Faculty Directory

Employed by the University of Waterloo (UW) or Wilfrid Laurier University (Laurier), BSIA faculty teach courses and seminars across BSIA’s three academic programs, supervise student work and contribute to various BSIA learning events and activities.

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  • Derek Armitage

    Associate Professor

    Researching environmental change and multi-level governance systems, Dr. Armitage specializes in the human dimensions of environmental change.

  • Frederick Bird

    Research Professor

    A researcher of contemporary religious movements, ethnic group institutions, comparative views of violence and how managers respond to ethical issues.

  • James Blight | janet Lang

    Professors at BSIA

    Dr. Blight is an expert in oral history and helped to make The Fog of War. Dr. Lang is an expert on international security and conflict prevention.

  • Gerard Boychuk

    Professor at BSIA

    Author of National Health Insurance in the United States and Canada, Dr. Boychuk specializes in social governance and comparative social policy.

  • Jennifer Clapp

    Professor at BSIA

    As Professor of Environment and Resource Studies, Dr. Clapp in an expert on the global economy, international food politics, and the environment.

  • William D. Coleman

    CIGI Chair in Globalization and Public Policy, Associate Director of the Global Governance Programs and Professor at BSIA

    Specializing in global public policy and global health governance, Dr. Coleman is also the Project Director of the Globalization and Autonomy series.

  • Andrew F. Cooper

    Professor at BSIA

    An expert on foreign policy and diplomacy, Dr. Cooper's recent work has focused on emerging powers, G8 reform, Latin America and celebrity diplomacy.

  • A. Neil Craik

    Associate Professor, Director School of Environment, Enterprise and Development (SEED)

    A specialist in Canadian and international environmental law, Dr. Criak's current research explores governance in global commons environmental issues.

  • Jonathan Crush

    CIGI Chair in Global Migration and Development, Professor at BSIA

    An expert on human security, Dr. Crush is a major contributor to global debates on the need for development-friendly governance of migrant movements.

  • Simon Dalby

    CIGI Chair in Political Economy and Climate Change, Professor at BSIA

    An author and researcher of climate change, political ecology, geopolitics, global security, militarization and the spatial dimensions of governance.

  • Michel Desjardins

    Professor at BSIA

    Specializing in comparative religions, Dr. Desjardins has spent his career exploring ways that humans are religious and how religion is studied.

  • Timothy Donais

    Associate Professor at BSIA

    Dr. Donais teaches peace and conflict studies and has an ongoing interest in questions of security sector reform and post-conflict peacebuilding.

  • Heather Douglas

    Waterloo Chair of Science and Society, Professor at BSIA

    A specialist in science and society, Dr. Douglas current work focuses on the role of values in science and the nature of scientific integrity.

  • Paul Freston

    CIGI Chair in Religion and Politics in Global Context, Professor at BSIA

    Specializing in religion and politics, Dr. Freston has a special interest in creating opportunities for scholars from the Global South.

  • Patricia Goff

    Director of the Joint Ph.D Program in Global Governance, Associate Professor at BSIA

    Dr. Goff specializes in international political economy with a particular interest in trade, intellectual property and cultural capacity.

  • Daniel Gorman

    Associate Professor at BSIA

    An international relations and governance expert, Dr. Gorman currently researches the role of ideas as agents of global change in the 20th century.

  • Jasmin Habib

    Associate Professor

    Dr. Habib specializes in transnational relations to Israel and Palestine. Her latest research focuses on Israeli émigrés living in the US and Canada.

  • Derek Hall

    Associate Professor at BSIA

    A political economy expert, Dr. Hall researches property in Asia, environmental certification in global aquaculture, and food governance in Japan.

  • Jorge Heine

    CIGI Chair in Global Governance and Distinguished Fellow, Professor at BSIA

    Previously Chilean Ambassador to South Africa, India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, Dr. Heine is an expert on diplomacy and democratic transitions.

  • Eric Helleiner

    Faculty of Arts Chair in International Political Economy, Professor at BSIA

    Specializing in global finance, governance and political economy, Dr. Helleiner is a renowned expert on international monetary and financial issues.

  • Jenna L. Hennebry

    Director, International Migration Research Centre, Associate Professor at BSIA

    Associate Professor at BSIA, Dr. Hennebry's research focuses on international migration and mobility, with a specialization in labour migration in Canada and Spain.

  • Kathryn Hochstetler

    CIGI Chair of Governance in the Americas, Professor at BSIA

    Specializing in emerging powers and global governance, Dr. Hochstetler is an expert on emerging powers, energy and environmental politics, and Brazil in the South American region.

  • Thomas Homer-Dixon

    CIGI Chair of Global Systems, Professor at BSIA

    A renowned global security expert, Dr. Homer-Dixon's research examines how societies adapt to economic, ecological, and technological change.

  • Sue Horton

    CIGI Chair in Global Health Economics

    Dr. Horton has extensive experience in developing countries and has consulted for the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, and several UN agencies.

  • Rhoda Howard-Hassmann

    Canada Research Chair in International Human Rights, Professor at BSIA

    Dr. Howard-Hassmann is an expert on human rights and comparative genocide studies and has authored and co-edited numerous books in her field.

  • JingJing Huo

    Assistant Professor at BSIA

    An Assistant Professor at the BSIA, Dr. Huo's primary research interest is in the political economy of institutions and incentives.

  • Suzan Ilcan

    Professor of Sociology at BSIA

    Suzan Ilcan's research focuses on global governance and organizations in the context of development, humanitarian aid, and mobile populations.

