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BANERJEE, Nipa »

Nipa BANERJEE

PhD.
Senior fellow
Faculty of Social Sciences
School of International Development and Global Studies

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Office: 613-562-5800 (4531)
Cell: 613-697-9814
Home: 613-842-9814
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E-mail, Home Telephone, Cell Telephone

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Foreign Aid; Aid Effectiveness; Development Issues-South and South East Asia; Development Issues in Post Conflict Countries and Peace Building Measures; Fragile & Conflict States; Development and Reconstruction in Afghanistan. More than 40 years of experience with CIDA, IDRC and NGOs. Lived and worked several years as a professional in several South and South East Asian Countries (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar). Travelled widely and continues to make quarterly visits (especially Afghanistan, Bangladesh and India) and other developing countries for research purposes.

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English only, Bengali; Hindi; Urdu

BEAUDET, Pierre »

Pierre Beaudet

Professor
Lecturer
Faculty of Social Sciences

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Office: 613-562-5800 (4049)
Cell: 514-577-6606
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Office Telephone

Research information:

International development. Third-World countries situation. Africa.

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English and French

BETCHERMAN, Gordon »

Gordon Betcherman

Professor
Full professor
Faculty of Social Sciences
School of International Development and Global Studies

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Office: 613-562-5800 (2568)
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Labour market developments, including jobs and unemployment in Canada and internationally. Trends in globalization including developments in emerging economies such as China, Russia, and Eastern Europe. Social policy including employment insurance and training.

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BROWN, Stephen »

Stephen BROWN

Full professor
Faculty of Social Sciences
Political Studies

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Office: 613-562-5800 (1896)
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I study a variety of issues relating to democracy and democratization, conflict and violence, mining, foreign aid and development, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa, as well as lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights. I am particularly interested in Canadian policy in relation to those topics.

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English and French , espagnol / Spanish; portugais / Portuguese

COCKELL, John »

Part-time professor
Faculty of Social Sciences
School of International Development and Global Studies

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Cell: 819-639-7330
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E-mail

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United Nations peacekeeping, peacebuilding, conflict prevention, mediation, conflict management, and other peace operations in fragile and conflict states; ethnic conflict and ethnic nationalism; Kashmir; Kosovo; Darfur; Sudan; South Sudan; Somalia; India; complex peace operations planning and implementation; development aid and conflict; governance and conflict.

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English and French

DADE, Carlo »

Carlo Dade

Senior Fellow
Senior fellow
Faculty of Social Sciences
School of International Development and Global Studies

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Office: (613) 562-5800 x8976
Cell: (613) 796-9459
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Website Blog

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Cell Telephone

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A practitioner with extensive experience in corporate social responsibility (CSR) including government funding of public-private partnerships (PPPs) as well as the role of diasporas in foreign and development policies. Regular media commentator on all aspects of Canada - Latin American relations. Current research focuses on role of private enterprises and diasporas in international development, Canada-Mexico relations and trans-Pacific trade including the Pacific Alliance and Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Former Executive Director of the Canadian Foundation on the Americas, Canada's only think tank devoted to the western hemisphere and former Canada Director of the Canada-Mexico Initiative.

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DAGHER, Ruby »

Part-time professor
Faculty of Social Sciences
School of International Development and Global Studies

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Office: 613-562-5800, ext: 4049
Cell: 6132635968
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Cell Telephone, Office Telephone

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My research mainly focuses on the ability of post-conflict states to earn legitimacy from their citizens and the implications on the democratization of countries that experience conflict. Second, I focus on the manner in which development aid is provided and the manner in which the global governance system impacts the achievement of developmental results. Finally, I also focuses on the various conflicts in the Middle East.

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English and French , Arabic

DE KERCKHOVE, Ferry »

Senior fellow
Faculty of Social Sciences
Graduate School of Public and International Affairs

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Office: 613-562-5800 (4852)
Cell: 613-400-2414
Home: 613-421-8263
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My diplomatic career has exposed me to the Muslim World (Iran, Pakistan, Indonesia) and to the Arab world (Egypt), as well as to Russia and to Security issues (NATO). Of course, with 38 years of experience in Foreign Affairs, I do have a solid background onn Canadian Foreign Policy. I have been involved in policy planning (both political and trade) for over 6 years during my career at DFAIT. I have contributed a number of TV and Radio interviews on issues related to all facets of my experience and have written a number of pieces and comments at conferences all over Canada and abroad. As the Executive Vice President of the Conference of Defence Associations Institute, and the co-author of "Canada's Strategic Outlook" of the CDAI for 2013 and 2014, I am also involved in Canada's defence policy. I write as well for CDFAI and for CIPS.

