Jennifer Welsh

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Jennifer Welsh
Born
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Occupations
  • Professor and Researcher
  • Writer
  • Consultant
Known forInternational relations, Foreign Policy, United Nations Security Council, Humanitarian Intervention, The Responsibility to Protect, Human Rights
Academic background
Education
Academic work
InstitutionsMcGill University, University of Oxford, European University Institute, University of Saskatchewan

Jennifer Welsh is a Canadian writer, consultant, and professor, specializing in the field of international relations. Welsh has a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Economics from the University of Saskatchewan (1987).[1][2][3] Welsh was named a Rhodes Scholar (1987) and completed a Master's and Doctorate in International Relations from the University of Oxford (1987-1992). From 1999 to 2014, Welsh was a professor in International Relations at the University of Oxford, where she also co-founded the Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict.[4][5][6] From 2014 to 2019, Welsh was the chair in International Relations at the European University Institute (Florence), where she directed a five-year European Research Council project on the ethics and law of contemporary armed conflict.[7] Welsh currently works as the Canada 150 Research Chair in Global Governance and Security at McGill University, is the Director of the Centre for International Peace and Security Studies and a co-director of the Canadian Research Network on Women Peace and Security.[8] She is also a professor at the Max Bell School of Public Policy in Montreal, Quebec, and is a frequent commentator in Canadian media on foreign affairs.[9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]

Professional Career/Public Service

Welsh was a lecturer in International Relations at the University of Oxford (1999-2006) and was appointed a full professor in 2006.

From 1997 to 1998 Welsh was a Professor and Associate Director of the Peace & Conflict Studies Programme at the University of Toronto. She was a lecturer and Programme Administrator at the Central European University summer school in International Relations (1992)[22]

Welsh has engaged in a number of policy processes related to international peace and security and Canadian foreign policy. In 2005, she was the lead writer for the International Policy Statement for the Government of Canada. From 2013 to 2016 Welsh was served as Assistant Secretary General and Special Advisor to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon on the Responsibility to Protect[23][24][25] – a position in which she helped to further develop and implement the principle within and beyond the UN system.

Welsh currently works as the Canada 150 Research Chair in Global Governance and Security and serves as the Director of the Centre for International Peace and Security Studies (CIPSS) at McGill University. She is also a professor at the Max Bell School of Public Policy, and the Co-Director of the Research Network on Women, Peace and Security.[26]

Welsh has also served as consultant to several organizations including McKinsey and Co, Aspen Institute’s Business and Society Program, and the Government of Canada.[27][28]

Other Activities and Affiliations

Welsh is the author of several books including, At Home in the World: Canada's Global Vision for the 21st Century (2004, Harper Collins), The Return of History: Conflict, Migration and Geo-politics in the 21st Century (House of Anansi Press, 2016), and Humanitarian Intervention and International Relations (Oxford University Press, 2004).[29][30][31]

Boards

Awards, Honours, and Recognitions

  • (1987) Governor General's Medal for Most Outstanding Graduate, University of Saskatchewan
  • (1987) Rhodes Scholarship (Canada – Prairies)
  • (1990) Doctoral Fellowship - Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada
  • (1992-1993) Jean Monnet Research Fellowship, European University Institute (Florence, Italy)
  • (1992) Thesis Prize in International Relations, University of Oxford
  • (1993–94) Cadieux Research Fellow in the Policy Planning Staff of the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs Cadieux Research Fellow, Policy Planning Staff, Canadian Dept. of Foreign Affairs: Research and policy analysis on Canada's changing role in European security (Ottawa, Canada)
  • (2005) Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Massey College (University of Toronto)
  • (2006-2009) Trudeau Foundation Prize Fellowship[32]
  • (2016) CBC Massey Lecturer
  • (2020) Distinguished Alumni Award, University of Saskatchewan
  • (2021) Election as International Honorary Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • (2022) Distinguished Scholar Award, Ethics Section, International Studies Association

Publications

  • 1995 Author, Edmund Burke and International Relations (Macmillan/St. Martin's Press)
  • 1998 Co author, Chips & Pop: Decoding the Nexus Generation (Malcolm Lester Books)
  • 1999 Co-editor, Empire and Community: Edmund Burke's Writings and Speeches on International Relations (Westview Press)
  • 2003 Editor, Humanitarian Intervention and International Relations (Oxford University Press)
  • 2004 Author, At Home in the World: Canada’s Global Vision for the 21st Century (HarperCollins)
  • 2007 Co-editor, Exporting Good Governance: Temptations and Challenges in Canada’s Aid Program (Wilfrid Laurier University Press)
  • 2008 Co-editor, The United Nations Security Council and War: The Evolution of Thought and Practice since 1945 (Oxford University Press)
  • 2013 Co-editor, Just and Unjust Military Intervention: European Political Thought from Vitoria to Mill (Cambridge University Press)
  • 2015 Co-editor, The Responsibility to Prevent: Overcoming the Challenges of Atrocity Prevention (Oxford University Press
  • 2016 Author, The Return of History: Conflict, Migration, and Geopolitics in the Twenty-First Century (House of Anansi Press Inc.)

