Andy Knight, University of Alberta
W. Andy Knight is Professor of International Relations in the Political Science Department at the University of Alberta and past Chair of the Department. He is former Director of the Institute of International Relations (IIR), The University of the West Indies, Trinidad & Tobago. He serves as co-editor in Chief of African Security journal and was former co-editor of Global Governance journal and Vice Chair of the Academic Council on the United Nations System (ACUNS). A Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (FRSC), Knight’s most recent book is the award winning, Female Suicide Bombings: A Critical Gendered Approach, with Tanya Narozhna (University of Toronto Press, 2016). His research interests include multilateralism, global governance and peace, countering terrorism as well as United Nations Reform. He has a PhD in International Relations from York University.