Editorial Team - Balsillie Papers

Ann Fitz-Gerald

Editor, Balsillie Papers
Director, Balsillie School of International Affairs

Ann Fitz-Gerald is the Director of the Balsillie School of International Affairs and a Professor in Wilfrid Laurier University’s Political Science Department. She has worked at both at King’s College, London University’s International Policy Institute, and at Cranfield University, where she was the Director, Defence and Security Leadership. During her time at Cranfield, Ann led the UK-Government funded Global Facilitation Network for Security Sector Reform and Cranfield’s Centre for Security Sector Management. She also designed and developed the Masters programme in Security Sector Management, which is delivered in both the UK and East Africa.

Saad Hammadi

Managing Editor, Balsillie Papers
Policy and Advocacy Manager,
Balsillie School of International Affairs

Saad Hammadi manages the flagship programs of BSIA’s Technology Governance Initiative – the Balsillie Papers, Case Studies and the Technology Governance Survey – policy and advocacy on key governance issues as well as relationships with industry, policy and technology leaders. He has designed, managed and led global campaigns, communications and advocacy at Amnesty International in the areas of refugee protection, freedom of expression and information, technology and human rights, privacy and data protection. He was a journalist for among others The Guardian and The Christian Science Monitor.

Suzan Ilcan

Associate Editor, Balsillie Papers
Professor, Sociology and Legal Studies
University of Waterloo

Suzan Ilcan is Professor of Sociology in the Department of Sociology and Legal Studies at the University of Waterloo and the Balsillie School of International Affairs. Her work concentrates on the policies and practices devised to govern migration and shape the lives and mobilisations of migrants, with extensive field research conducted in Turkey, Canada, and Namibia. Her current research projects examine migration policies, bordering practices, and humanitarian aid in the context of the displacement, precarity, and resettlement of refugees.

Alistair Edgar

Associate Editor, Balsillie Papers
Associate Professor of Political Science
Wilfrid Laurier University

Alistair D. Edgar is Associate Professor of Political Science at Wilfrid Laurier University, with cross-appointment to the Balsillie School of International Affairs. He is an editor of Global Governance: A Review of Multilateralism and International Organizations (Brill/Nijhoff) and series co-editor for the ACUNS Series on the United Nations (Edward Elgar Publishers). He served as Executive Director of the Academic Council on the United Nations System (ACUNS) in 2003-2008 and 2010-2018. Outside of his scholarly activities, he is President of the Canadian Landmine Foundation.