References

  1. ^ "Jennifer Welsh". Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict. Retrieved February 1, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ "USAK Alumni Achievement Awards". University of Saskatchewan. Retrieved February 1, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "Home". www.elac.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2022-02-01.
  4. ^ "Oxford Martin School | University of Oxford". Oxford Martin School. Retrieved 2022-02-01.
  5. ^ "Jennifer Welsh". Oxford University. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
  6. ^ "The Individualisation of War |". iow.eui.eu. Retrieved 2022-02-01.
  7. ^ "Our People: Jennifer Welsh". Max Bell School of Public Policy. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
  8. ^ "Welcome | Bienvenue - CEPSI | CIPSS". 2020-06-17. Retrieved 2022-02-01.
  9. ^ Various Authors (2021). "The Political and security dimensions of the humanitarian health response to violent conflict". Lancet. 397 (10273): 511–521. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(21)00130-6. PMID 33503458. S2CID 231694451. Retrieved February 1, 2022.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ^ "Five questions with Jennifer Welsh, Canada's 2016 Massey lecturer". Open Canada. 2016-09-19. Retrieved 2022-02-01.
  11. ^ Ayed, Nahlah (2021). "With the world in crisis, what's an intellectual to do?". CBC Radio. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
  12. ^ Welsh, Jennifer (2011). "Understanding NATO's Sustainability". Global Governance. JSTOR 2303374 – via jstor.
  13. ^ "Opinion: Canada needs to reimagine a foreign policy for a leaderless world". The Globe and Mail. 2021-08-30. Retrieved 2022-02-01.
  14. ^ "The Herle Burlly Podcast: Jennifer Welsh and the Political Panel with Jenni and Scott". The Herle Burly. 2020.
  15. ^ Roland Paris, Jennifer Welsh (2021-09-23). "What Trudeau's Win Means for Canadian Foreign Policy". www.thechicagocouncil.org. Retrieved 2022-02-01.
  16. ^ "Reframing Canada's Global Engagement". Canadian Global Affairs Institute. Retrieved 2022-02-01.
  17. ^ Collective, Welance com-a Freelancers. "Advancing Human Protection Through Multilateralism". peacelab.blog. Retrieved 2022-02-01.
  18. ^ "Opinion: The world's democracies, including Canada, face a historic choice". The Globe and Mail. 2021-06-04. Retrieved 2022-02-01.
  19. ^ "Government reveals list of Canada 150 Research Chairholders". University Affairs. Retrieved 2022-02-01.
  20. ^ "Liberal Democracy on defensive as history returns with a vengeance: Jennifer Welsh". CBC Radio. 2016. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
  21. ^ "A loss of consensus: Why the last decade saw growing polarization". CBC News. 2019. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
  22. ^ "Jennifer Welsh CV" (PDF). McGill University. Retrieved February 2, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  23. ^ Ban., Ki-moon (2013). Building a better future for all : selected speeches of United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, 2007-2012. United Nations. ISBN 978-92-1-055995-9. OCLC 852158269.
  24. ^ "UN officials outraged at accounts of Sri Lanka war crimes, stress need for accountability". UN News. 2015-09-17. Retrieved 2022-02-02.
  25. ^ "South Sudan: UN officials call for international engagement to de-escalate country's conflict". UN News. 2015-05-29. Retrieved 2022-02-02.
  26. ^ "Research Network on Women, Peace and Security". McGill University. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
  27. ^ "McKinsey & Company | Global management consulting". www.mckinsey.com. Retrieved 2022-02-02.
  28. ^ "Business and Society Program". The Aspen Institute. Retrieved 2022-02-02.
  29. ^ Whitaker, Reg; Welsh, Jennifer (2005). "At Home in the World: Canada's Global Vision for the 21st Century". International Journal. 60 (2): 574. doi:10.2307/40204312. ISSN 0020-7020. JSTOR 40204312.
  30. ^ "Return of the Next Generations: Transnational Migration and Development in the 21st Century", Return Migration of the Next Generations, Routledge, pp. 19–34, 2016-12-05, doi:10.4324/9781315244242-10, ISBN 9781315244242, retrieved 2022-02-02
  31. ^ Landry, Joe (2017). "The Return of History by Jennifer Welsh". International Journal: Canada's Journal of Global Policy Analysis. 72 (4): 591–593. doi:10.1177/0020702017740106. ISSN 0020-7020. S2CID 148773877.
  32. ^ "jennifer.welsh | Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation". www.trudeaufoundation.ca. Retrieved 2022-02-02.

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