BSIA

A centre for advanced research and teaching on global governance and international public policy.

Faculty

  • Derek Armitage

    Associate Professor

    An Associate Professor at BSIA, Dr. Armitage researches environmental change and multi-level governance systems.

  • Frederick Bird

    Research Professor

    A Research Professor at BSIA, Dr. Bird has worked contemporary religious movements, ethnic group institutions, comparative views of violence, and how managers respond to ethical issues.

  • James Blight

    CIGI Chair in Foreign Policy Development, Professor at BSIA

    CIGI Chair in Foreign Policy Development and Professor at the BSIA, Dr. Blight is an expert in oral history and helped to make the documentary The Fog of War.

  • Gerard Boychuk

    Professor at BSIA

    Associate Professor at BSIA, Dr. Boychuk is the author of National Health Insurance in the United States and Canada.

  • Jennifer Clapp

    CIGI Chair in Global Environmental Governance, Professor at BSIA

    CIGI Chair in Global Environmental Governance and Professor at the BSIA, Dr. Clapp in an expert on the global economy, food and the environment.

  • William D. Coleman

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

    CIGI Chair in Globalization and Public Policy, the Director of the Global Governance Programs and Professor at BSIA. Dr. Coleman is also the Project Director of the Globalization and Autonomy series of books.

  • Andrew F. Cooper

    CIGI Distinguished Fellow, Professor at BSIA

    CIGI Distinguished Fellow and Professor at BSIA, Dr. Cooper's recent works focus on emerging powers, G8 reform, Latin America and celebrity diplomacy.

  • A. Neil Craik

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

    An Associate Professor at BSIA, Dr. Craik teaches and researches in the fields of Canadian and international environmental law.

  • Michel Desjardins

    Professor at BSIA

    A Professor at BSIA, Dr. Desjardins has spent his academic career exploring ways that humans are religious, and how scholars study religion.

  • Timothy Donais

    Associate Professor at BSIA

    An Associate Professor at BSIA, Dr. Donais teaches peace and conflict studies and has an ongoing interest in questions of security sector reform.

  • Paul Freston

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

    CIGI Chair of Religion and Politics in Global Context and Professor at BSIA, Dr. Freston has a special interest in creating opportunities for Southern-based scholars.

  • Patricia Goff

    Associate Professor at BSIA

    An 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 Associate Professor at BSIA, Dr. Gorman is currently researching the role of ideas as agents of global change in the 20th century.

  • Derek Hall

    Associate Professor at BSIA

    An Associate Professor at BSIA, Dr. Hall researches land and 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

    A CIGI Chair and Distinguished Fellow, and Professor at BSIA, Dr. Heine was previously Chilean Ambassador to South Africa, India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

  • Eric Helleiner

    CIGI Chair in International Political Economy, Professor at BSIA

    CIGI Chair in International Political Economy and Professor at BSIA, Dr. Helleiner is a renowned expert on international monetary and financial issues.

  • Jenna Hennebry

    Associate Professor/Associate Director

    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

    CIGI Chair of Governance in the Americas and Professor at BSIA, Dr. Hochstetler is an expert on civil society, social movements and environmental politics.

  • Thomas Homer-Dixon

    CIGI Chair of Global Systems, Professor at BSIA

    CIGI Chair of Global Systems and Professor at BSIA, Dr. Homer-Dixon's examines how societies adapt to economic, ecological, and technological change.

  • Sue Horton

    CIGI Chair in Global Health Economics

    CIGI Chair in Global Health Economics, Dr. Horton has worked in over 20 countries and consulted for the World Bank and several UN agencies.

  • Rhoda Howard-Hassmann

    Canada Research Chair in International Human Rights, Professor at BSIA

    Canada Research Chair in International Human Rights and Professor at BSIA, Dr. Howard-Hassmann is an expert on human rights and comparative genocide studies.

  • 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.

  • Ken Jackson

    Assistant Professor at BSIA

    Assistant Professor at the BSIA, Dr. Jackson's research focuses on the interaction between economic development, diversity and social norms.

  • Veronica Kitchen

    Assistant Professor at BSIA

    Assistant Professor at BSIA, Dr. Kitchen researches international security with a focus on counter-terrorism co-operation.

  • Maurice Kugler

    CIGI Chair in International Public Policy, Professor at BSIA

    CIGI Chair in International Public Policy and Professor at BSIA, Dr. Kugler researches international trade, foreign direct investment and skilled migration.

