Scholars
Andrew Heffernan
University of Ottawa
Based in
Canada
North America
Andrew Heffernan holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Ottawa where he is a part-time professor specializing in International Relations and comparative politics. He is also a postdoctoral fellow with the Digital Policy Hub at the Centre for International Governance Innovation. His major research interests include African politics, global environmental governance, climate change misinformation and disinformation, community-based conservation, and the politics of food. Andrew is also active in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning which he is continuously publishing on, presenting on at academic conferences, as well as implementing in his teaching in university classes. He has published with Palgrave MacMillan Environmental Management, Development Review, the Journal of Southern African Studies, Sport in Society, Canadian Journal of Political Science, and International Studies among others. Andrew is President of ISA-Canada and Vice-Chair of the African Studies Association’s Emerging Scholar Network.
Country(ies) of Specialty
Botswana Canada NamibiaFocus areas of expertise
Climate policy and politics Agriculture Social MediaPublications
Books and book chapters
Heffernan, Andrew. The Global Politics of Local Conservation: Climate Change and Resource Governance in Namibia. Palgrave MacMillan. May 2023.
Katz-Rosene, Ryan, Andrew Heffernan & Anil Arora “Animals, Plants, and Laboratories, oh my! Perspectives on Sustainable Protein Transition” in eds David Szanto, Amanda Di Battista, and Irene Knezevic. Food Studies: Mater, Meaning, Movement. April 2022.
Articles
Heffernan, Andrew & Michael Murphy “A Quantum Model of Climate Change? Insights from Community-Based Natural Resource Management in Namibia” Asian Journal of Comparative Politics. July 2023.
Katz-Rosene, Ryan, Andrew Heffernan & Anil Arora “Protein pluralism and food systems transition: A review of sustainable protein meta-narratives” Development Review. January 2023.
Murphy, Michael, Andrew Heffernan, Caroline Dunton, & Amelia Arsenault. “The Disciplinary Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Political Science and International Relations: Methods, Topics, and Impact” International Politics. January 2023.
Heffernan, Andrew, Michael Murphy & Doug Yearwood
“Can Active Leaning be Asynchronous? Implementing Online Peer Review Assignments in Undergraduate Political Science and International Relations Courses” European Political Science. April 2022.
Katz-Rosene, Ryan & Andrew Heffernan “Age of Disruption: How Ecological Breakdown Could Slow Globalization” Balsillie Papers. March 2022.
Heffernan, Andrew “Panaceans, Utilitarians, and Skeptics: A Review of Three Decades of Community-Based Natural Resource Management in Namibia” Journal of Namibian Studies. May 2022. 31, 55-77.
Heffernan, Andrew “Accounting for Climate Change in CBNRM: Consumptive vs. ‘non-Consumptive’ Conservation in Namibia” Journal of Southern African Studies. May 2022.
Heffernan, Andrew “Development, Conservation,
Empowerment: The Trilemma of Community-Based Natural Resource Management in Namibia” Environmental Management. December 2021.
Arsenault, Amelia, Andrew Heffernan & Michael Murphy “What is the Role of Graduate Student Journals in the Publish-or-Perish Academic? Three Lessons from Three Editors-in-Chief” International Studies. January 2021.
Murphy, Michael & Andrew Heffernan “Assessing Three Elements of “Canadian” International Relations: Cox and Nossal Revisited” Canadian Journal of Political Science. November 2020.
Heffernan, Andrew “Paralympic Assemblages as a Lens for Globalizing International Relations” Sport in Society. Vol 25 no. 1. June 2020.
Heffernan, Andrew “The Official Discourse of the Moroccan Authorities and Their Allies in the Greening of Their Public Policies: Modernization of Authoritarianism, International Insertion and the Fight Against Climate Change” Relaciones Internacionales. no. 42, 2019: 157-174.
Heffernan, Andrew “Africanizing the State: Globalizing the Discipline” Nokoko. Vol. 7 2019: 203 218.
Web-based publications
Heffernan, Andrew “The Climate Policy Crisis: Governing Disinformation in the Digital Age” Centre for International Governance Innovation. 2024.
Heffernan, Andrew and Michael P.A. Murphy” Climate Change and Canadian Security: A Growing Imperative” Centre for International Policy Studies Expert Blog. March, 2024.
Dubrow, Geoff, Andrew Heffernan, and Michele Robinson “Revitalizing the UNCTAD Principles on Responsible Sovereign Lending and Borrowing” UNCTAD. 2022.
Heffernan, Andrew & Ryan Katz-Rosene “Between Promise and Peril: Can Fake Meat Save the Planet?” Blue Knight Review. 2021.
Heffernan, Andrew “The Recovery Summit: How to Build Back Better” The Recovery Project. September, 2020. In collaboration with The Recovery Project.
Heffernan, Andrew & Helaina Gaspard “Notes from the Recovery Summit: It’s Time to Raise Our Eyes” Policy Magazine. September, 2020.
Heffernan, Andrew “Sustainability and COVID-19” The Recovery Project. September, 2020. In collaboration with The Recovery Project.
Heffernan, Andrew “Democratic Institutions and COVID-19” The Recovery Project. September, 2020. In collaboration with The Recovery Project.
Gaspard, Helaina with contributions by Sahir Khan, Azfar ali Khan, Mostafa Askari, Aimeric Atsin, Vivian Liu, and Alex reeves as well as research assistants Laura Fernz, Jordan White, Andrew Heffernan, Nicholas Dahir, Kyra Carmichael, and Jan Kurman with administrative support from Kim Paquet “Funding First Nations Child and family services (FNCFS): A performance budget approach to well-being” Institute of Fiscal Studies and Democracy. August 2020.
Heffernan, Andrew “Germany’s Data Driven Recovery Approach” The Recovery Project. June, 2020. In collaboration with The Recovery Project.
Heffernan, Andrew “Why COVID-19 will not be ‘good’ for the environment” E-International Relations. April, 2020
Heffernan, Andrew “Community-Based Natural Resource Management and Global Climate Change in Namibia” E-International Relations. April, 2020
Heffernan, Andrew “The Globality of Community-Based Natural Resource Management in Namibia” Centre for International Policy Studies Blog. March, 2020
Katz-Rosene, Ryan, Andrew Heffernan & Anil Arora “The Future of Protein: Nourishing the World Sustainably Policy and Information Package” The Future of Protein. January, 2020.
Heffernan, Andrew & Rita Abrahamsen “Sustainable Development and Good Governance Through Responsible Natural Resource Development” IMPACT 2019. August, 2019.
Book reviews
Heffernan, Andrew “Book review: Beyond History: African Agency in Development, Diplomacy, and Conflict Resolution” edited by Elijah Nyaga Munyi, David Mwambari, and Alexis Ylönen African Affairs. Vol. 120, 479. April 2021.
Heffernan, Andrew and Carolyn Steel. (2020) “Book Review: Sitopia: How Food Can Save the World” Chatto & Windus, London, UK. Agriculture and Human Values. February, 2021.
Heffernan, Andrew and Selcer, Perrin. “The Postwar Origins of the Global Environment: How the United Nations Built Spaceship Earth” International Affairs. Vol 95 2019; 1183
Heffernan, Andrew and Amteika, Alexa. “Culture, Democracy, and Development in Africa” Canadian Journal of African Studies. 2019: 1-2