Philip Oxhorn

Professor, Department of Political Science

Philip Oxhorn is Associate Provost (International) and a Professor of Political Science at McGill University. Prior to that, he was the Founding Director of McGill’s Institute for the Study of International Development and the Editor-in-Chief of the international journal Latin American Research Review. His research focus on the comparative study of civil society and its role in supporting democratic regimes, particularly in Latin America. His current research focuses on a comparative study of the citizenship rights of Indigenous People from the perspective of contested sovereignty and the limits this places on the development of civil society. It is based on case studies from Canada, Ghana, and Mexico. Professor Oxhorn has lectured extensively in North and South America, Africa, Western Europe, Asia, and Australia. He complements his academic work with an extensive background in policy analysis focusing on governance issues, corporate social responsibility (particularly with regard to the extractive sector), public-private sector partnership, food security, and the rights of Indigenous peoples. He has worked as a consultant to the Inter-American Development Bank, the United Nations Development Program, the United Nations Population Fund, Global Affairs Canada, the International Development Research Centre, the Department for Indigenous Affairs and Northern Development Canada, the MasterCard Foundation, the Ford Foundation, The Carter Center, the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars, and the Mining Association of Canada. He as a PhD in Political Science from Harvard University.