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The Munk School is home to world-class faculty and researchers and has more than 60 core and cross-appointed faculty and academic directors, 34 affiliated named chairs and professorships and some 230 affiliated faculty from across the University of Toronto.

Students learn from faculty and experienced leaders from a range of disciplines, linking theory with real-world experience. The curriculum focuses on the five pillars — global security, global development, human rights and global justice, innovation policy and global markets — giving students the necessary tools to become effective practitioners and leaders in their chosen field.

Get to know the faculty, lecturers and staff that support the Master of Global Affairs program below.

Stephan Heblich teaches a class
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Program Coordinator, Master of Global Affairs
Sarah Beamish
 
Lecturer, Master of Global Affairs program
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Assistant Professor of Economic Inequality and Societies
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Co-Director, Innovation Policy Lab
University Professor
Munk Chair of Innovation Studies
Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy and Political Science, University of Toronto
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Roz and Ralph Halbert Professor of Innovation
Professor, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy
Jack Cunningham
 
Lecturer, Master of Global Affairs
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Professor, Department of Political Science
Professor, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy
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Director, Professional Master’s Programs
Associate Professor, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science
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Professor, Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy
Affiliated Faculty Member, Centre for European and Eurasian Studies
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Manager, Career Outcomes and Alumni Engagement
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Fellow-in-Residence, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy
Franco, Arturo
 
Senior Fellow, Munk School
Lecturer, Master of Global Affairs and Master of Public Policy
Special Advisor, Development Policy and Partnerships, The World Bank
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Sessional Lecturer
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Co-lead, Changing World Order area of focus, Munk School
Director, East Asia Seminar Series
Associate Professor, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science
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Lecturer, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy
Danielle Goldfarb
 
Senior Fellow, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy
Lecturer, Master of Global Affairs program
Rafael Gomez
 
Associate professor of employment relations
Director of the Centre for Industrial Relations and Human Resources
Benoît Gomis
 
Lecturer, Master of Global Affairs program
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Professor, Department of Economics
Dan Herman
 
Lecturer, Master of Global Affairs program
Rory Johnston
 
Lecturer, Master of Global Affairs program
Andres Kasekamp
 
Professor, Department of History
Chair of Estonian Studies, Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy
Affiliated Faculty, Centre for European and Eurasian Studies
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Associate Professor, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy
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Assistant Professor
Director, Initiative for Education Policy and Innovation
Director, Peace, Conflict and Justice
Director, Munk One
Affiliated Faculty, Centre for the Study of Global Japan
Arif Lalani
 
Distinguished Fellow, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy
Tong Lam
 
Interim Director, Dr. David Chu Program in Asia-Pacific Studies, Asian Institute
Associate Professor, Department of Historical Studies, UTM
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Director, Global Justice Lab
Distinguished Professor of Global Justice
Professor, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy
Affiliated Faculty, Centre for European and Eurasian Studies
Professor, Department of Sociology
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Director, Centre for the Study of Global Japan
Chair in Japanese Politics and Global Affairs
Professor, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy
Professor, Department of Political Science
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*On Leave*
Professor, Department of Political Science
Professor, Munk School
Director, PEARL
Robert Vipond Distinguished Professor in Democracy, Department of Political Science
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Professor, Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy
Professor, Department of Political Science
Affiliated Faculty, Centre for European and Eurasian Studies
Branka Marijan
 
Lecturer, Master of Global Affairs program
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Research Associate, Innovation Policy Lab
Lecturer, Master of Global Affairs program
Dan Munro
 
Senior Fellow, Innovation Policy Lab
Lecturer, Master of Global Affairs program
Senior Fellow, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy
Dani Nedal
 
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science
Assistant Professor, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy
 
Professor, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy
Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Temerty Faculty of Medicine
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Director of Academic Life
Professor, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy
Affiliated Faculty, Centre for European and Eurasian Studies
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Sessional Lecturer
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Associate Professor, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science
CEO, International Centre for Tax and Development / Local Government Revenue Initiative (LoGRI)
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Recruitment and Admissions Officer
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Manager, Global Internships and Career Placement, Master of Global Affairs program
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Professor, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy
Presidential Advisor on the Environment, Climate Change and Sustainability
Professor, School of the Environment
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Associate Professor, Teaching Stream, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy
Associate Professor, Teaching Stream, Department of Economics
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R. F. Harney Professor and Director of the Ethnic, Immigration and Pluralism Studies Program
Professor of Law, Political Science and Global Affairs
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Professor, Teaching Stream, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy
Affiliated Faculty, Centre for European and Eurasian Studies
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Founding Director, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy
Belzberg Professor of Conflict Management, Department of Political Science
Matt Wilder
 
Lecturer, Master of Global Affairs program