Caroline Dunton is a Senior Researcher on the Global Governance Innovation Platform at the United Nations University Center for Policy Research, while also a Fellow at the Centre for International and Defence Policy at Queen’s University.

Prior to her current appointments, she was the Skelton-Clark Post-Doctoral Fellow in Canadian Affairs at Queen’s University. She also completed her PhD in Political Science at the University of Ottawa, where she became a research associate at the Centre for International Policy Studies (CIPS).

She holds an MA in Political Science from The George Washington University, an MA in Public and International Affairs from the University of Ottawa, and a Bachelor of Knowledge Integration from the University of Waterloo. She has worked at Global Affairs Canada in multiple roles since 2015, including as the 2018-2019 Cadieux-Léger Fellow.