Andrew Heffernan

Andrew Heffernan holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Ottawa where he is a Climate Associate at the Information Integrity Lab and where he teaches courses at the graduate and undergraduate level. He is also a regular contributor to the Centre for International Governance Innovation. Andrew’s major research interests include climate disinformation, African politics, global environmental governance, community-based conservation, and the politics of food. Andrew is 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 also Chair of the African Studies Association’s Emerging Scholar Network.