Dr. Keith W. Hipel is University Professor of Systems Design Engineering at the University of Waterloo, where he is Coordinator of the Conflict Analysis Group. He is President of the Academy of Science within the Royal Society of Canada, Senior Fellow of the Centre for International Governance Innovation, and Past-Chair of the Board of Governors
Jennifer Kandjii, PhD is the Director, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (Student Services) at Simon Fraser University. Her research employs an interdisciplinary, human rights-based approach to forced migration, displacement, and social exclusion, with particular attention to the lived experiences of refugees, asylum seekers, and internally displaced persons. Her doctoral work examined xenophobic citizenship and the everyday
Carla Johnston is a Ph.D. Candidate and a Doctoral Fellow at the Balsillie School of International Affairs. Her research explores the processes of including Indigenous knowledge and practices in food systems governance from the local to the global scale, and the connections between these scales. More sustainable, resilient and just food systems are needed throughout
Hari Har Jnawali is a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Democracy and Diversity at Queen’s University, Ontario, Canada. He has a PhD in Global Governance from the Balsillie School of International Affairs at the University of Waterloo, with a specialization in international human rights
Scott Janzwood’s research examines the ways that scientists and policymakers collaborate to address global catastrophic risks (GCRs) such as climate change, infectious disease outbreaks and near-Earth object (NEO) impacts. His research explores the intervening role of deep uncertainty and the approaches used by experts and decision makers to manage it. His dissertation focuses on the issues of
Paul Heinbecker is a distinguished fellow, joining CIGI in 2003, and contributes to the Global Security & Politics program. His early diplomatic career included postings to Ankara, Stockholm and Paris (at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development). After returning to Canada in 1979, Paul served as director of the US division in the External
Abbas Imam is a MAGG student in the Global Governance program at Balsillie School of International Affairs. Abbas is pursuing a specialization in Global Social Governance and Conflict and Security. He holds a Master of Arts degree in Political Science as well as an Honours Bachelor of Arts in Public Administration from York University. Abbas’s
Kimie Hara is a Professor and the Renison Research Professor in East Asian Studies at Renison University College, University of Waterloo. She specializes in modern and contemporary international relations of the Asia-Pacific region, border studies, Cold War history, and Japanese politics and diplomacy. She supervises graduate students in the areas of East Asian Studies, International
Erin Hannah is Associate Professor of Political Science at King’s University College at the University of Western Ontario. Her research and teaching interests include global political economy, development, gender and trade, global governance, global civil society, and the role of expert knowledge in global trade. She has published extensively on these topics in Review of
Jonathan Hui is a PhD from the Balsillie School of International Affairs, with research interests in the fields of futures studies, international relations, and sociology, particularly Chinese and Asian approaches to international order. His dissertation is titled “Heaven is Quiet and Technologies are Everywhere: Chinese Cosmotechnics and Dyadic Approaches to International Structure”, which sketches a
Ali Hosseini is a PhD candidate in Global Governance at the Balsillie School of International Affairs, focusing on global social governance. His broad research interests include peacebuilding, development, and institutionalization of human rights. His PhD dissertation focuses on failure of international intervention in assisting post-Taliban Afghanistan in institutionalization of a culture of peace, drawing interactions between
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Shohini Ghose is a Professor of Physics and Computer Science and founding Director of the Centre for Women in Science at Wilfrid Laurier University. Her research focuses on quantum computation and communication, as well as gender issues in science.
