J. Andrew Grant

Dr. J. Andrew Grant is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Studies at Queen’s University. He is the recipient of an Early Researcher Award from the Government of Ontario’s Ministry of Research and Innovation for work on conflict and cooperation in natural resource sectors. Dr. Grant has been a Visiting Scholar/Researcher at Northwestern University, USA, and University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. During his doctoral studies, he served as an intern at the Campaign for Good Governance in Freetown, Sierra Leone.
He conducts field research on a regular basis in Sierra Leone, Ghana, Uganda, Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa.

Dr. Grant is author/co-author of more than 50 refereed papers, including articles that have appeared in scholarly journals such as *International Affairs*, *Contemporary Politics* and *Resources Policy*.

He is editor of  ***Darfur: Reflections on the Crisis and the Responses*** and co-editor of  ***The New Regionalism in Africa *** , ***The Research Companion to Regionalisms*** or ***Natural-Resource Based Development in Africa: Panacea or Pandora’s Box?***, for example