Janice Gross Stein (born 1943) is a

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political scientist and international relations expert. Stein is a specialist in

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area studies; negotiation theory; foreign policy decision-making; and international conflict management. She was the founding director of the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy at the University of Toronto, where she is a professor.

Life and career

Stein holds degrees from

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(undergraduate and doctoral), and

Yale University Yale University is a Private university, private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Sta ...

(master's). She has been a professor at the

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since 1982, and was named a University Professor in 1996. Stein is a specialist in

area studies; negotiation theory; foreign policy decision-making; and international conflict management, on which she has lectured at the Centre for National Security Studies in Ottawa and at the

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. Stein is the founder and former director of the

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at the

and Associate Chair and Belzberg Professor of Conflict Management and Negotiation within the University of Toronto's

political science Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and la ...

department. Stein has been considered the central figure in making the Munk School a go-to-place for international affairs in

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. She has also been referred to as an academic entrepreneur. Following the end of her directorship at the Munk School, Stein became the senior presidential advisor on international initiatives to the University of Toronto President, Meric Gertler. Stein is a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and an Honorary Foreign Member of the

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. Other organizational affiliations and memberships include: * National Academy of Sciences' Workshop on Middle East Negotiations and the Committee on International Conflict Resolution * Advisory Group on Cross-Cultural Negotiation *

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* American Association for the Advancement of Science's

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* Chair, International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development

* Board Member,

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Honours

Stein was selected to give the 2001 Massey Lecture. She was awarded the

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by the

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for an outstanding contribution by a social scientist to public debate, was awarded a Trudeau Fellow in 2003. She is also the winner of the Mershon Prize for an outstanding contribution to public education on issues of national security. She has been awarded Honorary

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by the

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, the University of Cape Breton and

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, as well as

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. In 2006, she was made a Member of the

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. In 2007, she was awarded the

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Publications and commentary

Janice Stein was a long-time member of the foreign affairs panel on the

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television programs ''

Studio 2 ''Studio 2'' was a daily (weeknights) current affairs newsmagazine on TVOntario in Ontario, Canada. The show won several Gemini Awards, and was hosted by Steve Paikin and Paula Todd (who replaced original co-host Mary Hynes in the show's third ...

'' and ''

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'', and continues as a regular guest on

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. She has also appeared on CBC Television's '' The National'' numerous times. In the scholarly arena, Professor Stein has authored over 80 books, book chapters and articles on intelligence, international security, negotiation processes, peace-making and public policy.

Books

* ''Networks of Knowledge'' * Coauthored books: *''Choosing to Cooperate: How States Avoid Loss'', with

Louis Pauly Louis W. Pauly FRSC is the J. Stefan Dupré Distinguished Professor of Political Economy in the Department of Political Science of the University of Toronto, where he has held the Canada Research Chair in Globalization and Governance and served as ...

*''We All Lost the Cold War'', with

Richard Ned Lebow Richard Ned Lebow is an American political scientist best known for his work in international relations, political psychology, classics and philosophy of science. He is Professor of International Political Theory at the Department of War Studies, ...

*''Powder Keg in the Middle East: The Struggle for Gulf Security'', with Geoffrey Kemp *''Citizen Engagement in Conflict Resolution: Lessons for Canada in International Experience'' with David Cameron and Richard Simeon *''The Unexpected War: Canada in Kandahar'' with Eugene Lang

References

External links

Janice Stein: Brief Biography (Munk Centre for International Studies)

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