Response: Roundtable on Global Government
Roundtable
Author's Response to GTI Roundtable Global Government
An exchange on the essay Global Government Revisited
October 2017
Luis Cabrera addresses points raised by the contributors to this roundtable discussion.