Andrew R. Basso

BSIA Fellow   Adjunct Faculty, Wilfrid Laurier University  

Andrew Brasso
BSIA Fellow
BSIA Fellow

Andrew R. Basso

BSIA Fellow

Adjunct Faculty, Wilfrid Laurier University

abasso@wlu.ca

 

Andrew R. Basso is a political scientist who studies atrocity crimes (genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes) and political violence, international human rights laws and norms, transitional justice in theory and practice, and security and strategic studies. Dr. Basso’s research focusses specifically on processes of forced displacement as a method of atrocity perpetration, domicide (the intentional destruction of homes) as a human rights violation and breach of the laws of armed conflict, and barriers to Indigenous-Settler [Re]conciliation in Canada.

He currently teaches in the Department of Political Science at Wilfrid Laurier University and was previously a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow at Western University.

Awards

  • PhD (Political Science), University of Calgary, 2019
  • MA (Political Science), Wilfrid Laurier University, 2013
  • BA (History and International Studies), University of Waterloo, 2012

Select Publications

  • Basso, A.R. and Perrella, A.M.L. (Forthcoming, 2026). Shallow River of Tears: Canada’s Stalled Paths to Reconciliation. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press.
  • Basso, A.R. (2024) Destroy Them Gradually: Displacement As Atrocity. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press.
  • Akesson, B. and Basso, A.R. From Bureaucracy to Bullets: Extreme Domicide and the Right to Home. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press.

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