Scott Pegg

Scott Pegg is a professor in the Department of Political Science at IU Indianapolis. He is the author of “International Society and the De Facto State” and the co-editor of “Transnational Corporations and Human Rights.” His research interests focus on de facto states, natural resource wealth management and sub-Saharan Africa.

He has published articles in such journals as African Affairs, Community Development Journal, Extractive Industries and Society, Foreign Policy Analysis, Geoforum, International Studies Perspectives, Journal of Modern African Studies and Resources Policy. He served as an international election observer for Somaliland’s presidential election in 2017 and for Somaliland’s parliamentary and local council elections in 2021.

Areas of Expertise

International relations, foreign policy, African politics, de facto states, oil, natural resource wealth management.