Chair, Department of Political Science, Concordia University
Teaching Experience:
June 1998-present:
Concordia University, Department of Political Science, Associate Professor, tenured; Departmental Chairperson from June 1st, 2005, to the present.
Courses taught: International Relations; Peace and Global Governance; Globalization and Sustainable Development; International Development Administration; International Relations Theory; World Systems Theory; Human Rights and International Justice; International Human Security; Transnational Relations; International Law; Environmental Policy and Law; International Environmental Issues and Regimes.
June, 2006: Visiting Professor, United Nations’ University for Peace, San Jose, Costa Rica. Taught Master’s level course on Global Governance and Environmental Security.
Prior to June 1988:
Fall 1997: McMaster University, Sessional lecturer.
Summer 1997-1998, University of Guelph, SSHRCC Post-doctoral Fellow and Research Associate, Sessional lecturer.
1996-1997: Brock University, Sessional Lecturer.
Winter 1996: University of Waterloo, Sessional Lecturer.
1995-1996: University of Guelph, Visiting Assistant Professor.
Summer 1995: University of British Columbia, Sessional Lecturer.
Simon Fraser University, Sessional Lecturer.
Fall 1994-Summer 1995: University of British Columbia, Full-time Lecturer.
1993-1994: Queen’s University, Sessional Lecturer.
Education
Ph.D. (1994), Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario
Concentrations: International Relations; Comparative Politics of Developing Countries.
Dissertation: Atoms, Whales, and Rivers: Global Environmental Security and International Organization. Supervised by Dr. Charles Pentland, Queen’s University. External examiner Dr. Robert Boardman, Dalhousie University.
M.A. (1989), University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario
Concentrations: International Development; Canadian Government and Politics.
Thesis: Globalism and Canadian Responses to Apartheid. Supervised by Dr. Richard Little.
Hons. B.A. (1988), University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario
Major: Political Studies Minor: History
Grants and Scholarly Awards
(please see “Description of recent research results” at the end of this c.v.)
2007-2008 : A Question of Indictment : The International Criminal Court’s Strategic Dilemma and the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda. Internal Concordia Award, $3,000.
2002-2008: Centre de Études des Politiques Étrangères et de Securité (CEPES) Research Fellowship, UQUAM-Concordia, Total Awarded: $30,000
2004-2007: “La mise en oeuvre des conventions de Rio: conditions et perspectives d’un apprentissage collectif”, Principal investigator P. LePrestre, UQAM: Fondes de recherché sur la societe et la culture; total received: $146,092
2004: With Eric Abitbol: Peace and Conflict Resolution Series, Concordia University, Forum Series, “Globalized Conflict Transformation”, Feb-April, 2004: $7,750
2004: Special grant by Vice-Dean, Research, for research in Bosnia, Fall of 2004: $2,700
2001-2002: Canadian Foreign Policy and Human Security in the Mekong River Basin, General Research Fund Competition, SSHRCC/Concordia. Total awarded: $2,900
1999 - 2002: International Wildlife Conservation, Faculty Development Research Program, Concordia University. Total awarded: $16,200
1999 - 2002: The Foreign Policy of Wildlife Conservation, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Standard Research Grant. Total awarded: $36,374
August 2001: ACUNS/ASIL Summer Workshop, University of Namibia: “Children’s Rights and Humanitarian Intervention”; grant included airfare, accommodation and expenses in Namibia, estimated at $6,000
1998 -99: The International Politics of War Crimes Tribunals, General Development Research Program, Concordia University. Total awarded: $3,200
1997-98: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Total awarded: $28,000
1995: Marvin Gelber Essay Prize (best essay by a young scholar in the field of international relations) International Journal; Total awarded: $1,000
1990-94: Queen’s Dean’s Awards; Total Awarded: $ 4,000
1992-93: McLaughlin Fellowship, Queen’s University; Total awarded: $10,000
1991-92: Queen’s Graduate Scholarship; Total: $5,000
1990: Award of Distinction, M.A. Thesis, University of Guelph
Various years: Canadian Political Science Association Travel Grants.
Books, Authored/Co-authored/Co-edited:
(Note: authors are listed in alphabetical order; in each case, the research and writing workload was equally shared.)
