Roni Kay M O’Dell

Biographic Data

ID6632397
NAMERoni Kay M O’Dell
GIVEN NAMESRoni Kay M
FAMILY NAMEO’Dell
SIGNATUREO’DELL R K M
AFFILIATIONSSeton Hill University
ORCID0000-0003-2389-5903
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS7
AUTHOR COUNT6
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2012
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX1

  • Civil Society Participation in Creating the SDG Indicator Framework

    Open AccessRoni Kay M O’DellARTICLEGlobal Policy2025

    This article analyzes how Civil Society and other Stakeholders (CSoS) participated in the creation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) indicator framework from 2015 to 2016. After the UN General Assembly (UNGA) approved the 17 SDGs and 169 targets, the UN Statistical Commission formed the Inter‐Agency and Expert Group on SDG Indicators (IAEG‐SDGs) to negotiate indicators to measure the SDGs. Using a democratic governance framework of part…

  • Training for the United Nations in the Twenty-First Century; Professionalism Training on Leadership, Negotiation, and Gender for Model United Nations Simulations

    Open AccessRoni Kay M O’Dell, Ariana B Scott et al.ARTICLEInternational Studies Perspectives2023References: 11

    The world needs people who understand the crucial importance of global governance. Training students to participate in a Model United Nations (MUN) simulation provides them with the critical thinking, negotiation, and diplomacy skills that prepare them to work in international relations positions and address negotiation and diplomacy challenges. This article provides a fresh look at why MUN is important by analyzing MUN training guides used to te…

  • Is Amnesty International Still a Grassroots, Member-Led Organization? An Assessment of Its Democratic Viability

    Open AccessRoni Kay M O’Dell, Linda VeazeyARTICLEJournal of Human Rights Practice2022References: 7

    Amnesty International’s (AI) democratic organizational structure sets it apart from other human rights organizations in terms of member-led governance and policymaking, but professionalization trends and organizational consolidation challenge AI’s founding democratic principles. This article assesses AI’s continued democratic viability by analysing changes to its governance and policymaking procedures at the AI United States section level as well…

  • The Critical Role of Mass Media in International Norm Diffusion

    Devin K Joshi, Devin Joshi et al.ARTICLEInternational Studies Perspectives2016Cited by: 1References: 33

    Data for the paper is available at https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/1919

  • Global Governance and Development Ideology

    Devin K Joshi, Devin Joshi et al.ARTICLEGlobal Governance A Review of…2013Cited by: 6

  • New Perspectives on the Independence of International Organizations

    Roni Kay O’dell, Roni Kay M O’DellARTICLEGlobal Governance A Review of…2012References: 1

    POSTCONFLICT PEACEBUILDING, STATEBUILDING, AND THE DIFFUSION OF “GOOD” governance policies dominate attention in international relations (IR) foreign policy debates, development practice, and academic literature. The Syrian uprising that started in 2011 against the Bashar al-Assad regime incorporates these debates, especially in terms of the confused and inconclusive international reaction against al-Assad’s crackdown on civilian dissent. How sho…