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

CIGI Chairs

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

"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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