E. Laferriere and P. Stoett, eds. International Ecopolitical Theory: Critical Reflections. Vancouver: UBC Press, 2006.
P. LePrestre and P. Stoett, eds., Bilateral Ecopolitics: Continuity and Change in Canadian-American Environmental Relations (London: Ashgate, 2006).
A. Sens and P. Stoett, Global Politics: Origins, Currents, Directions. Third Edition. Scarborough: ITP Nelson, 2005. (First Edition, 1998, Second Edition, 2001).
O.P. Dwivedi, P. Kyba, P. Stoett, and R. Thiessen. Sustainable Development and Canada: National and International Perspectives. Toronto: Broadview Press, 2001.
P. Stoett, Human and Global Security: An Exploration of Terms. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2000.
E. Laferriere and P. Stoett, International Relations Theory and Ecological Thought: Towards Synthesis. London: Routledge, 1999.
P. Stoett, The International Politics of Whaling. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 1997.
P. Stoett, Atoms, Whales, and Rivers: Global Environmental Security and International Organization. Commack, NY: Nova Science Publishers, 1995.
N. Basic and P. Stoett. Globalizacija I Sigurnost. Bihac, Bosnia: Pravni Fakultet, Univerzitet u Bihacu, 2006. Translated by N. Basic.
Books in Progress:
(contracts signed)
P. Stoett, Global Biosecurity: The International Politics of Denial, Fear, and Injustice. To be published by Broadview Press, 2008.
C. Gore and P. Stoett, eds., Local to Global: Environmental Politics in Canada and Beyond. To be published by Emond Montgomery Press, 2008.
Chapters in Edited Volumes:
P. Stoett, “Looking for Leadership in Canadian Climate Change Policy”, forthcoming (proofs received) in H. Selin and S. Vandeveer, Climate Change Policy in North America (Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press).
P. Stoett, “Environmental Security in Bosnia and the Balkans”, in M. Innes, ed., Bosnian Security After Dayton: New Perspectives (London: Routledge, 2006), 118-137.
P. Stoett, “Canadian International Environmental Security: Toward a Critical Perspective.” In C. Pentland, D. Haglund, and K. Nossal, eds., New Directions in Canadian International Security Studies (London: Oxford University Press, forthcoming).
J. Sanders and P. Stoett, “Fighting Extinction and Invasion: Transborder Conservation Efforts.” In P. LePrestre and P. Stoett, eds., Continental Ecopolitics: Canadian-American Relations and Environmental Policy (London: Ashgate, 2006), 157-178.
P. Stoett, “Mekong River Politics and Environmental Security.” In P. Harris, ed., Confronting Environmental Change in East and Southeast Asia: Ecopolitics, Foreign Policy, and Sustainable Development (London: Earthscan and United Nations University Press, 2005), 167-182
P. Stoett, “Wildlife Conservation: Institutional and Normative Considerations.” In N. Schrijver and F. Weiss, eds., International Law and Sustainable Development: Principles and Practice (Leiden, Netherlands: Martinus Nijhoff, 2004), 501-518.
P. Stoett, “Guilt by Association? Western Involvement in Transnational Crimes Against Humanity.” In H. Dumont and A-M Boisvert, La Voie Vers la Cour Pénale Internationale: Tous les Chemins Mènent à Rome (Montreal: Journees Maximilien-Caron, 2004), 407-432.
P. Stoett, “Shades of Complicity: Towards a Typology of Transnational Crimes Against Humanity.” In A. Jones, ed., Genocide, War Crimes and the West: History and Complicity (London: Zed Publications, 2004), 31-57. Also published as:
P. Stoett, “Schattierungen von Mittäterschaft: zur Typologie transnationaler Verbrechen gegen die Menschheit.” In A. Jones, ed., "Völkermord, Kriegsverbrechen und der Westen," trans.
Ulrike Seith, Petra Weber, and Alexis Rada (Berlin: Parthas Verlag GmbH, 2005), 41-68.
P. Stoett, “Geopolitics, Natural Resources, and Energy Security.” In L. Tchantouridze, ed., Geopolitics: Global Problems and Regional Concerns (Winnipeg: Centre for Defence and Security Studies, 2004), 63-74.
P. Stoett, "Democracy, Ecology, and Ecocide in Asia: Some Critical Reflections" J. Lele and F. Quadir, eds., Democracy and Civil Society in Asia: Volume 2: Democratic Transitions and Social Movements in Asia (NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004), 170-195.
