Publications

2026 Encountering the Counterfactual: Social Science and International Legal Effects Beth Simmons · Proceedings of the ASIL Annual Meeting 0 2026 From Barriers to Abuse: Border Hardening and Torture Allegations. Beth Simmons · International Organization 1 2026 The LIO and International Borders in the 21st Century. Beth Simmons · Deep Contestations of the Liberal International Order 0 2026 Trust Or Fortify? Border Walls in International Relations. Beth Simmons · International Studies Quarterly 0 2025 Borders in Cyberspace: Digital Sovereignty through a Bordering Lens. Beth Simmons · International Studies Quarterly 3 2025 Estimating The Legibility of International Borders. Beth Simmons · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 1 2024 Border Anxiety in International Discourse. Beth Simmons · American Journal of Political Science 47 2024 Infrastructure and Authority at the State’s Edge: The Border Crossings of the World Dataset. Beth Simmons · Journal of Peace Research 15 2024 The Competitive Pressures of Rankings: Experimental Evidence of Rankings’ Influence on Domestic Priorities. Beth Simmons · The Complexity of Human Rights 1 2023 Cyber Borders: Exercising State Sovereignty Online. Beth Simmons · Temple Law Review — 2023 International Borders: Yours, Mine, and Ours. Beth Simmons · University of Chicago Legal Forum 7 2023 Mobilizing for Human Rights: International Law in Domestic Politics. Beth Simmons · Leading Works in International Law 17 2022 Border Orientation in a Globalizing World. Beth Simmons · American Journal of Political Science 101 2022 Borders and Boundaries Beth Simmons · Designing Peace: Building a Better Future Now — 2022 Cyberborders: Exercising state sovereignty online Beth Simmons · Temp. L. Rev · Scholar only 20 2022 The Psychology of Separation: Border Walls, Soft Power, and International Neighborliness. Beth Simmons · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 31 2021 Built on Borders? The Institution Liberalism (Thought It) Left Behind. Beth Simmons · International Organization 74 2021 Conflict Actors and the International Criminal Court in Colombia. Beth Simmons · Journal of International Criminal Justice 9 2021 Governance by Other Means: Rankings as Regulatory Systems. Beth Simmons · International Theory 42 2021 Testing for Negative Spillovers: Is Promoting Human Rights Really Part of the ‘Problem’? Beth Simmons · International Organization 34 2020 Islamic Law and International Law: Peaceful Resolution of Disputes Beth Simmons · American Journal of International Law 1 2020 Local Elected Officials’ Receptively to Refugee Resettlement in the United States. Beth Simmons · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 44 2020 Pandemic Response as Border Politics. Beth Simmons · International Organization 165 2020 The Power of Global Performance Indicators Beth Simmons · Cambridge University Press 16 2020 The Proof is in the Process: Self-Reporting Under International Human Rights Treaties. Beth Simmons · American Journal of International Law 366 2019 Border Barriers are on the Rise Beth Simmons · CNN — 2019 Border Rules. Beth Simmons · International Studies Review 86 2019 Do Self-reporting Regimes Matter? Evidence from the Convention against Torture. Beth Simmons · International Studies Quarterly 86 2019 Electing Peace: From Civil Conflict to Political Participation Beth Simmons · Democratization 0 2019 Interview, La Tercera, Santiago, Chile Beth Simmons · La Tercera — 2019 Introduction: The Power of Global Performance Indicators, Beth Simmons · International Organization 245 2019 Measuring Norms and Normative Contestation: The Case of International Criminal Law. Beth Simmons · Journal of Global Security Studies 72 2019 On the Border of Anxiety Beth Simmons · Wilson Quarterly 3 2019 Rulers or Rules? International Law, Elite Cues and Public Opinion. Beth Simmons · European Journal of International Law 57 2019 The Power of Ranking: The Ease of Doing Business Indicator as a Form of Social Pressure. Beth Simmons · International Organization 247 2018 Assessing the International Criminal Court. Beth Simmons · The Performance of International Courts and Tribunals 12 2018 Human Rights and Human Welfare: Looking for a ‘Dark Side’ to International Human Rights Law. Beth Simmons · Human Rights Futures 14 2018 Review and Assessment of Planetary Protection Policy Development Processes Beth Simmons · National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. Washington DC: The National Academies Press — 2018 The Dynamic Impact of Periodic Review on Women’s Rights, Beth Simmons · Law and Contemporary Problems 50 2018 The Global Diffusion of Law: Transnational Crime and the Case of Human Trafficking. Beth Simmons · International Organization 210 2016 Can the International Criminal Court Deter Atrocity? Beth Simmons · International Organization · needs review 290 2016 Human trafficking. The European Union commitment to fight human trafficking Beth Simmons · The European Union with (in) International Organisations · Scholar only · needs review 3 2015 East Asia, Investment, and International Law: Distinctive or Convergent? Beth Simmons · The Korean Journal of International Studies 3 2015 Frames and Consensus Formation in International Relations: The Case of Trafficking in Persons. Beth Simmons · European Journal of International Relations 135 2015 Framing and Transnational Legal Organization: The Case of Human Trafficking. Beth Simmons · Transnational Legal Orders 47 2015 International Criminal Justice: State of Play Beth Simmons · Simon Fraser University · Scholar only · needs review — 2015 Making Human Rights a Reality Beth Simmons · American Journal of International Law 0 2015 Politics by Number: Indicators as Social Pressure in International Relations. Beth Simmons · American Journal of Political Science 633 2015 Ratification, Reporting and Rights: Quality of Participation in the Convention against Torture. Beth Simmons · Human Rights Quarterly 84 2015 Rewards for Ratification: Payoffs for Participating in the International Human Rights Regime? Beth Simmons · International Studies Quarterly 141