rob b. j. walker (born 1947) is a professor in the department of political science at the university of victoria, canada, and puc-rio. he is the founding co-editor, with didier bigo, of the journal "international" political sociology, and long-term editor of the journal "". with his colleague warren magnusson, he is a founding member of uvic's interdisciplinary graduate program in cultural, social and political thought. his work, while critical of international relations and political theory disciplines, addresses a broad range of problematics bound up with practices and theories of spatiotemporality, boundaries, and sovereignties.