P. Le Prestre and P. Stoett, “International Initiatives, Commitments, and Disappointments: Canada, CITES, and the CBD.” In K. Beazley and R. Boardman, eds., Politics of the Wild: Canada and Endangered Species (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001), 190-216.
P. Stoett, “Fishing for Norms: Foreign Policy and the Turbot Dispute of 1995.” In. R. Irwin, ed., Ethics and Security in Canadian Foreign Policy (Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 2001), 249-268.
P. Stoett, “Contemporary Understandings of Genocide: Concepts and Questions.” In Marnie McCuen, ed., The Genocide Reader: The Politics of Ethnicity and Extermination (Hudson, Wisconsin: McCuen, 2000), 8-18.
P. Stoett, “Mission Diplomacy or Arctic Haze? Canadian Foreign Policy and the Arctic Council.” In A Cooper and G. Hayes, eds., Worthwhile Initiatives? Canadian Mission-Oriented Diplomacy (Toronto: Irwin Press, 2000), 90-102.
P. Stoett, "Development, Geopolitics, and the Environmental Alteration of the Mekong." In J. Lele. and W. Tettey, ed., Asia - Who Pays for Growth? Women, Environment and Popular Movements (Aldershot: Dartmouth, 1996), 191-205.
P. Stoett, "African Environmental Problems, Policies, and Prospects: A Continental Overview." In O.P. Dwivedi and D.K. Vajpeyi, ed., Environmental Policies in Developing Countries: A Comparative Analysis (Westport: Greenwood, 1995), 109-124.
P. Stoett, "Environmental Crisis and Ecopolitics in Eastern Europe and Africa." In P. Dutkiewicz and B. Berman, ed., Crisis and Transformation (Kingston: Centre for International Relations, Queen's University, 1993), 144-154.
Articles in Scholarly (Refereed) Journals
P. Stoett. "Counter-Bioinvasion: Conceptual and Governance Challenges", in Environmental Politics 16:3 (2007), 433-452.
P. Stoett, “Of Whales and People: Normative Theory, Symbolism, and the International Whaling Commission.” Journal of International Wildlife Law and Policy, 8 (2005), 151-175.
P. Stoett, “Human Rights and Multiculturalism in Canada.” Taiwan International Studies Quarterly, 1:1 (2005), 131-140.
P. Stoett, “Toward Renewed Legitimacy? Nuclear Power, Global Warming and Security.” Global Environmental Politics, 3:1 (2003), 99-116.
P. Stoett, “The International Regulation of Trade and Wildlife: Institutional and Normative Considerations.” International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics 2:1 (2002), 195-210.
P. Stoett and S. Mulligan, “A Global Bioprospecting Regime: Partnership or Piracy?” International Journal, LV:2 (2000), 224-246.
P. Stoett, “Canadian Foreign Policy and Environmental Security: An Introduction”, in Environment and Security, 4 (2000), 31-40. Guest editor for this special edition.
P. Stoett and P. Teitelbaum, “The Hague Appeal for Peace Conference: Reflections on Civil Society and NGOs.” International Journal, Winter (1999-2000), 35-44.
P. Stoett, "Ecocide Revisited: Two Understandings", Environment and Security, 1:3 (1998), 85-102.
P. Stoett, "To Trade or Not to Trade? The African Elephant and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species." International Journal, LII:4 (1997), 567-575.
P. Stoett, "International Mechanisms for Addressing Migration." Canadian Foreign Policy 4:1 (1996), 111-138.
P. Stoett, "A Case of Misplaced Focus? Reforming the UN's Security Council." Canadian Foreign Policy, 3:3 (1995), 37-48.
P. Stoett, "This Age of Genocide: Conceptual and Institutional Implications."** International Journal, L:3 (1995), 594-618.
** Winner of the 1994/5 Marvin Gelber Essay Prize.
P. Stoett, "Redefining 'Environmental Refugees': Canada and the UNHCR." Canadian Foreign Policy, 2:3 (1995), 29-45.
P. Stoett, "Global Environmental Security, Energy Resources and Planning: A Framework and Application." Futures: The Journal of Forecasting, Planning and Policy, 26:7 (1994), 741-758.
P. Stoett, "The Environmental Enlightenment: Security Analysis Meets Ecology." Coexistence: A Review of East-West and Development Issues, 31 (1994),127-146.
