Peter Waterman was, for a quarter of a century, a researcher and senior lecturer at the Institute of Social Studies in The Hague (The Netherlands), where he focused on unionism and internationalism. A scholar-activist, his books include Globalisation, Social Movements and the New Internationalisms and World Social Forum: Challenging Empires, co-edited with Jai Sen, Anita Anand and Arturo Escobar.

Global Civil Society: A Concept Worth Defining; A Terrain Worth Disputing (04/02/2006)