Four New Senior Fellows Join the CIC

The Canadian International Council (CIC) is pleased to announce that four new experts will be joining the 2017-2018 class of CIC fellows. Fernando Chinchilla, an expert in conflict resolution, pacification processes and democratization processes, will contribute to the research program Real & Imagined Security Threats in an Uncertain World as a Senior Fellow. He has been an Associate Professor at the Department of International Relations and Political Science (UDLAP) since January 2017.

Huma Haider, an expert in transitional justice, coexistence and reconciliation, conflict dynamics, and diaspora relations, will contribute to the research program Real & Imagined Security Threats in an Uncertain World as a Senior Fellow. She is an independent researcher and has consulted for a wide range of bilateral and multilateral agencies (including the British Department for International Development, the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the OECD, UNDP, World Bank, and Open Society Foundation).

Melinda Jacobs, an expert in emergent technologies, cybersecurity, automation, and inequality, will contribute to the research program Global Populism, Protectionism & Polarisation as a Senior Fellow. She is an entrepreneur and social innovator, and is the co-founder of Lucent Sky, an application security vendor based in San Francisco, and Taipei, Taiwan.

David Mozersky, an expert in conflict resolution, climate change and renewable energy, will contribute to the research program Real & Imagined Security Threats in an Uncertain World as a Senior Fellow. He is the co-founder of Energy Peace Partners. He has been involved in peace building and conflict prevention work since 2001, with a specific interest in mediation and peace processes.