P. Stoett, "Human Rights and Environmental Security: Globalist Thinking in Canadian Foreign Policy." Policy Options Politiques, 15: 5 (1994), 9-13.
P. Stoett, "International Politics and the Protection of Great Whales." Environmental Politics, 2:2 (1993), 277-302.
P. Stoett, “The Contemporary Salience of International Organization." International Insights, 9:1 (1993), 51-60.
P. Stoett, "Of Opportunity and Necessity: The United Nations Environmental Programme and the Functionalist Approach." International Insights, 6:1 (1990), 47-54.
Under review: “A Climatic Normative Catalyst: Climate Change and Global Environmental Justice”, with the Journal of Ethics and International Affairs.
Published Research and Occasional Papers
P. Stoett, “Environmental Security in Post-Dayton Bosnia and Herzegovina”, Occasional Paper/Notes de Recherches 29 (2005) for the Centre D’Etudes Des Politiques Etrangers et de Securite (CEPES), Montreal.
P. Stoett and D. Pretli. “Energy Security: A Vulnerability and Risk Analysis.” Occasional Paper/Notes de Recherches 22 (2003) for the Centre D’Etudes Des Politiques Etrangers et de Securite (CEPES), Montreal.
N. Basic and P. Stoett, “Terrorism Revisited: Definitions, Combative Strategies and the Role of Oil”, Research Papers of the Human Rights Conflict and Prevention Centre (University in Bihac), II:1-2, 2001, 227-238.
P. Stoett, “Human Rights, Multiethnicity, and Postwar Reconstruction.” Research Papers of the Human Rights Conflict Prevention Centre (University in Bihac), 2000, pp.23-28. Condensed version published as “Bosnia izmedu vizije i realnosti” in the Bosnian weekly, Unsko-Sanske novine (Sarejevo), Dec. 3, 1999.
Papers/Speeches Presented at Scholarly Conferences
“Adaptation to Climate Change and Global Justice: An Empirical and a Normative Evaluation.” Presented to the International Studies Association Annual Meeting, February, 2007, Chicago.
“Bioinvasion and International Relations: From Ecopolitical Theory to Policy Development.” Presented to the International Studies Association Annual Meeting, March, 2006, San Diego.
“Post-conflict Environmental Security in the Balkans.” Paper written for presentation to the Annual Conference of the Canadian Political Science Association, June 2005; attendance cancelled due to family illness, but paper submitted.
“Reformative Minimalism and the Crises of Multilateralism: the Report of the UN High-level Panel on Threats, Challenges, and Change.” Presented to the Eighth Annual Peacebuilding and Human Security Consultations, Department of Foreign Affairs, Ottawa, Canada, Jan. 19-20, 2005.
“Canada’s Multicultural Experience.” Keynote speech delivered to the Conference on Understanding Canadian Politics, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Nov. 6, 2004.
“Canada and International Biosecurity.” Author’s Workshop: Securing Canada in an Uncertain World. Centre for International and Security Studies, York University, Toronto, June 15-16, 2004.
“Ecosecurity in the Canadian Foreign Policy Field.” Presented to Queen’s Centre for International Relations, “Canada and the New Security Agenda Conference”, Royal Military College of Canada, June 5-6, 2003.
“Shades of Complicity: Towards a Typology of Transnational Crimes Against Humanity.” Presented to the Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice’s “The Canadian Highway to the International Criminal Court” Conference, Montreal, May 1-2. 2003.
“Rethinking the Pillars of Canadian Foreign Policy.” Speech to the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Parliament of Canada, Ottawa, March 2003.
“Of Whales and People: Normative Theory, Symbolism, and the International Whaling Commission.” Presented to the 44th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, Portland, February 2003.
“Ecopolitics, Resources, and Geopolitics.” Presented to the Annual International Invited Speaker Conference, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, January 2003.
“Towards Compromise on the Local-Global Nexus: CITES and Cultural Values.” Presented to the 43rd Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, New Orleans, March 2002.
“A Typology of Complicity in Crimes Against Humanity.” Presented to the Montreal Institute for Genocide Studies, Annual Speaker Series, Montreal, February 2002.
“The CITES Regime: Legal and Conceptual Implications.” Presented to the International Law Association, International Law and Sustainable Development, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Nov. 28th -Dec.3rd, 2001.
