Rianne Mahon is distinguished research professor with the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Carleton University. She has published numerous articles and chapters on industrial policy, labour market restructuring, childcare politics, and the redesign of social policy at the local, national and global scales. Mahon has co-edited numerous books including After 08: Social Policy and the Global Financial Crisis (with G. Boychuk and S. McBride), Achieving the Social Development Goals: Global Governance Challenges (with S. Horton and S. Dalby), and co-authored Advanced Introduction to Social Policy (with D. Béland). Her current work focuses on the gendering of global governance, with a particular focus on transnational care chains.