Wayne Hunt
Biography
Wayne Hunt is a Professor of Politics and International Relations at 快猫成版视频 in Canada. He has been a Visiting Scholar at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, a Senior Research Associate at St. Antony's College, Oxford University and Visiting Fellow at the Centre for International Studies at the London School of Economics.
He is interested in showing how the ideas which are generated in an academic setting can have an influence on policy-makers. He has been involved in partisan politics 鈥 standing as a candidate for a nominating convention for the Liberal party in Canada.
His published research is on the topic of political leadership, privacy and digital surveillance, the future of liberalism, public intellectuals and the structure of ideas on a digital platform, the impact of geoengineering on human communities, the political philosophies embodied in the competition between Silicon Valley firms like Google, Facebook and Apple; and, finally, on the geopolitical challenge of jihadist networks and the flow of foreign fighters.
In addition to that he helped organize and co-chaired a think tank on New Liberalism. His career has been designed to show how new technology is turning around the traditional divisions between art and science.
Publications
鈥淎 鈥楤rand Canada鈥 for the Connected World鈥 Tom Axworthy and Howard Aster, eds. Searching for the New Liberalism: Essays in Renewal (Oakville: Mosaic Press, 2002); 291-307.
鈥淭he Branding of Trudeau鈥 London Journal of Canadian Studies 18 (Spring 2003); 87-101. E-journal available .
鈥淭ony Blair and Margaret Thatcher: Different Conceptions of Political Leadership鈥 in S. Pugliese, ed. The Legacy of Margaret Thatcher (London: Politico鈥檚 - Methuen, 2003); 267-279.
鈥淭he Theatre of War鈥 Queen鈥檚 Quarterly 111: 1 (Spring 2004); 44-49.
鈥淭he Media As A Tool For Civic Engagement鈥 Report (Sackville, NB: 快猫成版视频, 2004); 1-80.
鈥淏ridging The Democratic Divide鈥揅reating A Sense Of Civic Engagement鈥 Policy Options 25: 9 (October 2004); 43-47.
鈥淒rawing The Line: The Cartoon Wars鈥 Journal of Middle East Media 1:3 (Fall 2007); 19-31.
鈥淏aghdad Burning: The blogosphere, literature, and the art of war鈥 Arab Media and Society (Spring 2008). E-journal available through
鈥淕oogle鈥檚 Foreign Policy鈥 International Journal of Science in Society, 1: 4 (Spring 2010); 105-114.
鈥淭he Gaza War, Theater and the Big Interview鈥 Arab Media and Society, 10 (Spring 2010). E-journal available through
鈥淏loggers Under Occupation 2003 鈥 Iraq鈥 in John Downing, ed. Sage Encyclopedia of Social Movement Media (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 2011); 83-84.
鈥淎fter the Tsunami 鈥 Reconstructing the Political Architecture鈥 Policy Options 36:4 (June 2011); 14-17.
鈥淐ultural Corridors and Innovation鈥 in John Reid and Donald Savoie, eds., Reshaping an Agenda for Atlantic Canada (Halifax: Fernwood, 2011); 302-321.
鈥淎pple v Google: How a Corporate Rivalry Reflects a Longer Set of Geopolitical Struggles鈥 International Journal of Science in Society, 3: 2 (Summer 2012); 159-170.
鈥淗ow the Middle Eastern Experiment in Masdar in the UAE uses Apple as a Model鈥 in Kiran Prasad, ed. Transforming International Communication: Media, Culture and Society in the Middle East (New Delhi: BRPC Publishers, 2014); 329-353.
鈥淧rivacy and the Creative Imagination in an Age of Digital Surveillance鈥 Queen鈥檚 Quarterly 121: 3 (Fall 2014); 412-421. Available in print and at
Education
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
Ph.D. in Political Science. Concentration in comparative politics, with a special focus on Canadian politics.
LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS
M.Sc. (Econ.). Thesis: Canada and India: the evolution of a federal form of governance in developed and developing societies
LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY
B.A. (Hons) in Political Science
Teaching
Wayne Hunt's teaching has a focus on the impact of emergent technologies on art, architecture and design and documentary film making.
Research
Comparative Politics, International Relations, Business Studies, as well as Media and Communication Studies.
Grants, awards & honours
Editorial board member, Journal of Middle East Media
Editorial board member, International Journal of Science in Society
Editorial board member, International Journal of Political Science and Diplomacy
2010-2011 LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS
Visiting Fellow at Centre for International Studies
2003-04 OXFORD UNIVERSITY
Senior Research Associate at St. Antony鈥檚 College
Principal organizer for the New Liberalism Foundation think tank on 鈥淐reating Sustainable Communities.鈥
Acted as co-chair of the think tank (along with Dr. Tom Axworthy, Kennedy School, Harvard University) Halifax, Nova Scotia, February 28 - March 1, 2003. Available at
1997 LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS
Visiting Fellow at Centre for International Studies
1996-97 HARVARD UNIVERSITY
Visiting Scholar at the Kennedy School of Government
1989-90 LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS
Visiting Fellow at Centre for International Studies
1987 Active in the Liberal party of Canada
Stood as candidate for nomination in the Ontario riding of Algoma-Manitoulin in 1987.
2001-2003 Principal Investigator and Head of the Canadian Team
Funded by Gorbachev Foundation and the Canadian International Development Agency.
Total Grant: $170,000.
Head of the Russian Team, Alexander Chumikov, Professor of State Management at Moscow State University and General Director of the International Press Club and Secretary of the Union of Journalists.
Title of Project: The Mass Media as a Mechanism for Civic Engagement.
1979-1979 Massey College in the University of Toronto
Junior Fellowship