“CITES and the International Regulation of Trade in Wildlife: Universal Necessity or Cultural Imperialism?” Presented to the Annual Conference of the Canadian Society for Ecological Economics”, McGill University, August 2001.
“Humanitarian Intervention and Children’s Rights.” Presented to the 2001 ACUNS/ASIL summer workshop in Namibia, Africa, August 2001.
“Environmental Security: Linkages, Progress, and Setbacks.” Presented to the Eighth Annual York Centre for International and Security Studies, York University, February 2001.
“Ecocide in Asia: Critical Reflections.” Presented to the Conference on Democracy and Civil Society in Asia, Queen’s University, August 2000.
“International Relations and the Metropolis: The re-emergence of the City-State System?” Presentation for the ‘Symposium on Globalization and the Metropolis”, GIRE-IRGE, Concordia University, Montreal, April 2000.
“Refugee Movements: Implications for Security.” Presented to the Georgia Tech. Symposium on Human Rights Challenges, May 1999.
With Eric Laferriere, “IR Theory and Ecology.” Presented to the International Studies Association annual conference, Washington, D.C., March 1999; and to the Society for Human Ecology annual conference, Montreal, May 1999.
"Canada's Circumpolar Initiative: the Arctic Council and Global Environmental Policy." Paper presented at the Canadian Foreign Policy and Mission Diplomacy Conference, University of Waterloo, February 1998.
"Fishing for Norms: Canadian Global Environmental Obligations and the Turbot Dispute." Paper presented at the Canadian Defence and International Security Seminar Series, York University, November 1997.
With Eric Laferrière, "Escaping Modernity? International Relations Theory and the Ecological Crisis." Presented to the 1996 Annual Meeting of the Canadian Political Science Association, Brock University, June 1996.
"Multilateralism and Migration." Presented to the Symposium on Migration Issues sponsored by Citizenship and Immigration Canada/Foreign Affairs International Trade, Ottawa, June 1996.
"Peacekeeping in Troubled Times." Presented to the United Nations at Fifty Teach-In Conference at the University of Waterloo, October 1995.
"The Agony of UN Reform." Presented to the Symposium on "The UN at Fifty", sponsored by the UN Association of Canada and Veterans Affairs, Canada, Simon Fraser University, January 1995.
"Environmental Refugees: Conceptual Problems and International Mitigation." Presented to the Canadian Political Science Association, Calgary, Alberta, June 1994.
"Canadian-European Security Relations: Environmental Dimensions." Presented to the Canadian Foreign Policy Conference, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada, January 1994.
"Regional International Organization: Southeast Asia's Mekong River Politics." Presented to the "Asia in the 1990s: Meeting and Making A New World" Conference, Queen's University, Kingston, October 1993.
"The Environmental Enlightenment: Security Analysis Meets Ecology.", Presented to the Canadian Political Science Association, Ottawa, June 5, 1993.
"A Short Survey of Sustainable Development Prospects in Africa." Presented to the Canadian Political Science Association Roundtable on Sustainable Development, Carleton University, Ottawa, June 6, 1993.
"The Political Determinants of Ecological Crises: Environmental Degradation and Policy in Contemporary Africa.", Presented to Studies in National and International Development seminar series, Queen's, Oct. 1, 1992.
"International Organization and Normative Transition: The Death of Whaling and the Survival of the Whale." Presented to the Canadian Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Prince Edward Island, June 1992.
"Comparative Ecopolitics in the Periphery: Eastern Europe and Africa." Presented to the "Crisis and Transformation: Africa and Eastern Europe" Conference, Kingston, April, 1992.
"Competing Perspectives of World Politics: Environmental Crises and Global Security." Presented to the 5th Conference on the United Nations and Peace, Victoria, B.C., February 1992.
Multiple Book Review Essays
“Canadian Defence and Security Policy: Recent Literature”, International Journal of Canadian Studies, Vol. 22, fall 2000, pp.217-224.
“Environment, poverty conflict and the concept of Environmental security”, Environmental Change and Security Project Report (Woodrow Wilson Centre for International Studies, Washington), 2, Spring 1996, 95-96.
"North-South and Global Ecology", The Environmentalist, 1996.
"Science and Global Environmental Politics", The Environmentalist, 1996.
"Middle East Water and Regional Relations", The Journal of Conflict Studies, XV:2, 1995, 150-153.
