Leadership

Director

• Alexandra Gheciu, Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs

Associate Director

• Nisha Shah, Associate Professor, School of Political Studies

Advisory Committee

• Stephen Baranyi, Professor, School of International Development and Global Studies
• Jacqueline Best, Professor, School of Political Studies
• Errol P. Mendes, Professor, Faculty of Law, Common Law Section
• Scott Simon, Professor, School of Sociology and Anthropology
• Srdjan Vucetic, Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs

CIPS Research Centre Coordinator

• Gervais Doumtsop Kanouo, email: [email protected] or [email protected]

CIPS Blog Editor and Assistant Coordinator

• Renée Shroyer, email: [email protected] or [email protected]

Research & Administrative Assistants

• Lorette Douillet

Principal Researchers

• Rita Abrahamsen, Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
• Nadia Abu-Zahra, Professor, School of International Development and Global Studies
• Nipa Banerjee, Senior Fellow and Adjunct Professor, School of International Development and Global Studies
• Stephen Baranyi, Professor, School of International Development and Global Studies
• Jacqueline Best, Professor, School of Political Studies
• Stephen Brown, Professor, School of Political Studies
• Christina Clark-Kazak, Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
• Ruby Dagher, Assistant Professor, School of International Development and Global Studies
• Marie-Eve Desrosiers, Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
• Jean-François Doulet, Adjunct Professor, Department of Geography, Environment and Geomatics
• Patrick Fafard, Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
• Julia Therese Palmiano Federer, Adjunct Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
• Philippe M. Frowd, Associate Professor, School of Political Studies
• Alexandra Gheciu, Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
• Susan Gregson, Senior Fellow, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
• Christopher Huggins, Associate Professor, School of International Development and Global Studies
• Margaret Jenkins, Senior Fellow, School of International Development and Global Studies
• Peter Jones, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
• Thomas Juneau, Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
• Ryan Katz-Rosene, Associate Professor, School of Political Studies
• Larisa Kurtovic, Associate Professor, School of Sociological and Anthropological Studies
• André Laliberté, Professor, School of Political Studies
• Mathieu Landriault, Part-time Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
• Patrick Leblond, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
• Patti Lenard, Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
• Marie-Josée Massicotte, Associate Professor, School of Political Studies
• Pascale Massot, Associate Professor, School of Political Studies
• Kevin McMillan, Associate Professor, School of Political Studies
• Margaret McCuaig-Johnston, Senior Fellow, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
• Errol P. Mendes, Professor, Faculty of Law, Common Law Section
• Sheri Meyerhoffer, Co-Instructor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
• Costanza Musu, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
• Alex Neve, Senior Fellow, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
• Roland Paris, Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
• Jean-François Ratelle, Adjunct Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
• Nisha Shah, Associate Professor, School of Political Studies
• Scott Simon, Professor, School of Sociology and Anthropology
• Rebecca Tiessen, Professor, School of International Development and Global Studies
• Jan Claudius Völkel, Assistant Professor, School of Political Studies
• Srdjan Vucetic, Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
• Michael Williams, Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
• David Murakami Wood, Professor, Department of Criminology
• Christoph Zurcher, Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
• Benjamin Zyla, Professor, School of International Development and Global Studies

Affiliated Researchers

• Mojib Atal, PhD (Dr. Phil) from the University of Friedrich-Alexander-Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
• Philippe Beaulieu-Brossard, Department of Defence Studies, Canadian Forces College
• Filip Ejdus, Professor of Security Studies, Faculty of Political Science, University of Belgrade, Serbia
• Randall Germain, Department of Political Science, Carleton University
• Thomas Gregory, Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, University of Auckland, New Zealand
• Pascal Griset, Professor of Modern History, Faculties of the Arts and Humanities, Sorbonne Université, France
• Justin Massie, Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science, Université du Québec à Montréal
• Emily Tripp, Executive Director of Airwars

Current Research Associates

• Jenna Sapiano, Research Associate, 2026-2027
• Gervais Doumtsop Kanouo, Research Associate, 2025-2026
• Anna Bogic, Research Associate, 2025-2026
• Bantayehu Shiferaw Chanie, Research Associate, 2024-2026
• Faramarz Tamanna, Research Associate, 2023-2027

