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Our Fellows

Centre for Military, Security and Strategic Studies

About CMSS research fellowships

The Centre for Military, Security, and Strategic Studies (CMSS) offers research fellowships for a six-month period wherein recipients are awarded research funds during the Fall or Winter semester and are expected to work on a research project within one of the specific CMSS research themes. Research fellows are expected to engage with and develop the Centre’s research profile. Fellowships will rotate to ensure thematic representation, and are only available for University of Calgary Faculty. 

Fellowship competition opens in Winter term, and adjudication completes by May. For more information, please contact the director.

Current fellows

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Robert Huebert

Director

Research interests:

Maritime Security, Circumpolar Relations, Canadian Foreign Policy

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Timothy Stapleton

Graduate Program Director

Research interests:

African Military History

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David J. Bercuson

Research interests:

Canadian Defence & Foreign Policy, Canadian Military History, WWII

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Jean-Christophe Boucher

Research interests: 

Foreign Policy Analysis, Canadian Foreign and Defence Policy, Conflict Analysis, Computational Social Science

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Ian R. Brodie

Research interests:

Political Economy, Defence, and Foreign Policy

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Gavin Cameron

Research interests:

Terrorism

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Paul Chastko

Research interests:

Energy Security Policy, Petroleum Industry

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Beau Cleland

Research interests:

International Relations, U.S. Military History, Strategic 

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Barry Cooper

Research interests:

Canadian Politics, War & Interpretation, Political Philosophy

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Matthew Croombs

Research interests:

Documentary film, political modernism, and anti-colonialism.

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John R. Ferris

Research interests:

Diplomatic, Intelligence & Military History

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Erin Gibbs Van Brunschot

Research interests:

Violence, Crime, Risk

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Maureen Hiebert

Research interests:

Law and Armed Conflict; Autonomous Weapons and Enhanced Soldiers; Atrocity Crimes; Human Rights

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Alexander A. Hill

Research interests:

Soviet Military, Naval & Strategic History

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William Holden

Research interests: 

Memoryscapes, mining as a development strategy, insurgency/ counterinsurgency warfare, performative violence.

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Thomas Patrick Keenan

Research interests:

Computer Security, Social implications of Technology

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David B. Marshall

Research interests:

Conventional & Unconventional Warfare & Conflict

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Michael Nesbitt

Michael Nesbitt

Research interests:

Criminal Law, National Security Law and Policy, Anti-terrorism law, Autonomous Sanctions

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Pablo Policzer

Research interests:

Latin America, Violent Conflict, and Governance

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Frank Stahnisch

Research interests: 

Biothreats, Medical Preparedness & Epidemics, Soldier's Health & Welfare

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Elizabeth Steyn

Research interests:

Mining law, critical minerals, business and human rights, space and deep-sea mining

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Terry Terriff

Research interests:

US security, & defence policy, US Military, Transatlantic Security Relations

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Frank Towers

Research interests:

U.S. Military and Political History

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Glenn Wilkinson

Research interests:

Modern British History, Military History, and Film History

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David Wright

Research interests:

Diplomacy & Warfare in Imperial China

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Saulesh Yessenova

Research Interests:

Political and environmental anthropology, historical anthropology, post-nuclear politics and societies.

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Former Fellows

  • Andrew Andersen, University of Victoria 
  • Robert (Bob) Bergen
  • Augustine Brannigan, Sociology, University of Calgary 
  • Pat Brennan, History, University of Calgary
  • Conny Davidsen, Geography, University of Calgary 
  • Dianne Draper, Geography, University of Calgary 
  • Maureen Duffy, Law, University of Calgary 
  • Hrach Gregorian, American University 
  • Irving Hexham, Classics and Religion, University of Calgary
  • Bernd Horn, Royal Military College of Canada 
  • Paul Stortz, History, University of Calgary 
  • Hendrik Kraay, History, University of Calgary  
  • Whitney Lackenbauer, St. Jerome's University 
  • Lara Olsen
  • James Parker, Art, University of Calgary 
  • David Perry, Canadian Global Affairs Institute
  • Karla Poewe, Anthropology, University of Calgary 
  • Stephen Randall, History, University of Calgary 
  • Dennis Rempe, CALC Engineering
  • Jean-Sebastian Rioux, School of Public Policy
  • Josephine Smart, Anthropology & Archaeology, University of Calgary 
  • Emily Spencer, Royal Military College of Canada 
  • Chui-Lung Tam, Geography, University of Calgary 

Emeritus Fellows

  • Holger Herwig, History, University of Calgary 
  • James Keeley, Political Science, University of Calgary 
  • Jack Granatstein, York University 
  • Cooper Langford, Chemistry, University of Calgary