Trevor Findlay
Through his work as a diplomat, a delegate to United Nations bodies and involvement with non-governmental organizations in the field, Trevor Findlay has an extensive background in the field of disarmament, arms control and non-proliferation. A CIGI senior fellow, Trevor joined the centre in 2006 and has led various projects on nuclear governance. He also holds the William and Jeanie Barton Chair in International Affairs at Carleton University in Ottawa.
Background
Trevor’s expertise in institutional governance dates back to his early fascination as a teenager with the UN and the notion that countries could tackle and resolve international issues within an institutional forum. Inspired to develop his career in this area, Trevor completed his Ph.D. in international relations at the Australian National University and spent 13 years in the Australian Foreign Service, with postings in Tokyo, Mexico City and Geneva. He has served as an Australian delegate to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva and the UN General Assembly in New York.
At CIGI, Trevor applies his expertise in global governance institutions, treaty compliance and nuclear non-proliferation as leader of the project on Strengthening and Reform of the International Atomic Energy Agency being conducted in partnership with the Canadian Centre for Treaty Compliance (CCTC), based at Carleton University’s Norman Paterson School of International Affairs (NPSIA), where Trevor also teaches. This CIGI-CCTC initiative builds on the 2006-2010 project, Nuclear Energy Futures: Implications and Options for Global Governance, which Trevor directed.
In addition to his work at CIGI, Trevor holds a joint fellowship at the Harvard Kennedy School with the International Security Program and the Project on Managing the Atom, both of which fall under the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. He is currently on sabbatical from Carleton University, where he remains the director of CCTC and holds the William and Jeanie Barton Chair in International Affairs at NPSIA. He has written numerous journal articles and book chapters, and is the author of several books and reports including the CIGI report Nuclear Energy Futures: Implications and Options for Global Governance.
A resident of Ottawa, Ontario, Trevor enjoys the theatre and travel.