Research Clusters

Lea Dörflinger

Lea Dörflinger is an exchange student in the Master of Arts in Global Governance program at the Balsillie School of International Affairs. She started her Master’s degree in Political and Administrative Science at the University of Konstanz in October 2022, with a focus on International Politics and European Integration. Lea holds a Bachelor’s degree in […]

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Ludmila Puchulu-Mocchiutti

Ludmila Puchulu is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Global Governance at the Balsillie School of International Affairs, situated in Waterloo, Ontario. She completed her undergraduate studies at Bennington College in 2021, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in Politics and Anthropology, along with a minor in Chinese. During her time as an undergraduate student,

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Madelyn Rawlyk

Madelyn Rawlyk is a Master’s of Global Governance candidate at the Balsillie School of International Affairs. She graduated from Edwards School of Business, University of Saskatchewan in 2023 with a Bachelor of Commerce with a major in marketing achieving high honours and great distinction. Rawlyk is interested in researching global environmental governance by exploring corporate

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Matthew Dang

Matthew Dang is a student in the Global Governance program at the Balisillie School of International Affairs. He is a recent graduate of the Environment, Resources and Sustainability program at the University of Waterloo. During his undergraduate education, he focused on a number of issues and topics related to the environment and sustainability, including environmental

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Samuel Brenneman Ramer

Sam is a student at the Balsillie School of International Affairs in the Master of Arts in Global Governance program. Sam graduated from the University of Waterloo with a degree in Honors history. He focused primarily on Middle Eastern and Palestinian politics and history, and his undergraduate thesis focused on the machinations and impacts of

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Grace Mamie Kargobai

Grace Mamie Kargobai is a policy enthusiast and an aspiring author with an innate passion for life, environmental sustainability, fashion, and women’s empowerment. She currently holds key technical leadership roles with the Government of Sierra Leone as the Head of Delivery at the Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education and the Executive Assistant to

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Adeniran Akanni

Adeniran  Akanni is  a PhD student in Global Governance  at Balsillie School of International Affairs, Wilfrid Laurier University specialising in Global Environmental Governance.  Adeniran started his scholarship in environmental governance in 2006 when he won the UNEP/UNESCO/BMU fellowship for training in Urban Environmental Governance at the Centre for the International Postgraduate Studies in Environmental Governance

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Hope Elizabeth Tracey

Hope Elizabeth Tracey is a Ph.D. Candidate in the field of Global Environmental Governance at the Balsillie School of International Affairs and the University of Waterloo. Her doctoral research, supervised by Dr. Neil Craik, is focused on ocean governance in areas beyond national jurisdiction, with specific emphasis on the governance of deep seabed mining, marine

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Rachael Vriezen

Rachael Vriezen is a PhD student in the Global Governance program at the Balsillie School of International Affairs. Her doctoral dissertation will focus on the effects of climate change on the global agrifood industry and the resultant implications for food security. Rachael’s other research interests include evidence synthesis, research quality, consumer food choices and food

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Hannah Bacon

Hannah recently graduated from Wilfrid Laurier University with an Honours Bachelor of Arts in Political Science specializing in Research with a minor in Geography. Throughout her undergraduate degree, Hannah developed a strong interest in researching gender, development, peace, and conflict. In the final year of her undergraduate program, Hannah had the opportunity as one of

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Blayne Haggart

Blayne Haggart

Blayne Haggart is an associate professor of political science at Brock University in St. Catharines and a senior fellow with the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) in Waterloo. His research focuses on the international political economy of knowledge, including intellectual property, and internet and data governance. He has written extensively for popular and academic

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Natasha Tusikov

Natasha Tusikov

Natasha Tusikov is an associate professor in the Department of Social Science at York University in Toronto and a research fellow with the Justice and Technoscience Lab (JusTech Lab), School of Regulation and Global Governance (RegNet) at the Australian National University. Her research examines the intersection among law, crime, technology and regulation. Her research interests

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