Mary S. Caesar’s primary research areas are public health, urban food security, urban governance, gender and race in South and southern Africa. Her doctoral research focused on the history of public health and local governance in twentieth century South Africa. She examined the requisite institutional arrangements to manage and prevent urban health crises in a […]
Heather Whiteside is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Waterloo. Heather studies the political economy of the state. She is currently working on grant-funded projects related to colonial era joint-stock royal charter companies in British North America (SSHRC Insight Development Grant) and public enterprise solutions for post-pandemic recoveries (SSHRC Insight Grant). In 2020, she received an
Olaf Weber is a University Research Chair in Sustainable Finance and professor at the School for Environment, Enterprise and Development (SEED), Faculty of Environment, University of Waterloo. His research interests focus on the connection between financial sector players, such as banks and sustainable development, and the link between sustainability and financial performance of enterprises. The
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Dr. Carrie Mitchell is a specialist in environmental planning in cities. After completing her PhD in geography at the University of Toronto, she worked as a senior program officer at Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC), funding and managing a portfolio of projects on adaptation to climate change in South and Southeast Asia. Dr. Mitchell’s current research
Dr. Daniel Scott is a University Research Chair in Climate and Society in the Geography and Environmental Management as well as the Director of the Interdisciplinary Centre on Climate Change at the University of Waterloo (Canada). He has worked extensively in the human dimensions of climate change, particularly the global tourism sector and protected area
Marc Saner works on the governance of emerging technologies and the philosophical aspects of the science policy interface. He has a particular interest in how ethics and science are combined in risk management and regulation. He also teaches environmental ethics and various other components of environmental studies.
Stephen Quilley is Associate Professor in Social and Ecological Innovation in the Department of Environment and Resource Studies, and core faculty for the Waterloo Institute for Social Innovation and Resilience (WISIR). With a Ph.D. in economic sociology, Steve was previously a Senior Lecturer in Environmental Politics at Keele University (2006-2012), College Lecturer in Urban Sociology at
Dr. Steven Mock is lead researcher of the Ideological Conflict Project. He completed his Ph.D. in Government at the London School of Economics and Political Science in 2009. He is a former chair of the Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism (ASEN) and member of the editorial team of Nations and Nationalism. His
John McLevey is an Associate Professor in the Department of Knowledge Integration at the University of Waterloo, with cross-appointments to Sociology & Legal Studies and Geography & Environmental Management. John’s current SSHRC-funded research projects straddle several related areas, primarily: (1) the micro- and macro-level processes through which opinions, beliefs, identities, worldviews, and lifestyle preferences form
Randolph Mank is a global business executive and a three-time former Canadian ambassador, with over thirty years of experience in both the public and private sectors. He is currently President of MankGlobal Inc, supporting clients with business development, government relations, and representation services, while writing and speaking frequently on foreign affairs. In the private sector,
