Alistair Edgar

BSIA Board Member   Associate Dean, School of International Policy and Governance   Associate Professor, Political Science

Alistair Edgar
Faculty, Board Member
Faculty, Board Member

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Alistair Edgar

BSIA Board Member

Associate Dean, School of International Policy and Governance

Associate Professor, Political Science

(226) 772-3001 ext. 3167

aedgar@wlu.ca

  University Profile

Dr. Alistair Edgar is Associate Professor of Political Science and Associate Dean of the School of International Policy & Governance at the Balsillie School of International Affairs, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Canada. He served as Executive Director of ACUNS, 2003-2008 and 2010-2018 and is a series editor for The ACUNS Series on the UN System (published by Edward Elgar Publishers). His current research interests include: post-conflict transitional justice after mass atrocity crimes, with a focus on Afghanistan, Cambodia, Kosovo and Uganda; governance in the UN system, with an ongoing research project examining the President of the General Assembly; and Canadian defence and foreign policy. Outside of his scholarly activities, he serves as President and Chair of the Canadian Landmine Foundation.

Dr. Edgar is not able to accept new doctoral supervision requests at this time. 

Select Publications

  • “Peacebuilding and Human Rights in Canadian Foreign Policy: Mutually Reinforcing or Ships Passing in the Night”, in Kirsten Van Houten and Alex Neve, Hand in Hand: Human Rights and Peacebuilding in Canadian Foreign Policy (Palgrave Macmillan/Springer, 2024)
  • Victor Iwuoha and Alistair D. Edgar, “European Biometric Border System, Securitization and (Im)mobilities in West Africa”, Alternatives: Global, Local, Political, Published online first  (September 2024).
  • Alistair Edgar (ed.), Handbook on Governance in International Organizations (Edward Elgar, 2023).
  • Timothy Donais, Alistair D. Edgar and Kirsten Van Houten (eds.) Sustainable Development Goal 16 and the Global Governance of Violence: Critical Reflections on the Uncertain Future of Peace (Routledge, 2023).
  • “Canada and UN Peacekeeping: From Leader to Reluctant Spectator”, in PK75: Stories of Canadian Peacekeepers (Ottawa: Canadian Peacekeeping Veterans Association, May 2023), pp. xi-xii. Available online.
  • “International Development Assistance and the Inclusivity Paradox in Fragile and Conflict Affected States”, Timothy Donais and Alistair Edgar, WIDER Working Paper 2023/53 (Helsinki: UN University World Institute for Development Economics Research, April 2023). Available online.

 

Education

  • John M. Olin Doctoral Fellow in Economics and National Security, Centre for International Affairs, Harvard University (1993)
  • PhD Political Science/International Relations, Queen’s University (1993)
  • MA Political Science, University of British Columbia (1985)
  • BA History, Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge University (1983)
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