Faculty & Research - Global Justice and Development

Full Professors

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Feyzi Baban

Chair of Global Justice and Development
Full Professor
B.A., M.A. (Bogazici), Ph.D. (Carleton)
Research Interests: Cosmopolitan theory and normative theories of international relations; the politics of citizenship in late modern societies; alternative forms of modernity in non-Western culture.

Colleen O'Manique

Full Professor
B.A. (Carleton) M.A., Ph.D. (York)
Research Interests: Gender and Global Restructuring, Global Political Economy of Health, Global Health Governance, Global Health Security, Global Politics of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, Politics of HIV/AIDS, Global/Feminist Perspectives on Human Rights, Feminist Political Ecology

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Paul Shaffer

Full Professor
Director, Trent in Ghana
B.A. (UBC), M.A. (Toronto), D.Phil. (Sussex)
Research Interests: Interdisciplinary poverty analysis, methodological pluralism, poverty reduction strategies, gender and poverty, impact assessment and monitoring of development programs and policies, political economy of development, development economics.

Associate Professors

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Chris Beyers

Associate Professor
Director, Human Rights and Global Justice
B.A. (Trent), M.A. (York), D.Phil. (Sussex)
Research Interests: Urban land justice and belonging in post-apartheid South Africa; memory, museums, and transitional justice; forced migration and rights; migration governance and xenophobia in Latin America; transnational solidarities; critical theory.

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Hasmet Uluorta

Associate Professor
B.A., B.S.W. (UBC), M.A. (ISS), Ph.D. (York)
Research Interests: Globalization; theories of international relations; global political economy; development theory; employment and work strategies.

Assistant Professors

Vladimir Díaz-Cuéllar

Assistant Professor
B.A. (Universidad Mayor de San Andrés), M.A., Ph.D. (Carleton University)
Research Interests: Climate change; political economy of capitalist development; energy; agriculture, food processing industry and dietary change; urbanization.

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Kirsten Francescone

Assistant Professor
Director, Trent in Bolivia
B.A. (Windsor), M.A., Ph.D. (Carleton)
Research Interests: Mining and Extractive Industries; Land and Territorial Defense; Social Reproduction; Human Rights and Corporate Accountability; Labour Futures

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Cagri Yoltar

B.A. (Istanbul Technical University), M.A. (Bogazici University), Ph.D. (Duke University)
Research interests: Political and economic anthropology, feminist political economy, human rights, critical welfare studies, science and technology studies, computational social sciences

Associated Faculty Global Development Studies

Administrative Studies: R. Dart
Anthropology: A. Meneley
Cultural Studies: A. O'Connor
Economics: S. Choudhry
Environmental & Resource Science/Studies: S. Bocking, R. Ponce-Hernandez, T. Whillans
History: D. Sheinin

Associated Faculty Human Rights and Global Justice

Indigenous Studies: D. Newhouse
Study of Canada / Études Canadiennes: H. Nicol
Philosophy: K. Norlock
Political Studies: D. Penner
Sociology: M. Rahman

Professors Emeriti

C.V. Huxley, B.A. (York, England), M.A. (Simon Fraser), Ph.D. (Toronto)
D.R. Morrison, M.A. (Saskatchewan), D.Phil. (Sussex)
W.Lem B.A., M.A., Ph.D. (Toronto)
J. Solway, B.A. (Oakland), M.A., Ph.D. (Toronto)
H. Akram-Lodhi B.A. (SOAS, London), M.Phil. (Cambridge), Ph.D. (Manitoba)

Adjunct Professors

J. Clapp, B.A. (Michigan), M.Sc., Ph.D. (London School of Economics)
E. Helleiner, B.A. (Toronto), M.Sc., Ph.D. (London School of Economics)
Pablo Andrade, B.A. (Pontifica Universidad Católica del Ecuador), M.A. (Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales), Ph.D. (York)