Colin McInnes

Colin McInnes is Emeritus Professor of International Politics at Aberystwyth University and Research Lead for Academi Heddwch Cymru, Wales' national peace institute. He was formerly Pro Vice Chancellor (Research, Knowledge Exchange and Innovation) and UNESCO Chair in HIV/AIDS and Global Health Security at Aberystwyth University. He has been elected a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, of the Royal Society for the Arts, and of the Learned Society of Wales. In 2017 he received the Special Achievement Award at the inaugural Wales Social Research awards for his 'outstanding personal achievement in research'.

Colin was a lecturer in the Department of War Studies, The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst; Visiting Research Fellow at King's College London; and Special Adviser to the House of Commons Defence Committee. He was also Chair of the British International Studies Association; a member of the ESRC's Strategic Research Board and International Advisory Committee; member of WHO's expert group on Global Health Diplomacy; and Director of the UK Research Councils' Security Research Forum. From 2014-22 he was a Director of the UK National Commission for UNESCO with responsibility for human and social sciences and in 2019 was appointed Chair of the UK National Commission for UNESCO. In 2019 he was a Consultant to the World Health Organisation, developing their framework for civil-military collaboration in health emergencies.

Colin has published widely on global health issues and on security. His most recent research addresses global health security, global health governance, social media during health crises. He is the co-editor of the Oxford Handbook on Global Health Politics. He is lead author of a number of reports for Acadei Heddwch Cymru and is currently working on a variety of projects on peace building and peace making.