  • Ken Jackson

    Assistant Professor at BSIA

    Specializing in development economics, Dr. Jackson's research focuses on the interaction between economic development, diversity and social norms.

  • Veronica Kitchen

    Associate Professor at BSIA

    Dr. Kitchen researches international security. Her current research focuses on inter-agency and cross-border co-operation in counter-terrorism.

  • Jean-Paul Lam

    Assistant Professor

    Dr. Lam focuses on optimal monetary policy, the design of monetary regimes under uncertainty, and the link between mortality and business cycles.

  • Alex Latta

    Associate Professor at BSIA

    Specializing in economy and environmental citizenship, Dr. Latta focuses on Latin America with a special interest in environmental politics in Chile.

  • Terrence Levesque

    Associate Dean, School of International Policy and Governance

    Specializing in political economy, transportation and marketing, Dr. Levesque's scholarship involves the analysis of discrete choice modeling.

  • Rianne Mahon

    CIGI Chair in Comparative Social Policy, Professor at BSIA

    Dr. Mahon's research focuses on transnational social governance, including policy discourses produced by organizations like the OECD and World Bank.

  • James Manicom

    Fellow, Balsillie School of International Affairs

    An expert on maritime politics in East Asia and the Arctic, Dr. Manicom's research covers international relations, security, and territorial disputes.

  • Shelley McGill

    Assistant Professor at the BSIA

    A recognized expert on business law and consumer protections, Mrs. McGill's research examines business consumer relationships and dispute resolution.

  • Bessma Momani

    CIGI Senior Fellow, Associate Professor at BSIA

    An expert on the Arab Spring and global economic governance, Dr. Momani specializes in IMF reform and economic liberalization in the Middle East.

  • Alison Mountz

    Canada Research Chair in Global Migration, Associate Professor at BSIA

    Author of Seeking Asylum, Dr. Mountz specializes in human migration, with expertise in borders, human smuggling, political asylum, and detention.

  • Alain-Desire Nimubona

    Assistant Professor

    An expert on environmental economics, Dr. Nimubona is interested in both empirical and theoretical research related to sustainable development.

  • James Orbinski

    CIGI Chair in Global Health Governance, Director of the Africa Initiative

    A globally recognized practitioner and advocate with award winning literary and film work, Dr. Orbinski is a leading scholar of global health.

  • Robert I. Rotberg

    Fulbright Research Chair in Political Development

    Dr. Rotberg is an internationally renowned author and scholar with expertise in failed states, corruption, Africa, and civil and interstate conflict.

  • Ian Rowlands

    Professor at BSIA

    Dr. Rowlands has expertise in energy management strategies and policy, international environmental relations and corporate environmentalism.

  • Horatiu A. Rus

    Assistant Professor at the BSIA

    Dr. Rus currently researches the theoretical and empirical aspects of international trade, renewable resource management and environmental policy.

  • Kim Rygiel

    Assistant Professor at BSIA

    Dr. Rygiel focuses on citizenship politics and the regulation of global mobility through border controls, travel, asylum and detention policies.

  • Tammy Schirle

    Associate Professor at BSIA

    Dr. Schirle's research focuses on the implications of historical changes in women's labour market behaviour for senior family incomes in retirement.

  • Mark Sedra

    Assistant Professor at BSIA

    An expert on post-conflict state-building and security sector reform, Dr. Sedra specializes in security issues in Afghanistan and the Middle East.

  • Yasmine Shamsie

    Associate Professor at BSIA

    Dr. Shamsie's current research examines peacebuilding in Haiti and Central America, with particular attention to democratic development programs.

  • Pierre Siklos

    CIGI Senior Fellow, Professor at BSIA

    A specialist in macroeconomics, inflation, central banking and financial markets, Dr. Siklos has consulted for various institutions and central banks.

  • D. Scott Slocombe

    Professor at BSIA

    Specializing in sustainability and resource management, Dr. Slocombe's research and teaching focus on environmental policy, planning, and assessment.

  • Tracy Snoddon

    Director, Master of International Public Policy Program

    An expert on public economics and fiscal federalism, Dr. Snoddon's current research focuses on governments' fiscal behaviour and election outcomes.

  • Larry Swatuk

    Associate Professor and Director, International Development Program

    Dr. Swatuk specializes in the political economy of the environment and natural resource management, focusing on water resources in Southern Africa.

  • Debora L. VanNijnatten

    Associate Professor

    Dr. VanNijnatten's research focuses on cross-border regions as policy actors in North America as well as various aspects of environmental policy.

  • James W. St.G. Walker

    Professor

    Currently working on his fifth book, Dr. Walker specializes in the history of human rights and race relations with a focus on Canadian issues.

  • Margaret Walton-Roberts

    Associate Professor at BSIA

    Dr. Walton-Roberts, a human geographer, focuses her research on Indian emigration, transnational migrant networks and immigration to Canada.

  • Hongying Wang

    Associate Professor

    A world politics and political economy expert with a specialization on China, Dr. Wang explores the interaction of structural and ideational forces.

  • David Welch

    CIGI Chair of Global Security, Director of BSIA

    Specializing in international relations and security, Dr. Welch is an award-winning teacher and author, most recently of Vietnam If Kennedy Had Lived.

  • Randall M. Wigle

    Professor at BSIA

    Dr. Wigle studies the design and cost-effectiveness of Canadian climate policy, in the context of Canada's federal system through simulation modeling.