Andy Knight

Dr. W. Andy Knight is Chair of the Department of Political Science at the University of Alberta and Director of a new Peace and Post Conflict Studies Certificate Programme. He co-edited the prestigious international journal, Global Governance, from 2000 to 2005, was Vice Chair of the Academic Council on the United Nations System (ACUNS), and was recently appointed by the Canadian Government to the Board of Governors of the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) in Ottawa. Currently a member of the Board of Directors of the John Humphrey Centre for Peace and Human Rights, and Executive Board member of the Canadian Consortium on Human Security (CCHS), the Canadian Association for Security and Intelligence Studies (CASIS), the Canadian Consortium for Peace Studies (CCPS), and the Education for Peace Academic and Research Council (EPARC), Professor Knight has written and edited several books, book chapters and journal articles on various aspects of multilateralism, global governance and peace, Canadian foreign policy and United Nations reform. His most recent books are Adapting the United Nations to a Postmodern Era: Lessons Learned and Building Sustainable Peace. His recent SSHRC funded research work had been on Children and War.