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CIGI conducts an active program of research, policy analysis, conferences and workshops on the challenges and issues facing the G20.

Harold James is a CIGI Senior Fellow. He is Professor of History and International Affairs and the Claude and Lore Kelly Professor of European Studies at Princeton University.

A CIGI Senior Fellow and award-winning journalist, Paul Blustein has written extensively about international economics, trade and financial crises.

Susan Schadler is a CIGI senior fellow and former deputy director of the International Monetary Fund’s European Department.

Launched in November 2013, the International Law Research Program is positioning Ontario and Canada to play a dynamic, constructive and intelligent role in global affairs.

This Global Economy research theme focuses on innovative methods of raising resources for necessary initiatives, including providing for the innovative governance arrangements required.

Malcolm Knight is a CIGI Distinguished Fellow whose research focuses on the governance aspects of international financial regulation, standard-setting and international financial institutions.

As China’s sustained economic growth translates into greater assertiveness of its role in the world, this CIGI research theme focuses on China’s agenda in shaping the global economy.

David Runnalls is a distinguished fellow and was formerly acting director of the Environment and Energy Program at CIGI.

The Global Economy program monitors the governance and policies of international financial institutions and engages governance bodies and stakeholders to influence the policy debate.

Thomas Homer-Dixon is the CIGI chair of global systems at the Balsillie School of International Affairs, and a professor at the University of Waterloo.

An award-winning author and scholar, David Welch is an expert in foreign policy decision making and international security, with an emphasis on the Asia-Pacific region.

Addressing limitations in the way nations tackle shared economic challenges, the Global Economy program is a central area of CIGI expertise.

A former Canadian deputy cabinet minister, NATO ambassador and G7/G8 Sherpa, Gordon Smith is a distinguished fellow and leading expert on the evolution of the G20 and global summitry.

Melissa Hathaway is a CIGI distinguished fellow, and is contributing to the Global Security & Politics Program’s research on Internet governance.

James M. Boughton is a CIGI Senior Fellow and former historian of the IMF. At CIGI, James’s research focuses on the evolution of Canada’s role in international governance.