“Two Worlds on One World's Future.", Alternatives: Perspectives on Society, Technology and Environment, 21:2, 1995, 39-41.
“Cities: to Love or to Loathe?”, Environmental Politics, 3:2, 1994, 339-342.
Book Reviews
Gonzalez, George. A. The Politics of Air Pollution: Urban Growth, Ecological Modernization, and Symbolic Inclusion (Albany: State University of New York Press, 2005). Perspectives on Political Science, 34:5 (2005), 222-223.
M. Howes, Politics and the Environment: Risk and the Role of Government and Industry (Earthscan: London, 2005). Natural Resources Forum 30 (2006), 83-84.
P. Nel and J. van der Westhuizen, eds. Democratizing Foreign Policy? Lessons From South Africa (Lanham: Lexington, 2004), in Politikon 32:1 (2005), 166-167.
R. Eckersley, The Green State: Rethinking Democracy and Sovereignty (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2004). In Perspectives on Political Science, 33:4 (2004), 248-249.
J. F. DiMento, The Global Environment and International Law (Oxford University Press, 2003), Perspectives on Political Science, fall, 2003, 240.
R. Paehlke, Democracy’s Dilemma: Environment, Social Equity, and the Global Economy (Cambridge: MIT Press, 2003), in Canadian Journal of Political Science, forthcoming.A.
Price-Smith, The Health of Nations (Cambridge: MIT Press, 2001), in Perspectives on Political Science, winter, 2003, 53.
W. Lafferty and J. Meadowcroft, Implementing Sustainable Development: Strategies and Initiatives in High Consumption Societies, (Oxford UP: 2000), in International Political Science Association newsletter, January 2002.
Darst, Smokestack Diplomacy: Cooperation and Conflict in East-West Environmental Politics (Cambridge: MIT Press, 2001), in Canadian Journal of Political Science.
N. Riemer, ed., Protection Against Genocide: Mission Impossible? (Westport, Connecticut: Praeger, 2000), International Journal, 2001.
W. Nordhaus, ed. Economics and Policy Issues in Climate Change (Resources for the Future, 1998), in Environment and Security, 3:4, 2000, pp.179-180.
W. Fisher, ed., Toward Sustainable Development? Struggling Over India's Narmada River (Armonk:M.E. Sharpe, 1995), in Environment and Security, 1998, 1:3, pp.168-169.
L. Brown, et. al, State of the World 1995 (London: Earthscan, 1995); and L. Kaufman and K. Mallory, ed., The Last Extinction, Second Edition (Cambridge: MIT,1993); Environment and Security, 2, 1998.
I. Bellany, The Environment in World Politics: Exploring the Limits (Brookfield,: Edward Edgar, 1997),in Environmental Politics, 7:1, 1998, p.262.
F. Wargos, Our Children's Toxic Legacy: How Science and Law Fail to Protect us from Pesticides (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1996), in Perspectives on Political Science, 26:4, Fall 1997, pp.2249-50.
M. Renner, Fighting for Survival: Environmental Decline, Social Conflict, and the New Age of Insecurity (Worldwatch, 1996), in Environmental Change and Security Project Report, Spring 1997, p. 126.
M. Tobias, World War III: Population and the Biosphere at the End of the Millennium (Sante Fe, New Mexico: Bear and Company Publishing, 1994); in Otherwise: The Earth Pledge Foundations Book Review: Exploring Sustainable Development 1:4, nov-dec 1996 and published on the internet at http://www.earthpledge.org.
K. Conca, M. Alberty, and G. Dabelko, eds., Green Planet Blues: Environmental Politics From Stockholm to Rio (Boulder: Westview, 1995), in International Journal, LI:2, 1996, pp.365-366.
J. De Bardeleben and J. Hannigan, Environmental Security and Quality After Communism: Eastern Europe and the Soviet Successor States (Westview, 1995), in The Canadian Journal of Political Science, XXIX:2, 1996.
W. Sachs, ed., Global Ecology: A New Arena of Political Conflict (London: Zed, 1993), in Environmental Values, 5:1, 1996, pp.92-93.
T. Brenton, The Greening of Machiavelli: The Evolution of International Environmental Politics (London: Earthscan, 1994), in Futures: The Journal of Forecasting, Planning and Policy, 28, 1996, pp. 97-98.
