Fen Osler Hampson

Fen Osler Hampson, FRSC, DSL is currently Chancellor’s Professor and Professor of International Affairs at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University. He is Co-chair of the Expert Group on Canada-US Relations (with the Hon. Perrin Beatty). He also serves as President of the World Refugee & Migration Council and was the Director of the Global Commission on Internet Governance (GCIG), which was chaired by former Swedish Prime Minister, Carl Bildt.

Professor Hampson holds a Ph.D. from Harvard University where he also received his A.M. degree. He also holds an MSc. (Econ.) degree (with distinction) from the London School of Economics and a B.A. (Hon.) from the University of Toronto. He has been a visiting professor at Georgetown University and a visiting fellow at The New Institute in Hamburg, Germany. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Trinity College, University of Toronto in 2025.

He served as Director of The Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University, from 2002-2012. He has served as a consultant to Global Affairs Canada, the Governments of Finland and Tanzania, and the United States Institute of Peace.

A Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, he is the author or co-author of 16 books and editor or co-editor of 34 other volumes. In addition, he has written more than 100 articles and book chapters on international affairs. His recent books include Grand Corruption: Curbing Kleptocracy Globally, The Two Michaels: Innocent Canadian Captives and High Stakes Espionage in the US-China Cyber War, Braver Canada: Shaping Our Destiny in a Precarious World and Diplomacy and the Future of World Order.

He is the recipient of several major awards, including the 2018 Distinguished Peace Scholar Award from the International Studies Association, the 2022 Distinguished Scholar Award of the Canada section of the International Studies Association (which is awarded every two years), a Research and Writing Award from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and a Jennings Randolph Peace Fellowship from the United States Institute of Peace.

He is a frequent commentator and contributor in the national and international media. His articles have appeared in The Washington Post, The Globe and Mail, Foreign Policy Magazine, Foreign Affairs, the National Post, iPolitics and elsewhere. He is a frequent commentator on the BBC, CBC, CTV, and Global news networks.