  • Jean-Paul Lam

    Assistant Professor

    Jean-Paul Lam's research focuses on optimal monetary policy.

  • janet Lang

    Research Professor at BSIA

    Research Professor at BSIA, Dr. Lang is an award-winning expert on international security and conflict prevention.

  • Alex Latta

    Assistant Professor at BSIA

    An Assistant Professor at BSIA, Dr. Latta's focus is on the Latin American region, and a particular specialization in energy and water politics in Chile.

  • Terrence Levesque

    Associate Dean, School of International Policy and Governance

    Acting Director of the International Public Policy Program at BSIA, Dr. Levesque's scholarship involves the analysis of political economy, transportation and marketing.

  • Rianne Mahon

    CIGI Chair in Social Work, Professor at BSIA

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

  • James Manicom

    SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow

    Dr. Manicom is interested in the politics of maritime space in East Asia and the Arctic. His research interests include East Asian international relations and strategic studies, maritime security, energy security, nationalism and territorial disputes.

  • Shelley McGill

    Assistant Professor at the BSIA

    Assistant Professor at the BSIA, Shelley McGill research examines business consumer relationships and dispute resolution.

  • Bessma Momani

    CIGI Senior Fellow, Associate Professor at BSIA

    CIGI Senior Fellow and Associate Professor at BSIA, Dr. Momani specializes in IMF reform and economic liberalization in the Middle East.

  • Alison Mountz

    Associate Professor & Canada Research Chair in Global Migration

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

  • Alain-Desire Nimubona

    Assistant Professor

    Assistant Professor at BSIA, Dr. Nimubona is interested in both empirical and theoretical research related to sustainable development.

  • Ian Rowlands

    Professor at BSIA

    A 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

    An Assistant Professor at the BSIA, Dr. Rus researches international trade, renewable resource management and environmental policy.

  • Kim Rygiel

    Assistant Professor at BSIA

    An 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

    An Associate Professor at BSIA, Dr. Schirle's recent research has focused on the implications of historical changes in women's labour market behaviour for senior family incomes in retirement.

  • Mark Sedra

    CIGI Senior Fellow, Assistant Professor at BSIA

    CIGI Senior Fellow and Assistant Professor at BSIA, Mark Sedra's research focuses on post-conflict state-building and security sector reform.

  • Yasmine Shamsie

    Associate Professor at BSIA

    An Associate Professor at BSIA, Dr. Shamsie's research examines peacebuilding in Haiti and Central America, with particular attention to democratic development.

  • Pierre Siklos

    CIGI Senior Fellow, Professor at BSIA

    CIGI Senior Fellow and Professor at BSIA, Dr. Siklos specializes in macroeconomics and the study of inflation, central banks and financial markets.

  • D. Scott Slocombe

    Professor at BSIA

    A Professor at BSIA, Dr. Slocombe's research and teaching focus on environmental policy, planning, and assessment.

  • Tracy Snoddon

    Director, Master's in International Public Policy

    An Associate Professor at BSIA, Dr. Snoddon's current research focuses on governments’ fiscal behaviour and election outcomes.

  • Debora L. VanNijnatten

    Associate Professor

    Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Wilfrid Laurier University, Program Coordinator for Laurier's North American Studies Program.

  • James W. St.G. Walker

    Professor

    Professor of History and Associate Chair (Graduate Studies) at the University of Waterloo, where he specializes in the history of human rights and race relations

  • Margaret Walton-Roberts

    Associate Professor at BSIA

    An Associate Professor at BSIA, Dr. Walton-Roberts' research focuses on Indian emigration, transnational migrant networks and immigration to Canada.

  • David Welch

    CIGI Chair of Global Security, Director of BSIA

    CIGI Chair of Global Security and Interim Director of BSIA, Dr. Welch is an award-winning teacher and author, most recently of Vietnam If Kennedy Had Lived.

  • Randall M. Wigle

    Associate Director of Global Governance Programs and Professor at BSIA

    Associate Director of Global Governance Program and Professor at BSIA, Dr. Wigle is an expert on trade policy and environmental economics.


"I came to the BSIA to study with some of the leading experts in the area of international political economy... and the commitment to empirical research that characterize much of their works."

-Stefano Pagliari, Ph.D. Candidate

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