R. Mitchell, Intentional Oil Pollution at Sea: Environmental Policy and Treaty Compliance (Cambridge, MIT: 1994), in Illahee: Journal for the Northwest Environment, 11:3-4, 1995, pp.218-220.
R. Stevens, The Trail: A History of the Ho Chi Minh Trail and the Role of Nature in the War in Viet Nam (New York: Garland, 1993), Environmental History Review: An International Journal of History and the Humanities, 1995.
J-.J. Salomon and A. Lebeau, Mirages of Development: Science and Technology for the Third Worlds (Boulder and London: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1993), in Canadian Journal of Development Studies, XV: 3 1994, pp. 461-462.
S. Sarkar, Green Alternative Politics in West Germany, Two Volumes (Tokyo: United Nations University Press, 1993), Natural Resources Forum: A United Nations Journal, 18:4, 1994, pp.308-309.
R. Mikesell, Economic Development and the Environment: A Comparison of Sustainable Development with Conventional Development Economics (London: Mansell, 1992), in the review article "Saving a Sick Paradigm or Articulating a New One?", Futures: The Journal of Forecasting, Planning and Policy, December 1993, pp.1111-1112.
M. Barber and G. Ryder, ed., Damming the Three Gorges: What Dam Builders Don't Want You to Know (Toronto: Probe International Earthscan, 1992), in Earthkeeper: Canada's Environmental Magazine, 4:2, 1993, pp.35-36.
J. Brown and G. Porter, Global Environmental Politics (Boulder: Westview, 1991), in International Journal, XLVII:4, 1992, pp.853-854.
Other Publications
P. Stoett, “Biosecurity: the next public policy imperative for Canada and the world”, Policy Options Politiques 26:2 (2006), 24-30.
Report: `Whaling: Confrontations Continue’, Environmental Politics 8:2,1999, 153-156.
Report: `The International Whaling Commission: From Traditional Concerns to an Expanding Agenda.’ Environmental Politics 4:1, 1995, 130-135.
Report: `The IWC: Holding Firm on Whaling." Sea Wind: Bulletin of Ocean Voice International, 7:1, 1993, 22-23.
"Senate Reform: Elect Senators By Proportional Representation.", Policy Options Politiques, 12:2,1991, 13-15.
"South Africa: We Cannot Continue to Talk One Way and Act Another." Policy Options Politiques, 11:4,1990, 23.
Also: feature newspaper articles on political commentary, wildlife conservation, and North-South relations, and short stories.
Recent Conference Participation
The Euro: The History, Influence, and perception of the New European Currency. Concordia University/Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany. Moderator. Montreal, April 3, 2006.
Canadian Association for Security and Intelligence Studies, invited Chair, October 20-22, 2005; Roundtable Discussion on Canadian transportation security issues, October 19, 2005.
Human Security Consortium. Department of Foreign Affairs, Ottawa, Jan. 18-20 2005.
Semi-annual Meeting, Environmental Steering Committee for Bosnia-Herzegovina, Banja Luka, Sept. 21, 2004.
71st Conference of the International Law Association, Berlin, 16-21 August 2004. Participated in deliberations of the Water Resource Law Committee.
International Studies Association 45th Annual Convention, April 2004, Montreal.
Workshop on HIV/AIDS and Canadian Foreign Policy. North-South Institute and Ministry of Health Canada, Ottawa, March 7-9, 2004.
Searching for Justice: Counteracting Hate, Torture, and Crimes Against Humanity. Co-hosted by WOIPFG and InCAT, Concordia University, Montreal, June 19 2004.
ACUNS and DFAIT Consortium on Responses to the Iraqi Crisis, Department of Foreign Affairs, Ottawa, Jan. 2003.
Canada - United-States Environmental Relations: From Bilateral Conflicts to Global Alliance? Co-organizer. Montreal, November 15, 2002.
Tri-national Conference on Wildlife Enforcement Activities, Commission on Environmental Cooperation, NAFTA, Washington D.C., Feb. 2002.
Convenor of two Roundtables, “International Relations Theory and Environmentalism” and “Canadian Foreign Policy and the Environment”, International Political Science Association Meeting, Quebec City, August 2000.
Roundtable on Canadian policy options related to Nigeria, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Ottawa, Feb. 1998.
National Forum on Canada's International Relations, Plenary Session on Indigenous Peoples, Migration and Refugees, Waterloo, Ontario, June 1997.
