Kiran Banerjee, PhD

Dr. Kiran Banerjee is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science where he holds the position of Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in Immigrant and Refugee Integration. Dr. Banerjee’s research addresses migration governance with a focus on the normative role of international institutions and domestic political actors in responding to forced displacement. As Canada Research Chair, Banerjee's current research agenda focuses on developing effective policy responses to forced displacement at the domestic, regional, and international level. In bridging normative, theoretical, and policy-oriented perspectives, his research brings a holistic and multilevel analysis to the study of forced migration, highlighting the interdependent dimensions of effective domestic refugee resettlement, multilateral asylum policy, and global cooperation on the provision of international protection.

 Before joining the Department of Political Science at Dalhousie University, Banerjee was a faculty member in the Department of Political Studies at the University of Saskatchewan and also a SSHRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the School of International and Public Affairs and Research Scholar at the Global Policy Initiative, Columbia University. Dr. Banerjee holds a Ph.D. from the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto. He received an MA degree in Social Sciences and BA degree in Philosophy from the University of Chicago in 2006.

 Reflecting an ecumenical approach in his broader scholarly work, Banerjee's research extends to various areas including migration studies, political theory, international ethics, science and technology, international relations theory, and the history of political thought, as well as legal theory.