SPIA Cooperating Scholars
Dr. Frank G.A. de Bakker
Vrije University (Amsterdam, the Netherlands)
Professor of Strategic Management
Areas of Expertise: Institutional change; social movements / activist groups; business and society interactions; institutional entrepreneurship; corporate social responsibility
Dr. Michael Barnett
University of Minnesota
Harold Stassen Chair of International Relations,
Hubert Humphrey School of Public Affairs
Areas of Expertise: Middle East; humanitarianism; international affairs; international organizations
Dr. Jeffrey H. Bergstrand
University of Notre Dame
Professor of Finance
The Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies
Areas of Expertise: International trade flows; free trade agreements; exchange rates and international finance; open-economy macroeconomics
Dr. William Bicknell
Boston University
School of Public Health
Professor, International Health & Family Medicine
Director, Lesotho Boston Health Alliance
Areas of Expertise: Program development; health-sector analysis; management; financial analysis; program evaluation
Dr. Stephen John Brammer
University of Bath (United Kingdom)
School of Management
Deputy-Director Centre for Business, Organisations and Society
Areas of Expertise: Corporate Social Responsibility; Stakeholder Theory; Corporate Community Involvement; Corporate Governance
Dr. Geoffrey D. Dabelko
Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars
Director, Environmental Change and Security Program
Coordinator, Global Health Initiative
Areas of Expertise: International environmental politics; international security; global health
Dr. Farideh Farhi
University of Hawaii at Mano
Consultant to the World Bank, International Crisis Group
Areas of Expertise: Middle East; Iran; foreign policy
Dr. Jean Fried
Université Louis Pasteur of Strasbourg, France
Professeur des Universités
Senior Consultant of UNESCO
Visiting Researcher at the University of California, Irvine
Areas of Expertise: Sustainable Water Development, Protection, and Management
Dr. Jennifer J. Griffin
The George Washington University
School of Business
Program Director, Global Stakeholder Strategies in GW Institute for Corporate Responsibility
Executive Director, International Association for Business and Society
Associate Professor, Strategic Management and Public Policy
Areas of Expertise: Stakeholder Management; Industry-level social responsibility; Corporate political strategy
Dr. Gilbert Lenssen
President, European Academy of Business in Society (Brussels, Belgium)
Professor of International Management, College of Europe (Bruges/Warsaw)
Professor of Management, University of Leiden (The Netherlands)
Areas of Expertise: Management theory; management cultures; corporate responsibility; and contemporary epistemology
Dr. Robert S. Litwak
Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars
Director, International Security Studies
Areas of Expertise: U.S. foreign policy; international security and nonproliferation
Dr. Daniel P. Loucks
Cornell University
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Professor of Environmental and Water Resources Systems
Member, National Academy of Engineering (NAE)
Areas of Expertise: Water resources and ecosystem planning and management
Ambassador Hasan Abu Nimah
(Former Jordanian Ambassador to the UN, Italy, Portugal, San Marino, Belgium, The Netherlands, Luxembourg, EU)
Director of the Royal Institute for Inter-Faith Studies (Amman, Jordan)
Areas of Expertise: Religion; culture; inter-civilizational dialogue
Dr. Farhan A. Nizami
University of Oxford (United Kingdom)
Founding Director of the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies
Prince of Wales Fellow in the Study of the Islamic World at Magdalen College, Oxford
Member of the Faculties of History and Oriental Studies, University of Oxford
Areas of Expertise: Islamic Studies; International, Imperial, and Global History; Middle East History
Bio-Sketch (pdf)
Dr. Steve L. Wartick
University of Northern Iowa
College of Business Administration
Professor of Management
Areas of Expertise: Corporate Social Performance/Issues Management; Strategic Issues Analysis; and Business-Government Relations
