Andy W. Knight
Professor Andy W. Knight, Professor and past Chair of International Relations in the University of Alberta Political Science Department, is a researcher, author, communicator, and teacher. He is the former Director of the Institute of International Relations (IIR), The University of the West Indies (UWI) in Trinidad & Tobago, and the co-founder and former head of the Diplomatic Academy of the Caribbean (DAOC).
Professor Knight was named by Venture Magazine among Alberta’s top 50 most influential people and, by the Black Business and Professional Association of Canada, as the Harry Jerome Trailblazer. Over the past 30 years, his research has focused on multilateral security, the United Nations, global governance, and issues of political violence including how to develop policy to counter such violence.
He has received several large grants from SSHRC, CIDA, IDRC, the UNU, CIIPS (and its offshoot) and the Worldwide Universities Network totalling over $6 million to study political violence, children and war, xeno-racism, and countering home-grown terrorism. In March 2021, Professor Knight was awarded the University of Alberta’s highest honour – the University of Alberta Distinguished Professor. Additionally, he was the 2021-22 Fulbright Distinguished Chair in International and Area Studies at Yale University.
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– The Nexus Between Vulnerabilities and Violence in The Caribbean
– Children And War: Impact
– Female Suicide Bombers: A Critical Gender Approach
– Radicalism And Extremism
– Homegrown Violent Extremism in Trinidad and Tobago: Local Patterns, Global Trends
– Gauging Social Integration Among Canadian Muslims: A Sense of Belonging in An Age of Anxiety
– The Responsibility to Protect: From Evolving Norm to Practice
– Towards Greater Congruence Between Human Security Concept and Policy: The Impact of War on Chechen Children
– Global Health Diplomacy as A Tool of Peace
– The Emerging Role of Blockchain Technology Applications in Routine Disease Surveillance Systems to Strengthen Global Health Security
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