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Call for Participation: Canada-Germany Workshop – “Sustainable Energy Transitions, Individuals, and Communities”

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The Balsillie School of International Affairs is hosting a half-day hybrid workshop on Wednesday, April 16th, 2025, between Waterloo Region and German-based academic researchers. Focusing upon the ways in which individuals and communities advance a sustainable energy transition, the purpose is to share perspectives, with an aim towards transatlantic learning through comparative studies and exploring […]

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Registration Open for BEI’s Executive Certificate in Governance and Innovation in the Age of Intangibles

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  The Balsillie Executive Institute (BEI), the BSIA’s executive development branch, is pleased to announce that registration is open for its Executive Certificate in Governance and Innovation in the Age of Intangibles, which will begin in May 2025. This cutting-edge, five-week online program is designed for professionals in government, the private sector, and the not-for-profit

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Dispatch from UNDP Mexico: Hannah Bacon’s third blog from the field

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Photo credit: Hannah Bacon By Hannah Bacon, MAGG In the final month of my position at UNDP Mexico, I have started to reflect on my time here and what it has taught me about the world, the intergovernmental sector and myself. Now, in a particularly harrowing time for gender equality and women’s rights in global

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Balsillie Case Studies unpack the intersection and challenges of tech-governance across sectors

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The Balsillie School of International Affairs has launched the Balsillie Case Studies, a repository of evidence-based true stories of technology-related governance dilemma across various sectors globally. The case study series is one of the flagship programs of the Technology Governance Initiative that the BSIA launched in 2023. The cases present a wide range of the

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BSIA PhD student recognized by Carbon Removal Canada as one of six ‘Notable Women’ working in carbon removal

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Congratulations to BSIA PhD student Stephanie Rose Cortinovis, who was recently recognized by Carbon Removal Canada as one of six ‘Notable Women’ working in carbon removal in Canada. Stephanie was acknowledged for her contributions to marine carbon removal and her participation in a series of National Science Foundation workshops on climate interventions at the Earth

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Book by BSIA Faculty member wins prestigious book award

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Photo credit: Neil Craik Warm congratulations to BSIA Faculty member Neil Craik, whose recent book, Liability for Environmental Harm to the Global Commons (Cambridge University Press, 2023), was awarded the 2024 Canadian Council on International Law’s Scholarly Book Award. The Award recognizes the work of Canadian scholars of international law that make a substantial contribution

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PhD Candidate Jeremy Wagner Successfully Defends His Dissertation

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The Balsillie School community extends warm congratulations to Jeremy Wagner who successfully defended his dissertation, “Foreign Models and Discordant Outcomes in Nairobi’s Food System” on January 15, 2025. We extend thanks to Jeremy’s supervisor, Dr. Jonathan Crush, committee members Dr. Andrea Brown and Dr. Bruce Frayne, internal/external examiner Dr. Chris Anderson, and external examiner Dr.

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BSIA releases “The Illiberal Order: 2025 Global Trends Report”

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The Balsillie School of International Affairs is pleased to launch The Illiberal Order: 2025 Global Trends Report, an anthology of policy briefs prepared by students in the Masters of International Public Policy and Masters of Arts in Global Governance programs. The ninth in the series of Global Trends Reports, The Illiberal Order features briefs on

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Dispatch from the United Nations Development Programme in Tanzania: Amila Sadic’s third blog from the field

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Photo credit: Amila Sadic By Amila Sadic, MAGG Happy New Year! The last few weeks of 2024 at UNDP Tanzania have been busy but rewarding! In the last blog, I discussed the upcoming Annual STICE Meeting, which was a great success! For STICE, UNDP and partners had a presentation and panel discussion with the Ministry

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Dispatch from the United Nations Development Programme in Tanzania: Amila Sadic’s second blog from the field

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Photo credit: Amila Sadic By Amila Sadic, MAGG These past few weeks have been action-packed! The end of the year is very busy for FUNGUO as this is the time that they select the next cohort of investees! To get a better understanding of what FUNGUO UNDP does, I will use the example of their

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The BSIA is closed Monday, January 26th due to severe weather and local travel conditions.

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