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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](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_3_2_860/public/assets/media/images/2022-10/mga_mpp_stephan_resized_oct11_jamienapierdsc00835.jpg.jpg?itok=4S1aqFR7)
![Headshot of Megan Ball-Chiodi](/sites/default/files/styles/mk_person_photo_teaser/public/assets/person/photo/Sept25_JamieNapier_DSC08643_0.jpg.webp?itok=N6IaKSej)
Program Coordinator, Master of Global Affairs
![Sarah Beamish](/sites/default/files/styles/mk_person_photo_teaser/public/assets/person/photo/SarahBeamish-2_Crop_0.jpg.webp?itok=xv76UGOT)
Lecturer, Master of Global Affairs program
![Headshot of Moussa Blimpo](/sites/default/files/styles/mk_person_photo_teaser/public/assets/person/photo/moussa-p-blimpo-portrait.jpg.webp?itok=hXGeAlIa)
Assistant Professor
![Headshot of Dan Breznitz](/sites/default/files/styles/mk_person_photo_teaser/public/assets/person/photo/DSC_4732%20-%20Dan%20Breznitz%20-%20photo%20by%20Lisa%20Sakulensky.jpg.webp?itok=4KYALYyn)
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
![Headshot of Shiri Breznitz — photo by Alexis MacDonald](/sites/default/files/styles/mk_person_photo_teaser/public/assets/person/photo/Shiri%20Breznitz_Edited%205_Oct%202021_By%20Alexis%20MacDonald.jpg.webp?itok=GdGchxbC)
Roz and Ralph Halbert Professor of Innovation
Professor & Director of Research, Munk School
![Jack Cunningham](/sites/default/files/styles/mk_person_photo_teaser/public/assets/person/photo/Jack-Cunningham_0.jpg.webp?itok=_qEqzfoM)
Lecturer, Master of Global Affairs
![Headshot of Ron Deibert](/sites/default/files/styles/mk_person_photo_teaser/public/assets/person/photo/Oct6_JamieNapier_DSC08687_0.jpg.webp?itok=JIlUkPgR)
Professor, Department of Political Science
Professor, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy
![Headshot of Michael Donnelly](/sites/default/files/styles/mk_person_photo_teaser/public/assets/person/photo/JamieNapier_MUNK_-01905.jpg.webp?itok=ax3kj16Z)
Director, Professional Master’s Programs
Associate Professor, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science
![Headshot of Drew Fagan - photo by Alexis MacDonald](/sites/default/files/styles/mk_person_photo_teaser/public/assets/person/photo/Drew%20Fagan%201_2021_By%20Alexis%20MacDonald.jpg.webp?itok=bk-877d2)
Professor, Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy
Affiliated Faculty Member, Centre for European and Eurasian Studies
![Photo of Sole Fernandez](/sites/default/files/styles/mk_person_photo_teaser/public/assets/person/photo/SoleFernandez.png.webp?itok=e_U_ubne)
Manager, Career Outcomes and Alumni Engagement
![Headshot of Todd Foglesong - photo by Alexis MacDonald](/sites/default/files/styles/mk_person_photo_teaser/public/assets/person/photo/Todd%20Foglesong%201_2021_By%20Alexis%20MacDonald.jpg.webp?itok=N9dfDHNg)
Fellow-in-Residence, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy
![Franco, Arturo](/sites/default/files/styles/mk_person_photo_teaser/public/assets/person/photo/Arturo_Franco0493_0.jpg.webp?itok=NgHCitX9)
Senior Fellow, Munk School
Lecturer, Master of Global Affairs and Master of Public Policy
Special Advisor, Development Policy and Partnerships, The World Bank
![Natasha Freidus Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/mk_person_photo_teaser/public/assets/person/photo/Natasha_Freidus_headshot_0.jpg.webp?itok=U1_gkGTy)
Sessional Lecturer
![Headshot of Diana Fu - photo by Alexis MacDonald](/sites/default/files/styles/mk_person_photo_teaser/public/2022-03/Diana%20Fu%201_2021_By%20Alexis%20MacDonald.jpg.webp?itok=-5DRQc10)
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
![photo of alejandro magos](/sites/default/files/styles/mk_person_photo_teaser/public/assets/person/photo/Alejandro_2023_0.jpeg.webp?itok=1_Fb7_KS)
