Larry Swatuk

Professor and Director, International Development Program School of Environment Enterprise and Development    

Larry Swatuk
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Larry Swatuk

Professor and Director, International Development Program School of Environment Enterprise and Development

(519) 888-4567 | Ext. 38615

lswatuk@uwaterloo.ca

UW Office: EV3 – 4253

  University Profile

Larry Swatuk is Professor and Director of the International Development program at the University of Waterloo. He is also Adjunct Professor of International Development, St. Mary’s University, Halifax; External Research Fellow, Centre for Foreign Policy Studies, Dalhousie University, Halifax; and Vice-President of the Canadian Association for the Study of International Development. Dr. Swatuk trained in political science and international relations, with a specialization in Third World political economy and foreign policy. In the early 1990s, his research moved toward the political economy of the enviroment and natural resource management with a specific focus on water resources in Southern Africa. Prior to joining the University of Waterloo, Swatuk was a lecturer at the University of Botswana and Associate Professor of Resource Governance at the Okavango Research Institute (1996-2007); Senior Research Fellow, African Centre for Development and Security Studies (1995-96); and a post-doctoral fellow at the York Centre for International Security Studies (1993-95).

Select Publications

  • Matthew Schnurr and Larry Swatuk, eds. 2012. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Larry A. Swatuk. 2012. Water and security in Africa: State-Centric Narratives, Human Insecurities. in Edited by Matthew Schnurr and Larry Swatuk New York: Palgrave Macmillan pp 72-96.
  • Larry A. Swatuk, M.R. Motsholapheko, D. Mazvimavi. 2011. A Political Ecology of Development in the Boteti River Basin of Botswana – locating a place for sport.. 32:3 pp 453-475 Appeared online 20 May 2011.
  • Larry A. Swatuk. 2010. The State and Water Resources Development Through the Lens of History: A South African Case Study.. 3:3 pp 521-536.
  • Larry A. Swatuk and Lars Wirkus, eds. 2009. Bonn: Nomos Press.

Education

  • Ph.D., Dalhousie University, 1993
  • M.A., University of Windsor, 1986
  • B.A. (Hons.), University of Windsor, 1982
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