Distance Education/Open Learning Course Design
1998: Internet course, Poli 298I, Contemporary Issues in International Relations, designed for Concordia University; redesigned in 2005 as Moodle Course under title of POLI 215.
1995-97: Internet course, 78-1500, World Politics, designed for University of Guelph
1996: Distance education manual for Comparative Politics, co-authored with Dr. Bill Graf, University of Guelph, for Athabasca University
1994: Distance education manual for International Organization, Queen’s University
Service to Concordia University
- June 1st, 2005 – present: Chairperson, Department of Political Science
- Member of University Senate, June 1st, 2006 to present.
- SSHRCC Master’s students grant Evaluation Board, June 2003, December 2004.
- Department Personnel Committee, 2004
- Ph.D. Programme Development Committee, 2001-present
- International Relations Hiring Committee, 2001-present
- Graduate Council, fall 2000-2003
- Graduate Council, Steering Committee, beginning fall 2001
- Environmental Health and Safety Officer, 2001-present
- Faculty Tribunal Pool Member, 2001-to present
- Departmental Representative, Urban Studies Program
Committee 2000-present
- First Alternate Part-Time Hiring Committee, 2000-2001
- Research Committee (GRF) and other competitions, 1999-
2000
- Workload Committee (member and alternate), 1999-2000
Service to the Academic Community and Volunteer Work
Guest Editor, Special Issue on: “Environmental conflict and security revisited: Examining multilevel interactions and responses to environmental degradation”; International Journal of Global Environmental Issues. Issue not released due to inadequate submissions.
2002-present: Reviewer of several SSHRC applications.
2004-Present: Advisory Board, McGill International Review
May-September 2003: Member of the jury to select the top Canadian book, Aid to Scholarly Publishing Programme, SSHRCC.
June 2003: Killam Research Grant application evaluator
December 2002: SSHRCC Grant Evaluator
December 2002: SSHRCC Aid to Scholarly Publication Programme manuscript evaluator
July 2001-July 2003: Board of Directors, Canadian Human Rights Foundation, Montreal, Quebec.
2000-Present: Member of the Scientific Council, Human Rights and Conflict Prevention Centre, Faculty of Law, University in Bihac, Bosnia and Herzegovina; co-editor of publication series or research papers.
2000-present: Research Fellow, CEPES, UQUAM-Concordia joint research centre, sponsored by: Department of National Defense and FCAR.
2000-present: Board of Directors, Montreal Institute for Genocide Studies, Concordia University.
2000-Present: Admissions Board, Diploma in Environmental Impact Assessment, Department of Geography, Concordia University.
1998-present: Faculty Advisor, Model United Nations Student Club University of Guelph 1996-97, and Concordia University.
Summer 2000: Evaluated a Proposal for a $300,000 grant with the Office of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA.
Dec. 20, 1998: Completed a 6-hour introductory course in UCS Work Description Writing.
1999-2001: Member, Research Ethics Committee for Arts and Sciences, McGill University.
1996: Contributor to a development project proposal assisting visually impaired youth in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
1995: Consultant to the Feannex Foundation, a developing women's information Internet network with international connections.
October 1993: Conference Co-Coordinator, "Asia in the 1990's: Meeting and Making a New World", Queen's University.
1992-3: Tutor, Prison Literacy Initiative, Frontier College, Kingston, Ontario.
Ongoing: - Book review co-ordinator for global environmental issues for International Journal, Canadian Institute for International Affairs.
- Editorial board member, International Wildlife Law and Policy
- Reviewer of articles for the following journals: International Journal, Environmental Politics, Canadian Journal of Development Studies, Cambridge Review of International Affairs, International Journal of Canadian Studies, Environment and Security, Global Environmental Politics, International Journal of Peace Studies, International Journal of Canadian Studies, The Pacific Review, Review of International Relations, Global Governance, European Journal of International Relations, Journal of Peacebuilding and Development, Natural Resources and Energy
Reviewer of book proposals for Ashgate, McGraw-Hill, Nelson Canada, University of Toronto Press, McClelland, Routledge, Palgrave, and the Aid to Scholarly Publishing Program (SSHRCC)
External, PhD Committee: W. Kaniaru, “From Scarcity to Security: Water as a Potential Factor for Conflict and Co-operation in Southern Africa”, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, April 18, 2002.
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