Janice Gross Stein is the Belzberg Professor of Conflict Management in the Department of Political Science and the Director of the Munk Centre for International Studies at the University of Toronto. She is an acknowledged expert on conflict resolution and international relations, with an emphasis on the Middle East.

Ms. Stein is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and a member of the Order of Canada and the Order of Ontario. Her most recent publications include “Networks of Knowledge: Innovation in International Learning” (2000); “The Cult of Efficiency” (2001); and “Street Protests and Fantasy Parks” (2001). She is a contributor to “Canada by Picasso: The Faces of Federalism” (2006) and the co-author of “The Unexpected War: Canada in Kandahar” (2007).

She was the Massey Lecturer in 2001 and a Trudeau Fellow, and was also awarded the Molson Prize by the Canada Council for outstanding contribution by a social scientist to public debate. She received her undergraduate degree from McGill University, her Master’s from Yale University, and returned to McGill for doctoral studies.