Lecturer, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy
![George Georgopoulos Photo](/sites/default/files/styles/mk_person_photo_teaser/public/assets/person/photo/George_Georgopoulos.png.webp?itok=5N4wM8bj)
Sessional Lecturer
![Danielle Goldfarb](/sites/default/files/styles/mk_person_photo_teaser/public/assets/person/photo/Danielle-Goldfarb-headshot-for-palladium-gemfa-1_0.jpg.webp?itok=qzFsf4JG)
Senior Fellow, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy
Lecturer, Master of Global Affairs program
![Rafael Gomez](/sites/default/files/styles/mk_person_photo_teaser/public/assets/person/photo/rafael%20crop.jpeg.webp?itok=BReBAREu)
Associate professor of employment relations
Director of the Centre for Industrial Relations and Human Resources
![Benoît Gomis](/sites/default/files/styles/mk_person_photo_teaser/public/assets/person/photo/Benoit-scaled_0.jpeg.webp?itok=vjLdg6da)
Lecturer, Master of Global Affairs program
![Headshot of Stephan Heblich](/sites/default/files/styles/mk_person_photo_teaser/public/assets/person/photo/Stephan%20Heblich%20portrait.JPG.webp?itok=e_tZqXdi)
Munk Chair in Applied Economics
Professor, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy
![Dan Herman](/sites/default/files/styles/mk_person_photo_teaser/public/assets/person/photo/Dan-Herman_0.jpeg.webp?itok=_Wy5v_mv)
Lecturer, Master of Global Affairs program
![Rory Johnston](/sites/default/files/styles/mk_person_photo_teaser/public/assets/person/photo/HF-Rory-Johnson_0.jpeg.webp?itok=hgJ4QfTV)
Lecturer, Master of Global Affairs program
![Andres Kasekamp](/sites/default/files/styles/mk_person_photo_teaser/public/assets/person/photo/Sept20_JamieNapier_DSC04208.jpg.webp?itok=oHqACBHV)
Professor, Department of History
Chair of Estonian Studies, Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy
Affiliated Faculty, Centre for European and Eurasian Studies
![Headshot of Tom Kemeny](/sites/default/files/styles/mk_person_photo_teaser/public/assets/person/photo/DSC_4571.jpeg.webp?itok=b-_X9Pdh)
Associate Professor, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy
![Headshot of Rie Kijima by Alexis MacDonald](/sites/default/files/styles/mk_person_photo_teaser/public/assets/person/photo/Rie%20Kijima%204_2021_By%20Alexis%20MacDonald_0.jpg.webp?itok=6whoVCfF)
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](/sites/default/files/styles/mk_person_photo_teaser/public/assets/person/photo/Screen%20Shot%202023-08-08%20at%202.14.34%20PM_0.png.webp?itok=739O2oSo)
Distinguished Fellow, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy
![Tong Lam](/sites/default/files/styles/mk_person_photo_teaser/public/assets/person/photo/UofT13749_20150923_TongLam_4639-lpr_0.JPG.webp?itok=lcqN6sB9)
Director, Dr. David Chu Program in Asia-Pacific Studies, Asian Institute
Associate Professor, Department of Historical Studies, UTM
![Headshot of Ron Levi](/sites/default/files/styles/mk_person_photo_teaser/public/assets/person/photo/Ron%20Levi%20portrait.JPG.webp?itok=D2cyWjIN)
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
![Kristen Ligers](/sites/default/files/styles/mk_person_photo_teaser/public/assets/person/photo/Kristen-Ligers.jpeg.webp?itok=G6EBL52z)
Director, Programs
![Headshot of Phillip Lipscy - photo by Alexis MacDonald](/sites/default/files/styles/mk_person_photo_teaser/public/assets/person/photo/Phillip%20Lipscy%202_2021_By%20Alexis%20MacDonald.jpg.webp?itok=VQcbHKx9)
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
![Headshot of Peter Loewen](/sites/default/files/styles/mk_person_photo_teaser/public/assets/person/photo/PL_5667.jpeg.webp?itok=6Y4DAKBA)
Professor, Department of Political Science
Professor, Munk School
Director, PEARL
Robert Vipond Distinguished Professor in Democracy, Department of Political Science
![Headshot of Mark Manger](/sites/default/files/styles/mk_person_photo_teaser/public/assets/person/photo/Sept25_JamieNapier_DSC08509_0.jpg.webp?itok=oouRwpiB)
