A specialist in conflict transformation processes, strategy development and program design, with a particular focus on theories of change integrating socio-political processes and media activities, Frances Fortune has worked with several national and international NGOs in Africa. Being situated with civil society in West Africa, and living in Sierra Leone for the past 30 years, enabled Frances […]
Lorne Dawson is a Professor in Sociology and Legal Studies at the University of Waterloo, and Director of the Canadian Network for Research on Terrorism, Security, and Society. His research focuses on the process of radicalization leading to violence, religious extremism, jihadist foreign fighters, and programs for countering violent extremism. The Canadian Network for Research
Lucie Edwards retired from the Department of Foreign Affairs in December 2009. Her last assignment in a 33 year career with DFAIT was as Chief Strategist and Head of the Office for Transformation. To mark her retirement, she was awarded the Department’s Lifetime Achievement Award of Excellence for 2009. She had previously served in Ottawa as Assistant Deputy
Professor Dr Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger, PhD (ad eund, Cantab), DPhil (Oxon), MEM (Yale), BCL & LLB (McGill), BA Hons (Carl/UVic) FRSC FRSA WIJA is a world-leading scholar and jurist in the field of sustainable development law and governance. She serves as Chair in Sustainable Development Law and Policy in the University of Cambridge where she
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Kristen Csenkey is a PhD (ABD) in Global Governance at the Balsillie School of International Affairs in Canada. Her research focuses on cyber-security governance, emerging technologies, and socio-technical approaches to technology management. Csenkey is working to further develop the theoretical frameworks for cybersecurity governance and their practical application. Currently, she studies the governance of quantum
Julie Clark is in the PhD Global Governance program at the Balsillie School of International Affairs through Wilfrid Laurier University. Julie completed a Master’s degree in History with a focus on Modern Korean History and North East Asian Politics, with a research focus on the 1946-47 US-USSR Joint Commission on Korea. Following her Master’s she was
Deon Castello is a PhD Student in Global Governance at the Balsillie School of International Affairs, Wilfrid Laurier University, specializing in global social governance. She holds a BA (Hons) in Legal Studies with concentration in human rights law and communication. A recent Ryerson Immigration and Settlement Studies Masters graduate she mediates and liaisons with governmental and
Jörg Broschek is Laurier Research Chair and Professor of Political Science at Wilfrid Laurier University. His research examines how federal systems and more encompassing multilevel spaces of political and economic integration – like the European Union and North America – adjust to new international and domestic challenges. His current work focuses on Federalism/multilevel governance and
Roger Boyd is a graduate of the Global Governance PhD program at the Balsillie School. His research is focused on the joint transitions of global power politics and the global energy system to low carbon sources, with specific focus on the interactions and dependencies of the two. He is working with a major academic publisher
Farah Afzal is a Ph.D. Candidate and a Doctoral Fellow at the Balsillie School of International Affairs. For PhD research, her investigation revolves around gender identity, its history in British colonial era to present, their advocacy campaigns, legislations and activism in South Asia. Recently, she has completed her second master’s degree in Communication Studies from Wilfrid
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