Professor Louis Pauly has been named Department Chair. His term begins on July 1, 2012.

April 24, 2012

Appointed an assistant professor in the Department 25 years ago, Lou now holds the Canada Research Chair in Globalization and Governance. As Director of the Centre for International Studies from 1997 to 2011, he helped lay the foundations for the Munk School of Global Affairs, where he serves as Director, Research Programs until June 30. A graduate of Cornell University, the London School of Economics, New York University, and Fordham University, he is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, a Senior Fellow of Massey College, a Fellow of Trinity College, and affiliated faculty member of the School of Public Policy and Governance and the Munk School. He has held visiting professorships at Oxford University, Northwestern University, and Osaka City University. With Emanuel Adler, he edits International Organization, the top-ranked journal in the fields of international relations and international political economy. He is a member of the board of governors of Upper Canada College and of the board of directors of the University of Toronto Press. Before coming to the U of T, he held management positions in the Royal Bank of Canada and served on the staff of the International Monetary Fund. A prolific scholar, his research and teaching interests range from the politics of financial market deepening and industrial innovation in East Asia to the history of multilateral economic institutions to the evolution of fiscal federalism in Canada and Europe. He has been married for 34 years to Caryl Clark, a professor of musicology and opera studies in the Faculty of Music at the U of T. They have two children, Tessa and Reid.

“I have always been proud to be a U of T professor and especially to be a member of our illustrious department,” Lou says. “The fact that my colleagues have asked me to serve as chair is an honour. Their goals are my goals, and our common challenge will be to live up to the high standards set for us by David Cameron. He is an exemplary leader, and his legacy is a prominent, vibrant, and cohesive community of scholars, staff, students, and alumni. Our collective aspiration is to reinforce and enhance all that he has done for Canada and this great university.”