Professor, Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy
Professor, Department of Political Science
Affiliated Faculty, Centre for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies
![Branka Marijan](/sites/default/files/styles/mk_person_photo_teaser/public/assets/person/photo/Branka-2-web-ready_cropped_0.jpeg.webp?itok=qJ7BgpJy)
Lecturer, Master of Global Affairs program
![Headshot of Scott McKnight](/sites/default/files/styles/mk_person_photo_teaser/public/assets/person/photo/6Ng8aKKB_400x400_0.jpeg.webp?itok=bQH9lScY)
Research Associate, Innovation Policy Lab
Lecturer, Master of Global Affairs program
![Dan Munro](/sites/default/files/styles/mk_person_photo_teaser/public/assets/person/photo/DanMunro-homepage_0.jpeg.webp?itok=a0fnKVWw)
Senior Fellow, Innovation Policy Lab
Lecturer, Master of Global Affairs program
Senior Fellow, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy
![Dani Nedal](/sites/default/files/styles/mk_person_photo_teaser/public/assets/person/photo/Dani_0.jpeg.webp?itok=K07_K81E)
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science
Assistant Professor, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy
![Headshot of Darius Ornston](/sites/default/files/styles/mk_person_photo_teaser/public/assets/person/photo/Ornston-Headshot_0.jpeg.webp?itok=uuHSkiAP)
Director, Research
Professor, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy
Affiliated Faculty, Centre for European and Eurasian Studies
![Headshot of Prof. Niloufar Pourzand](/sites/default/files/styles/mk_person_photo_teaser/public/assets/person/photo/Pourzand_0.jpg.webp?itok=Yb2qyKJ3)
Sessional Lecturer
![Headshot of Wilson Prichard](/sites/default/files/styles/mk_person_photo_teaser/public/assets/person/photo/Wilson%20Prichard%20portrait.JPG.webp?itok=5AzK6nj-)
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)
![Headshot of Rejeanne Puran](/sites/default/files/styles/mk_person_photo_teaser/public/assets/person/photo/Oct12_JamieNapier_DSC00105_0.jpg.webp?itok=p9v9-0kv)
Recruitment and Admissions Officer
![Headshot of Julia Rao](/sites/default/files/styles/mk_person_photo_teaser/public/assets/person/photo/Julia%20Rao%20Headshot-14%20%282%29.jpg%20resized_0.jpg.webp?itok=j2U7_oFU)
Manager, Global Internships and Career Placement, Master of Global Affairs program
![Headshot of John Robinson](/sites/default/files/styles/mk_person_photo_teaser/public/assets/person/photo/Sept25_JamieNapier_DSC08460_0.jpg.webp?itok=gPDGSe8X)
Professor, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy
Presidential Advisor on the Environment, Climate Change and Sustainability
Professor, School of the Environment
![Headshot of Paola Salardi](/sites/default/files/styles/mk_person_photo_teaser/public/assets/person/photo/Paola%20Salardi%20portrait.JPG.webp?itok=zCUFxWNr)
Associate Professor, Teaching Stream, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy
Associate Professor, Teaching Stream, Department of Economics
![Headshot of Ayelet Shachar](/sites/default/files/styles/mk_person_photo_teaser/public/assets/person/photo/Ayelet_Shachar%20portrait.jpg.webp?itok=YAd1Ebpf)
R. F. Harney Professor and Director of the Ethnic, Immigration and Pluralism Studies Program
Professor of Law, Political Science and Global Affairs
![Headshot of Janice Stein](/sites/default/files/styles/mk_person_photo_teaser/public/assets/person/photo/Janice_Stein_6711.jpg.webp?itok=6Yvn21Jq)
Founding Director, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy
University Professor
Belzberg Professor of Conflict Management, Department of Political Science
![Matt Wilder](/sites/default/files/styles/mk_person_photo_teaser/public/assets/person/photo/WilderMattProfilePicture%20%28large%29_0.jpg.webp?itok=BKvlpZAl)
Lecturer, Master of Global Affairs program