Research Cluster
Simon Dalby
Dr. Dalby is an author and researcher of climate change, political ecology, geopolitics, global security, militarization and the spatial dimensions of governance.
Paul Freston
Specializing in religion and politics, Dr. Freston has a special interest in creating opportunities for scholars from the Global South.
Veronica Kitchen
Dr. Kitchen specializes in national security and counter-terrorism, and has particular interests in gender & security and Canada-US security relations.
Bessma Momani
Dr. Bessma Momani is Professor of Political Science at the University of Waterloo and the Balsillie School of International Affairs. She has authored and co-edited over eight books and over 65 scholarly, peer reviewed journal articles and book chapters that have examined the IMF, the World Bank, petrodollars, the Middle East, and Arab youth.
Jinelle Piereder
Jinelle’s research focuses on ideological conflict in social policy-making from a complex systems perspective, and using social network analysis.
Kim Rygiel
Dr. Rygiel’s research focuses on citizenship, migration and border security in North America and Europe. Projects include research on community-based initiatives fostering cultural pluralism in Europe and on Syrian refugees in Turkey.
Andrew Thompson
Andrew S. Thompson is adjunct assistant professor of political science at the University of Waterloo, senior fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation, and the Global Governance Programs […]
David Welch
Specializing in international relations and international security Dr. Welch is an award-winning teacher and author as well as director of the CIGI’s project on Confidence, Trust, and Empathy in Asia-Pacific Security.
Alan Whiteside
Dr. Whiteside’s current research program focuses on interrelated areas of global health concerns. These include: shifting burdens of disease, immigrant and migrant health, and the economic and social causes and consequences of HIV and AIDS.
Nathan C. Funk
Dr. Nathan C. Funk is Associate Professor and Chair of Peace and Conflict Studies at Conrad Grebel University College, the University of Waterloo.