International Affairs / Geopolitics

Dr Ayesha S. Chaudhry, PhD

Dr Ayesha S. Chaudhry, PhD

Associate Professor

Islam, Muslims, religion, gender, human rights, intersectionality, race, family and children, discrimination, racism, Islamophobia, social justice

Sara Shneiderman, PhD

Sara Shneiderman, PhD

Associate Professor

Himalaya, Nepal, India, Tibet, social and cultural impacts of disaster and disaster response, migration and citizenship, democratization and secularization, political and social change, ethnicity and religion, inequality and poverty, affirmative action, Indigenous peoples,

Kai Ostwald, PhD

Kai Ostwald, PhD

Assistant Professor

Southeast Asia, South East Asia, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Myanmar, Burma, ASEAN, development, ethnicity, race, integration, international trade, South China Sea

Philippe Le Billon

Professor

Natural resources and armed conflicts, oil, political economy of war, corruption

Prof. Heidi Tworek

Prof. Heidi Tworek

Associate Professor of International History and Public Policy

health communications, Covid communications, international history, media history, communications history, social media platforms, Germany, platform regulation,

Jeffrey Byrne, PhD

Jeffrey Byrne, PhD

Associate Professor of International & Global History

International relations, Africa, Middle East, revolution, postcolonialism, terrorism, foreign affairs, global affairs

Amira Halperin

Amira Halperin

Research Fellow

Middle Eastern migration, refugees, refugees and technology, Middle Eastern refugees integration in Canada and Europe, migration policy in Canada and Europe, media, radicalization, reconciliation, peace, Israeli politics, Palestinian politics and media

Kristen Hopewell

Kristen Hopewell

Associate Professor

International political economy, international trade, trade policy, World Trade Organization (WTO), industrial policy, development, emerging powers, BRICS, trade barriers, trade war, United States, China, India, Brazil, Brexit,

Michael Hooper

Michael Hooper

Associate Professor

Urban planning, displacement, disasters, densification, participatory planning, post-disaster reconstruction, comparative politics, urban politics, public policy,