Past Research Associates

• Sylvain Maechler, Postdoctoral Fellow, 2024-2025
• Lou Pingeot, Postdoctoral Fellow, 2022-2025
• Devon Curtis, Visiting Research Associate, 2024
• David McKinnon, Research Associate, 2023-2024
• Peter MacArthur, Research Associate, 2023-2024
• Habib Massoud, Research Associate, 2023-2024
• Pierre Van Wolleghem, Visiting Research Associate, 2023-2024
• Shabnam Salehi, Research Associate, 2022-2024
• Arsène Brice Bado, Research Associate, 2022-2024
• Azadeh Akbari, Visiting Research Associate, 2023-2024
• Caroline Dunton, Research Associate, 2022-2023
• Akshay Singh, Research Associate, 2022-2023
• Barbra Chimhandamba, Alex Trebek Postdoctoral Fellow, 2022-2023
• Hager Ben Jaffel, Research Associate, 2021-2023
• Najim Dost, Research Associate, 2021-2022
• Ulric Shannon, Research Associate, 2021-2022
• Xiao Alvin Yang, Research Associate, 2021-2022
• Farai Chipato, Postdoctoral Fellow, 2021-2022
• Gino Vlavonou, Research Associate, 2020-2022
• Marion Laurence, Research Associate, 2019-2022
• Farhad Rezaei, Research Associate, 2019-2021
• Gabrielle Bardall, Research Associate, 2017-2021
• Anoush Fraser Terjanian, Research Associate, 2019-2021
• Christopher W. Bishop, Research Associate, 2020-2021
• Caroline Dunton, Research Associate, 2019
• Phil Gurski, Research Associate, 2018-2019
• Daniel McCarthy, Research Associate, 2018-2019
• Philippe Beaulieu-Brossard, Research Fellow, 2017-2018
• Lindsay L. Rodman, International Affairs Fellow, 2017-2018
• Ferry de Kerckhove, Research Fellow, 2017-2018
• Oskar N.T. Thoms, Research Fellow, 2017-2018
• Achille Sommo, Research Fellow, 2017-2018
• David Slinn, Senior Associate, 2015-2016
• David Moloney, Senior Associate, 2015-2016
• Michael Bell, Senior Associate, 2015-2016
• Michael E. Lambert, Visiting Researcher, 2015
• Stephanie Carvin, Research Associate 2013-2015
• John Mundy, Senior Associate, 2012-2014
• Gerd Schönwälder, Senior Associate, 2013-2014
• Rachel Kerr, Research Associate, 2011-2013
• Daryl Copeland, Research Associate, 2011-2012
• Gregory Collins, Research Associate, 2012
• Mark B. Taylor, Visiting Research Fellow, 2011
• Prosper Bernard, CIPS Visiting Fulbright Research Chair in Governance and Public Administration, 2010
• Dr. Philippe Bourbeau, Postdoctoral Fellow, 2009-2011
• David McDonough, Visiting Research Associate, 2009-2011
• Giacomo Persi Paoli, Visiting Research Fellow, 2011
• Megan Bradley, Research Associate, 2009-2010
• Dr. Jana Hönke, Postdoctoral Fellow, 2010
• Nicolas Lemay-Hébert, Research Associate, 2009-2010
• Dr. Arne Ruckert, Postdoctoral Fellow, 2008-2010
• Dr. Necla Tschirgi, Research Associate, 2009-2010
• Dr. Eugenia Zorbas, Postdoctoral Fellow, 2009-2010
• Dr. Benjamin Zyla, Postdoctoral Fellow, 2009-2010
• Prof. James Ron, Visiting Research Fellow, Winter-Spring 2009
• Oskar N.T. Thoms, Visiting Research Associate, 2008-2009
• Dr. Christina M. Yeung, Research Associate, 2008-2009

Graduate Students

• Participation in CIPS is open to all students at the University of Ottawa.
• Graduate students affiliated with CIPS run an annual interdisciplinary conference and a yearly journal
• For more information on graduate student activities within CIPS, you may also contact [email protected].

Associate Members

• CIPS Associates are professionals and academics who are active in Centre projects and events, but who are not regular faculty members of the University of Ottawa.