Professor Elisabeth Abergel is an Associate Professor. Her areas of  interest are environment and science and research policies.

 Professor Christina Clark-Kazak‘s SSHRC-funded research analyzes age mainstreaming in migration and development  policy. Her recent book, Recounting Migration, explores the political narratives of young Congolese refugees  from Uganda. She is editor-in-chief of Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees. For 10 years, she has also worked  as a development practitioner.

 Professor Sabine Dreher has been working as a research associate at Bremen University in Germany and as an  Assistant  Professor at Near East University in Northern Cyprus before coming to Canada. Her research has dealt  with  migration and labour standards, the role of migration in the neoliberal globalization project and is now  focused  on the international orientation of Turkish Islamic civil society.

 Professor Marianne Fendukiw‘s research combines her academic training with her experience working in the  medical/university research environment and her work as a journalist/writer. She is particularly interested in  how scientific research is funded and the implications of funding on international research and science policy.

 Professor Stanislav Kirschbaum is a graduate of the National Defense College of Canada; Fellow of the Royal  Society of  Canada; Secretary of the International Council of Central and East European Studies from 1980 to  2010; Co-  president of the Association France Canada d’études stratégiques; and member of the International  Institute for  Strategic Studies.

 Professor Domenico Mazzeo is a Course Director. His areas of specialization include regional integration and free  trade, Canadian foreign policy  and diplomacy.

 Professor Jean Michel‘s research focuses on the intersection of ethnicity, mobility and urban research. From  Singapore to Vancouver to Canadian Norther communities, he investigates the role of ‘gateway strategies’ in  local and translocal community politics.

 Professor Awalou Ouedraogo obtained a doctoral degree in international law from the Graduate Institute of  International and Development Studies in Geneva. His research interests include the history and philosophy of  international law, war, its regulations and alternatives, human rights and humanitarian law, peaceful settlement  of disputes, states responsibility, post-conflict peace building in Africa.