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English and French , Spanish; some Russian

HOFFMAN, Steven »

Director, Global Strategy Lab
Associate professor
Faculty of Law
Common Law

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Professor Hoffman specializes in global health law, global governance and institutional design. His research informs global strategies that can help states and non-state actors to address global health threats and social inequalities that spill across national borders. Past studies have focused on access to medicines, antimicrobial resistance, development assistance, Ebola, health misinformation, maternal health, pandemics, R&D for health technologies, and tobacco control. He previously worked for the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland, and the United Nations Secretary-General's Office in New York City, USA.

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JOURDE, Cédric »

Associate professor
Faculty of Social Sciences
Political Studies

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African politics, Islam in Africa, Sahel (Senegal; Mauritania; Mali), democratization, ethnic conflicts.

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English and French

NICKERSON, Jason »

Adjunct Professor
Faculty of Law, Common Law Section

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Dr. Jason Nickerson is a Clinical Scientist at the Bruyère Research Institute and an Adjunct Professor of Common Law at the University of Ottawa in the Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics. Jason has worked extensively on drug policy research, analysis, and advocacy with a specific focus on improving access to controlled medicines for pain relief and anesthesia in low- and middle-income countries, and on the use of cannabis by older adults in Canada. He is a graduate of Dalhousie University’s respiratory therapy program specializing in anesthesia, and completed a master’s degree at the University of British Columbia studying the education of health professionals who provide community-based HIV care, and a PhD in population health at the University of Ottawa where he focused on the methodologies for conducting assessments of health facilities in severely disrupted health systems during acute and protracted emergencies. He has worked and published on a broad array of global public health, health systems, access to medicines, and drug policy issues in Canada and internationally.

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PARIS, Roland »

Roland Paris

Associate Professor of Public and International Affairs
Associate professor
Faculty of Social Sciences
Graduate School of Public and International Affairs

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Office: 613-562-5800 (4047)
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E-mail

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Foreign policy; international security; Canada-US relations; international organizations including the UN and NATO.

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PONGOU, Roland »

Assistant professor
Faculty of Social Sciences

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Office: 613-562-5800 (7067)
Cell: 613-805-6019
Home: 613-424-6019
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E-mail

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Social networks, spread of HIV/AIDS, gender gap in HIV/AIDS prevalence, sex and gender gap in infant mortality, gender gap in schooling

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English and French

REGNIER, Philippe Thierry »

Philippe Thierry REGNIER

Professor
Full professor
Faculty of Social Sciences
Graduate School of Public and International Affairs

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Office: 613-582-5800 (8985)
Home: 613-422-7654
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Entrepreneurship, Private sector and Small Enterprise Development Policy in Third World Countries.   International Development Finance and Cooperation in Third World Countries. Trade and Economic Cooperation among Developing Countries. Post-Disaster Economic Reconstruction.

Development and Globalisation of Asian Emerging Economies. Industrialisation of East and South Asian Emerging Countries. Regional Cooperation in East Asia : ASEAN countries, China, Korea, India, Japan.

Globalisation and development of Asian emerging economies - entrepreneurship, private sector development and role of small business in developing economies - development finance and international cooperation vis-a-vis developing economies

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English and French , allemand ; italien; indonésien

SCHRECKER, Ted »

Ted Schrecker

Scientist
Associate professor
Faculty of Medicine
Institute of Population Health

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Office: 613-562 5800 (2289)
Cell: 613-612-8485
Home: 613-233-6541
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My current research focuses on the relations between transnational economic integration ("globalization") and social determinants of health: the conditions under which people live and work. How is the emergence of a global marketplace affecting opportunities to lead a healthy life? Who wins, and who loses? How will the worldwide financial crisis we are now experiencing affect health disparities between rich and poor?

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YAYA, Sanni »

Director at the School of International Development and Global Studies.
Associate professor
Faculty of Social Sciences
School of International Development and Global Studies

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Office: 613-562-5800 (4534)
Office: 613-562-5680
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Sanni Yaya is an Associate Professor of Economics and Global Health and the Director of the School of International Development and Global Studies. Dr Yaya and his research team focus their work on the following topics: improving access and use of health services in low-and middle-income countries; health systems reform; sociology of health; global health financing; effects of globalization on health; economic evaluation of health interventions; and the interaction between economic development and health care. Building upon the existing literature, his research relies upon long term field observations and primary data collection experiences. Findings from his work can be integrated into future strategy development and large-scale implementation efforts undertaken by different organizations and the wider global health community to improve access to care in less developed countries (LDCs).

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ZUERCHER, Christoph »

Christoph Zuercher

Dr / professor
Full professor
Faculty of Social Sciences
Graduate School of Public and International Affairs

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Office: 613-562-5800 (8997)
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E-mail

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Peacebuilding, Statebuilding, International Development, Aid, Aid effectiveness, Conflict Civil Wars

Regions:  Central Asia, Caucasus, Afghanistan, Former Soviet Union, Russia

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English only, German; Russian

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